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Oct 25, 2024, 07:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Sergio Perez is yet to win a race this season and is eighth in the drivers’ championship. Mark Thompson/Getty Images Red Bull team boss Christian Horner agreed on Friday with Sergio Perez’s assessment of his Formula 1 season as ‘terrible’ but said the Mexican was still the

Open Extended Reactions MEXICO CITY — The FIA has rejected McLaren’s appeal over the U.S. Grand Prix penalty Lando Norris labelled a “momentum killer” in the title fight. Norris was given a costly five-second penalty in Austin after the stewards deemed he had gained an advantage by going off track while overtaking Red Bull’s Max

Oct 25, 2024, 03:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen has yet to make peace with Formula 1’s governing body after being sanctioned for swearing in a press conference but he is clear on what he would like to see happen in an ideal world. “Drivers need to get more power,” Red Bull’s triple

Oct 24, 2024, 03:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Aston Martin’s double world champion Fernando Alonso called in sick on Thursday ahead of what will be his record 400th Formula 1 grand prix weekend. The team said the 43-year-old Spaniard, who had been due to take part in a news conference at Mexico City’s Autodromo

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — NHRA legend John Force, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during a harrowing crash at Virginia Motorsports Park in June, has been cleared to attend a race. The 16-time Funny Car champion announced Thursday that he will travel with his wife,

Open Extended Reactions MEXICO CITY — Lando Norris suggested he will change the way he approaches racing Max Verstappen on track after the way their U.S. Grand Prix battle ended. Norris passed Verstappen for third late in the Austin race but was forced off the race track while doing so. Editor’s Picks Verstappen also went

Open Extended Reactions MEXICO CITY – Oscar Piastri has dismissed a report that his manager Mark Webber is pursuing a move to Red Bull. After the U.S. Grand Prix, Red Bull racing advisor Helmut Marko suggested the McLaren driver is exploring other options. Editor’s Picks “Let’s put it this way: Mark Webber is intensively seeking

Oct 23, 2024, 11:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The United States Grand Prix saw Ferrari and Red Bull regain their form. Ferrari took a surprise one-two in the grand prix led by Charles Leclerc while Max Verstappen collected enough points from his sprint race victory and a third place on Sunday to extend his

Oct 23, 2024, 05:47 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Sauber hope to have next season’s driver line-up sorted by mid-November but that looks like one of the easier challenges facing new boss Mattia Binotto at what will become the Audi works Formula 1 team from 2026. The Swiss-based outfit are last with five rounds to

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN, Texas — Any Ferrari victory brings a certain level of hype. One that gets the famed Italian team talking about its first championship of any kind since 2008 is a step above the norm. Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz‘s 1-2 finish — their third of the decade — at Sunday’s U.S.

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN – Lando Norris said F1 stewards have to be more consistent with penalties after he lost a podium to championship rival Max Verstappen at the U.S. Grand Prix. Norris and Verstappen both ran off the circuit while they battled for third position late in the race. Editor’s Picks Norris emerged ahead

Oct 20, 2024, 08:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions McLaren’s Andrea Stella criticised Formula 1 stewards on Sunday for what he said was an “inappropriate” U.S. Grand Prix penalty that seriously dented Lando Norris’s title hopes. Norris was waging a thrilling duel with title rival Max Verstappen for third place and overtook the Red Bull

Oct 21, 2024, 03:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Liam Lawson has drawn praise from Red Bull boss Christian Horner after the driver marked his return to Formula 1 for the first time in more than a year by racing from 19th to ninth in Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix. The 22-year-old driver has taken the

Oct 21, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Formula 1’s governing body imposed a €500,000 ($543,250) fine on the U.S. Grand Prix promoter on Sunday after a post-race track invasion, with €350,000 suspended to the end of 2026. Stewards said in a statement that the suspended element of the fine depended on there being no further track

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN – Charles Leclerc said Ferrari can win its first constructors’ championship since 2008 after he led Carlos Sainz to a one-two finish at the U.S. Grand Prix. Leclerc passed the duelling Lando Norris and Max Verstappen at the start and disappeared into the distance for a comfortable victory. Editor’s Picks 1

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN — Max Verstappen brushed off McLaren’s complaints about Lando Norris’ penalty at the end of the U.S. Grand Prix. Norris was handed a five-second penalty for running wide while overtaking Verstappen at Turn 12, meaning he dropped back behind the Red Bull driver in the final standings after the race. Editor’s

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 20, 2024, 12:41 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions George Russell will start the United States Grand Prix from the pit lane after his accident in qualifying forced Mercedes to revert to old-specification parts on his car. Russell qualified sixth on

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN — Lewis Hamilton qualified down in 19th for Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix, complaining his car was “pretty terrible” to drive after Mercedes was forced into car changes. Hamilton was sixth in the sprint race on Saturday before getting knocked out of the first qualifying session for Sunday’s race. The seven-time world

Open Extended Reactions Daniel Ricciardo has been replaced by Liam Lawson at RB. Mark Thompson/Getty Images AUSTIN, TEXAS — RB boss Laurent Mekies has said that the team could have handled Daniel Ricciardo’s exit from Formula 1 better. Ricciardo will be absent from the grid at the U.S. Grand Prix this weekend after his F1 career

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 17, 2024, 05:31 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN — Formula 1 champions Red Bull will make changes to their car after the FIA issued a statement to all teams outlawing devices that allow for easy adjustment of the car’s

Oct 17, 2024, 01:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Formula One will scrap from next season the bonus point awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap in a grand prix, the governing FIA said on Thursday. Since 2019 the regulations have allocated an extra point provided the driver finishes in the top 10

Dave Wilson Close Dave Wilson ESPN Staff Writer Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Nate Saunders Close Nate Saunders General Editor, F1 Oct 18, 2024, 09:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As Formula 1 descends on Austin, the Texas

Open Extended Reactions AUSTIN — Max Verstappen hinted his protest over FIA news conferences will continue at the U.S. Grand Prix after not hearing from the governing body in the three weeks since the last race. Verstappen, F1’s reigning champion, was given the FIA’s version of community service after he said the word “f—ed” at

Oct 18, 2024, 05:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions McLaren boss Zak Brown said Red Bull’s statement confessing to the device was carefully worded. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images McLaren boss Zak Brown warned on Friday of “massive consequences” if champions Red Bull were found to have breached Formula 1 rules on adjusting car set-ups during

Oct 18, 2024, 01:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Carlos Sainz sees Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix as a true test of Ferrari’s hopes of winning a first Formula 1 constructors’ title since 2008. Ferrari brought upgrades to their home Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sept. 1, with Sainz’s teammate Charles Leclerc winning and then

The FIA’s head of single seaters, Nikolas Tombazis, said the controversy around Red Bull’s car at this weekend’s U.S. Grand Prix will be a non-story now the governing body has intervened. In the build up to this weekend’s race at the Circuit of the Americas, Red Bull confirmed a device exists under the pedals of

Open Extended Reactions Zak Brown dismissed Helmut Marko’s comments, saying they were disappointing but not surprising. Mark Sutton/Getty Images AUSTIN – McLaren boss Zak Brown has accused Red Bull’s Helmut Marko of setting Formula 1 back 10 or 20 years for comments he recent made about Lando Norris’ supposed “mental weaknesses,” adding they were in “poor

Associated Press Oct 14, 2024, 05:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hailie Deegan said Monday she will move from NASCAR to IndyCar and compete in the Indy NXT Series next year with HMD Motorsports. Deegan will drive the No. 38 entry for the full 14-race calendar of the series one step below

Kelly Crandall Oct 11, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Denny Hamlin’s role as team owner at 23XI Racing has taught him patience, a quality he has not always been known for as a driver. Sean Gardner/Getty Images All it took for Denny Hamlin to learn patience was becoming a NASCAR team owner. He used

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 11, 2024, 01:43 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin have become the faces of the antitrust lawsuit brought against NASCAR earlier this month. Chris Graythen/Getty Images If