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
Lewis Hamilton says recent Formula 1 qualifying laps have felt worthy of pole position but his front-row start for the Russian Grand Prix is still “quite an achievement”. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has taken all four poles since F1 returned from its summer break and Hamilton has been resigned to starting second in the last three
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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
Mercedes is adamant its revived McLaren engine supply is not the “start of a works deal” and does not mean its own all-conquering squad will leave Formula 1. McLaren’s current deal with Renault will expire at the end of 2020, after which the British team will return to its former partner Mercedes following seven seasons
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
All Formula 1 drivers will be given two sets of 2020 tyres to test during Friday practice for next month’s US Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. The FIA sporting regulations give Pirelli the option to provide tyres for Friday running, if the company wants to log more mileage. They can be used
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
Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat says the rule that is preventing him from using a special helmet livery design at the Russian Grand Prix is “a joke”. Kvyat was told by the FIA that he cannot use a new white, red and blue helmet – in deference to the Russian flag – for
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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
Double champion Josef Newgarden will demo his Penske IndyCar at Charlotte this weekend, and the track and championship have held “high-level” talks about an IndyCar Roval round in the future. This weekend NASCAR will hold its second successive event at the Roval after the road-course style lay-out was used for the first time in 2018.
Ferrari believes its encouraging Russian Grand Prix practice pace has validated the performance of its latest Formula 1 aerodynamic package, and will not introduce any more major updates this season. The Italian team claimed a shock pole position and victory in Singapore last weekend having struggled at high-downforce tracks all season. After that result Ferrari
Japan, Kenya and New Zealand all return to the World Rally Championship calendar in 2020, with Australia, Corsica and Spain all dropped from the schedule. Germany’s Bostalsee-based round had been expected to be dropped, but was saved at the expense of Catalunya. Germany does, however, move from a summer date to mid-October. Rally GB is
Max Verstappen says he does not want to be the deciding factor as Red Bull picks who should be his Formula 1 team-mate next season. Verstappen is currently partnered at the team by Alex Albon, who was promoted from the Toro Rosso junior outfit mid-season in a seat-swap with the underperforming Pierre Gasly. Red Bull
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
Co-driver of the No. 86 Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3, Katherine Legge finds herself within reach of her first GT Daytona (GTD) championship in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with one race remaining in 2018. Legge sits down with Justin Bell to discuss what factors have led to her success and the impact she
There was action aplenty in the first session of the weekend in Singapore. Check out all the best of the action before lights went down in Marina Bay… For more F1® videos, visit http://www.Formula1.com Like F1® on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/ Follow F1® on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/F1 Follow F1® on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/F1 #F1 #SingaporeGP
The 2019 season will see SRO Motorsports Group unite the sprint-format championships formerly known as the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, Blancpain GT Series Asia and Pirelli World Challenge GT to form a new global initiative: the Blancpain GT World Challenge. This exciting international endeavour will present GT3 manufacturers, partners and teams with the
Charles Leclerc says he will “just shut up” instead of making negative radio comments to his Ferrari Formula 1 team after the 2019 Singapore Grand Prix. Leclerc voiced his frustrations at ending up behind team-mate and eventual race winner Sebastian Vettel during the concluding stages of last weekend’s race in Singapore. After talking through 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
Dani Sordo is expected to remain with Hyundai in the World Rally Championship for a seventh season in 2020, despite speculation about a move to Toyota. The 36-year-old took his first win since 2012 earlier this season in Sardinia and has been in contention for podiums on most events he has contested this year. His
One of the most mouth-watering prospects heading into this MotoGP season was Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo sharing the Honda garage and going head-to-head on equal machinery. But a constantly injured Lorenzo has struggled to adapt from the Ducati he took to three race wins in 2018 to the RC213V, and he is in the
The latest edition of The Autosport Podcast considers the extent to which Sebastian Vettel’s surprise Singapore Grand Prix victory marks the rebirth of the four-time Formula 1 world champion. Vettel’s win came after he jumped team-mate Charles Leclerc in the pitstop phase, a result of Ferrari underestimating the power of the undercut when stopping Vettel
5:13 AM ET Max Verstappen and the grid’s three other drivers of Honda-powered cars will serve grid penalties at the Russian Grand Prix. Honda has pursued an aggressive development plan this year in a bid to catch Ferrari and Mercedes. The Japanese manufacturer introduced its ‘Spec-4’ engine at the Belgian Grand Prix, with Red Bull
Ricky Stenhouse Jr will leave Roush Fenway Racing after seven full seasons with the team and be replaced by Chris Buescher for the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series campaign. Stenhouse, who had signed a two-year contract extension earlier this year, has driven the #17 for RFR full-time since the 2013 season following back-to-back Xfinity Series titles
Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says he is continuing to work with teams and drivers to address the “shades of grey” in the FIA’s interpretation of driving standards. Masi was instrumental in bringing back the use of the black and white warning flag, F1’s equivalent to a yellow card, and it was deployed for
Sep 24, 2019 After Sebastian Vettel won his first race in over a year, we assembled ESPN’s panel of F1 journalists — Laurence Edmondson, Nate Saunders, Kate Walker and Maurice Hamilton — to discuss the main talking points from the Singapore race weekend. Given the events of the last three races, if asked right now