May 19, 2024

The New Zealander was the last of the drivers in the Fast Six to go out and delivered an ominous opening lap of 234.526mph before going on to grab a four-lap average of 234.220mph to take the top spot from team-mate Will Power.When told by NBC Sports that it was a new pole record, McLaughlin replied in shock: “It was? Pennzoil Chevy was unreal. Indy hasn’t been kind to me and, and a lot of it was …Keep reading

Ty Gibbs, who drives the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, dominated the 100-lap All-Star Open from start to finish, leading every lap at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway and cleared Wallace by 1.572 seconds at the checkered flag.“I feel we were pretty solid, so it’s good to make it in,” said Gibbs, who made it to last year’s All-Star Race after finishing second in the Open. “Hopefully, we …Keep reading

The 11th driver to go out on track as track temperatures hit a scorching 125F, McLaughlin’s No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet put together four inch-perfect laps – including an opening circuit of 233.870mph – for 233.492mph to lead the six drivers transferring into the Fast Six and the shootout for pole.Power was the last driver of the 12 to go out and was level on pace until a slight wind change …Keep reading

Dale Coyne Racing’s 19-year-old rookie is the only driver who will go home today, despite a huge scare for 2022 Indy 500 winner Marcus Ericsson (Andretti Global), who miscounted his laps and backed off after the white flag on his first run. He had to run again and jumped to P2 with just minutes remaining.Graham Rahal (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) also went through the mill for the second …Keep reading

Red Bull driver Verstappen narrowly edged McLaren’s Lando Norris after he gapped the Briton in the first stint on mediums, but struggled much more on the hard Pirelli rubber for the majority of Imola’s 63-lap race.Verstappen explained that he couldn’t keep the hard compound in the right operating window, which led to a lack of grip that he says nearly saw him crash at Turn 7’s Tosa hairpin.”On the …Keep reading

At one point Saturday, Heim’s No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota was swamped in water when the race was halted by severe storms at the track, but Heim had no issues when it resumed on Sunday morning.Heim powered past leader Jake Garcia on a restart with 65 of 250 laps to go then repeated the feat over Layne Riggs on another restart with 32 laps to go.From there, Heim stayed steady and beat Grant …Keep reading

The Italian squad had impressed in Friday practice but, in its preparations for qualifying, the team appeared to lack pace at the start of the lap relative to the cars ahead of it in the battle for pole position.GPS traces show that his Ferrari was between 3-4kph slower on the straights compared to the two McLarens, and even more in arrears compared to polesitter Max Verstappen – thanks to the tow …Keep reading

Newgarden, the defending Indy 500 champion, latched on to a tow and seized the fastest lap of 234.052mph and a four-lap average of 233.708mph. His No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet only received the aided tow on his second lap of the simulated qualifying run.“It was a good run,” Newgarden said.“It’s different today with the heat, the track temps up, but I would say you saw a lot of people running …Keep reading

The Red Bull driver maintained a comfortable lead until the last few laps and rarely seemed to be threatened by the McLarens and Ferraris behind him.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Imola GP: Verstappen resists late Norris push for fifth win of 2024Our writers give their verdict on the seventh round of the 2024 season.Late Norris surge fails to disguise snoozefest: 4/10 – Filip …Keep reading

Norris initially struggled to keep up with polesitter Verstappen in the first stint on medium tyres, but after the sole pitstop for hard tyres the Briton started closing the gap with Verstappen again.Despite a tyre life disadvantage, Norris truly started reeling Verstappen in over the last 15 laps but just failed to get within DRS range heading into the final lap.Norris ended up less than a second …Keep reading