10:25 AM ET Laurence Edmondson Close F1 Editor • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Nate Saunders Close F1 Associate Editor • Previously worked in rugby union and British Superbikes • History graduate from Reading University• Joined ESPNF1 in February 2014 The Formula One paddock is a busy place that hosts a lot of serious

1:05 PM ET Maurice Hamilton Close • Veteran F1 journalist, covering the sport since 1977• Motor racing correspondent for the Observer for 20 years• Has written several books and covered F1 for BBC Radio 5 Live Niki Lauda was a remarkable man; a very special person. That may sound trite when writing an appreciation in the immediate aftermath

5:05 AM ET ESPN staff The world of motorsport has paid tribute to Niki Lauda following the news of his death on Monday night. The three-time world champion was an inspirational figure in the sport and had ties with a large number of teams and drivers. He won two titles with Ferrari in 1975 and

10:20 PM ET ESPN News Services BERLIN — Three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda, who won two of his titles after a horrific crash that left him with serious burns and went on to become a prominent figure in the aviation industry, has died. He was 70. The Austria Press Agency reported that Lauda’s

10:20 AM ET Fernando Alonso’s failure to qualify for the Indy 500 was not part of the script McLaren had planned to write for the two-time world champion this year. Far from it, in fact. When Alonso was doing donuts at the end of his Formula One swansong, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last November,

10:55 AM ET Fernando Alonso’s failure to qualify for the Indy 500 was not part of the script McLaren had planned to write for the two-time world champion this year. Far from it, in fact. When Alonso was doing doughnuts at the end of his Formula One swan song, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this

5:14 AM ET ESPN staff McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran has apologised to Fernando Alonso after the Spaniard’s shock failure to qualify for the 2019 Indy 500. Alonso struggled throughout the opening week of practice at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and slipped into Sunday’s Last Row Shootout after failing to secure a top 30

6:11 PM ET ESPN staff Billy Monger has claimed his first race victory since the accident which led to the amputation of both his legs two years ago. Monger, 20, returned to single-seater racing last year in British Formula 3 in a specially adapted car. This weekend he was competing in the Pau Grand Prix,

5:43 PM ET ESPN staff Fernando Alonso has sensationally failed to qualify for the 2019 Indy 500. The Spaniard had slipped into Sunday’s ‘Bump Day’ qualifying shootout to determine the drivers who start on the final row of the grid for the famous race. Alonso 227.353mph four-lap average was beaten by American driver Kyler Kaiser