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Ryan McGeeMar 21, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Joey Logano, Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski and Kyle Larson are part of a 2025 NASCAR Cup Series field that includes six champions. Sean Gardner/Getty Images As we all watched Josh Berry and the Wood…

Lewis Hamilton has taken provisional pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race for Ferrari ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri. P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari 1’31.212 1’31.384 (+0.172s) 1’30.849 (-0.535s) 2 Max Verstappen Red Bull 1’31.916 1’31.521 (-0.395s) 1’30.867 (-0.654s) 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1’31.723 1’31.362 (-0.361s) 1’30.929…

Mar 21, 2025, 01:35 AM ET McLaren’s Lando Norris topped the time sheet during the only practice session for Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix on Friday, with Alpine’s Jack Doohan bringing the session to a halt for several minutes after the rookie driver lost power midway through a lap. Norris lapped the Shanghai International Circuit in one minute, 31.504 seconds on…

McLaren’s decision to forbid its drivers from racing each other for three laps during the Australian Grand Prix was justified because of the conditions, says Lando Norris. The team told Oscar Piastri to hold position behind him while the pair were running first and second between laps 29 and 32 of the race. They gave the instruction after telling Piastri…

One of Eddie Jordan’s earliest jobs – before he became a Formula 1 team principal, racing driver, manager or broadcaster – was selling out-of-date salmon to rugby fans as they made their way home from a nearby stadium. His entrepreneurial instinct served him well as he achieved a feat few have managed in recent decades and perhaps never will again:…

As govt gears up to host beauty pageant, it will have to answer questions on how it is so sure that the event, being hosted with tax payers’ money, will benefit the State Published Date – 20 March 2025, 08:41 PM Miss World Krystyna Pyszková, Miss World Limited chairperson and CEO Julia Morley, Telangana Tourism and Culture Minister…

Mar 19, 2025, 10:59 AM ET Formula 1 heads to Shanghai for round two of 2025 and the second of a double-header. It’s too early to talk about championships with 23 races remaining, but Lando Norris is top of the drivers’ championship for the first time at this point in the season, and his world champion team McLaren are level…

Lando Norris may have won the opening round of the world championship, but that doesn’t mean he’s comfortable at the wheel of his team’s latest car. This is Norris’s seventh season at McLaren, the only team he has driven for in Formula 1. Last year’s McLaren was quick enough to deliver the constructors’ championship, but Norris wasn’t always satisfied with…

Formula E’s Evo Sessions track days in Miami gave a unique opportunity to get media personalities behind the wheel of the series’ GEN3 Evo racing cars so that they could experience what it’s like to be a professional racing driver – and take fans along for the ride, too. (That’s Alexandra Mary Hirschi, an Australian social media celebrity, presenter and…

Formula 1 drivers will be allowed to make more use of their Drag Reduction Systems at the Chinese Grand Prix this year. The FIA has extended one of the two zones in which drivers may activate DRS at the Shanghai International Circuit. The zone that runs along the back straight has been extended by 75 metres. This has been done…

Mar 20, 2025, 07:10 AM ET The Formula 1 paddock united to post glowing tributes to “legend” Eddie Jordan on Thursday after the former team owner’s death at the age of 76. Jordan’s family confirmed earlier on Thursday that the charismatic Irish entrepeneur, whose team gave Michael Schumacher his debut, had died of cancer. After that news filtered to the…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Social media and links Race debrief (Mercedes via YouTube) Simone Resta: ‘There was a lot of talk during the race about what to do and on which data to decide (the strategy) and when to decide. We even had one person positioned on the beach trying to feed us information about what…

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has claimed Max Verstappen will walk out on his long-term Red Bull deal and join their rivals Mercedes. Speculation has grown over Verstappen’s future as Red Bull will lose its Honda power unit supply at the end of the year and use their own designs instead from 2026. The team has already lost many of…

It’s only the second round of the season and already the rules are changing. Will that disrupt the pecking order? Plus, F1 could have a new championship leader by Sunday, and teams face the added challenge of a resurfaced track – again. Here are the talking points for Shanghai. Early clampdown on flexing wings Lando Norris is well aware that…

Mar 19, 2025, 02:59 AM ET The Chang International Circuit in the province of Buriram has an FIA accredited circuit which on the MotoGP calendar. LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Formula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali on Tuesday and said the government would commission a feasibility study into hosting a Grand Prix on a Bangkok street…  read…

Lando Norris kept Max Verstappen at sword’s length over the final laps of the Australian Grand Prix to claim victory in the season-opener. He was the strongest threat to Verstappen’s fourth consecutive championship victory last year, and is arguably the most significant competitor the Red Bull driver has faced since pipping Lewis Hamilton to win his first championship in controversial…

Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! No RaceFans reader birthdays today On this day in motorsport Larini took over from Alain Prost after Ferrari sacked him in 1992 Born today in 1964: Future Ferrari Formula 1 driver Nicola Larini Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

The youngest driver on the grid at the Australian Grand Prix faced high expectations as well as difficult conditions on his debut. Mercedes had nurtured Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s career for years. But while his team mate George Russell got to make his Formula 1 debut in the relatively low-pressure environment of Williams, Antonelli was thrust straight into the top team,…

Laurence EdmondsonMar 18, 2025, 03:37 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Formula 1 teams will face more stringent tests on rear wing flexibility from the Chinese Grand Prix onwards, the sport’s governing body has confirmed. Flexing bodywork has become a hot topic in F1 amid accusations wing elements are being specifically designed to…