O’Ward lost his points lead to Chip Ganassi Racing’s Alex Palou in Portland two races ago and came into the finale 35 points behind the leader at the rescheduled season finale on the streets of Long Beach. At the end of the opening lap O’Ward was hit from behind by Ed Jones of Dale Coyne
Hamilton scored his 100th grand prix victory after capitalising on a late rain shower in Sochi to beat McLaren’s Lando Norris, switching to intermediates with three laps of the race remaining. Hamilton was initially unsure about the decision as the majority of the track was dry, and was seen passing pit entry and continuing for
6:07 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Smooth and steady, same as he’s been all season, Alex Palou cruised to his first IndyCar championship with an easy Sunday drive at the Grand Prix of Long Beach. The 24-year-old became the first Spaniard to win the IndyCar championship and pulled it off in just
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou clinched the title by virtue of finishing fourth as Pato O’Ward, who was his closest challenger heading into the race, retired from the after-effects of a first-lap clash with Ed Jones. O’Ward was turned into a spin on the first lap by an optimistic lunge from Jones, who attempted to clear
Ticktum, who scored his second win of the Formula 2 season in Sochi this weekend, and currently lies fourth in the points table, said that IndyCar, DTM and Formula E were all options for him in 2022, having conceded that his F1 hopes had gone. Tindall told Autosport: “He’d certainly make a great IndyCar driver.
Norris was closing in on a maiden grand prix victory after controlling proceedings from pole position before a late rain shower turned the race on its head. Norris opted to stay out on slicks while the majority of other drivers came in for intermediates, only for the decision to backfire as the rain grew heavier.
Stroll careened into the back of Gasly’s AlphaTauri at Turn 8 as the rain began to fall, leaving the circuit desperately slippery for the drivers as they tried to persevere with their slick tyres. This turned Gasly into a full 360-degree spin, for which Stroll has now had 10 seconds added onto his total race
When Team Penske’s Will Power ground to a halt without gears at Turn 10 and brought out a yellow, O’Ward – at that point sixth fastest – and championship leader Alex Palou slowed dramatically, while others did not. The rules stipulate that all drivers shall reduce speed by a minimum of 15% (or greater if
It’s taken Hamilton 281 races and is the latest in a remarkable series of milestones in the career of one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time. But how many of those wins can you remember? Here they all are, from the first success in Canada 14 years ago. If you want to see
7:32 AM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — The IndyCar championship race tightened ahead of the Grand Prix of Long Beach after a messy qualifying session put contenders Alex Palou and Pato O’Ward in the middle of the pack. “Maybe rules don’t apply the last race of the season? When everything’s at stake? It
Nasr led from pole in the 100-minute contest aboard the Whelen Engineering/Action Express Racing-run Cadillac DPi-V.Rs, before handing over to Derani who finished well clear of the similar Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac of Magnussen/van der Zande. French pair Loic Duval and Tristan Vautier completed the podium sweep for JDC/Miller Motorsports. The leading prototype contenders made
At the 2021 finale in Long Beach this weekend, President and CEO Mark Miles was asked about venturing outside of the US, especially in light of the fact that the championship this year is being fought between Spain’s Alex Palou and Mexico’s Pato O’Ward. The last IndyCar race staged outside the US was on a
The team expects the Finn, who originally qualified seventh, will start from 17th place – which will put him three spots ahead of Max Verstappen, team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s title rival. The strategic move gives Mercedes the opportunity to potentially compromise Verstappen’s attempt to charge through the field after the Dutchman took a complete set of new
Andretti Autosport’s James Hinchcliffe was the first to turn a 1m09s lap in the 45-minute session, having won at the street circuit back in 2017, to put him a quarter of a second clear of the rest of the pack after 10 minutes. The pack was headed by championship leader Alex Palou – the Spaniard
Newgarden took the top spot with a 1m08.224s in the Fast Six shootout, with reigning champion Scott Dixon claiming second having missed out on pole when he caught Helio Castroneves around the street circuit in the final part of qualifying. Castroneves’ initial time of 1m08.482s was good enough for third, ahead of Simon Pagenaud, Felix
The Brit took his maiden pole as drivers switched to slick tyres on a damp but drying track in the final minutes of Q3 at the Sochi Autodrom. He managed to beat Ferrari driver Sainz to the top spot, with George Russell putting in another impressive performance at the wheel of his Williams to take
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2:09 PM ET Associated Press MADRID — Dean Berta Viñales, a 15-year-old Spanish rider, died after crashing in a motorcycle race in Spain on Saturday. Race organizers said Viñales, a cousin of MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales, did not recover from his injuries after the crash in a Supersport 300 race at the Jeréz de la
On what was the second time this season that the BTCC has adopted a top-10 shootout, the Scot and his Speedworks Motorsport-run Corolla topped both sessions to continue their form from free practice. Butcher, who is carrying 9kg of success ballast into the weekend, led the way in Q1 by 0.069 seconds over the West
Bagnaia stormed to a maiden victory in MotoGP two weeks ago at Aragon when he beat Honda’s Marc Marquez in a thrilling duel, and added a second to his tally after fending of championship leader Fabio Quartararo at Misano the following week. This was Ducatis fifth win in 2021, following back-to-back victories for Jack Miller
The 40-year-old joined the team in 2010 and won the first title following the series’ switch to the ubiquitous Dallara DW12 in 2012. He then won the Indianapolis 500 in 2014 after a tight battle with Helio Castroneves and, aside from a slump to 12th in 2016, has finished in the top 10 in the
Russell led the top 10 shootout runners in moving from the intermediates all drivers had used in Q1 and Q2 to the soft slick compound with six minutes of Q3 remaining. He explained how the rest of his fourth Q3 appearance of 2021 had gone in the post-qualifying press conference at Sochi, where he finished
As first revealed by Autosport, the category has scrapped plans to hold double-headers at Queensland Raceway and SMP to help complete the 12 rounds required by its broadcast agreement. Instead SMP will host an unprecedented quadruple header with racing from the last weekend in October right through until the third weekend in November. There will
Grosjean, 35, scored three podium finishes in his first season in America’s premier open-wheel series, and came into the series off the back of his 10-year Formula 1 career, which ended prematurely with his horrendously fiery crash in the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. “We are thrilled to welcome Romain to the Andretti Autosport family,”
Williams announced earlier this month that it had signed current Red Bull reserve driver Albon for next season, replacing the Mercedes-bound George Russell. Albon raced for Toro Rosso and Red Bull in 2019 and 2020, but dropped into a reserve role with Red Bull for this year after losing his seat to Sergio Perez. Red
7:53 PM ET Associated Press LONG BEACH, Calif. — Endless hours on iRacing trying to familiarize himself with the downtown city street course in Long Beach paid off Friday when IndyCar points leader Alex Palou sailed through his first career laps on the circuit. Palou takes a 35-point lead into Sunday’s title-deciding season finale. The
38 teams, 21 LMP2’s and 17 LMGTE machines will go head to head for their starting positions in the 4 Hours of Monza, Italy. The driver line-up for Monza was revealed earlier in the week and will feature three drivers per team. Louis Deletraz, Sérgio Sette Câmara, Beitske Visser, Will Stevens, Timmy Hansen and Néstor
With three wins and five other podium finishes – including runner-up last weekend at Laguna Seca – Chip Ganassi Racing’s series Palou arrives at the finale with a 35-point margin over his nearest opposition, Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward. Even if O’Ward wins the race, and gains the bonus point for pole, the bonus point