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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 29, 2024, 06:54 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 After securing seventh place on the grid for Saturday’s sprint race in Qatar, Lewis Hamilton was at a loss to explain another disappointing result, saying, “I’m just slow.” In his penultimate race weekend for Mercedes before he joins Ferrari, Hamilton’s…

FIA Formula E has announced a brand new free-to-air television deal for the United Kingdom with Season 11 just one week away. The all-electric championship has signed a deal with ITV to broadcast all 16 races of the season live on its ITVX streaming service, with nine races to be shown live on ITV4. ITV will also show an all-new…

Pictures from sprint race qualifying day for the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix as drivers sent sparks flying under the night lights at Losail International Circuit. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR24. 29.11.2024 Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 23, Qatar Grand Prix, Doha, Qatar, Sprint Qualifying Day. – www.xpbimages.com, EMail:…

Formula E will return to free-to-air TV in the UK for the 2024-25 season after striking a deal for ITV to show all of its qualifying sessions and races. Sam Smith explores what this deal means for the series. Formula E’s announcement is a major positive but it’s also a bare minimum if the championship is to achieve its own…

Lando Norris has taken provisional pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint race for McLaren ahead of George Russell and Oscar Piastri. P. Driver Team Q1 Q2 (v Q1) Q3 (v Q2) 1 Lando Norris McLaren 1’21.356 1’21.231 (-0.125s) 1’21.012 (-0.219s) 2 George Russell Mercedes 1’22.021 1’21.488 (-0.533s) 1’21.075 (-0.413s) 3 Oscar Piastri McLaren 1’22.218 1’21.548 (-0.670s) 1’21.171 (-0.377s)…

ITV will share rights in the UK and Ireland with TNT Sports. (Jaguar Racing via Getty Images) The Formula E all-electric motor racing series will return to free-to-air television in the UK and Ireland with commercial broadcaster ITV picking up rights for the 2024-25 season. Through the agreement, announced today, all 16 E-Prix and qualifying sessions for season 11 of…

Nov 29, 2024, 08:24 AM ET Romain Grosjean has no doubt his children saved his life. Four years on from a Formula One crash in Bahrain that ripped his car in half and nearly killed the Frenchman in the fireball that followed, the former Haas driver can recall every second. He has a ‘tattoo,’ the flame-scarred left hand that still…

Coverage of the Formula E world championship will return to free-to-air TV in the United Kingdom, with all qualifying sessions and races of the 2024-25 season set to be shown live. Organisers of the all-electric championship confirmed on Friday that all 16 races and qualifying sessions will be broadcast live on ITVX’s free-to-air streaming service, while a total of nine…

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says Max Verstappen has shown he doesn’t need the fastest car to win the world championship. After winning his fourth title in Las Vegas last week, Verstappen challenged Brown over a widely misquoted six-month-old comment claiming the McLaren boss said he could only win the championship if he had the fastest car. Speaking in an…

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Nov 28, 2024, 12:51 PM ET GARDNERVILLE, Nev. — Mary McGee, a female racing pioneer and the subject of the new documentary “Motorcycle Mary,” has died, her family said. She was 87. “McGee’s unparalleled achievements in off-road racing and motorcycle racing have inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps,” her family said in a statement. The family said…

Maserati says it will build a new GEN4 single-seater racing car for the 13th ABB FIA Formula E World Championship season in 2026/2027. The Modena-based brand highlights the importance of its commitment to the electric series by lining up on the GEN4 single-seater starting grid, which should give manufacturers more room for development. Maserati says Formula E is a natural choice…

Max Verstappen’s claim he would have won this year’s world championship in a McLaren or a Ferrari has been dismissed by his closest rivals in the points standings. McLaren driver Lando Norris, whose chances of beating Verstappen to the championship ended last weekend, denied his rival would have won the title in his car. “Of course I’m going to say…

Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 28, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 George Russell has raised concerns about Formula One drivers being left in the dark over significant changes at the FIA after two more senior figures were fired ahead of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix. On Thursday, the BBC reported that…

Mercedes has confirmed its reserve driver Mick Schumacher will not continue with the team after the end of this season. Schumacher, son of seven-times world champion Michael, has been Mercedes’ reserve since the beginning of the 2023 season. Despite not having to be called upon to step in for either Lewis Hamilton or George Russell over those two seasons, Schumacher…

Women’s power in racing is growing stronger, with Formula E announcing plans for its Season 11 grassroots gender diversity program “FIA Girls on Track.” The initiative makes the all-electric sport more accessible for young women. As a long-term goal, it plans to remove barriers and expand opportunities for women in the all-electric championship. Ti Gong Young girls will be able…

The 2010 film documentary on the life of three-times Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna made an impression on one of the actors who stars in a new dramatisation of his life. “It was wall-to-wall Brazilians in that cinema,” recalled Kaya Scodelario in a recent interview. “They were crying and shouting at the screen every time [Alain] Prost came up….

Nov 28, 2024, 08:04 AM ET Mick Schumacher will leave his role of Mercedes Formula 1 reserve driver at the end of the season to pursue opportunities elsewhere, the team said on Thursday. The 25-year-old son of seven-time world champion Michael has been reserve for the past two years since losing his seat at Haas. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The…