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Associated Press Jul 17, 2024, 01:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KENT, Wash. — Brittany Force will return to her Top Fuel dragster this week in Seattle, her first time competing since her father John’s horrific accident in Virginia last month. John Force Racing said this week that with 16-time NHRA champion John Force “responding

Kelly Crandall Jul 17, 2024, 09:17 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jeff Gordon won the last of his five Brickyard 400s in 2014. Andy Lyons/Getty Images Jeff Gordon wishes he could remember more details from his first Indianapolis victory. It has been 30 years since that day, Aug. 6, 1994. A milestone that is pretty amazing

Jul 15, 2024, 07:55 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The greatest athlete of the 21st century? That’s easy. It has to be Tom Brady, the quarterback of the greatest dynasty America’s favorite sport has ever seen, a seven-time Super Bowl champ and five-time Super Bowl MVP. Yep. Tom Brady. Except. Except it has to be

Open Extended Reactions Haas F1 Team will continue racing with Ferrari engines through the 2028 season, the team announced on Tuesday. Haas, the sport’s newest team, has enjoyed a close collaboration with Ferrari since joining the Formula One grid in 2016. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The American team has signed Ferrari academy driver Oliver Bearman

Keith Jenkins Jul 15, 2024, 04:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton will race for Ferrari beginning in 2025, bringing an end to the Formula One driver’s record-breaking relationship with Mercedes. Hamilton has been with the Mercedes brand since 2013. The seven-time Formula One champion began his F1 career with McLaren in 2007. Where

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 10:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Conor Daly is replacing Jack Harvey in the No. 18 Dale Coyne Racing car for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway. Harvey left Saturday’s 250-lap race at the 0.875-mile oval after 28 laps because of severe neck pain he has

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 02:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — It was Will Power‘s turn Sunday for Team Penske success at Iowa Speedway. Power broke through at the 0.875-mile oval, gaining his first IndyCar Series win at Iowa in the race that ended with a four-car, last-lap crash. Power had already

Associated Press Jul 14, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — A four-car crash on the final lap of Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Iowa Speedway injured driver Sting Ray Robb. Robb was injured when his car clipped the slower car of Alexander Rossi coming out of the second turn. Robb’s car

Associated Press Jul 13, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Scott McLaughlin continued his fast weekend at Iowa Speedway on Saturday night, winning the first race of the IndyCar Series doubleheader for his first victory on an oval track. McLaughlin led 164 of the 250 laps, winning by nearly a half-second

Associated Press Jul 13, 2024, 06:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEWTON, Iowa — Colton Herta won the pole position for Saturday’s race of the weekend IndyCar Series doubleheader at Iowa Speedway, while Scott McLaughlin set a new track record to win the pole for Sunday’s race. The fields for both races were set during

Jul 12, 2024, 01:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Red Bull team principal Christian Horner introduced himself as Sebastian Vettel‘s stand-in on Friday after getting to drive one of his team’s title-winning Formula One cars for the first time in 20 years. The 50-year-old, whose unremarkable racing career ended in Formula 3000 in 1998 and

Jul 12, 2024, 09:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One world champions Red Bull unveiled their RB17 hypercar at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on Friday. Team boss Christian Horner described it as a compilation of departing designer Adrian Newey’s greatest hits. Fifty cars, for track use only and capable of doing more than

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 11, 2024, 07:44 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Miami and Austin will continue to host sprint races in 2025 after Formula One confirmed all six venues that will stage the alternative weekend format next season. China, Miami, Belgium, Austin, Brazil

Open Extended Reactions Lando Norris finished third at Silverstone, his seventh podium this year and 20th overall. Alessio Morgese/NurPhoto via Getty Images As Lewis Hamilton basked in the adulation of a record ninth British Grand Prix victory at Silverstone, McLaren’s Lando Norris only had one thing running through his mind: It should have been him. It’s

Associated Press Jul 9, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions John Force has left a Virginia hospital to move to a rehabilitation center closer to his home in California and the NHRA great celebrated the news by taking his daughter for ice cream on her birthday. Brittany Force wrote on social media the stroll

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistJul 9, 2024, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Pato O’Ward took his first IndyCar victory since 2022 on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, where the open-wheel series introduced its new hybrid powertrains. Penske Entertainment: Chris Owens It was a day of days on Sunday. After 945 fruitless sunrises, seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton

Laurence Edmonson Jul 9, 2024, 06:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former Ferrari technical director Enrico Cardile has joined Aston Martin in the role of chief technical officer, the Silverstone-based team have confirmed. Cardile’s departure from Ferrari was announced on Monday, with Aston Martin confirming his appointment on Tuesday. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The Italian,

Associated Press Jul 7, 2024, 04:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEXINGTON, Ohio — Pato O’Ward bounced back on multiple levels with an IndyCar victory Sunday he was confident of achieving with a new hybrid engine he found to his liking. The combination helped him reduce a big time deficit to Álex Palou and ultimately

Jul 8, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ferrari Formula One chassis technical director Enrico Cardile has handed in his notice and is relinquishing his role with immediate effect, the Italian team said on Monday. Team principal Fred Vasseur will oversee the chassis area as an interim measure. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Cardile has

Laurence Edmonson Jul 8, 2024, 06:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE, England — Pressure continues to grow on Red Bull driver Sergio Pérez after he failed to score points for the third time in six races at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Team principal Christian Horner said the situation was “unsustainable,” underlining Red

Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE, England — Lewis Hamilton said the emotions poured out of him after the British Grand Prix because he had started to doubt if he would ever win a Formula One race again. Hamilton’s record-extending 104th career win, his ninth at Silverstone, was his first since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE, England — Lando Norris said he is fed up of making excuses for narrowly missing out on wins after seeing British Grand Prix victory slip through his fingers. Norris led the rain-affected race until the move back to dry tyres at the final round of pit-stops while leading Lewis Hamilton and

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 6, 2024, 01:28 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE, England — After securing pole position for the British Grand Prix ahead of teammate Lewis Hamilton, George Russell said Mercedes could never have dreamt of such a strong performance at the

Associated Press Jul 6, 2024, 07:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEXINGTON, Ohio — Alex Palou demonstrated his quick command of IndyCar’s new hybrid engine Saturday to nudge Pato O’Ward by 0.0024 seconds for his second consecutive pole at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Palou now seeks his third victory Sunday in the 200-mile race and

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 6, 2024, 02:32 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE, England — Damage sustained during a trip through the gravel in the first part of qualifying for the British Grand Prix cost Max Verstappen a shot at pole position, the three-time

Associated Press Jul 5, 2024, 06:59 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. — NHRA drag racing great John Force has been moved out of neurological intensive care after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a fiery, 300 mph crash at the Virginia Nationals last month. The 75-year-old Force has been moved from neurological intensive care into acute

Associated Press Jul 5, 2024, 08:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEXINGTON, Ohio — Pato O’Ward and Álex Palou each felt something slightly different from their cars with the IndyCar Series’ new hybrid engines Friday before weather delayed additional research for another day. IndyCar Series drivers hoping to get an initial read on the new

Associated Press Jul 5, 2024, 02:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar has issued six-position starting grid penalties to drivers Felix Rosenqvist, Marcus Armstrong and Pietro Fittipaldi ahead of Sunday’s Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course for their teams’ unapproved engine changes during last month’s test at Iowa Speedway. The race will

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJul 4, 2024, 10:58 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE, England — Lando Norris has said there is no need for Max Verstappen to apologise for their collision at the Austrian Grand Prix after admitting he “overreacted” when speaking to the

Open Extended Reactions SILVERSTONE, England — Carlos Sainz said the self-imposed delay on committing to a contract for 2025 and beyond has become a distraction, but insisted it is not having a negative impact on his performances. Sainz, who is set to be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton in 2025, is still weighing up