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The bumpiness of the Monte Carlo circuit exposed some of Red Bull’s key weaknesses – as did the kerb-riding ability of this year’s RB20 chassis – as Verstappen qualified and finished in sixth, while Sergio Perez was knocked out of Q1 prior to his first-lap crash with Kevin Magnussen.This led to suggestions that Red Bull might also suffer with those characteristics around the Montreal circuit …Keep reading

After excelling in sports cars and in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series, Cindric burst into the Cup Series with a dramatic victory in the 2022 Daytona 500 in his rookie season.He ended that year 12th in the series standings, a strong performance for most any rookie. His tenure since in Team Penske’s No. 2 Ford has been much more difficult.Cindric, 25, struggled through his sophomore season and finished …Keep reading

Blaney, the reigning series champion, looked primed to pick up his first win of the 2024 season after surviving a wild duel with Christopher Bell.Cindric had cut Blaney’s lead to under two seconds with three of 240 laps remaining, but Blaney’s No. 12 Penske Ford suddenly fell off the pace.Cindric inherited the lead and held off Denny Hamlin by 3.844 seconds to pick up his second career win and …Keep reading

When one of the eight cautions of the day flew on lap 53, Dixon’s Chip Ganassi Racing Honda was called in to make his final pitstop three laps later.The gamble to stop so early – with 44 laps remaining – was a calculated one, as cautions were the theme of the race on the demanding 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit.Of the 47 total laps run under caution, 14 of those happened …Keep reading

Blaney was among the first of the lead lap cars to hit pit road for his final green flag pit stop with 66 of 240 laps remaining Sunday, but well within the window to make it to the end of the race.Christopher Bell, who had proven to have one of the best cars in the race, pit nearly 20 laps later and eventually caught Blaney on fresher tires.For nearly three laps the duo battled side-by-side and …Keep reading

The turnaround was much-needed for the 33-year-old Swede after enduring a miserable month of May that began with a big practice crash and ended with a wreck on the opening lap of the Indianapolis 500.  Coming to the tight and twisty 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street course set in the heart of Motor City, Ericsson – who joined Andretti Global over the off-season – only had one top 15 …Keep reading

Larson had every intention of running both the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 last weekend, but Mother Nature had other plans. Weather delayed the start of the 500, forcing Larson to miss the start of NASCAR’s longest race.He finally arrived in Charlotte after 249 of 400 laps were completed, but so did the rain. The race never resumed and Larson never got behind the wheel. Justin Allgaier …Keep reading

The 43-year-old New Zealander started fifth, pushed through the murky cycle of pit strategy, and fended off late chargers while saving fuel to claim victory by 0.8567s around the 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit.It is the 58th win of Dixon’s IndyCar career.He explained of his fuel strategy: “At about lap 50, I said, ‘I think we can make it on no more stops from this point if we …Keep reading

Bastianini put in an impressive performance in front of his home crowd at Mugello on Sunday, making two key overtakes in a race that featured little action to complete a 1-2 result for Ducati.The 26-year-old first cleared the Gresini bike of Marc Marquez with two laps to go going into Scarperia, before catching championship leader Jorge Martin by a surprise with an impressive pass into the final …Keep reading

Foster maintained his cool through four restarts and was relatively unchallenged throughout all 45 laps around the 1.645-mile, nine-turn temporary street circuit based in the heart of Motor City.It was the second consecutive victory for the Briton, whose closest rival was HMD Motorsports’ Caio Collett.“At the start I was just managing the gap.” Foster said. “And then midway through I …Keep reading