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Charles Leclerc took a popular podium at Imola, with Carlos Sainz in fifth, as Ferrari was beaten by McLaren as F1’s closest challenger to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.With overtaking nearly impossible on similar tyre strategies, Ferrari feels it effectively lost the battle for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in qualifying, with Vasseur saying: “I think that if we do 1-2 in qualifying, we do 1-2 in the …Keep reading
As part of an official visit to Italy, Thavisin was present at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for discussions with F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali, as well as meeting other stakeholders.The Thai Grand Prix project is being pushed for by the government, but it is understood that Thavisin has sounded out Red Bull about its potential interest in joining the push.Thavisin is targeting a deal to put on a …Keep reading
Verstappen’s busy driving, PR and engineering schedule at Imola did not stop him from competing in the top split – the most competitive field – of iRacing’s Nurburgring enduro with his Team Redline sim squad.After taking pole in Italy on Saturday, he took on a three-hour stint on his sim in the evening, tacking on another two hours on Sunday morning to help his BMW GT3 entry win the event.Team …Keep 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 did not seem to change much as drivers switched to the hard, as Norris, who briefly lost a bit of time getting past Red Bull’s Sergio Perez, did not …Keep reading
In what turned out to be a rather tame first 100 laps of the 200-lap main event, the race actually got off to an eventful start as Kyle Busch tagged the outside wall on the opening lap as the field went three-wide.Busch, who thought he had been hit by Ricky Stenhouse Jr., then knocked Stenhouse into the wall on lap 2 in retaliation. The damage was extensive and brought an early end to …Keep reading
Hours after team owner Roger Penske’s IndyCar drivers swept the front row for this year’s Indianapolis 500 in qualifying, Logano added a $1 million prize with his win in NASCAR’s annual all-star event.Logano, who has yet to win a points-paying NASCAR Cup race this season, started on the pole and led 199 of the 200 laps, which included the use of multiple tire compounds this season.Denny …Keep reading
Vittorio Ghirelli and Martin Doubek both completed a sweep of their respective EuroNASCAR Pro and EuroNASCAR 2 events on Saturday and Sunday at the 4.085-kilometer road course outside of Rome.Ghirelli seemed invincible at Vallelunga. After leading all practice sessions, winning the pole and the race on Saturday, the Italian completed a dominant weekend sweep with another victory on Sunday.The PK …Keep reading
Ty Gibbs, who drives the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, dominated the 100-lap All-Star Open from start to finish, leading every lap at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway and cleared Wallace by 1.572 seconds at the checkered flag.“I feel we were pretty solid, so it’s good to make it in,” said Gibbs, who made it to last year’s All-Star Race after finishing second in the Open. “Hopefully, we …Keep reading
The Italian squad had impressed in Friday practice but, in its preparations for qualifying, the team appeared to lack pace at the start of the lap relative to the cars ahead of it in the battle for pole position.GPS traces show that his Ferrari was between 3-4kph slower on the straights compared to the two McLarens, and even more in arrears compared to polesitter Max Verstappen – thanks to the tow …Keep reading
At one point Saturday, Heim’s No. 11 Tricon Garage Toyota was swamped in water when the race was halted by severe storms at the track, but Heim had no issues when it resumed on Sunday morning.Heim powered past leader Jake Garcia on a restart with 65 of 250 laps to go then repeated the feat over Layne Riggs on another restart with 32 laps to go.From there, Heim stayed steady and beat Grant …Keep reading