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Red Bull crushed the 2023 season by winning 21 out of 22 grands prix, with its early dominance allowing the team to hold off on producing many in-season car upgrades.Instead, the team focused most of its resources on 2024, producing a car that looks substantially different despite its predecessor's successes.Its decision to go for an aggressive evolution for the RB20 - instead of playing it safe - ...Keep reading

After starting on pole in the No. 3 Chevrolet, McLaughlin made the best of a three-stop strategy to lead a race-high 58 of 90 laps around the 2.3-mile, 17-turn road course, beating Power, who underwent an engine change after the morning warm-up, by 1.3194s.Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Linus Lundqvist delivered an impressive drive to finish third – the first podium of his career. Meyer Shank ...Keep reading

In Larson's quest to complete 'The Double,' the week prior to the big races is actually posing the greatest scheduling challenge. On Fast Friday (May 17th), the 2021 NASCAR Cup champion will not skip Indy 500 practice. With All-Star Race practice and qualifying happening on the same day and clashing with Indy, Larson has made the decision to skip Friday's on-track sessions at North ...Keep reading

A 23-year-old Kentucky native, Abel fended off the challenges of Nolan Siegel and managed all 35 laps around the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course, which ended under caution.The win comes in Abel’s 30th Indy NXT start after finishing second on three other occasions. Behind Abel and Siegel in third was James Roe, with rookie Caio Collet and Louis Foster finishing fourth and fifth ...Keep reading

LCR Honda's Zarco and Aprilia's Espargaro were battling at the outer reaches of the points in Sunday's grand prix at Jerez when they collided at Turn 5 on lap 10.The incident was placed under investigation by the FIM stewards panel, but no further action has been taken following a hearing involving both riders.However, Zarco says double 500cc world champion Spencer – who has helmed the FIM ...Keep reading

Bagnaia and Marquez locked horns with each other in the latter stages of Sunday's 25-lap grand prix at Jerez after early leader Jorge Martin crashed out.Marquez chopped down a 1.2-second advantage Bagnaia held on lap 14 to get within striking range on the 21st tour.As Marquez threw his Gresini Ducati up the inside of Bagnaia, he ran slightly wide and on the cutback into Turn 10 the pair rubbed ...Keep reading

Pramac rider Martin had seized the early advantage at the Jerez circuit on Sunday, having passed both polesitter Marc Marquez and factory Ducati rider Francesco Bagnaia in the opening two laps of the grand prix.Circulating almost a second clear of the chasing pack led by his 2023 title rival Bagnaia on the 11th lap, Martin suddenly lost the front of his Ducati GP24 under braking for Turn 6 and hit ...Keep reading

Heim, 21, competes full-time in the NASCAR Truck Series, where he has won several races. But he is also the reserve driver for Legacy Motor Club so when Erik Jones suffered a back injury in a 70G crash at Talladega Superspeedway, Heim was called up to drive the car in his absence.He has never competed in a NASCAR Cup Series race before, but will make his debut at the circuit commonly referred to ...Keep reading

The Gresini rider qualified on pole for the first time on a Ducati before going on to score his first grand prix podium after a thrilling 25-lap race at Jerez on Sunday.Marquez locked horns with Bagnaia in the latter stages of the grand prix, with the pair engaging twice at Turn 9 on laps 21 and 22.On the first attempt, Marquez launched his bike up the inside of Bagnaia's at Turn 9, before the ...Keep reading

Pramac Ducati rider Martin threatened to take a 47-point lead in the championship as he led the field on the 11th of 25 laps ahead of Bagnaia and Marquez.But a crash at Turn 6 flipped the grand prix on its head, with Bagnaia released into the lead and forced into a thrilling scrap with Gresini Ducati's Marquez for the win.Beating Marquez by 0.372s after putting in a stunning Jerez race lap record ...Keep reading

Engstler had been running a steady third behind polesitter Bortolotti and Mercedes rival Luca Stolz in the first part of the race, but an impressive strategy call from Grasser to pull him into the pits just before a Full Course Yellow elevated him to the lead.Engstler's run to victory was made easier by an agonisingly slow pitstop for SSR Performance driver Bortolotti, a problem which also forced ...Keep reading

The 19-year-old Briton became the youngest starter of a Formula E race when he competed in Saturday’s Monaco E-Prix, having only been told 20 minutes before the second practice session that he would be competing.This was after regular McLaren driver Bird suffered a high-speed off at Sainte Devote in the day’s earlier FP1 session that left him with a broken bone in his left hand, meaning ...Keep reading

The 19-lap Moto3 race opened up Sunday's Spanish GP action, with drama striking almost immediately.Having lost out from pole on the run to Turn 1 at the start, Aspar CF Moto rider David Alonso retook the lead from David Munoz into Turn 6 on the opening lap.Leading the field into the last corner, Alonso crashed out, releasing Munoz into a comfortable lead as the Aspar rider rejoined at the back of ...Keep reading

Haas has made considerable progress on the issue that blighted its F1 campaign last year, which was caused by a fundamental aerodynamic imbalance that meant the VF-23 could get its tyres working well for qualifying, but would then chew through them in races.In preparing its VF-24 2024 challenger in pre-season testing, Haas spent most of its time in Bahrain completing long-run efforts in a bid to ...Keep reading

The Frenchman finished Saturday’s Formula E race in Monte Carlo fourth having shadowed DS Penske partner Vandoorne for much of the 31-lap contest.Vergne was left frustrated as both Nick Cassidy and Mitch Evans ahead backed the chasing pack up at various points to allow each of the Jaguar drivers to take both Attack Modes without losing positions.The strategy worked as Evans led home a Jaguar ...Keep reading

The Shanghai round was the first event where F1’s latest sprint format has been deployed, with the parc ferme restrictions on car adjustments relaxed between the two Saturday sessions.This opened the possibility for teams to run very experimental set-ups in the shorter races, especially for cars starting outside the top 10 on the grid, but in practice, the competitors felt any changes they could ...Keep reading

Chip Ganassi Racing’s reigning champion Palou set the pace overall in the first round of qualifying, lapping in the day’s quickest time of 1m05.5862s on fresh alternate tires.But then his speed vanished in the second round, when the top 12 cars from the two groups run together.Palou lapped in 1m06.8819s on primary tires on his first Top 12 Qualifying run, but only improved to 1m06.3013s on his ...Keep reading

The defending race winner, McLaughlin captured pole with a sensational run of 1m05.9490s around the 2.3-mile, 17-turn natural terrain road course, just 0.0970s ahead of team-mate Power. It was the 300th IndyCar pole for Team Penske.The front row lockout delivered a positive result for the team amid a tumultuous week that featured IndyCar officials handing out severe penalties. Josef Newgarden ...Keep reading

Last year’s winner here, McLaughlin will start ahead of team-mate Will Power and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard after the three-stage knockout qualifying rounds.IndyCar Alabama Indy Grand Prix starting grid



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As the race went into a second two-lap overtime, Truex lined up on the front row with leader Carson Kvapil, who was making just his second series start.Truex got a jump on Kvapil to take the lead off Turn 4 on the restart and as the two continued to battle after taking the white flag, Justin Allgaier wrecked behind them which triggered another caution and ended the race.Truex was ruled the leader ...Keep reading