Friday favourite: When a GP2 race winner “ate steering wheel” in Alpine’s F1 winner
With experience of driving Formula 1, Formula E, IndyCar and World Endurance Championship machinery, there are not many drivers that can match Jordan King’s level of experience across a plethora of different motorsport disciplines.Although the 30-year-old Briton may not have raced much in recent years, his knowledge has meant he’sContinue Reading
How Verstappen plans to fit Nurburgring 24 sim race into Imola F1 weekend
While participating on a Team Redline – the sim racing team he drives for – stream, Verstappen announced a few days ago that he was keen to join the team for the 24-hour race despite the Imola race taking place on the same weekend.The three-time world champion explained on ThursdayContinue Reading
Supercars Perth: Mostert leads Percat in Friday practice
At a venue which has been something of a bogey circuit for the Walkinshaw Andretti United team in recent years. Mostert topped the times for all of the session in the Ford Mustang, setting a time of 55.0930s to be 0.17s clear of Nick Percat’s Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet.“We’ll seeContinue Reading
Speaking from experience, Hamilton backs Antonelli as his Mercedes F1 successor
Mercedes is still waiting to see if it can somehow convince Max Verstappen to join the team as Red Bull’s power plays drag on, but as time goes on it has become clear that Antonelli might well be its man for the future.On Thursday at Imola, Hamilton said he wouldContinue Reading
Indy 500: Lundqvist and Ericsson’s crashes in practice
Linus Lundqvist and Marcus Ericsson crashed in practice session 3 of the Indy 500. SourceContinue Reading
Former Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage dies, aged 65
Speedway Motorsports, for whom Gossage worked for more than 30 years, made the announcement Thursday evening on behalf of Gossage’s family.“Today we have lost one of the world’s biggest race fans,” Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith said in a statement. “From his legendary promotions to the lasting relationshipsContinue Reading
Indy 500: O’Ward quickest at 228.861mph as Ericsson, Lundqvist crash
The 25-year-old Mexican latched on to an early morning tow and hurtled around with a flying lap of 228.861mph to claim the top spot on the leaderboard.Scott McLaughlin’s No. 3 Team Penske Chevrolet, which led Wednesday’s practice, continued to showcase strong pace after a tow lap of 227.316mph put himContinue Reading
F1 Emilia Romagna GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained
Mercedes W15 technical detailPhoto by: Giorgio PiolaThis shot of the Mercedes W15’s sidepod and bodywork out in the pitlane, rather than being installed on the car, shows the internal make-up of the cooling louvres. Ferrari SF-24 technical detailPhoto by: Giorgio PiolaA close-up view of the changes made at the rearContinue Reading
Josef Newgarden: Indy 500 poster boy or paddock pariah?
Two-time IndyCar champion Newgarden was disqualified from his season-opening St. Petersburg victory due to illegal use of the push-to-pass system during restarts, after all three of Penske’s entries mistakenly ran with software that allowed him to do so.Although he accepted the penalty, in an emotionally charged press conference at theContinue Reading
Two F3 drivers hit with race bans for competing in other championships
Stenshorne is 13th in the F3 standings after two rounds and scored his first victory in the sprint race last time out in Australia.But a GB3 outing at Silverstone on 25-26 April has now had profound consequences on his season, as neither he nor his Hitech team informed the FIAContinue Reading