Yarborough was one of the best to ever get behind the wheel of a stock car. In 560 starts, he won 83 races and sits sixth on the all-time wins list. His many victories including four in the Daytona 500 and five in the Southern 500. Yarborough won his three Cup titles consecutively from 1976
Gil de Ferran meant an awful lot to a great many people in motorsport. The outpouring of shocked tributes following his unexpected passing at the age of 56 were universal in their respect for a racer who possessed all the attributes to be effective as a driver, team boss, sporting director and in driver development.
#5 – Pato O’Ward, 4th in the championship standings (484 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 7 podiums, 9 top fives, 14 top 10s, 0 poles, 13 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 2nd (St. Petersburg, Texas, IMS Road Course – Race 1, Gateway) Best Start: 2nd (Road America, Nashville) #7 – Alexander Rossi, 9th in
De Ferran, who has died aged 56, beat his great friend, and fellow Brazilian Team Penske team-mate, Helio Castroneves by 0.299s after a fierce battle for honours in America’s biggest open-wheel race. The duo saw off the challenges of Andretti Green Racing’s Tony Kanaan and Michael Andretti, and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Tomas Scheckter, de Ferran
There was no shortage of headlines to result from a 23-race Formula 1 calendar in 2023, MotoGP’s addition of sprint races at every round and the influx of manufacturers arriving into the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class. Our team of writers scouring the paddocks of international and national motorsport series has diligently covered 24-hour races
According to the Associated Press, de Ferran appeared to suffer a heart attack while competing with his son at The Concours Club in Opa-locka in Florida on Friday. The open-wheel legend began his racing career in British Formula Ford, Opel Lotus and then Formula 3, finishing third in the 1991 British F3 title race behind
#45 – Christian Lundgaard, 8th in the championship standings (390 points) – 17 races 1 win, 1 podium, 4 top fives, 9 top 10s, 2 poles, 6 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 1st (Toronto) Best Start: 1st (IMS Road Course – Race 1, Toronto) #15 – Graham Rahal, 15th in the championship standings (276 points)
Simpson, a 19-year-old Caymanian who will contest the 2024 IndyCar season with Chip Ganassi Racing, joins a squad in DragonSpeed that have won three previous times in the LMP2 class at Daytona (2019, 2020, 2022). He will drive the team’s #81 Oreca 07-Gibson, 2023 Rolex 24 LMP2 victor James Allen, and 2022 LMP2 winning Bronze
#26 – Colton Herta, 10th in the championship standings (356 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 1 podium, 3 top fives, 8 top 10s, 2 poles, 8 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 3rd (Toronto) Best Start: 1st (Road America, Mid-Ohio) #27 – Kyle Kirkwood, 11th in the championship standings (352 points) – 17 races 2
#21 – Rinus VeeKay, 14th in the championship standings (277 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 0 podiums, 0 top fives, 2 top 10s, 0 poles, 1 Fast Six Appearance Best Finish: 6th (Portland) Best Start: 2nd (Indianapolis 500) #20 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, 26th in the championship standings (131 points) – 11 races, 10 w/ECR
#77 – Callum Ilott, 16th in championship standings (266 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 0 podium, 2 top fives, 3 top 10s, 0 poles, 0 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 5th (St. Petersburg, Laguna Seca) Best Start: 8th (Portland) #78 – Agustín Canapino, 21st in championship standings (180 points) – 17 races 0 wins,
#18 – David Malukas, 17th in championship standings (265 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 1 podium, 2 top fives, 6 top 10s, 0 poles, 2 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 3rd (Gateway) Best Start: 3rd (Iowa – Race 2) #51 – Sting Ray Robb, 23rd in championship standings (147 points) – 17 races 0
#06 – Helio Castroneves, 18th in the championship standings (217 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 0 podiums, 0 top fives, 1 top 10s, 0 poles, 0 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 10th (Texas) Best Start: 8th (Iowa – Race 2) #60 – Simon Pagenaud, 28th in the championship standings (88 points) – 8 races
It’s been a very active season for me in 2023. I started off doing some endurance racing and the Asian Le Mans Series, all while carrying out preparations for my Porsche campaign in the Carrera Cup Middle East, which went really well. We claimed a win in every race we entered, so the programme was
#14 – Santino Ferrucci, 19th in championship standings (219 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 1 podium, 1 top five, 1 top 10, 0 poles, 1 Fast Six Appearance Best Finish: 3rd (Indianapolis 500) Best Start: 4th (Indianapolis 500) #55 – Benjamin Pedersen, 27th in championship standings (129 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 0 podiums, 0 top fives,
The team grew by 40% over the last off-season, with several additions to personnel that included former Andretti Autosport driver Alexander Rossi in a newly-added third car. While the new hires helped grow the numbers to fill roles, many came in without previous experience in IndyCar. Despite that, though, all three full-time entries delivered a respectable
If there was a sportscar driver you wanted in your car for a 24-hour race this year, it was Nicky Catsburg. Victories at the Nurburgring (outright), Le Mans (GTE Am) and Spa (Pro-Am), each in different cars, underlined that the versatile Dutchman is operating at the top of his game. He was part of the
As is typical, Kyle Larson’s successful exploits in the NASCAR Cup were just part of his 2023 motorsport endeavours, which included winning appearances in the Xfinity and Truck Series. He also won numerous sprint car races, including in a series he owns – High Limit Sprint Car Racing – and announced his entry into the
On his GT3 Mercedes swansong, Marciello was nothing if not consistent. The only driver to qualify in the top three at every GT World Challenge Europe Sprint round earned a record-extending 14th series pole at Misano after his Brands Hatch masterclass. Key passes to win at Hockenheim emulated Marciello’s glorious fightback in the Paul Ricard
Three wins in IMSA’s GTP class with Meyer Shank Racing’s Acura was a strong return, but a repeat of Tom Blomqvist’s 2022 DPi title success with new team-mate Colin Braun was denied by a 200-point deduction for the tyre data manipulation that tainted the team’s Daytona 24 Hours triumph. Even then, the only crew to
The New Zealander took another step toward growing into a regular threat in 2023 after a career-best third in the IndyCar title race. Among the top performances of his season was a thrilling battle versus Romain Grosjean at Barber Motorsports Park, where McLaughlin surged late to victory. Top 10: Ranking the best IndyCar drivers of
The 29-year-old third-generation driver for Team Penske didn’t look like a Cup championship contender early in the season. But when it counted the most – in the playoffs – Ryan Blaney and his #12 Ford team were at their best. Critical playoff wins at Talladega and Martinsville advanced him to the Championship 4 at Phoenix
GT specialist Laurens Vanthoor got his prototype chance with Porsche and Penske in the World Endurance Championship and grabbed it with both hands. He was consistently the quickest of the six drivers in the factory 963 LMDhs over the season. That’s all the more impressive given he’d only made three race starts aboard prototype machinery,
The ageless enigma was once again a force to be reckoned with to finish runner-up in the IndyCar standings and prove the closest – yet still distant – threat to Chip Ganassi Racing team-mate Alex Palou. The Kiwi waited until the 14th of 17 rounds to find Victory Lane, which happened by overcoming an opening
It was a campaign of feast or famine for Team Penske’s Tennessee native. There were four wins – all on ovals and second-most overall to champion Alex Palou – but there were also five results of 15th or worse, including three of 21st or lower. But what made the year a success was Newgarden’s memorable
Hendrick Motorsports’ 26-year-old upstart enjoyed a breakout Cup season in which he dominated in virtually every category but one – winning the series title. In his sixth full-time season, Byron took career-bests in victories (six), top-five finishes (15), top-10s (21) and laps led (1016). His season-high win tally came from successes on short tracks, intermediates,
Beyond Max Verstappen, few drivers in 2023 could claim to be more dominant in their respective series than Palou. The Spaniard’s totals of five wins, a further five podiums and a full-house of top-10 finishes from the 17 races delivered a beatdown to the field and allowed him to lock up the championship a round
The 32-year-old Tennessee native, the 75th individual winner of IndyCar’s crown jewel race, was the centrepiece of the event held at the Stutz Building in Indianapolis. The sterling silver image was crafted by sculptor Will Behrends, who was crafted every Indy 500 winner’s likeness on the trophy since 1990. Newgarden visited Behrends’s workshop in North
Nurburgring 24 Hours winner David Pittard, GT World Challenge Europe Sprint Cup champion Mattia Drudi and Henrique Chaves, a class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours, have been added to the Aston Martin Racing roster for 2024. They join stalwart AMR drivers Marco Sorensen and Nicki Thiim, who have been re-signed on new long-term
The ragbag of GT cars that took to the Circuit Paul Ricard for a couple of hastily-organised races in August 1993 hardly captured the world’s imagination. Autosport made no mention of it in its pages, and for good reason. The grid lacked quantity and quality, and there were no star-name drivers. No one could have
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