Defending Indy 500 champion Newgarden served up a flying lap of 226.238mph in the No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet to edge out Andretti Global’s Colton Herta by 0.0028s.“The team’s done a great job,” said Newgarden. “I love this place. We’re going to see how things shake up because you gotContinue Reading
The 37-year-old Briton has been out of racing action since the start of May after sustaining the injury in a practice crash ahead of the Monaco E-Prix.Bird went into the run-off area at Sainte Devote, leaving his hands on the wheel as the car struck the barrier, which broke aContinue Reading
Aston’s major Imola update, which included a floor redesign, a front wing and diffuser, was shaken down by Fernando Alonso in FP1 before Lance Stroll also received the parts from FP2 onwards.However, on a weekend where rival teams also wheeled out new parts or further dialled in those from Miami, Aston’sContinue Reading
McLaughlin set a memorable record-setting four-lap average of 234.220mph having set off as the last of the fast six, scoring Penske’s 19th Indy 500 pole.Team-mates Will Power and defending race winner Josef Newgarden will start alongside McLaughlin – the trio gave team owner Roger Penske his first front-row lockout forContinue Reading
Series promoter the Automobile Club de l’Ouest has stressed the importance of capping the expansion of the series, at least temporarily, following its return to its traditional eight events in 2024 after a contraction resulting from COVID.“It is not in the plan today to add a race because of theContinue Reading
Formula 1 headed back to Imola after the 2023 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix was cancelled due to flooding in the Italian region. This time, the sporting contest went ahead in sunshine throughout.The race was awfully dull, until Max Verstappen’s struggles aboard his Red Bull and Lando Norris’s hard tyre brilliance inContinue Reading
In the opening phase of the race, it was Verstappen who had the edge as, after holding the advantage at the start, he was steadily able to eke out a gap on the medium tyres to be more than six seconds clear up until the first round of stops.Things didContinue Reading
The Mexican had failed to make the top 10 in qualifying, instead being knocked out in Q2 with a lap time 0.015s slower than Daniel Ricciardo’s on his RB.Perez started the race on hard tyres in a bid to make the most of any timely safety car intervention, virtual orContinue Reading
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While some drivers take the title long before the final round – recently Max Verstappen took both the 2022 and 2023 titles with several races left to go – others can sit at the top of the table but still never claim the crown. Valtteri Bottas is one of thoseContinue Reading