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F1 driver Logan Sargeant is home: “Being able to come back in an F1 car is going to be insane. It’s funny, in a way, it feels kind of like a homecoming.”

Logan Sargeant

那时我的车在发车后第一个弯道就进入了防熄火模式。第一个弯道...... 不仅仅是这场比赛的第一个弯道,或者是这个赛季的第一个,我说的是我整个F1职业生涯的第一个弯道。

Zhou Guanyu

Zhou Guanyu has some things he would like to say: “To be the first Chinese driver in F1 history … it’s everything to me. I’m so proud of where I’m from — the support I’ve received from everyone back home. I race for them.”

Zhou Guanyu

Felipe Massa looks back on his memorable moments in F1 and talks about his passion for motorsport and special relationship with Interlagos.

Felipe Massa

This is Alex Albon, the F1 driver who never gave up: “I’ve seen a lot in this sport. I’m thankful for all of it. The good and the bad made me into the man I am today.”

Alex Albon

Sergio Pérez drives in the F1 for pride, for his family and for Mexico: “Es gracioso cómo puedes estar corriendo coches por años y ser un completo desconocido, pero luego llegas a la Fórmula Uno, y todo el mundo sabe quién eres.”

Sergio Pérez

Sergio Pérez drives in the F1 for pride, for his family and for Mexico: “It’s funny how you can race for years and be completely unknown, and then once you make it to Formula One, the whole world knows who you are.”

Sergio Pérez

For most of his racing career, Cody Ware kept his trauma hidden within the narrow confines of the race track.

Cody Ware, Corey Hirsch, Dr. Diane McIntosh
Presented by Wounded Warrior Project

Jamie Chadwick on her goals: “I want to be that next female driver in Formula One. I want the next time I write here to be about my first championship in F1.”

Jamie Chadwick

The Players’ Tribune was at Daytona Superspeedway all weekend, embedding with Hendrick Motorsports driver William Byron.

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We spent the final weeks of this year’s INDYCAR series following drivers Álex Palou, Josef Newgarden, Pato O’Ward and Scott Dixon as they chased the title.

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A lot of people ask me what it’s going to feel like if (and hopefully when) I win my fourth Indy 500 Sunday. The truth is, I can’t say.

Helio Castroneves

The Players' Tribune went all-access with Helio Castroneves as he pursued a record-tying fourth Indianapolis 500 win Sunday.

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Nobody gets into racing because they want to be rich or famous.

Tony Kanaan

If I win a race this weekend, “kind of hurts” won’t even begin to describe how it will feel.

Brad Keselowski

I’ve had more run ins with racist people than I have ever before in my life in the past few weeks. All because I spoke up.

Bubba Wallace

Knowing the world, and seeing how things have always evolved, I think we’ll get through this as a unit.

Josef Newgarden