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5:32 PM ET Associated Press FONTANA, Calif. — Austin Cindric followed up his Daytona 500 victory by earning his first career pole in the NASCAR Cup series Saturday at Auto Club Speedway during a tumultuous debut for the new practice and qualifying format at intermediate tracks. Cindric posted the fastest average lap speed in his

A new era of Formula One got underway this week at the Circuit de Catalunya with all ten teams taking to the track for the first test of the preseason. Although it’s too early to call a definitive order, it’s clear that some teams have made a stronger start than others and it was no

12:26 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — An IndyCar fan survey found that Romain Grosjean is the series’ most popular driver, Team Penske is the favorite team, and the Indianapolis 500 is the best race on the schedule. IndyCar said Friday that it received 53,579 responses to its Global Fan Survey, which was

2:52 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Michael Andretti said Friday that his father revealed his Formula One aspirations last week to show the FIA there is strong public support for an expansion team, adding that he would need a decision from motorsports’ governing body in the next month to be properly prepared

7:01 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Formula One has cancelled September’s Russian Grand Prix following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops continued their advance into Ukraine on Friday, which has caused widespread condemnation and sanctions from world leaders. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and the bosses of the 10 teams discussed the status of the

12:43 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc set the pace in the second day of preseason testing at the Circuit de Catalunya as hype continued to build around the performance of the Italian team. A clear favourite has yet to emerge from the first F1 test of 2022, with teams focusing on gaining

2:00 PM ET BARCELONA, Spain – Haas will run a plain white car, minus any of its Uralkali branding or Russian flag colours, for the final day of F1 testing on Friday. Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbour from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from

9:46 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Formula One world champion Max Verstappen has accused the FIA of throwing Michael Masi “under the bus” after the governing body announced the former F1 race director will be replaced this year. Masi oversaw the controversial season finale in Abu Dhabi last year in which Verstappen was crowned champion

2:06 PM ET BARCLEONA, Spain — Lewis Hamilton isn’t known for his love of preseason testing, but even the seven-time champion arrived early in the pit lane at the Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday to witness the dawn of F1’s new era. He wasn’t due to drive his new Mercedes W13 until the afternoon, but

5:44 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — At least six drivers with IndyCar roots will compete in the second season of Tony Stewart‘s all-star racing league, including a surprising one-off appearance by a current Team Penske driver. Two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden was given permission by Penske to race in the Superstar All-Star

8:03 AM ET BARCELONA, Spain — Charles Leclerc put Ferrari top of the timing sheets on the opening morning of Formula One’s preseason tests. There is growing excitement around Ferrari’s 2022 car and, although the first day rarely gives a completely accurate picture of the competitive order, it was a flawless start from the Italian

10:52 AM ET Reigning W Series champion Jamie Chadwick will drive for the Caitlyn Jenner-owned Jenner Racing team in the 2022 competition, the all-female motor racing championship said on Tuesday. Chadwick, the inaugural W Series champion, successfully defended her title last year after the series did not take place in 2020 due to the COVID-19

12:15 PM ET MONTMELO, Spain — The first race of the new F1 season is still over three weeks away, but on-track action officially gets underway on Feb. 23 at the opening pre-season test in Spain. It will be the first chance to see all 10 teams on track together and the first time the

4:41 AM ET Double world champion Fernando Alonso is heading into the Formula One season in an optimistic mood, with the Spaniard hoping the new 2022 rules can deliver enough of a shake up to put his Alpine team in the fight at the front. The 40-year-old returned to the sport last year, signing for

9:51 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Justin Ashley won the Top Fuel final in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series opener Sunday, beating Austin Prock in the Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Ashley had a 3.694-second run at 314.53 mph for his third career victory. “We know coming into the day the Top

1:01 PM ET Alpine will contest the first two Formula One races of 2022 in a predominantly pink livery before switching to a different scheme for the rest of the season. This year Alpine has a new title sponsor, BWT, which previously sponsored the Force India team in 2018 and 2019. To mark that new

8:36 AM ET Michael Andretti’s plan to enter F1 in 2024 — revealed after his father, racing legend and 1978 F1 champion Mario, tweeted about it at the weekend — certainly caused a stir in the motor racing world. There is already an American F1 team, Haas, but the team has shied away from signing

9:56 PM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Who in the world is Austin Cindric? As the 2022 Daytona 500 ground its way to the checkered flag, finally ending a 3½-hour enduro race that put a dozen cars behind the wall and saw 25 of the 40 cars in the field caught up in accidents (that’s

7:00 AM ET NASCAR president Steve Phelps (in suitcoat) presented Kyle Larson with the championship trophy in 2021, a year after he suspended the driver for a racial slur. Chris Graythen/Getty Images DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR President Steve Phelps is sitting in his office overlooking Daytona International Speedway. You can see and hear race cars

10:22 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Brittany Force took the No. 1 spot in Top Fuel qualifying Saturday in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Force had a 3.661-second run at 333.91 mph in the final qualifying session, giving her 33 career No. 1 qualifiers. She drove

7:00 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Here at Daytona, the sun is shining, the seagulls are gulling, and the hotels are price gouging. All that means it must time for 64th edition of the “Great American Race,” the Daytona 500, the “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing,” run at the “World Center of Racing”

10:26 PM ET Associated Press POMONA, Calif. — Robert Hight topped Funny Car qualifying Friday night in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series’ season-opening Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Hight, a three-time season champion, had a 3.882-second run at 330.89 mph in a Chevrolet Camaro SS. If it holds up Saturday, it would give Hight

7:32 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — While the main conversation at Daytona International Speedway this week has revolved around NASCAR’s new Next Gen race car, and rightfully so, another next generational movement is taking place behind the wheel of that car. With all due respect to the machines the sanctioning body has touted as

8:28 AM ET Lewis Hamilton said he “lost a little bit of faith” in the fair policing of Formula One after missing out on last year’s title in controversial circumstances at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hamilton was beaten to the 2021 title by Max Verstappen in Abu Dhabi after race director Michael Masi bent

10:33 AM ET DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — As Daytona Speedweeks (OK, it’s actually Speedweek now) have reached full speed leading into Thursday night’s dual 150-mile qualifying races, everyone in the Cup Series garage seems to agree that NASCAR’s newly christened rides, the so-called Next Gen machines, were needed. OK, they agree for the most part.

11:34 AM ET Former Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has joined rivals Alpine as their new team boss as part of a wider restructuring of the French Formula One outfit’s management, the Renault-owned manufacturer said on Thursday. The Romanian-American, who left Aston Martin last month, will assume the role of team principal, which was

5:57 AM ET Formula One is braced for disputes over teams’ interpretations of this season’s new rules, but will now have the power to crack down swiftly on any outfit trying to use loopholes to circumvent them, the sport’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said. The series is set for its most radical regulatory overhaul in

10:13 PM ET Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Jacques Villeneuve qualified for his first Daytona 500 then jogged down pit road anxiously searching for his team and a celebration. The 50-year-old former Formula One champion and Indianapolis 500 winner found his partner and lifted her in the air, then he hugged his crew members.

5:49 AM ET Reuters and ESPN Red Bull have signed a multi-year partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Bybit in what the Formula One team said was the largest annual crypto deal in international sport so far. The Milton Keynes-based team did not reveal a deal value in their statement issued on Wednesday but an informed source

6:37 AM ET Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 We’ve seen six of the ten cars (in some form) that will contest the