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Ferrari recently helped motor racing’s governing body with the evaluation of a more complete wheel guard concept during runs at Fiorano to see if it could help reduce spray.The design was much more dramatic than the original idea tried out at Silverstone last year, and Ferrari ran two cars close together to help evaluate if it brought any improvement.The latest covers were deliberately over the …Keep reading

While Andretti has always been regarded as a threat during the Month of May, it has been a decade since he was in a proper battle for victory for the Indy 500.Although he won pole for the 2020 edition of the Indy 500, the last of his four podiums came in 2014.It has been especially challenging since becoming an Indy-only entry the last three years, with no finish higher than 17th. “I knew the …Keep reading

Given the restrictive nature of the ethos of ‘stock’ car racing, which originally was aimed at taking cars straight out of the showroom and on to the racetrack, crew chiefs and mechanics have toiled to find ever more ingenious ways of making their cars run faster.The penalty handed out to Team Penske’s Joey Logano, fined $10,000 for wearing webbed gloves to restrict air coming into his …Keep reading

The team’s VCARB 01 is showing some impressive speed in qualifying – with its two cars having got into Q3 at Imola last weekend – but its race chances are being hurt by poor getaways.At the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, both Ricciardo and Tsunoda lost two places off the start – which were hard to recover from because of the difficulty of overtaking there.Speaking about the situation …Keep reading

Moffitt, who competed in what is now the ARCA East series for JGR early in his career, will drive the No. 19 Toyota for the organization in the June 17 race at Iowa Speedway.Moffitt last competed for JGR in 2010 in ARCA East, earning two wins and six top-five finishes while finishing second in the series standings.The 31-year-old native of Grimes, Iowa, has had much success at the track. He made …Keep reading

MotoGP will visit the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend for the Catalan Grand Prix. Last year’s race was won by Aprilia Racing’s Aleix Espargaro in his second victory of the year. The Spaniard’s first win in 2023 came at the British Grand Prix, where he was able to beat Francesco Bagnaia and Brad Binder.  Valentino Rossi holds the record for most wins at the Catalan GP, taking …Keep reading

Last week, Motorsport.com announced that the Buddh International Circuit round, initially scheduled for 20-22 September, is set to be axed from the calendar after the race promoters breached a contract with Dorna Sports.In response to that, Pushkar Nath Srivastava, CEO of the Indian promoter, stated that the event would take place: “The race is planned. Everything that is flying around is rumours …Keep reading

His long-awaited maiden Formula 1 victory in Miami made Lando Norris the 21st driver from the United Kingdom to become a grand prix winner. More racers from Britain than any other nation have stood on the top step of a world championship podium, a statistic which may be a source of hope for those aspiring hopefuls bubbling under in the junior categories.Motorsport.com picks out five of the most …Keep reading

For the Emilia-Romagna event, Ferrari had arrived at the first of two home races fielding considerable attention given its comprehensive first upgrade package was being unleashed.While it led the way in Friday practice last weekend, it fell behind Red Bull and McLaren in both qualifying and the race.But Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur was adamant that “if we do 1-2 in quali, we do 1-2 in the …Keep reading

A pretty extensive overhaul had been aimed at lifting the squad up the grid, but it ended up making the car more difficult to drive – contributing to Alonso’s hefty FP3 crash.Its struggles renewed concerns that the squad could be facing a repeat of what happened last year – when upgrades it introduced triggered some side-effects that hampered its performance.Team principal Mike Krack is …Keep reading