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8:13 AM ET The all-female W Series is discussing a move outside Europe, and a potential North American double-header supporting Formula One races in the United States and Mexico, as part of an expanded second season. Former F1 race winner David Coulthard, who heads the advisory board for the series and is a long-time friend

Oct 3, 2019 Robert Kubica’s sponsor has asked Williams to provide an explanation for the Polish driver’s retirement from the Russian Grand Prix. Kubica, who will leave the team at the conclusion of the 2019 season, was brought into the pits to retire the car one lap after teammate George Russell crashed during a Virtual

4:01 PM ET Laine Clark Winning another Bathurst 1000 title was the last thing on Holden great Garth Tander’s mind at the start of the year. In fact, the former Supercars series champion wondered if he would get behind the wheel again after his glittering 19-year full-time career came to an abrupt halt with a

6:25 AM ET Formula One is planning big changes for the 2021 season, but one of the only tweaks planned for 2020 has split opinion in the paddock. With the prospect of one full year — featuring a record 22 races — to come before the overhaul F1 hopes brings the sport’s playing field closer

2:01 AM ET Laine Clark Holden drivers are confident aerodynamic changes to their Commodores have closed the gap on Ford’s runaway Mustangs ahead of this weekend’s Supercars showpiece, the Bathurst 1000. But Holden star Shane van Gisbergen is not so sure. Van Gisbergen looked to have been one of the great beneficiaries of the Commodores’

6:15 PM ET Associated Press Kyle Larson pulled away late and won the playoff race at Dover International Speedway to snap a 75-race winless streak and earn an automatic berth in the next round. Larson had nine runner-up finshes in the No. 42 Chevrolet since his last win Sept. 9, 2017, in Richmond, keeping the

4:16 AM ET THAILAND – Honda’s Marc Marquez sealed his sixth MotoGP title, and eighth world championship overall, after winning the Thai Grand Prix on Sunday. The Spaniard pipped pole sitter Fabio Quartararo at the final corner before the line after a long on-track battle, while Monster Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales finished in third. Marquez, 26,

3:56 AM ET Juan Manuel Correa has released a public statement for the first time since sustaining severe injuries in the crash that killed F2 driver Anthoine Hubert. Correa underwent a 17-hour surgery on Sunday which was deemed successful by doctors. The American driver has been in hospital since suffering severe leg injuries in the

5:43 AM ET Ferrari legend Ross Brawn has warned his former team it will need to carefully manage the dynamic between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc to prevent an all-out civil war. The pair were embroiled in controversy at the Russian Grand Prix. At the start, Vettel had got past Lewis Hamilton and used the

10:08 AM ET A Spanish team is pushing to join Formula One in 2021, with former Mercedes junior Pascal Wehrlein named as a driver. Ex-F1 driver Adrian Campos, who runs the Campos Racing team that competes in the world championship’s main feeder series, F2 and F3, is spearheading the project with team CEO Salvatore Gandolfo.

7:20 AM ET Robert Kubica’s sponsor has asked Williams to provide an explanation for the Polish driver’s retirement from the Russian Grand Prix. Kubica, who will leave the team at the conclusion of the 2019 season, was brought into the pits to retire the car one lap after teammate George Russell crashed during a Virtual

4:01 PM ET Ed Jackson Ford driver Cameron Waters has committed his Supercars future to Tickford Racing. The 25-year-old has signed a multi-year deal to stay with the team for 2020 and beyond. The Mildura-born driver has been with Tickford since his rookie season in 2016, delivering one race win in that time – the

4:18 PM ET Associated Press Scott Dixon and Will Power both declared IndyCar’s new aeroscreen “ready to race” during the first extensive test session for the cockpit protection that will debut next season. “It’s like a road car,” Dixon said. “It’s just very quiet. I can hear my radio, usually I can’t hear that. I

7:12 AM ET Knowing what your consumer wants and adapting your product to suit their needs is a key goal for any business. Each generation of iPhone has been adapted based on data gathered by Apple, with the aim of giving the consumer the next ground-breaking development — even if they didn’t know they needed

11:11 PM ET Matthew Willis Sunday, after the checkered flag falls, is always one of the saddest times of the NASCAR season. I’m talking, of course, that I can no longer use the term Roval for another season. What, you think I was referring to the elimination of four drivers from the playoffs? Sad for

10:34 AM ET The Toro Rosso name could disappear at the end of the Formula One season with the Italy-based team seeking to race in the future as Alpha Tauri, a fashion brand also owned by Red Bull. Speedweek.com quoted Red Bull’s motorsport consultant Helmut Marko as saying at last weekend’s Russian Grand Prix that

9:03 AM ET Ferrari should have been celebrating a fourth straight victory after the Russian Grand Prix. The Italian team not only handed victory to Mercedes on a silver platter, but it spent the evening of the race explaining and defending its controversial and clumsily-executed team orders between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc. Our F1

9:30 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 Sebastian Vettel’s Russian Grand Prix ended with a power failure midway through the race,

6:31 AM ET Victory at the Russian Grand Prix moved Lewis Hamilton even closer to a sixth title, one which would place him outright second on the all-time list behind Michael Schumacher. The British driver is 73 points clear of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas with 130 to play for in the final five races. Each

8:39 AM ET Sebastian Vettel made his feelings about modern-day Formula One clear after his car ground to a halt midway through the Russian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion, whose Ferrari had suffered a failure of the complex MGU-K system, opened his radio channel to say simply: “Bring back the f—ing V12s!” It was

7:47 PM ET Associated Press MADISON, Ill. — Shawn Langdon beat Kalitta Motorsports teammate J.R. Todd in the Funny Car final Sunday at the AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals at World Wide Technology Raceway. Langdon, a former Top Fuel season champion, is the second driver in NHRA history to win in both nitro classes at

12:03 PM ET Kevin Magnussen and Haas team boss Guenther Steiner have hit out at the Russian Grand Prix race stewards for a “B.S.” penalty which nearly cost the Dane a top-ten finish in Sochi. Magnussen was holding off Sergio Perez for seventh when he ran wide at Turn 2. Ahead of the race it

11:13 AM ET Mercedes has dismissed four employees and disciplined three others at its Formula One headquarters for racist abuse to another employee. The employees were dismissed from the team’s UK base at Brackley on Aug. 2 following an investigation into a complaint. Mercedes found the staff members in breach of its diversity and equality

6:29 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — AJ Allmendinger raced to his first NASCAR victory in five years Saturday in the Xfinity Series playoff race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Allmendinger has transitioned this season from full-time racing to the broadcast booth, but he agreed to drive a handful of Xfinity Series

12:10 PM ET Charles Leclerc is on quite a run at the moment. The Monaco native looks unbeatable on Saturdays and claimed another pole position ahead of the Russian Grand Prix. Our round-up of all things good and bad in qualifying must start with the grid’s in-form driver. The new Baby Schumi? Early in Sebastian

4:18 AM ET American racing driver Juan Manuel Correa, who was injured in the F2 crash which killed Anthoine Hubert, has opted for reconstructive surgery on his right leg rather than amputation. Correa has been in hospital since the crash at Spa-Francorchamps on Aug. 30, where he collided head on with Hubert’s car after he

8:27 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden turned exhibition laps Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the first appearance of an open-wheel car at the track since three spectators were killed 20 years ago. Newgarden, who won his second title in three years last weekend, drove the Indy car that

12:00 PM ET The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious business over a race weekend, so we try to bring you some of the news stories you might otherwise miss ahead of the Russian Grand Prix. Revolution! Local hero Daniil Kvyat wanted to wear a helmet featuring a

10:50 AM ET Charles Leclerc has told himself to “shut up” and show restraint in difficult situations after venting his frustrations during the Singapore Grand Prix over his in-car radio. Leclerc was annoyed after seeing teammate Sebastian Vettel put onto what turned out to be the better strategy. Leclerc had claimed pole and led the

1:07 PM ET Five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton is concerned Formula One’s plans to experiment with new race formats next year is simply a way of masking the shortfalls of the long-awaited 2021 rules package. Formula One’s motorsport director, Ross Brawn, defended plans to experiment with different race formats after Hamilton and four-time champion Sebastian