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The Canadian PressMax Verstappen holds off Lando Norris to win Emilia Romagna Grand Prix and extend F1 lead
IMOLA, Italy (AP) — In the real world or the virtual world, Max Verstappen remains the driver to beat. The defending Formula 1 champion held off a challenge from McLaren’s Lando Norris to win the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday and extend his standings lead. Verstappen doubled up this weekend by taking part in an online 24-hour race, driving stints for his team from a simulator set up in the Imola paddock. He won that, too, making his F1 victory his second of the day. Verstappen started on p
Associated PressVerstappen matches Senna's record of 8 straight pole positions at track where F1 great died
On a weekend commemorating Ayrton Senna, Max Verstappen matched the late Brazilian's record for consecutive pole positions in Formula 1 at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Verstappen made it eight in a row — seven this year — when his Red Bull topped qualifying on Saturday, just ahead of the McLarens of Oscar Piastri and Miami GP winner Lando Norris.
Associated PressMarcus Ericsson crashes in practice but still has no regrets headed into Indy 500
Marcus Ericsson returned to the Indianapolis 500 with zero regrets but ended Thursday with a violent collision late in the first full day of practice. Ericsson hit a curb with just over two hours remaining in the session, causing his car to spin and hit the wall three different times. “Obviously it was quite a decent hit, but the safety in these cars is pretty impressive, so feeling OK,” Ericsson said.
Associated PressAfter slow start to IndyCar season, Arrow McLaren tries to get back on track at Indianapolis 500
Pato O’Ward picked up his first trophy in nearly two years when he arrived at Arrow McLaren's team lounge in Indianapolis Motor Speedway last weekend. No, it wasn’t the victory celebration O’Ward had planned for his first IndyCar win since July 2022, but it was unusual: He won by default when Josef Newgarden was stripped of his March season-opening win on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, because IndyCar officials discovered in April that Team Penske had cheated. O'Ward's inherited win is the highlight of the team's season heading into IndyCar's biggest race, the Indianapolis 500, as the slumping McLaren team celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first of its two Indy wins with Johnny Rutherford.
Associated PressF1 management and FIA reach peace agreement to stop infighting and align on behalf of global series
The contempt between Formula 1 and its governing body has softened, with both sides announcing Wednesday they've agreed “to commit to a strategic plan for the future of F1.” FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem told The Associated Press at the Miami Grand Prix earlier this month that his relationship with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali “has never been better” and the two were working to further strengthen an alliance. In a Wednesday statement given to the AP on behalf of both the FIA and Formula One Management, the two sides announced they have developed a working relationship to benefit F1.
Associated PressMichael Block, who achieved cult hero status at the 2023 PGA Championship, eyes a repeat at Valhalla
It also forced the PGA club pro-turned-cult hero to close his office door at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club, the Southern California course where he's long served as the head professional. It's a tradeoff Block has learned to live with over the last 12 dizzying months. The 47-year-old understands the shelf life for the instant celebrity status he gained by tying for 15th at the 2023 PGA Championship — a weekend that included a slam-dunk hole-in-one and an epic up-and-down for par on the 18th hole in front of Rory McIlroy and the rest of the golf world during the final round — doesn't last particularly long.
Associated Press8 watches owned by F1 great Michael Schumacher fetch more than $4 million at auction in Geneva
Eight watches belonging to auto racing icon Michael Schumacher sold Tuesday for nearly 4 million Swiss francs ($4.4 million) at a Geneva auction. The top piece in the sale, organized by Schumacher’s family, was a watch given to the German racing superstar by former Ferrari CEO Jean Todt as a Christmas present in 2004. The custom-made platinum timepiece from F.P. Journe, the Vagabondage 1, features 18-carat white gold, a red watch face and images of a Ferrari logo, Schumacher’s racing helmet and a “7” — to honor his seven World Championship victories.
The Canadian PressJason Aldean will honor Toby Keith with a performance at the 2024 ACM Awards
The time has come to raise a red solo cup. Jason Aldean will pay tribute to the late Toby Keith at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards. The 59th ACM Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire, will take place Thursday at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas. Across his career, Keith took home 14 ACM Awards, twice winning the top prize of entertainer of the year. He died in February at age 62, following a stomach cancer diagnosis. “I’ve been a fan of his since the beginnin
Associated Press8 watches owned by Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for auction
Eight luxury watches belonging to Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for sale at Christie’s on Tuesday. The sale, organized by Schumacher's family, features a watch that was given to the German racing superstar by former Ferrari CEO and former motorsports governing body FIA President Jean Todt as a Christmas present in 2004, when Schumacher was the dominant force in F1. The custom-made timepiece features 18-carat white gold, a red watch face and images of a Ferrari logo, Schumacher's racing helmet and the number 7 to honor his seven World Championship victories.
The Canadian PressGrupo Frontera's hybrid Mexican music went global. On a new album, their genre-melding has no limits
NEW YORK (AP) — A lot can happen in two years. Just ask Grupo Frontera, who released their highly anticipated sophomore album, “Jugando Que No Pasa Nada,” Friday. The sextet began as a local band in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, playing events like quinceañeras — a hobby for its members who held very different jobs: wedding photographer, car dealership manager, gate repairer and so on. Then, viral fame arrived in 2022 when their spirited cover of “No Se Va” by the Colombian pop-rock band Morat made
Associated PressAnalysis: Lando Norris win shows McLaren is ready to return to global motorsports prominence
Lando Norris says the online trolling never really bothered him as he went winless through his first five Formula 1 seasons, even when it got worse as one of the breakout stars for fans introduced to the sport through Netflix. It was a long wait as Team McLaren got its program together and prepared cars capable of competing with Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes. Verstappen had won the first two races at Miami and Saturday's sprint race before he hit a cone early Sunday to give Norris his opportunity.
The Canadian PressRiley says Heat aren't sure on a Butler extension. Player availability is a big priority
MIAMI (AP) — If Jimmy Butler wants to see more pay, Pat Riley will want to see more play. And in simple terms, that is the entry point to this offseason for the Miami Heat. Butler is almost certainly going to ask the Heat for a two-year extension this summer — it could guarantee him as much as $113 million for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons — and Riley said Monday in his annual end-of-season remarks that he isn't sure what the team will do when that moment arrives. “We have not discussed that i
Associated PressLando Norris earns 1st career F1 victory by ending Verstappen's dominance at Miami
Lando Norris should take a lesson from his last big party and perhaps tone down the celebration for his first career Formula 1 victory. “Tonight's going to be a great time,” Norris promised. The 24-year-old driver sprinted down pit lane to leap into the arms of his McLaren crew, which crowd surfed Norris until he finally got to boss Zak Brown, who wrapped Norris in a bearhug.
Associated PressMax Verstappen ties Alain Prost's record with 6th pole-winning run to open an F1 season
Max Verstappen inched closer to a third consecutive win at the Miami Grand Prix on Saturday by continuing his long domination of Formula 1 qualifying. The three-time reigning F1 champion won his seventh consecutive pole, but first at Miami, where Verstappen failed to earn the top starting spot in the first two races around Hard Rock Stadium, yet still won them both. “I don't know what it is, every single year we come here I find it extremely difficult to be consistent with the car feeling, with the tire feeling over one lap,” Verstappen said.
Associated PressLogan Sargeant is the only American driver in F1. His seat is in jeopardy as he heads into home race
The only American driver in Formula One had a somewhat decent showing in the Saturday sprint race ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. Then Logan Sargeant totally tanked in qualifying at a time his seat with Williams seems in serious jeopardy. The sprint race was won by three-time reigning F1 champion Max Verstappen, who is undefeated on the Miami circuit since its 2022 debut.
Associated PressF1 now makes 3 stops a season in the United States. Could Miami become a victim of oversaturation?
Formula 1 is back in the United States for the first time in six months and the first stop is the Miami Grand Prix, the race that was supposed to be the American showpiece. Miami was the big party when it debuted in 2022 but the question is: Has its status fallen enough that Sunday's race is simply just the first of three events in what has traditionally been NASCAR country? Tyler Epp, president of the Miami Grand Prix, acknowledged ticket sales for the third running of the event have been “soft” but felt there would be an uptick ahead of Sunday's race.
Associated PressOff-track soap opera follows F1 into first 2023 stop in U.S. Andrettis plan to meet with series
Five races into the Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen and the globe-trotting series have arrived in the United States for the first of three appearances in a year the Red Bull driver already seems to have under wraps. Verstappen has four wins through five races headed into this weekend's Miami Grand Prix, an event he won in its first two iterations. The actual racing has been dwarfed by off-track scandal and the soap opera has very much carried into Miami.
Associated PressF1 champion Ayrton Senna remembered on Imola track 30 years after his death during the San Marino GP
The 30th anniversary of three-time F1 champion Ayrton Senna’s death was commemorated Wednesday with a memorial on the Imola track where he crashed during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Formula One CEO Stefano Domenicali was joined Wednesday by hundreds of fans, politicians from Brazil and Italy, plus a representative from Austria to also recall fellow Formula One driver Roland Ratzenberger, who died a day earlier during qualifying.
Associated PressRed Bull chief technical officer Adrian Newey to step down from F1 team
Adrian Newey, the designer who was a pivotal figure in Red Bull's dominance of Formula One, will step down early next year, the team said Wednesday. The 65-year-old Newey will end his near two-decade career with Red Bull in the “first quarter of 2025." “For almost two decades it has been my great honor to have played a key role in Red Bull Racing’s progress from upstart newcomer to multiple title-winning team," he said.
Associated PressNewgarden's next challenge is to repair his reputation around IndyCar after disqualification
It may take Josef Newgarden some time to regain the trust of his fellow IndyCar drivers and he knows it. Two days after Newgarden's season-opening win at St. Petersburg, Florida, was wiped off the board for manipulating the push-to-pass system on his car, the popular driver featured on the “100 Days to Indy” show is grappling with the hit to his reputation. The two-time series champion and reigning Indianapolis 500 winner was disqualified from the race — along with fellow Team Penske driver Scott McLaughlin — on Wednesday, though both are eligible for Sunday's race at Barber Motorsports Park and races the rest of the season.
Associated PressPhish fans are famously dedicated. What happens when they enter the Sphere?
Over the past 40 years, legions of dedicated Phish fans have followed the Vermont jam band no matter where it goes. This time, it happened to be Las Vegas, for four nights at the $2.3 billion immersive arena. No two Phish shows are the same, and while the band had played Vegas 26 times before, the Sphere offered a game-changing canvas for its signature light shows. Over 68 songs over the four nights, co-creative director Abigail Rosen Holmes would use that expanse to drive fans across bold visual worlds inspired by the four states of matter: solid, liquid, gas and plasma.
The Canadian PressMax Verstappen takes pole for Chinese GP to extend F1 dominance
SHANGHAI (AP) — Max Verstappen of Red Bull has completed a Formula 1 double, taking the pole Saturday for the Chinese Grand Prix just hours after winning the first F1 sprint of the season. Teammate Sergio Perez will start alongside Verstappen on Sunday on the front row with Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin and Lando Norris of McLaren on the second row. Verstappen turned one minute 33.660 seconds on his fastest lap, 0.322 ahead of Perez. Superlatives fail. The three-time defending F1 champion is u
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F2 champion Pourchaire to make IndyCar debut as Malukas' injury keeps McLaren driver on sidelines
Reigning Formula 2 champion Theo Pourchaire will make his IndyCar debut on the streets of Long Beach with Arrow McLaren as the 20-year-old Frenchman becomes the latest replacement for injured driver David Malukas. Pourchaire said Friday that he was initially contacted about driving both Long Beach this Sunday and the road course at Barber, Alabama, next week. Arrow McLaren had repeatedly said Malukas would be healed in time for this weekend's race.
Associated PressMario Andretti offended by F1 rejection. 'If they want blood, well, I’m ready,' says 1978 champ
Mario Andretti said Friday he was deeply offended by the language Formula One Management used in denying his family and General Motors the opportunity to join the global motorsports series. The 1978 Formula 1 world champion posted on social media he was “devastated” when F1 rejected Andretti and General Motors in late January in their application to expand the current grid to accommodate a two-car American team. The F1 rejection came after a six-month review of Andretti's application and the reasoning for the denial was taken personally by both Mario and Michael Andretti, as well as GM, which plans to partner with Andretti in F1 under its Cadillac brand.
Associated PressChina-born Zhou Guanyu will be a star regardless of who wins the F1 race in Shanghai
Formula 1 returns to China this weekend after a five-year absence. Despite his so-so results, Zhou is being promoted as a celebrity in China. Ahead of the first grand prix weekend in Shanghai since 2019, Zhou described it as more than a race for him, saying, "With a Chinese driver on the grid, we will write history.”
