July 22, 2024

McLaren’s bubbling team orders scenario at the Hungarian Grand Prix led many – including Lando Norris, the subject of said on-track shuffling – to suggest that it all could have been avoided if the team had stopped Oscar Piastri first.A somewhat conservative effort to lock down the victory meant that Norris was pulled into the pitlane for his final stop first, as the team wished to cover off …Keep reading

Gordon, now vice chairman of Hendrick Motorsports, gave owner Rick Hendrick is his first victory at the iconic track in 1994 and also four more before his driving career came to a close.On Sunday, Gordon sat on a pit box and marveled at the moves made by Hendrick driver Kyle Larson as he sliced through the field to put himself in position to win his first race on the 2.5-mile oval. Kyle …Keep reading

There was a lot to unpack from the horrifying multi-car crash late in the running of Sunday’s IndyCar Series round on the Streets of Toronto, with Arrow McLaren team principal Gavin Ward feeling “sick” about the circumstances.On lap 73 of 85, six cars piled up in Turn 1 in the shadow of the city’s signature Princes’ Gate, which was ignited after Pato O’Ward locked his rear tires on …Keep reading

Dani Pedrosa has admitted to having suffered from chronic fatigue in the final three seasons of his MotoGP career with Honda.The 31-time grand prix winner has revealed that he was diagnosed with the same issue that compromised the career of his former team-mate Casey Stoner, who retired from MotoGP after 2012 at the age of just 27.The Spaniard stated that it took another three years for him to …Keep reading

Scott McLaughlin says he was “disappointed” to be taken out of Sunday’s IndyCar Series race in Toronto by Team Penske team-mate Will Power, especially as they were running ahead of points leader Alex Palou at the time.Power punted McLaughin into the wall at Turn 5 during an over-ambitious overtaking move with nine laps to go. McLaughlin remained trackside to give Power a sardonic round of …Keep reading

Colton Herta was knocking on the door of winning an IndyCar race again for over two years before finally kicking it open this past weekend on the Streets of Toronto.Prior to scoring his eighth career IndyCar victory on Sunday, the 24-year-old California native hadn’t won since May 2022 on the Indianapolis road course – 41 races ago.  It was a masterclass performance all weekend by Herta, who …Keep reading

Lando Norris has started from pole position five times during his Formula 1 career. Of those five times, he has never led the race at the end of lap 1.In the Hungarian GP on Sunday, a bad start enabled the team order controversy that overshadowed Oscar Piastri’s maiden victory.Here’s a look at all the times a bad start from pole has cost Norris.2021 Russian Grand PrixNorris scored his first-ever …Keep reading

There’s something about the Hungaroring and first-time Formula 1 winners. Perhaps it’s the flowing layout of the course north-east of Budapest, with almost kart-circuit-like characteristics. Allied to the difficulty to overtake, which puts much more value on a good qualifying session, it makes it a happy hunting ground for maiden victories.Case in point: Damon Hill, Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button …Keep reading

Andretti Global’s Kyle Kirkwood says that team-mate Colton Herta “deserved” his Toronto IndyCar win and that there was no question of performing an undercut like the one that complicated McLaren’s Formula 1 strategy in Hungary.Ironically, McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown had been spotted watching the Hungarian GP on TV with Michael Andretti on the morning of the Toronto race, just before …Keep reading

Nick Cassidy says that he and Antonio Felix da Costa “just cried together” after their collision in the Formula E London season finale which denied the Jaguar driver the title.Da Costa’s Porsche team-mate Pascal Wehrlein claimed this year’s Formula E drivers’ title as the German, Cassidy and the second Jaguar of Mitch Evans entered Sunday’s London E-Prix covered by just four …Keep reading