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Jun 23, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions McLaren had a quick car in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, the quickest according to some rivals, but Max Verstappen once again made the difference, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said. Triple Formula One world champion Verstappen took his seventh win in 10 races from second on

Open Extended Reactions Alpine have entered the race to sign Carlos Sainz for 2025, sources have confirmed to ESPN. Ahead of his home Spanish Grand Prix there were reports Sainz and Williams were about to confirm a deal, but that never materialised. Sainz had been weighing up the prospect of driving for Williams or Audi,

Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 09:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTEREY, Calif. — Two-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou reclaimed the lead in the points standings by winning from the pole Sunday at Laguna Seca Raceway. Palou, now a two-time winner on the permanent road course, has finished on the podium in all four of

Associated Press Jun 23, 2024, 07:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORTH DINWIDDIE, Va. — NHRA great John Force was alert before being taken to a medical facility after a fiery crash Sunday in the Virginia Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. During the first round of Funny Car eliminations, the engine exploded in the 75-year-old

BARCELONA, Spain — McLaren went from evacuating its hospitality unit to celebrating pole position on Saturday courtesy on Lando Norris, who made it happen with what he described as the best lap of his life. Norris pipped Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pole by just 0.02 seconds, his first since the 2021 Russian Grand Prix.

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MONTEREY, Calif. — Two-time IndyCar champion Álex Palou continued his mastery of Laguna Seca Raceway by winning the pole Saturday in a qualifying session dominated by Honda drivers. It was the second pole of the season for the Chip Ganassi Racing driver who has

Associated Press Jun 22, 2024, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOUDON, N.H. — Christopher Bell used a three-wide, last-lap pass on Saturday to drive away and win the NASCAR Xfinity Series race for the fourth straight time at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The 29-year-old Bell needed three extra laps on the 1.058-mile track but

Open Extended Reactions A fire broke out in a McLaren unit in Barcelona on Saturday morning. Getty BARCELONA, Spain — McLaren’s Formula One hospitality center at the Circuit de Catalunya has been evacuated after a fire broke out on Saturday morning. The fire, which started moments before the final practice session of the week got underway,

Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has called on British Grand Prix host Silverstone to make sure its rising ticket prices do not get more expensive for the average fan. Having welcomed 480,000 fans across the event in 2023, Silverstone has struggled to sell out this year’s event on July 7. In an interview with Autopsort,

BARCELONA, Spain — Mercedes have called upon police to investigate the source of an anonymous email accusing the F1 team of trying to deliberately sabotage Lewis Hamilton‘s car. The email, sent to the same list of F1 representatives that received a leak of messages purportedly linked to the Christian Horner sexual misconduct investigation earlier this

Alanis King, Racing columnistJun 21, 2024, 09:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions In his first full season in NASCAR, Shane van Gisbergen has claimed two victories the Xfinity Series. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Last summer, three-time Australian Supercars champion Shane van Gisbergen shocked the NASCAR world by winning his debut in the top-level Cup Series. It was

Open Extended Reactions Carlos Sainz‘s decision over his future continues to delay the rest of the movement in Formula One’s driver market. Sainz, set to be replaced at Ferrari by Lewis Hamilton next year, is weighing up offers from Williams and Audi, who are taking over the Sauber project in 2026. “Carlos is the cork

Jun 20, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo wants to earn his seat in Formula One with Red Bull-owned RB next season and has said his eighth place in Canada had helped. The Italy-based team have already confirmed Japan’s Yuki Tsunoda for 2025 but have yet to say who will take the

Jun 20, 2024, 07:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Mercedes’ recent performance breakthrough left the Formula One team wondering how they had been so “dumb” in not understanding the car’s problems sooner, according to the team’s technical director James Allison. George Russell took pole position in Canada on June 8 and finished third for the

Jun 19, 2024, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Canada’s thrilling race livened up the 2024 season, and Formula One heads to Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for race 10. Spain marks the start of the triple header, and a return to Europe with Austria and the British Grand Prix to follow. Formula One first came to

Associated Press Jun 18, 2024, 03:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arrow McLaren made yet another driver change Tuesday when it signed 19-year-old Nolan Siegel to drive the remainder of the IndyCar season. He will be the third driver to race the No. 6 this year. Siegel will replace F2 champion Théo Pourchaire beginning this

Jun 18, 2024, 02:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Brad Pitt is set to star as an F1 driver making a comeback. Lisa O’Connor/Variety via Getty Images Brad Pitt’s as-yet unnamed Formula One movie will be released globally on June 25 next year, with a North American debut two days later, F1 and Apple Original Films

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 17, 2024, 11:26 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Writing Formula One‘s rule book is a thankless task. On the one hand, you have the objectives of 10 warring teams, six image-conscious engine manufacturers and tens of millions of fans; and

Jun 16, 2024, 12:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Ferrari won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the second year in a row on Sunday after a battle with Toyota to the finish of the 92nd edition of the endurance race. Almost out of fuel and on a wet track, Denmark’s Nicklas Nielsen took

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 14, 2024, 12:51 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Andrea Kimi Antonelli is the leading candidate for Mercedes’ vacant seat in 2025. Getty The minimum age at which a driver can compete in Formula One has been lowered from 18 to 17,

Associated Press Jun 13, 2024, 09:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fox Sports has acquired the rights to broadcast IndyCar starting in 2025, a move that gives the network two of the biggest races in the world with the Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR’s Daytona 500. Fox Sports already broadcasts the first half of the NASCAR

Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistJun 13, 2024, 09:35 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Penske Porsche Motorsport entry, fore, is made up of a team split between North Carolina and Germany. James Moy Photography/Getty Images If the FIFA World Cup has a sporting relative in motor racing, it’s the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The annual mid-June

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 9, 2024, 09:58 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL — If Max Verstappen secures his fourth Formula One world championship with multiple races remaining at the end of this year, it might be easy to forget just how hard he

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 9, 2024, 06:15 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton said his result was one of the worst of his career when the car has been competitive. Chris Graythen/Getty Images MONTREAL, Canada — Lewis Hamilton ranked his performance at the Canadian

Associated Press Jun 9, 2024, 06:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Will Power pondered retirement last year as his wife battled a near deadly staph infection that had the Australian wondering if he needed to focus on his family’s future. “She almost died,” Power said. “You start thinking, ‘Yeah, I’m going

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 9, 2024, 06:37 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — Max Verstappen revealed a groundhog nearly cost him victory at the Canadian Grand Prix when it crossed the track in front of his car on lap 32 of the

Jun 10, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Fans made their way onto the track at the Canadian Grand Prix. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images The Canadian Grand Prix promoter has said it will investigate and take action after spectators invaded the track before the end of Sunday’s Formula One race at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 10, 2024, 11:42 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — Esteban Ocon described Alpine’s team orders at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix as “unexplainable,” insisting he is the “nice guy” in an increasingly tense and difficult situation

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterJun 10, 2024, 10:40 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Tony Stewart’s Stewart-Haas Racing will cease operations at the end of the season. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Racers, start your valuations. After months

Jun 10, 2024, 03:28 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sergio Perez retired in the pits in Sunday’s Canadian GP in Montreal. Getty Sergio Perez will have a three-place grid penalty at the next Formula One race in Spain after the Mexican drove his car in an unsafe condition at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. The offence also