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Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistMay 24, 2023, 01:22 PM ET Despite already being an IndyCar champion, Tony Kanaan’s 2013 Indy 500 win changed his life. Chris Graythen/Getty Images Winning the Indianapolis 500 changes you. For life. There’s no reason to underplay the massive personal value of adding one’s name to the rostrum of triumph at Monaco, Daytona

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMay 23, 2023, 10:30 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Honda will supply Aston Martin with Formula One engines from 2026 after the Japanese company confirmed its plans to remain in the sport beyond 2025. Honda currently supplies world champions Red Bull with engines, but

Associated Press May 23, 2023, 10:28 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Two-time Academy Award nominee Adam Driver, who will soon be starring as Enzo Ferrari in a biopic of the Italian automobile magnate, will serve as the honorary starter for the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Driver perhaps most famously played Kylo Ren

Associated Press May 23, 2023, 11:32 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Graham Rahal will get a chance to keep his Indianapolis 500 start streak intact after all, replacing the injured Stefan Wilson on Tuesday in the Dreyer & Reinbold entry after failing to qualify for the race with his own team. Wilson was hospitalized with a

Associated Press May 22, 2023, 08:56 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Stefan Wilson fractured his back during a heavy crash with Katherine Legge in practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Monday, and the injured driver will not be allowed back into his car for the 107th running of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” The two British

May 22, 2023, 08:14 AM ET Alpine’s Pierre Gasly moved away from the risk of a Formula One race ban on Monday after dropping two of the 10 penalty points accrued for a series of minor offences over the past year. Twelve points in a 12-month period triggers an automatic suspension. The first two of

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 22, 2023, 03:00 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year After 26 years of waiting, fans returned to North Wilkesboro Speedway on Sunday to witness the return of the NASCAR Cup Series. Sean Gardner/Getty Images NORTH

May 19, 2023, 09:40 AM ET Formula One said on Friday it will donate €1 million to support communities affected by flooding in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. The Imola circuit would have hosted the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix this weekend but the race was cancelled due to the devastation. At least 13 people

Associated Press May 20, 2023, 07:15 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Ganassi, Ganassi, Ganassi. It was practically the only name mentioned as the four-car organization returned to Indianapolis Motor Speedway poised to defend last year’s Indianapolis 500 victory. Arrow McLaren Racing pushed it aside on the first day of Indy 500 qualifying. Felix Rosenqvist, a former

Associated Press May 19, 2023, 02:27 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Rarely has someone as accomplished at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Bobby Rahal looked so uncomfortable there. That will happen when you’re asked about the future of your own kid on your race team. Yet there he sat Friday morning, overlooking the famed yard of bricks

Associated Press May 21, 2023, 06:53 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou will lead the field to green in the Indianapolis 500 after the young Spaniard put together the fastest four-lap pole run in history Sunday, edging Rinus VeeKay and Felix Rosenqvist to give Chip Ganassi Racing its third consecutive pole in “The Greatest Spectacle

Associated Press May 21, 2023, 05:47 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Graham Rahal was bumped from the Indianapolis 500 field by Jack Harvey, who used a last-ditch qualifying run Sunday to knock his teammate out of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” by a mere .007 mph. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan organization was in a terrible position

Associated Press May 19, 2023, 07:08 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Two-time Indy 500 champion Takuma Sato turned the fastest lap at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 27 years on Friday, and defending winner Marcus Ericsson was close behind him, making Chip Ganassi Racing the team to beat heading into qualifying weekend for “The Greatest Spectacle in

Associated Press May 19, 2023, 04:14 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Few drivers have experienced a bigger boost from winning the Indianapolis 500 than Marcus Ericsson, who has turned last year’s victory into a life-changing event. Not only did it resurrect the Swedish driver’s career, which had stalled after five seasons in Formula One, it also

Associated Press May 18, 2023, 09:53 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Stephanie Beatriz, who starred as Detective Rosa Diaz on the TV show “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and voiced Madrigal on the Academy Award-winning film “Encanto,” will serve as the grand marshal for the Indianapolis 500 later this month. The track announced Tuesday the award-winning actress, who will

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 18, 2023, 11:48 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year North Wilkesboro Speedway was left in ruin after NASCAR stopped showing up in 1996. Aaron Burns/NWS Photo Nine-thousand, seven-hundred and thirty-one days. When the NASCAR All-Star

Imola’s F1 race will not take place this weekend due to the extreme weather and flooding that hit the Emilia Romagna region in recent weeks. Imola, one of two F1 races in Italy on this year’s schedule, is located in the middle of a area of national emergency. Local officials have confirmed the flooding has

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMay 17, 2023, 07:25 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 This weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola will not go ahead after extreme weather resulted in flooding in the local area, Formula One announced on Wednesday. F1 held meetings with local authorities and the

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterMay 16, 2023, 02:57 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year North Wilkesboro Speedway’s narrow pit lane became the stuff of legend in NASCAR. ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images “What the hell …?” The moving

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMay 16, 2023, 11:17 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Formula One personnel preparing for this weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix were asked to leave the Imola paddock on Tuesday after a severe weather warning was issued in the area. The Emilia Romagna region, in

Associated Press May 13, 2023, 06:29 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Alex Palou inherited the lead on Lap 66, then drove away from the pack Saturday to win the Indianapolis Grand Prix by 16.8006 seconds over Pato O’Ward. It’s Palou’s first win in 11 career starts at Indy, his first of the season and the first

Associated Press May 12, 2023, 05:52 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Danish driver Christian Lundgaard won his first IndyCar pole Friday, claiming the No. 1 starting spot for Saturday’s Indianapolis Grand Prix. Last season’s rookie of the year posted a fast lap of 1 minute, 9.3321 seconds on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course. It’s

Alanis King May 12, 2023, 08:41 AM ET Amid a boom for Y2K fashion, throwback NASCAR streetwear is in fashion now more than ever. Ryan Williams Brodie Butterfield, a tech worker in Australia, walked into his job one day and saw a colleague in a vintage Dale Earnhardt Sr. shirt. Earnhardt Sr., who won seven championships

Daniel Ricciardo is not being lined up to replace underperforming Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri at present, sources have told ESPN, despite reports linking him to a move. Multiple reports said on Thursday that Ricciardo visited AlphaTauri’s headquarters in Faenza, Italy this week for a seat fitting, adding that Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko

May 10, 2023, 06:43 AM ET Ferrari are struggling with an inconsistent car that is competitive in qualifying but off pace in the race, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz said after a difficult Miami Grand Prix. The Italian team’s next outing is a home race at Imola and fans will be apprehensive after a weekend

8:01 AM ET ESPN staff ESPN is the exclusive home of Formula One in the U.S. in 2023. ESPN will show every session of every race across the season, commercial-free, on ESPN, ESPN2 or ABC. TV schedule (all times Eastern): Azerbaijan Grand Prix Editor’s Picks The Azerbaijan Grand Prix is the first of six races

May 9, 2023, 08:33 AM ET Alpine boss Laurent Rossi has warned the Renault-owned Formula One team he will make changes before the end of the season if performance does not improve. Alpine ended last year fourth but are now sixth with French drivers Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly scoring just 14 points from five

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorMay 8, 2023, 10:07 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 MIAMI, Florida — The organisers of the Miami Grand Prix have held discussions about turning their annual Formula One event into a night race in the future. The 3.3-mile circuit is located around the grounds

May 8, 2023, 09:14 AM ET Red Bull have never started a Formula One season so well and are wondering what happened to rivals like Ferrari and Mercedes, team boss Christian Horner said on Sunday after five wins in five races. Four have been one-two finishes, with two-time world champion Max Verstappen now on three

MIAMI – Formula One turned to will.i.am and LL Cool J to add some razzmatazz around the build-up to the Miami Grand Prix but drivers remained unconvinced about the introductions they had to take part in before the race. In a departure from the conventional pre-race procedure ahead of Sunday’s main event, a portion of