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ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2023, 08:51 PM ET Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday at age 56. De Ferran died after racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida, multiple former colleagues confirmed to The Associated Press. Fellow Brazilian driver
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Open Extended Reactions Steve Nielsen’s appointment was seen as a good move within F1. Bryn Lennon – Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images FIA sporting director Steve Nielsen has quit his role with racing’s governing body after less than a year in the position. Nielsen was appointed in January to oversee and improve the FIA’s race
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The Supreme Court’s decision not to rule quickly on whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted on election-subversion charges may help delay his trial, according to ex-prosecutors. But they told the BBC this strategy of filing repeated challenges will only put off the inevitable and could even backfire on the former president in terms of timing
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Associated Press Dec 22, 2023, 06:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Paula Murphy, a Hall of Fame racer and the first woman licensed to drive a Funny Car, died Thursday. She was 95. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) announced Murphy’s death on Friday. It did not provide any details. Murphy was a pioneer for
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Marshall Pruett, Racing columnistDec 21, 2023, 09:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Indy Car Chip Ganassi Racing driver Álex Palou (10) of Spain during the 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The latest IndyCar season was unlike anything I’ve witnessed. To start, a ridiculous number of
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Laurence Edmondson, F1 EditorDec 18, 2023, 10:55 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Open Extended Reactions Construction of a new Red Bull wind tunnel will get underway next year, team principal Christian Horner has confirmed, with the team hoping to have it up and running by 2026. The
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Associated Press Dec 15, 2023, 12:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions INDIANAPOLIS — A.J. Foyt Racing has named Sting Ray Robb as the driver of the No. 41 Chevrolet next season in the IndyCar Series. The 22-year-old Robb is entering his second year in the series and will drive a Chevy for the first time
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Associated Press Dec 13, 2023, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Noah Gragson has spent the past five months working on personal growth and maturity after his “like” of an insensitive meme of George Floyd nearly cost him his NASCAR career. He’ll get a chance to show if he has truly evolved
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Dec 13, 2023, 06:26 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Davide Brivio joined Alpine in 2021. Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli – Formula 1/Formula Motorsport Limited via Getty Images The Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team announced the departure of former racing director Davide Brivio on Tuesday, amid speculation the Italian was heading back to MotoGP. Brivio joined Alpine
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Open Extended Reactions F1 Academy boss Susie Wolff has demanded to know who “misled the media” and prompted a brief investigation into the integrity of her and husband Mercedes principal Toto Wolff. On Tuesday, the governing FIA announced it had opened an ethics investigation into a potential conflict of interest between Wolff and her husband.
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