“Ultimately, there was a crash at the Nurburgring and I got into a disagreement with Franz when I came back to the pit box. I love Franz, he had a tough job, and really what this comes down to is my patience for being there and taking anything… I was over it. I was smarting
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 15, 2024, 11:06 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Kimi Antonelli will replace Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes F1 garage beginning next season. Clive Rose – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images Andrea Kimi Antonelli has a party trick. Name any race
The Cayman Motoring Federation (CMF) has successfully introduced Motorsport Sim Racing to the Cayman Islands during the Gamers Bay 8 event, held on September 28-29. Using the iRacing platform and the FIA F4 car, the launch marked a significant milestone for motorsport in the region, with 144 participants of diverse backgrounds engaging in the activity. This initiative, made
The FIA has begun the process to identify and engage with a partner in game development to collaborate and develop a platform with the intention for racing to be included in the Olympic Esports Games taking place in the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia in 2025. This is a unique opportunity for one or more racing game
Pirelli conducted its second test of the prototype 2026 tyres last week in a test at Mugello with McLaren’s Lando Norris, Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, as well as the returning Liam Lawson. This follows from the September test in Barcelona with Aston Martin and Felipe Drugovich. There will be a further test
Denmark will travel to its third FIA Motorsport Games with ambitions of securing a first-ever medal. In Karting Sprint Senior, its hope rests on the young shoulders of Luca Magnussen. The teenager is the latest member of his family to compete on the international stage, following in the footsteps of his father Jan and elder
“I think where Logan was, he gave me everything that he had, but it wasn’t at the right level or the right value for what we needed – as simple as that. It was never from him a lack of confidence, or a lack of drive, or a lack of motivation… He would spend all
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
Also on the agenda, Lawson talks about how Red Bull Motorsport Advisor Helmut Marko has prepared him for the sport’s extreme pressures and what it means to represent New Zealand in F1. Plus, Clarkson and Hill discuss the challenges presented by the Circuit of the Americas, expected upgrades for Red Bull, Mercedes and Ferrari, and
“Drag slows you down, so you want a small rear wing. But in Monaco, where you have a lot of low-speed corners, to go as fast through the corners, you would want a large rear wing.” To listen to the full episode, hit go on the audio player above – or click here to listen
What does owner Gene Haas make of the arrangement? Komatsu said it was “not difficult to convince Gene” Haas, the team’s owner, of the merits of partnering up with Toyota. A large chunk of the team’s budget comes from the American boss’s own pockets. As a result, he has always been keen to run his
Hayden Paddon was the big winner when the curtain came down on a thrilling 2024 FIA European Rally Championship during an action-packed Rally Silesia today (Sunday). While Andrea Mabellini scored a breakthrough victory alongside co-driver Virginia Lenzi, Paddon made it back-to-back ERC titles in third place with John Kennard co-driving his Hyundai i20 N Rally2. Paddon’s entrant, BRC Racing Team, clinched the FIA European Rally Championship for
November 2023 – Salvaging P4 in the constructors’ Eight months after they sat second to last in the constructors’ standings, the aforementioned technical reshuffles and potent upgrades saw McLaren rise to a much more respectable position, culminating in them snatching fourth from Aston Martin in the final stages of the season. January 2024 – Headline
Next week Formula 1 will return to the Circuit of The Americas for the US Grand Prix – the 12th running of the race in Austin, but the 13th time F1 will have raced in Texas. F1 Hall of Fame journalist David Tremayne looks back at the first time the Grand Prix circus put on
As we look ahead to the final six races of the year, McLaren hold a 41-point lead in the constructors’ standings while Red Bull’s Max Verstappen currently heads the drivers’ leaderboard by 52 points, meaning the two championship trophies could be heading to different destinations in 2024. While the drivers’ and constructors’ titles have usually
Hayden Paddon has completed the opening leg of Rally Silesia with one hand firmly on landing back-to-back FIA European Rally Championship titles*. Ahead of Sunday’s deciding leg, Paddon leads Andrea Mabellini by 6.8s with title rival Mathieu Franceshi languishing in fifth place. If the current positions remain unchanged, Paddon will take ERC title gold for
Not long after Oli Oakes was announced as Alpine’s new Team Principal – and the second youngest team boss in Formula 1 history – he had a call from rival and Mercedes chief Toto Wolff to congratulate him. “Toto said something quite funny,” says Oakes. “He said ‘it’s good to have some young blood [among]
Al-Attiyah seals third successive W2RC title and Dacia’s new Sandrider wins on its debut in Morocco A seventh victory at the Rallye du Maroc earned Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah a third successive 2024 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) Drivers’ Championship and gave the new Dacia Sandrider a stunning victory on its international debut. The Qatari’s French
Formula 3 has confirmed the 10 teams that have been selected for the 2025-2027 seasons, with nine outfits from the 2024 campaign retained while newcomers DAMS will complete the grid. AIX Racing, ART Grand Prix, Campos Racing, Hitech Grand Prix, MP Motorsport, PREMA Racing, Rodin Motorsport, Trident and Van Amersfoort Racing are the nine incumbent
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
Lewis Hamilton has admitted that the inconsistencies Mercedes have faced with their car across the last three seasons have been “frustrating”, with the seven-time world champion likening the ups and downs to a round of golf. Following a sustained period of dominance which saw the team claim every constructors’ title between 2014 and 2021 –
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
The MP4/5B formed part of the hugely successful partnership between McLaren and Honda between 1988 and 1992, and left a permanent mark on the sport’s history. During this era of unprecedented success, McLaren-Honda won an impressive 44 of the 80 races they competed in, and Senna was crowned world champion in 1988, 1990, and 1991
Oct 11, 2024, 07:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Haas’s new Formula One technical partnership with Toyota is aimed at enhancing long-standing arrangements with Ferrari rather than replacing them, team boss Ayao Komatsu said on Friday. The team uses Ferrari engines and gearboxes, as well as a wind tunnel and simulator at Maranello where Haas
President of Gazoo Racing Company Tomoya Takahashi added: “We are pleased to announce that MoneyGram Haas F1 Team and Toyota Gazoo Racing have concluded a basic agreement to enter a technical partnership such as Haas vehicle development. “We would like to express our gratitude to Mr. Gene Haas, Mr. Ayao Komatsu, Mr. Stefano Domenicali (CEO
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorOct 10, 2024, 08:53 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions The Haas Formula 1 team has announced a new multi-year technical partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing, the motorsport department of the Japanese car manufacturer. Toyota Gazoo Racing, which competes in the World
The race to win the 2024 FIA European Rally Championship will be decided this week (October 11-13) when Rally Silesia hosts the eagerly-anticipated season showdown. Making its ERC debut, the all-Tarmac Polish round will be a level playing field for several championship regulars, including title contenders Mathieu Franceschi and Hayden Paddon, the defending champion. After
A record 34 nations will compete for Auto Slalom gold medal glory at the FIA Motorsport Games in Valencia, 23-27 October – all driving the Hyundai KONA Electric N Line. Hyundai Motor Spain is confirmed as the official Electric Street Auto Slalom partner, providing six units of the KONA Electric N Line for the event.
“We tested together somewhere – [it] might have been Hockenheim in Germany – and I remember seeing him walking around in his Red Bull suit, and I remember thinking that was so cool and how cool it would be to be a Red Bull Junior. “And yeah, I got the call-up after that first weekend
Ferrari Another team to have brought several well-known names through the ranks to F1, the Ferrari Driver Academy has previously supported the likes of Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez over the years. Headed by Jock Clear, the programme has enjoyed recent success with one youngster in particular… Ollie Bearman: That rookie is Bearman, who quickly
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