June 9, 2024

Indy NXT Road America: Chadwick gets breakthrough win

The Briton was forced to fend off her rivals on multiple restarts, including one brought on by a red flag, over the over the 20-lap race to claim the maiden win in IndyCar’s developmental category.She took the win by 0.8203s over team-mate Louis Foster at the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course. She is the third female to win in Indy NXT, following Ana Beatriz in 2008 (Nashville …Keep reading

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Le Mans 24 Hours: Estre leads Porsche 1-2 on test day

Kevin Estre led the way in the #6 Porsche 963 LMDh with a 3m26.907s set in the second of the two three-hour sessions on Sunday to head the times by just over two tenths from Felipe Nasr in the sister #4 Porsche Penske Motorsport entry. The Brazilian improved the #4’s best lap by Nick Tandy, already good enough for second, to 3m27.142s late in the faster afternoon session in which the top eight …Keep reading

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DTM Zandvoort: Wittmann takes shock win in red-flagged second race

The Schubert BMW driver started 14th, but a masterful pitstop strategy enabled him to take the lead and win the second race of DTM’s Zandvoort weekend.Mirko Bortolotti and Kelvin van der Linde joined him on the podium, with the latter extending his championship lead.As the lights went out for the sixth round of the campaign, pole winner Maximilian Paul led into Turn 1 but failed to fend off …Keep reading

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Sauber’s Bottas and Zhou to start F1 Canadian GP from the pitlane

Bottas and Zhou both endured a disappointing qualifying session on Saturday in Montreal.Bottas qualified 17th after narrowly missing the cut to Q2, while his Chinese team-mate was further behind in 20th following a lack of running in FP1 and contact with the wall in FP3, which put him on the back foot for qualifying.Because both cars are already far behind on the grid for what is expected to be a …Keep reading

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Red Bull must deliver cleaner F1 weekends – Verstappen

Verstappen suffered an issue with a brand-new hybrid component of his Red Bull-Honda, which left him sidelined through most of Friday’s second free practice.The additional MGU-K element added to Verstappen’s pool of components might come back to haunt him later in the 2024 season in the form of grid penalties if he exceeds the allowed allocation.Verstappen qualified beyond his own expectations in …Keep reading

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IndyCar and Road America announce multi-year deal extension

North America’s premier open-wheel championship made a much-anticipated return to the 4.014-mile, 14-turn natural terrain road course in 2016, following a nine-year hiatus.”We’re thrilled to continue our partnership with IndyCar,” said Mike Kertscher, President and General Manager of Road America.”This collaboration not only ignites the fervour of our passionate racing fans but also plays a …Keep reading

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Norris warns F1 won’t be as excitingly close with 2026 new rules

On a weekend when the FIA’s plans for the rules revolution coming in 2026 have been put under the spotlight because of concerns about car performance, Norris has said there could be another consequence too.He fears that there is a huge likelihood of the rule change blowing apart the grid and moving it away from the super close competition that witnessed the top seven drivers in qualifying for …Keep reading

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WRC champion Rovanpera narrowly misses podium on circuit racing debut

The reigning two-time champion is dovetailing a partial WRC campaign with a four-round stint in the one-make Porsche series this year, with this weekend’s visit to the Dutch Grand Prix venue marking the start of his circuit racing career.The factory Toyota WRC driver finished fourth and fifth from a field of 23 cars, driving a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car prepared by Red Ant Racing.Rovanpera …Keep reading

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Sainz not ready to decide F1 future amid Williams flattery

The Spaniard is currently weighing up opportunities he has from Williams and Sauber/Audi next year, with both squads clear that he is their number one target for a 2025 contract.While the Sauber offer has been there for a while, Williams has been pushing hard in recent weeks to convince Sainz it can deliver him a good enough package.Sainz is well aware of how determined team boss Vowles is to get …Keep reading

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Isle of Man TT 2024: Five storylines that shaped the event

Coming into the 2024 event, Dunlop stood on the edge of greatness after notching up his 25th TT victory last year.One more would see him match his late uncle Joey Dunlop. And he did just that in the first race of the week, going on to become the all-time number-one winner at the TT with 29 victories.Dunlop did this in a fragmented week of racing as poor weather caused a major headache for the …Keep reading

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