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Canadian GP promoters face stewards over track invasion

Shortly after the Montreal race, the stewards summoned the Octane Racing Group, which organises the event, noting in their statement that there had been a “spectator track invasion prior to the conclusion of the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix”.The issue concerns spectators being released prematurely onto the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on the cool-down lap – after the chequered flag had been waved but …Keep reading

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F1 Canadian GP: Verstappen wins from Norris in disrupted, rain-hit race

The Red Bull driver retained position over polesitter George Russell during their pitstops for intermediate tyres, conducted during a safety car produced by Logan Sargeant, and then-leader Norris was compelled to stop a lap later having passed the pit entry when the safety car was called.”Yeah, it was a pretty crazy race and we had to be on top of our calls,” Verstappen said. “We remained calm …Keep reading

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Hamilton says mistake-riddled F1 Canadian GP ‘one of my worst races’

The Mercedes driver finished fourth in Montreal having lost out on the final podium position to team-mate and polesitter George Russell, who scythed down the inside at the final chicane in the closing stages.Hamilton had started seventh on the grid after struggling to carry his from from practice to qualifying and found himself bottled up behind Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso for much of the first …Keep reading

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Horner: Perez needs to rebound from “horrible” weekend

By virtue of Max Verstappen’s hard-fought Montreal F1 victory and the retirements of both Ferrari drivers, Red Bull more than doubled its constructors’ championship lead over the Scuderia to 49 points.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Canadian GP: Verstappen wins from Norris in disrupted, rain-hit raceBut this was not helped by Perez, who had failed to escape Q1 on Saturday and …Keep reading

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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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