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RaceFans Live returns this weekend as the Formula 1 season resumes after the summer break. Join us on RaceFans Live throughout every session of the Dutch Grand Prix weekend. Look out for the live page on the site during every session and follow all the action with your fellow RaceFans. There’s more racing action besides this weekend. The IndyCar season…

Formula 1 has only recently agreed its new technical regulations for the 2026 season, but already thoughts are turning to what comes next. The series is pinning high hopes on the introduction of ‘sustainable’ fuel for the season after next, alongside the most powerful hybrid power units the series has seen so far. But F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is already…

Red Bull’s chief technical director Adrian Newey says his forthcoming RB17 track car produces more downforce than its bespoke tyres can cope with while cornering. The star designer said they have solved the problem by reducing the downforce his Formula 1-inspired car generates above certain speeds. This is understood to have been achieved using active aerodynamics at the front and…

Aug 16, 2024, 06:42 PM ET Scott Bloomquist, a dirt track race car driver who was known for his bravado and for being one of the sport’s best, died Friday in a plane crash on his family’s farm in Mooresburg, Tennessee, friends and local officials said. Bloomquist, 60, stood out with his long hair and a race car that was…

Ryan McGee Close Ryan McGee ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Marty Smith Close Marty Smith ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Aug 15, 2024, 12:06 PM ET Austin Dillon, left, wrecked Joey Logano en route to…

Nico Müller has been announced by Porsche Motorsport as its new works driver, just one day after being confirmed as Norman Nato’s replacement at the Andretti FIA Formula E team. The German marque has said that the Swiss driver’s future with them “is currently being planned and will be announced at a later date”. Yesterday, the 32-year-old was announced by…

This season there was a face in the Formula E paddock familiar to anyone who followed Premier League football (soccer in American parlance). Jermaine Jenas is a former Premier League and England player, who featured 280 times in England’s top division, as well as more than 20 times for his national team. Since retiring in 2016, he has gone on…

Not everything is so boldly black and gold when it comes to DS Penske right now. Multi-faceted answers to questions in Formula E are not especially exceptional, although, in the case of automotive behemoth Stellantis and Formula E’s Penske operation, it’s one of the more complex subject matters to unravel. The alliance between DS Automobiles and Jay Penske’s eponymous organisation…

In the round-up: Formula E race winner and GP3 (now Formula 3) champion Mitch Evans says getting a place on the Formula 1 grid is down to chance as much as ability. In brief “Crazy opportunity” is only way into F1 – Evans Evans said he’d proven himself quicker than some F1 race drivers in simulator tests “but it brings…

Aug 13, 2024, 02:01 PM ET HOUSTON — IndyCar driver David Malukas, who was fired for missing races due to injuries after crashing a mountain bike, has signed a multiyear deal with A.J. Foyt Racing. The deal was announced Tuesday, three-plus months after the 22-year-old Malukas was released by Arrow McLaren without running an IndyCar race for the team due…

Nico Mueller will drive alongside Jake Dennis at the Andretti Formula E team next season as part of a deal that has been triggered by an agreement for Mueller to become a Porsche factory driver. As first reported by The Race, the former Dragon and Abt Cupra driver has been in negotiations with Porsche since early 2024 about a future…

Out of nowhere, the 2024 Formula One season has turned into one of the most competitive in a long while. What looked set to be a dominant year for Max Verstappen and Red Bull has produced different race winners from three different teams, including two drivers claiming their first F1 victories. Wind the clock back to the end of April,…

Nico Muller has joined the Andretti Global Formula E team for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign, replacing the outgoing Norman Nato. The Swiss driver was formally confirmed at the American squad on Tuesday after weeks of speculation linking him to the team having announced prior to the London season finale in July that he would be leaving Abt. Muller spent two…

Season 10 of the FIA Formula E World Championship was perhaps the most dramatic in the sport’s decade-long history. Many drivers showed their class, but only five can make Motorsport Week’s list of top performers. So, who are they? 5 Nick Cassidy Cassidy matched his superb Season 9 showing with a fabulous debut season for Jaguar TCS Racing. An early-season…

Red Bull won every single one of the 12 rounds leading up to last year’s summer break. But 12 months on, things could hardly be more different. Seven drivers from four teams have taken victories so far. Last year Red Bull faced constant questions about whether they might win every single race. This year they are being grilled over why…

Formula E celebrated its 10-year anniversary in the only way it knows how, with a season full of good, controversial and unbelievable moments.  It is very rare for any series regardless of the level to go down to the final lap of the campaign, but that is exactly what happened in FE across the drivers’, teams’ and the all-new manufacturers’…

It is perhaps the most coveted openly available seat in Formula 1 for several seasons – the one that will be vacated by Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes when he departs for Ferrari at the end of 2024. Already an appealing seat when Hamilton’s move was first announced, it has perhaps only become more valuable as the season has progressed and…

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri has revealed that he has been recovering from a fractured rib for at least the last month. Piastri shared a post on his Instagram account to celebrate the summer break, disclosing that he has been dealing with an injury for several weeks. Along with a selection of images from the opening phase of the season, Piastri…

Sauber driver Valtteri Bottas and Williams team principal James Vowles know each other well from their time at Mercedes together. But what was the exchange between the pair here in the paddock? Can you come up with the best caption for this picture? Post your funniest suggestion in the comments below. A selection of the best will feature in a…