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7:32 AM ET Toto Wolff thinks Mercedes has missed the straightforward approach of former non-executive chairman Niki Lauda, especially during the struggles of the last year and a half. Three-time champion Lauda was an integral part of the dominant Mercedes team up until his death in 2019. Lauda was frequently at races in that role

9:45 AM ET McLaren have announced the departure of technical director James Key as part of a design team overhaul that will see the leadership of its technical department split between three people. The news follows a disappointing start to McLaren’s 2023 campaign, with the team failing to score a point in the opening two

9:00 AM ET Jenson Button will take part in three NASCAR Cup Series races in 2023, beginning this weekend at the Circuit of the Americas. James Gilbert/Getty Images “If I’m being honest, never in a million years …” Jenson Button, the 15-time Formula One race winner, is speaking for himself. At least, that is his intent.

6:45 AM ET Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said his team are “changing things” in a bid to improve their position ahead of the Australian Grand Prix on April 2. Speaking to reporters at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, team principal Wolff said he would have no shame if the revamped car ended up resembling a

11:44 AM ET Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz struggled to find anything positive to say about their cars after a tough race in Saudi Arabia followed a disappointing start to the Formula One season in Bahrain. Sainz finished sixth and Leclerc seventh in Jeddah, behind Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, Fernando

9:16 AM ET Lenovo Ducati and defending world champion Pecco Bagnaia lead the way in MotoGP’s aerodynamics revolution. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Formula One can hardly put a foot wrong these days. From the advent of the Netflix documentary series “Drive to Survive” to the introduction of sprint races, motorsport’s premier series has seen its popularity balloon,

5:33 AM ET Max Verstappen stayed top of the Formula One world championship in Saudi Arabia on Sunday but said he was still unhappy at having to settle for second in the race behind Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez. The Dutch driver paid the price for a drive-shaft failure in Saturday’s qualifying that left him

6:12 PM ET Fernando Alonso has been reinstated to third position at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to cap a farcical couple of hours which followed the podium ceremony. Alonso lifted the third place trophy after finishing behind the two Red Bulls, but shortly after celebrating on the podium he was given a 10-second penalty

3:00 PM ET Fernando Alonso has been stripped of what would have been his 100th Formula One podium after a post-race penalty at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. The decision elevated George Russell into third, giving Mercedes its first podium finish of the year. Alonso had served a five-second penalty ahead of his first pit-stop,

5:39 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Charles Leclerc took little comfort from qualifying 0.155s off Sergio Perez’s pole position time at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, saying Ferrari’s gap to Red Bull is much bigger than Saturday’s session suggested. Leclerc was second fastest but will drop to 12th on the grid with a ten-place

3:46 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Lewis Hamilton has reiterated that he has no plans to leave Mercedes or quit Formula One as a result of his recent on-track struggles. After eight consecutive seasons at the very front of the grid, Mercedes dropped off the pace last year and appears to have slid further

4:14 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Toto Wolff would not blame Lewis Hamilton for leaving Mercedes if the team’s struggles continue for another year or two. Hamilton looks set for another disappointing season this year after Mercedes slipped further behind Red Bull over the winter and behind its engine customer Aston Martin. Hamilton has

5:10 PM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — IndyCar on Friday cleared driver Jack Harvey to return to competition following a frightening crash in the season-opening race. Harvey was briefly evaluated at a Florida hospital following a multicar crash in the March 5 race on the streets of downtown St. Petersburg. Kyle Kirkwood launched airborne over

11:52 AM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia is open to the possibility of hosting two Formula One races per season in the future, according to chairman of the Saudi Automobile & Motorcycle Federation Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al Faisal. The third running of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place this

5:25 AM ET McLaren were the worst performing team in Formula One’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix but Lando Norris said on Thursday there was no crisis brewing. The former champions failed to score a point in the March 5 opener with Australian rookie Oscar Piastri retiring after 13 laps due to an electrical problem. Editor’s

3:18 PM ET Lewis Hamilton distanced himself on Thursday from Formula One rivals who said they felt comfortable to be racing in Saudi Arabia this weekend. The Briton, a seven-times world champion and Formula One’s most successful driver, chose his words carefully but left little doubt about his stance. Attending an official FIA news conference

7:01 AM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Max Verstappen will arrive at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix a day late on Friday after suffering from a stomach illness earlier this week. The world champion will miss Thursday’s media sessions as a result but says he is now “feeling fine again.” Verstappen tweeted that he had

11:59 AM ET Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc will serve a 10-place grid penalty at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second race of F1’s season. Leclerc retired from third position in the closing stages of the Bahrain Grand Prix due to a problem with his Ferrari’s control electronics. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Ferrari has confirmed Leclerc

9:02 AM ET Ferrari returns to prototype racing for the first time in 50 years when it joins the World Endurance Championship in Sebring. Alessio Morgese/NurPhoto via Getty Images “It’s about time!” Mario Andretti exclaimed. The legend among motor racing’s living legends knows of which he speaks. A full 50 years after the factory from Maranello

6:18 AM ET Formula One is not in talks about a London street race despite plans being drawn up for a track in the east of the city, ESPN understands. This week reports circulated of new plans for a race around the Docklands area, which currently hosts a Formula E event, put forward by built

5:39 PM ET Associated Press IndyCar driver Jack Harvey has not been cleared to race following a hard wreck in the open-wheel series’ season opener in Florida. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing said Monday that Juri Vips was testing for Harvey at Barber Motorsports Park. Harvey missed an IndyCar race last season with a concussion. Harvey

5:13 PM ET Associated Press GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tony Stewart ended up in the NHRA winner’s circle to start 2023 — as a team owner. Stewart red-lighted in the second round of eliminations in the Top Alcohol class Saturday, but the three-time NASCAR champion finished drag racing’s season opener with Matt Hagan, one of his

4:13 PM ET Associated Press AVONDALE, Ariz. — Kyle Larson won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Cup Series’ United Rentals Work United 500 at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday. Larson’s 130.237 mph lap in his No. 5 Chevrolet was another positive for Hendrick Motorsports, which finished 1-2-3 in Las Vegas last weekend, led by race

3:53 AM ET Former Formula One world champion Jenson Button will take part in three NASCAR Cup Series races this year, starting at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) later this month, organisers said on Thursday. Button, 43, who won the F1 championship with Brawn GP in 2009, will make his Cup Series debut on

6:43 PM ET Associated Press Jenson Button will make his NASCAR debut later this month at Circuit of the Americas, the first of three Cup Series races scheduled for the former Formula One world champion. Button puts two former F1 champions in the field for the March 26 race on the permanent road course in

9:02 AM ET Chase Elliott broke his leg snowboarding last week, keeping him out of Sunday’s Pennzoil 400 in Las Vegas. Sean Gardner/Getty Images People are going to be people. Racers are going to be racers. Chase Elliott? He was doing nothing more than being Chase Elliott. That’s how the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champ broke

1:07 PM ET Associated Press Kimi Räikkönen will again enter a NASCAR Cup Series race, this time at Circuit of the Americas, where the Finnish driver scored the final victory of his Formula One career in 2018. Räikkönen will again race for Trackhouse Entertainment Group in its special Project91 entry that is designed to give

3:30 PM ET Associated Press Meyer Shank Racing has fired the technical director for its sports car team after IMSA ruled Wednesday the team manipulated tire pressure data while winning the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona. IMSA said that Honda Performance Development self-reported the manipulation after the results of the January race were official. IMSA

4:52 AM ET Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll detailed on Tuesday his successful battle to be fit for the start of the Formula One season with broken wrists after a cycle accident and said his doctors feared initially he would miss the opening races. The Canadian finished sixth in Sunday’s Bahrain opener despite injuries that

7:51 AM ET Reliability was not the top concern for new Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur before the start of the Formula One season but Sunday’s opening race in Bahrain sent it back up the list of priorities. Charles Leclerc, who led a Ferrari one-two from pole at Sakhir last year, lost power and retired 17