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Mari Boya topped the F3 podium for the first time, securing only his second career top-three finish in a relatively straightforward affair for the Campos driver after early contact between Santiago Ramos and Sami Meguetounif cleared the path for the Spaniard.Alex Dunne (MP Motorsport) and Oliver Goethe (Campos) joined him on the top three, although the former’s position remains provisional as he …Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s rivals are adamant Formula 1 is set for a Canada-style multi-team battle at the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, but a key set-up change is set to boost the Red Bull driver.FP2 at Barcelona ended with the top three drivers – Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes, Ferrari driver and home hero Carlos Sainz, and McLaren’s Lando Norris – separated by just 0.055s.Verstappen, meanwhile, finished …Keep reading

Max Verstappen’s build-up to the Spanish Grand Prix involved a detour this week as he conducted a private test in a 2022 Formula 1 car at Imola.After completing some promotional work in France on Tuesday, he travelled south that evening to Imola for some running on Wednesday in an RB18, before jetting across to Barcelona for Thursday’s media day.While teams regularly host 2022 car tests, these are …Keep reading

Red Bull has been at pains to play down the extent of modifications made to its Formula 1 car for the Spanish Grand Prix aimed at improving cooling.Indeed, after the first day of running at Barcelona on Friday, world champion Max Verstappen said that the various tweaks were almost irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.”I mean, they were very tiny,” he explained. “It’s nothing, nothing too …Keep reading

The New Zealander wasn’t involved near the top of the leaderboard until near the end of the session when he rolled to a lap of 1m07.6325s around the 2.238-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course.Andretti Global’s Colton Herta, a two-time winner of the event, was second at just 0.0991s off the mark.Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou, also a former winner at Laguna Seca, was third at 0.1046s …Keep reading

Juri Vips provided the latest update regarding an opportunity to return to the grid of the IndyCar Series in a fourth entry for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL).A 23-year-old Estonian, Vips contested two races at the end of 2023 in RLL’s No. 30 Honda, which began the year with Jack Harvey before a switch was made for Conor Daly to have a one-off outing at Gateway. Vips qualified and finished …Keep reading

This weekend will be the second time North America’s premier open-wheel championship will race on the completely resurfaced 2.238-mile, 11-turn natural terrain road course.Located in Monterey, California, the race is set for 95 laps (212.61 miles) with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon winning last year’s round when the event was held as the season finale in September. There have been six …Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes topped the times as practice at Formula 1’s 2024 Spanish Grand Prix got under way, while Red Bull and Max Verstappen appeared to be struggling.But, digging beyond the headline times in FP2 reveals that Verstappen and co are far from panicking – with a major set-up change coming for his RB20 on Saturday that will bring both one-lap and long-run gains.At the same …Keep reading

Williams junior Franco Colapinto revealed that he veered off track on Barcelona’s pit straight in Formula 2 qualifying in his frustration at missing pole position by just 0.006s.Such were the fine margins in what was comfortably the closest session so far in 2024, the first season with a new car that replaced the previous generation machine used since 2018, that the MP Motorsport driver was even …Keep reading

Custer’s return to the Cup Series at the Haas Factory Team would likely not be a surprise as his father, Joe, will manage the one-Cup, two-Xfinity car operation and Haas Automation has been part of the younger Custer’s entire NASCAR career as a sponsor.Custer, 26, has made no secret of his desire to return to Cup. He won the Xfinity championship in his return to the series last year and …Keep reading