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Jun 9, 2024, 06:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions George Russell secured his second career pole position on Saturday. Qian Jun/MB Media/Getty Images George Russell secured Mercedes their first podium of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday but the Briton said he should have done better than third and it was a “missed opportunity.”
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Jun 9, 2024, 02:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mercedes have ruled out Carlos Sainz for a 2025 Formula One drive because they are focusing on young Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli as Lewis Hamilton’s likely replacement. Spaniard Sainz is handing over his Ferrari seat to seven-time world champion Hamilton at the end of the year
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 8, 2024, 07:10 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions MONTREAL, Canada — George Russell is confident he can hold off Max Verstappen to secure Mercedes’ first victory since 2022 at Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. Russell and Verstappen clocked identical lap times
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Jun 8, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FIA had promised the introduction of smaller, lighter and more raceable cars in 2026. Getty Formula One’s governing body said it recognised concerns about the sport’s proposed technical regulations for 2026 but assured teams and drivers on Saturday that further refinements were in the pipeline. The FIA
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Associated Press Jun 7, 2024, 04:12 PM ET ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Agustin Canapino has taken a leave of absence from IndyCar following his rejection that rival driver Théo Pourchaire had received death threats from Canapino fans over an on-track incident between the two. Canapino will not race this weekend at Road America in Wisconsin,
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorJun 7, 2024, 09:41 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has had a second tattoo of a race circuit inked on his body, this time to commemorate Lando Norris‘ first Grand Prix victory in Miami last month.
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Jun 6, 2024, 06:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Esteban Ocon has one F1 career win at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix, with Alpine. Jure Makovec/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images One mistake is not the reason he lost his seat at struggling Formula One outfit Alpine, Esteban Ocon said on Thursday, insisting there were no hard
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Associated Press Jun 6, 2024, 01:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Arrow McLaren has ended its IndyCar partnership with Juncos Hollinger Racing after one of McLaren’s drivers said he had received death threats. Théo Pourchaire said he received online threats after making contact with Juncos Hollinger driver Agustin Canapino during the Detroit Grand Prix last
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Jun 5, 2024, 06:37 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez will join the Ducati factory team on a two-year deal starting in 2025, the Italian manufacturer said Wednesday. The 31-year-old Spaniard, who also has world championships from 125cc and Moto2, is racing this season for the Ducati satellite team Gresini
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Jun 5, 2024, 08:15 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Alpine’s Australian reserve driver Jack Doohan will replace Esteban Ocon in Friday’s first practice session in this week’s Canadian Grand Prix, the Renault-owned Formula One team said. Alpine announced on Monday that Ocon, who collided with teammate Pierre Gasly at the last race in Monaco and
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Associated Press Jun 4, 2024, 09:19 PM ET TORRANCE, Calif. — Parnelli Jones, the 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner, died Tuesday at Torrance Memorial Medical Center after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his son said. Jones was 90. At the time of his death, Jones was the oldest living winner of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”
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Open Extended Reactions Esteban Ocon will leave Alpine at the end of 2024, the Formula One team confirmed on Monday. Ocon’s future with the team, which he joined under its previous guise Renault in 2020, has been in doubt for a while. – Unlapped: How to listen or watch ESPN’s new F1 show, episode archive,
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Austin Lindberg, Senior EditorJun 3, 2024, 04:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MotoGP world championship leader Jorge Martín will leave Ducati and join Italian rival Aprilia in 2025, the latter announced on Monday. The 26-year-old has spent the entirety of his three-plus-season MotoGP career with Ducati, riding for the factory-supported Pramac team, and had been
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Associated Press Jun 2, 2024, 06:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions EPPING, N.H. — John Force raced to his record 157th NHRA victory Sunday at age 75, beating teammate Austin Prock in the Funny Car final at the NHRA New England Nationals. Force had a 4.081-second run at 319.29 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro SS,
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ESPN News Services Jun 1, 2024, 02:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Josef Newgarden, six days after winning the Indianapolis 500 for the second straight year, has agreed to a multiyear extension with Team Penske, the team announced Saturday. “I don’t think I have any words for what this has been like,” Newgarden said. “Team
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