FIA European Rally Championship leader Hayden Paddon has delivered an asphalt-driving masterclass to head JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion by 1min 18.7sec at the completion of leg one today (Saturday). Leading overnight after setting the pace on both runs through Friday evening’s Aberystwyth super special, Paddon was initially pegged back by fellow Hyundai runner James Williams
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Mercedes Hamilton topped FP3, and Mercedes went into qualifying as one of the favourites. When Hamilton topped Q2 as well, they certainly seemed in the mix but wound up behind McLaren on the first runs in Q3. The second runs saw Russell towing Hamilton again, but while he improved to secure third, Hamilton’s last effort
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorAug 31, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton said it was “surreal” and “emotional” to wake up on Saturday morning knowing Andrea Kimi Antonelli would be announced as his replacement at Mercedes next year. At
DRIVERS 1 – Lando NORRIS (McLaren) 2 – Oscar PIASTRI (McLaren) 3 – George RUSSELL (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS (Conducted by Davide Valsecchi) Q: Say ciao to everyone, to Oscar Piastri. Second today, front row for tomorrow. How was your lap, man? You were there, eh? Oscar PIASTRI: Yeah, the first lap in Q3 was quite good. Just the
Lando Norris took this fourth pole position of the season and his second in a row as P2 for Oscar Piastri locked out the front row of the grid for McLaren for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix. Geroge Russell qualified third for Mercedes as championship leader Max Verstappen ended up in seventh
29 August 2024 – Monza, Italy: With Sport one of the fasting growing sectors in tourism, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), has partnered with UN Tourism to advance it at a global scale whilst raising awareness of sustainable practices and the positive impacts on destinations. As the global governing body for motor sport, the
Verstappen ended the hour in sixth – having complained about his Red Bull not turning during the session – ahead of Sainz in seventh. Albon and new team mate Franco Colapinto put in a good showing for Williams in eighth and ninth respectively, while Nico Hulkenberg completed the top 10 for Haas. Fernando Alonso was
Lewis Hamilton beat Mercedes team-mate George Russell to the top of the timesheet in the final practice for the 2024 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc a tenth off Hamilton in third place. At the start of the session, Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen set the early pace with a Medium-tyre
Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton qualified fifth in Hungary after winning the British Grand Prix two weeks ago. Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images MONZA, Italy — Italian teenager Andrea Kimi Antonelli will replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2025, the team confirmed on Saturday. Antonelli, 18, a product of the Mercedes junior academy, has been handpicked by
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton topped a practice session apiece on Friday at Monza but it was a different team who emerged as the one to beat in the fight for pole. Read on to find out which – and discover just how close it is between four teams in the battle
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorAug 30, 2024, 08:29 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Following his decision to cut Logan Sargeant from Williams midseason, team principal James Vowles said it would have been “almost unfair” to continue with the American beyond his last race in Zandvoort.
Mercedes Antonelli was in Russell’s car for FP1, but he only managed one flying run before he overcooked it, oversteer sending him spinning into the barriers and out of the session. Whether he got an unlucky gust of wind or was pushing too hard remains to be seen, but it was hardly the ideal start
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorAug 30, 2024, 01:22 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff described Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s pace before his first practice accident at the Italian Grand Prix as “astonishing.” The 18-year-old made his grand prix weekend debut during first
ercedes’ Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the second practice session for Sunday’s 2024 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, pipping McLaren’s Lando Norris by just 0.003s at the end of a session that was halted midway through when Kevin Magnussen crashed his Haas. In the first third of the session, run on Medium
TEAM REPRESENTATIVES: Peter BAYER (RB), Frédéric VASSEUR (Ferrari), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes) Q: Toto, let’s start with you. Not the start that Kimi Antonelli wanted in Formula 1, not the start that Mercedes wanted to this weekend. Can we get, first of all, your thoughts on his accident and perhaps start by telling us, is he OK?Toto WOLFF:
An event as demanding as it is legendary provides the next instalment in the thrilling chase of the overall FIA Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles for 2024, which resumes after the summer break. With four events remaining, Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team’s Thierry Neuville leads the provisional standings on 168 points. But Sébastien Ogier is
F1 – Verstappen quickest in opening practice as Antonelli crashes on F1 weekend debut F1 Drivers’ Championship leader Max Verstappen went quickest in the opening practice session for this weekend’s 2024 FIA Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix as Mercedes’ junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed on his grand prix weekend debut. Antonelli, who is tipped to
“The future of Williams isn’t investing in the past, it’s investing in talent that allows us to move forward as individuals. It’s investing in an academy. When you’re putting that amount of finance into an academy, you’ve got to put your actions where your words are as well. “Franco’s ahead in the F2 championship of
Leading drivers from the FIA European Rally Championship will be taking on an all-new challenge this week when they contest JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion. The penultimate event of the all-action ERC season from 30 August – 1 September, JDS Machinery Rali Ceredigion marks the championship’s return to the UK for the first time since 2016
Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton said coming to Monza always feels special. Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images MONZA, Italy — Lewis Hamilton admitted his arrival at the Italian Grand Prix felt different this year ahead of his move to Ferrari in 2025. Ferrari, F1’s most successful team, and Monza, host of the Italian GP in every year
Asked during his Thursday media duties if he thinks he will have a car to win again this season, having last triumphed in June’s Spanish Grand Prix, Verstappen replied: “At the moment we don’t, but there are a lot of different tracks coming up where hopefully we can do better. “I don’t expect the weekends
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorAug 29, 2024, 01:31 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Max Verstappen and Red Bull’s dominance has been diminished by Lando Norris and McLaren. Mark Thompson/Getty Images MONZA, Italy — Max Verstappen is targeting a fourth world title this year, but said the
With Zandvoort having kicked off the second half of the 2024 season, it’s now time for F1 to head to Monza for part two of an exciting double header of races. There are plenty of talking points ahead of the Italian Grand Prix, with one of them being the increasingly close battle at the front.
Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistAug 29, 2024, 12:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions At the age of 43, Will Power is fighting to claim his third IndyCar crown. Dave Kallmann / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK IndyCar’s biggest kid loves to sing, play the drums, revels in old-school hip hop, and has no interest in
PART ONE – Sergio PÉREZ (Red Bull Racing), Alex ALBON (Williams), Lando NORRIS (McLaren) Q: Lando, two wins. How were the celebrations on Sunday night? Was it as raucous as Miami?Lando NORRIS: Quite the opposite. No, I just went back home and had dinner and went to bed. So not very exciting at all. But it
Elsewhere at Monza There’s more activity taking place at the Italian Grand Prix weekend as part of the wider Sustainability Strategy that Formula 1 introduced in 2019, which includes the goal of being Net Zero by 2030, leaving a legacy of positive change and creating a more diverse sport that reflects the world in which
Antonelli has impressed Mercedes so far with his performances in previous F1 machinery, but this will be his first outing during a race weekend and it will come as part of a busy schedule for the 18-year-old. Antonelli will also be racing in Formula 2 for PREMA, trying to improve on his current position of
Aug 22, 2024, 04:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Don’t look now, but here comes Lando Norris. With a comfortable 22-second win last week in the Dutch Grand Prix, Norris cut Max Verstappen‘s lead in the 2024 Formula One drivers’ championship standings from 78 points to 70 with nine races to go. Norris looks to
Lando Norris put in the most dominant display of the year in Zandvoort, taking a comfortable pole on Saturday before an emphatic drive on Sunday saw him win with the biggest margin of the season – and take the fastest lap on the final tour as well, emphasising his Dutch dominance. But there’s one part
Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorAug 28, 2024, 11:50 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions As harsh as Logan Sargeant‘s axe from Williams might seem, there were signs it was coming. Since the opening few races of the season, there had been speculation about the 23-year-old American
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