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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorNov 30, 2024, 05:18 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Max Verstappen has been stripped of his pole position at the Qatar Grand Prix after he was penalized one place on the grid for an incident in the final part of Saturday’s qualifying session. The stewards’ decision means Mercedes driver…

Abbi Pulling has won the 2024 F1 Academy championship despite being beaten to second place in the first race of the weekend at Losail. The Alpine junior driver secured the title with three races to spare, continuing her run of finishing on the podium in all 11 races so far this year. Doriane Pin converted pole position to win the…

George Russell said he was frustrated by the McLaren drivers’ tactics in the sprint race at Losail, which ended his hopes of challenging to win. Lando Norris held the lead from pole position while Norris was passed by the other McLaren of Oscar Piastri at the start. Over much of the 19-lap race, McLaren urged Norris to constrain his pace…

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Nov 30, 2024, 08:41 AM ET Formula 1 will become even more a “battle of giants” with the arrival of General Motors’ Cadillac brand as an 11th team in 2026, RB boss Laurent Mekies said. The Frenchman told reporters at the Qatar Grand Prix that the entry of the U.S. carmaker was positive. Editor’s Picks 2 Related “It’s going to…

JERMAINE Jenas has been axed as the main presenter of Formula E on TNT Sports – months after being sacked by the BBC. The former England ace was stripped of his Match of the Day and The One Show roles after sending inappropriate messages to female colleagues. 3 Jermaine Jenas has lost another presenting jobCredit: BBC 3 Nicki Shields will replace Jermaine on TNT’s Formula…

With Lando Norris’s of faint hopes of overcoming Max Verstappen in the drivers’ championship finally extinguished last weekend in Las Vegas, McLaren has turned its focus on securing its first constructors’ title for a generation in Qatar. While they cannot defeat Ferrari in today’s sprint race, they can definitely put their rivals in check – and their grid positions offer…

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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…

Pictures from the build-up to the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix at Losail International Circuit. Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Frederic Vasseur, Ferrari, Losail International Circuit, 2024 Liam Lawson, RB, Losail International Circuit, 2024 Lando Norris, McLaren, Losail International Circuit, 2024 Gravel trap, Losail International Circuit, 2024 Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Losail International Circuit, 2024 Pierre Gasly, Alpine,…

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…