After contesting the last two seasons with Tanner Foust and Emma Gilmour as its two drivers, McLaren revealed in December that the duo would depart the team after achieving a best finish of second – in the 2022 Energy X-Prix in Uruguay and in Scotland’s Hydro X-Prix last season. Ekstrom, who raced for the Acciona
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FOM’s statement on Wednesday afternoon was as detailed as it was blunt about what it felt were the Andretti Cadillac bid’s shortcomings. It felt there was little chance Michael Andretti’s team would reach an acceptable level, in which case it didn’t see any added commercial value in having it on the grid, famous name or
Laurence Edmondson Close Laurence Edmondson F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close Nate Saunders General Editor, F1 Feb 1, 2024, 05:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Lewis Hamilton has won seven drivers’ titles in his F1 career. Michael Potts/BSR Agency/Getty Images Lewis Hamilton is set for a sensational
The German manufacturer has now matched its number of wins at the Floridian sportscar classic to its record tally of 19 Le Mans 24 Hours triumphs. While acknowledging the size of the achievement in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s biggest event, Kuratle admits this will bring “huge pressure” for the world’s most prestigious sportscar race at
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali long stood by his stance that any 11th team would have to prove it was accretive to the series as a whole to secure a spot – with the clear inference being that the American squad faced a tough ask to prove it. That F1 has finally ended three months of
Open Extended Reactions Formula One has formally rejected Andretti and Cadillac’s joint bid to enter the championship in 2025 or 2026 but has left the door open for the team to enter in 2028. Andretti and Cadillac, a General Motors brand, had formed a technical partnership to join F1 as an 11th team. The bid
The Silverstone-based squad has used Mercedes machinery since it joined the British GT Championship in 2015, but that will change after a decade as it switches from a Mercedes-AMG to a BMW M4 GT3. During the off-season, Marciello – who is widely considered one of the top GT drivers in the world – moved from