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11:22 AM ET You don’t hook a guy in the right rear at speed. I don’t care if you’re Bubba Wallace, Dale Earnhardt or Junior Johnson. You. Just. Don’t. Do it. NASCAR has suspended Wallace for one race for doing just that to Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and rightfully so. It is

10:42 AM ET Formula One teams who spend more than allowed by the rules are effectively cheating and should face stiff sporting and financial penalties, McLaren boss Zak Brown wrote to FIA, F1’s governing body. The BBC reported details of the letter on Monday and McLaren confirmed they were correct. Championship leaders Red Bull, who

5:15 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — NASCAR held a second consecutive meeting with its Cup drivers to discuss their safety concerns with the new Next Gen car and promised to continue the sessions for the remaining month of the season. Saturday’s meeting at Las Vegas Motor Speedway lasted 75 minutes, the same length

11:34 AM ET Kurt Busch announced on Saturday that he would not race full time in 2023. James Gilbert/Getty Images It was Tuesday night of this week, I was on the road for work. To kill time while sitting at the bar waiting on dinner, I was in my phone, flicking and clicking my way through

10:25 AM ET IndyCar’s Alex Palou will drive for Formula One team McLaren in opening practice at the U.S. Grand Prix on Friday, Oct. 21. Palou will take the place of outgoing driver Daniel Ricciardo, who will then resume driving duties for the rest of the event. 1 Related Palou, who joined the McLaren racing

6:43 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alex Bowman said Wednesday he will miss the next three NASCAR races with a concussion he suffered last month in a crash in NASCAR’s new Next Gen car. Bowman, who sat out the past two races, will miss this weekend at Las Vegas, then sit out at

11:23 AM ET Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, has confirmed Red Bull breached the sport’s cost cap in 2021 but has yet to decide on the team’s punishment. After delaying the announcement last week, the FIA confirmed Monday that Red Bull had committed a “procedural breach” and a “minor overspend” in 2021, meaning a

1:43 PM ET The all-woman W Series cancelled its remaining three races in the United States and Mexico for financial reasons on Monday and declared Britain’s Jamie Chadwick champion for the third season in a row. The series had been due to support Formula One at next week’s U.S. Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, before

2:29 PM ET Hazel Southwell W Series announced on Monday that it would not complete the 2022 season, citing a lack of funding. Mark Thompson/Getty Images In the great, inclusive era of racing as one, Formula One and its teams have been quick to try to highlight female presence. Although, when surveyed by ESPN a year

7:46 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Formula One drivers and team bosses have called for answers from the FIA after a recovery vehicle entered the track at the Japanese Grand Prix while Pierre Gasly was still circulating a soaking wet Suzuka circuit at more than 200km/h. An investigation will now get under way to understand

8:04 AM ET Max Verstappen wrapped up a second F1 world championship on Sunday, but you won’t find any pictures of him celebrating with the trophy he just won. It remains one of the archaic quirks of Formula One that the world champion does not receive their trophy until the end of the year. Verstappen

6:58 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Pierre Gasly says he was just two metres away from being involved in a fatal accident at the Japanese Grand Prix after labelling race control’s decision to release a recovery vehicle onto the track in heavy rain unacceptable. Gasly was doing 200 km/h when he came across a crane,

3:57 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR champion Kyle Larson has emerged as a candidate for an Indianapolis 500 ride and said Saturday he has permission from Hendrick Motorsports to run the iconic race if a deal can be completed. Larson told The Associated Press he has spoken to both team owner Rick

1:45 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — NASCAR says it had a productive test of its new car and promised drivers that solutions to some of their safety concerns should be implemented by next season. NASCAR’s top leadership held a 75-minute meeting ahead of Saturday’s practice at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It said it expects

5:53 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Daniel Ricciardo does not expect to race in Formula One next year following news Pierre Gasly has signed a new multi-year contract with Alpine starting in 2023. Ricciardo’s McLaren contract is set to be terminated one year earlier than planned at the end of this season after the team

5:33 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Haas has switched Mick Schumacher to a spare chassis for the Japanese Grand Prix after he crashed at the end of the opening practice session at Suzuka. Schumacher was returning to the pits following a practice start on the grid when he lost the rear of his Haas and

2:15 AM ET Fernando Alonso set the pace in a wet first practice session for the Japanese Grand Prix as Mick Schumacher crashed out after the chequred flag. Persistent rain throughout the morning saw practice get underway in full wet conditions at Suzuka, resulting in limited running during the hour-long session. 1 Related Alonso emerged

1:11 PM ET Associated Press Santino Ferrucci will return to full-time IndyCar racing next season in A.J. Foyt’s flagship car after two seasons filling in as a substitute driver for other teams. AJ Foyt Racing said Thursday that Ferrucci will drive the No. 14 Chevrolet, which is fielded out of Foyt’s headquarters in Waller, Texas.

9:30 AM ET Finding opportunities in F1 limited, Callum Ilott moved to IndyCar for the 2022 season. Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Years from now, Callum Ilott just might be hailed as IndyCar’s pied piper. Fresh from a breakout season with the upstart Juncos Hollinger Racing team, the 23-year-old Englishman could be the agent of

3:51 AM ET SUZUKA, Japan — Lewis Hamilton has confirmed he plans to stay in Formula One beyond the length of his current contract with Mercedes. The seven-time world champion has a deal to race until the end of 2023 but has hinted on a number of occasions that he is considering staying longer. In

11:09 AM ET The FIA will not release the findings of its audit into Formula One’s 2021 budget cap spending until Monday. Last year’s cap has become the biggest talking point in the sport, with rumours Red Bull and Aston Martin overspent the $140 million limit last year gaining traction in the build-up to the

1:48 PM ET Associated Press Ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone faces trial in October next year accused of failing to declare more than £400 million in a trust in Singapore to the U.K. Government. Ecclestone, 91, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday charged with a single count of fraud by false representation between July

6:42 PM ET Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Cody Ware suffered a foot fracture and torn ligaments in a

10:45 AM ET Max Verstappen can win his second world championship at the Japanese Grand Prix on Oct. 9. Verstappen had his first chance of wrapping up the title in Singapore last week, although it was always a long shot — as it turned out, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc, the only two drivers with

5:36 AM ET Saudi Arabia’s minister of sport, Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki Al-Faisal, says he has met with Formula One’s teams and drivers in attempt to allay concerns over the safety of next year’s race in Jeddah. F1’s drivers came close to boycotting this year’s event in March after a missile attack on a nearby

8:03 AM ET Red Bull boss Christian Horner is confident his team did not break Formula One’s budget cap last year. Horner was furious over accusations, ahead of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix, that Red Bull breached last year’s $145 million cap, which would lead to sanctions against his team if true. 1 Related On Wednesday,

4:34 AM ET Sergio Perez’s Singapore Grand Prix victory was “world class” and his best drive yet in Formula One, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said on Sunday. The race ended with Perez subject to a stewards’ investigation for possible safety car infringements, but with the eventual five-second time penalty making no difference to

5:25 PM ET SINGAPORE — Max Verstappen said he took “zero” enjoyment from Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix after he found himself struggling to carve through the field. Verstappen’s weekend went awry in qualifying when he was forced to abort a lap that was comfortably fast enough for pole position due to a lack of fuel

6:04 AM ET SINGAPORE — George Russell will start the Singapore Grand Prix from the pit lane after Mercedes fitted a new power unit to his car and incurred a penalty. Russell qualified 11th for Sunday’s race after struggling with a suspected engine issue that affected his car under braking. Mercedes took the opportunity to

8:45 PM ET SINGAPORE — Daniel Ricciardo concedes it may now be “realistic” for him to take a reserve driver role for 2023 if he wishes to remain in Formula One. The Australian’s future has been up in the air since August when McLaren reached a settlement to conclude his three-year contract 12 months ahead