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12:18 PM ET Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen gave Red Bull a blast of radio rage after the team told him to abort his final qualifying lap at the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday and he ended up eighth. “Why? Why?,” screamed the Dutch 25-year-old as he was told to pit instead of going

7:34 PM ET SINGAPORE — As Fernando Alonso sipped champagne on the Marina Bay podium, and firework smoke settled into the night sky hovering above Singapore’s capacity-filled street circuit, a bunch of journalists crowded around Bernie Ecclestone in the paddock, eager for his thoughts on what was an historic night for Formula One. “Could Singapore

11:31 AM ET SINGAPORE — Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says Formula One faces a “heavyweight” issue amid claims Red Bull and Aston Martin exceeded the sport’s cost cap in 2021. After several months of analysing all 10 teams’ accounts, the FIA is set to issue certifications to those that met the $145 million budget

5:19 PM ET Associated Press Alex Bowman will miss Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway with a concussion that the Hendrick Motorsports driver apparently suffered last week at Texas. HMS said Bowman was evaluated Thursday in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ruled out of this weekend’s playoff race. Noah Gragson will drive the No.

4:14 PM ET Jimmie Johnson announced on Monday that he was stepping away from full-time racing. Adam Lacy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A man walks into an airport, walks up to the giant board titled “Departures,” and with a packed bag at his side, looks upon the dozens of cities listed, knowing that he can board

10:58 AM ET Associated Press Conor Daly ended the 2021 IndyCar season without a job and unsure where his racing career was headed. Just about a year later, he’s brought a new sponsor to motorsports that not only shored up Daly’s future but now has him prepared to make his NASCAR Cup Series debut. Daly

4:31 AM ET Williams Formula One driver Alex Albon said on Wednesday he was ready to get back on track in Singapore after missing the previous race in Italy with appendicitis. Albon, 26, spent a night in a hospital intensive care unit at Monza earlier this month after suffering respiratory failure due to post-operative anaesthetic

6:02 AM ET The Mercedes Formula One team will renew its title and technical partnership with Malaysian oil company Petronas from 2026, it announced on Wednesday. Mercedes have won the constructors title eight times since partnering with Petronas in 2010, though drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are yet to win a race this season.

11:18 AM ET Associated Press Benjamin Pedersen is the first driver to land a promotion from Indy Lights into IndyCar as AJ Foyt Racing confirmed Wednesday he’ll be part of its 2023 lineup. Pedersen, a 23-year-old dual citizen of Denmark and the United States, spent last season running the full Indy Lights schedule for HMD

11:49 AM ET Six Formula One grands prix from the 2023 season onwards will have sprint sessions after the governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), on Tuesday approved an increase from three events this year. Sprint sessions have become highly popular with fans since it was introduced last year with qualifying taking place on

In the Hollywood version of his year, 2022 would have been his shot at redemption. Fuelled by his feelings of injustice following last December’s title decider in Abu Dhabi — in which a controversial decision by race control resulted in him losing the championship to Max Verstappen on the final lap — he would have

10:07 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson is retiring from full-time racing and will turn his focus toward spending time with family. He figures his future schedule will include no more than 10 bucket list events, but the 47-year-old had no idea Monday what that schedule will look like.

3:57 PM ET Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas — Brad Keselowski has his first pole as an owner-driver at NASCAR’s highest level, a week after RFK Racing’s other car went to Victory Lane. While never in playoff contention after joining a rebranded team with longtime owner Jack Roush this season, 2012 Cup champion Keselowski had

5:14 AM ET Williams has confirmed Nicholas Latifi will leave the team at the end of the current Formula One season, the team confirmed on Friday. The Canadian driver has looked unlikely to remain with the team for several months. Dutch driver Nyck de Vries, who stood in for Latifi’s unwell teammate Alex Albon at

12:22 PM ET ESPN News Services McLaren Racing is in serious conversation about running a fourth Indianapolis 500 entry for NASCAR star Kyle Busch. Busch, who last week left Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing after 15 years to sign with Richard Childress Racing, has permission to compete in the Indy 500 with a Chevrolet team.

1:00 PM ET Former MotoGP world champion Joan Mir has endured some of the biggest crashes of his career in 2022. RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. is witnessing something of a renaissance in motorsport. Call it the “Drive to Survive” effect, but Formula One isn’t the only series seeing a resurgence in television audiences.

3:59 AM ET Yuki Tsunoda will remain in Formula One with AlphaTauri for another year, the Italian team has confirmed. Tsunoda, who is a part of the Red Bull young driver programme and backed by engine supplier Honda, is currently in his second season at AlphaTauri. His future in F1 beyond the end of the

6:57 AM ET ESPN staff India is set to host its first MotoGP World Championships race at the Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida next year, it was announced on Wednesday. MotoGP commercial rights owner Dorna and Noida-based race promoters Fairstreet Sports on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to host the premier two-wheel

7:55 AM ET Christian Horner regrets not adding Oscar Piastri to Red Bull’s driver academy when presented with the chance to several years ago. Piastri, who will race for McLaren in 2023 after a protracted contract saga with Alpine this summer, rose through the French company’s driver academy in recent seasons before winning last year’s

5:58 AM ET Fernando Alonso has the “speed, hunger, motivation and experience” to help Aston Martin take the next step but things could get difficult if they do not deliver a fast enough car for the former world champion, team boss Mike Krack said on Tuesday. Alonso will make the move from Renault-owned Alpine to

10:49 AM ET The Monaco Grand Prix will continue in Formula One until 2025. Monaco’s contract was up this year and there was doubts about whether F1’s most famous event would continue, but on Tuesday F1 confirmed a new three-year deal for the street race. The extension was confirmed alongside F1’s race schedule for 2023.

6:39 AM ET IndyCar’s Colton Herta said he never wanted the FIA to bend its own rules to allow him to race in Formula One next year. The American looks unlikely to be granted an exemption on his superlicence in order to allow him to move to Red Bull junior outfit AlphaTauri next season. Herta

11:45 AM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR champion Kyle Larson has signed a three-year contract extension through 2026 with Hendrick Motorsports, the team that welcomed him back last season after a nearly one-year suspension. The extension announced Friday includes sponsor HendrickCars.com, which will sponsor the No. 5 Chevrolet for 35 races a season.

12:50 PM ET Marshall Pruett Will Power won an ultra-tightly contested 2022 IndyCar championship at Laguna Seca on Sunday. AP Photo/Nic Coury His fingers were stained reddish orange and his tongue was burning. Three hours after crossing under the checkered flag in Monterey, California, on Sunday, newly crowned IndyCar champion Will Power‘s stomach was empty. Thanks

3:13 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Denny Hamlin said Kurt Busch is under no pressure to hurry up his recovery from a concussion and that 23XI Racing is not pushing at this time to get Tyler Reddick in its cars a year early. Richard Childress Racing had a full-throttle response to Reddick’s planned

10:03 AM ET Associated Press The messy saga surrounding Alex Palou‘s racing future was finally cleared up Wednesday when the Spanish driver said he will return to Chip Ganassi Racing next season — and then immediately hopped into one of McLaren’s cars for a Formula One test in Barcelona. McLaren, meanwhile, said Felix Rosenqvist would

4:31 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR released its 2023 schedule on Wednesday that includes previously announced races at the new downtown Chicago street course and a return to North Wilkesboro in North Carolina along with only one notable date shift. The Cup Series schedule is largely unchanged from the 2022 version, with

12:49 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — — Tony Stewart will return to the Fox broadcast booth for the elimination rounds Sunday of the NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. The NASCAR Hall of Famer and first-year NHRA team owner will be in the booth for the second consecutive race and the NHRA’s playoff opener, which

7:05 AM ET Alex Albon has been released from hospital and returned home after he suffered respiratory failure following complications from an appendectomy on Saturday. Albon missed last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix after falling ill with appendicitis. Following surgery on Saturday, the Thai driver experienced “unexpected post-operative anaesthetic complications”, including respiratory failure, and was sent

8:15 AM ET Lewis Hamilton fears he might have the first winless season of his Formula One career because he thinks Max Verstappen and Red Bull are “almost unbeatable”. Seven-time world champion Hamilton has won at least one race in every season stretching back to his rookie year, 2007. Mercedes has crept closer to the