Former Formula 1 driver Magnussen, who last week scored his first IMSA Sportscar Championship in with Chip Ganassi Racing on the streets of Detroit, will be subbing for Felix Rosenqvist who has not yet been cleared to drive. Rosenqvist suffered a 100mph head-on impact with a tyre wall during Saturday’s race and needed to stay
Month: June 2021
One such gripe concerned the rationale behind letting the cars complete two laps under yellow before calling the first red flag that followed Felix Rosenqvist’s huge shunt at Turn 6. His Arrow McLaren SP machine crashed when the throttle appeared to stick open, resulting in a heavy impact that moved the concrete blocks behind the
ECR released a statement on Tuesday evening that Askew will be filling in for the Dutch driver, who fractured his clavicle in a cycling incident – and whose participation in the Road America race was originally “pending”. “Ed Carpenter Racing driver Rinus VeeKay underwent successful outpatient surgery this afternoon to repair a fractured left clavicle,”
With Pirelli’s investigation into the failures suffered by Lance Stroll and Max Verstappen at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix concluding that the way the tyres were run triggered the incidents, F1’s tyre supplier and governing body the FIA has worked on new protocols. Amid concerns that teams may have been running tyres below the minimum pressures
Both drivers suffered left rear blow outs in the Baku race, with the initial suspicion pointing to debris being the cause of the incidents. This theory was boosted by the fact that other cars were found to have suffered cuts on their tyres during the red flag period triggered by Verstappen’s incident. In a bid
Veekay, who currently lies fifth in this year’s IndyCar drivers’ standings, has now suffered a setback in his preparations for this weekend’s race at the Elkhart Lake circuit. ECR released a statement detailing that the Dutch driver had no further injuries, but it is currently unknown whether he will be able to drive in the
As well as winning the overall championship title in 2018 and 2019, Jackson has been on the podium 47 times in 50 races and won 30 races. In the other three races, he finished off the podium. Jackson says the main credit is due to the Neil Fowler team, which tends his cars. Across the
Ware, a full-time NASCAR Cup Series driver for his father’s Rick Ware Racing (RWR) team, tested at Sebring earlier this year. He passed the Rookie Orientation Program for the Indy 500 in April and tested again at Road America two weeks ago. He will drive the #52 car, partnering rookie Romain Grosjean, and Ed Jones
Tandy and Vanthoor, who combined with Earl Bamber to win the Belgian classic with Rowe Racing last year, will be joined by 2016 Spa winner Maxime Martin behind the wheel of KCMG’s #18 Porsche 911 GT3 R. The Rowe squad is not defending its Spa victory as Hans-Peter Naundorf’s squad has switched its focus from
The UK government announced on Monday that it was delaying the end of lockdown in the country by four weeks, until July 19 – the day after the Silverstone race. The ongoing restrictions mean that there are limits on the number of people able to attend events. Under the current regulations, outdoor events are limited
While racing restarted in its usual April date this year, COVID-19 restrictions meant spectators were prevented from attending any events for many more weeks – with some restrictions still in place on the number of people allowed into venues. On the latest Autosport National podcast, Autosport deputy national editor Stefan Mackley is joined by Autosport
In the era of COVID-19, teams need easy access to drivers who can jump in with little preparation, and you never know when an unexpected opportunity might crop up. Like Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon, Kvyat is near the top of the list of drivers with recent F1 race experience, hence the interest from Alpine
O’Ward’s Arrow McLarens SP surged forward on the last two restarts, passing Scott Dixon, Rahal, Palou, Herta and eventually Josef Newgarden to claim an impressive victory. Herta, who lost third to Palou after trying to retaliate on O’Ward and made a slight error at Turn 3, said after the race that he was disappointed as
The Team Penske driver set a scintillating pole position in the Sunday morning qualifying session and starting on primary tyres, he had to charge forward while he could, in order to shorten the stint on which he’d run the fragile alternate compound tyres. A late restart while he was on his final stint on the
After finishing third in Race 1 yesterday, O’Ward’s Arrow McLaren SP struck the wall this morning in qualifying, which left him down in 16th on the grid. However, he avoided trouble at the start of the race to move into the top 10, and was sixth with 11 laps to go. He passed Scott Dixon
The Arrow McLaren SP driver took the initiative after a caution period emerged with 12 laps remaining, as Romain Grosjean spun and stopped on track following a brake fire. O’Ward had just nipped past Scott Dixon following the end of a caution period one lap prior, brought out for Jimmie Johnson who slid out of
With no success ballast on his Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50, Sutton opted for the soft option tyre, and was already up to seventh by the end of the opening lap. Just before half-distance, Sutton passed Ollie Jackson for second into the Wilson hairpin, and on the ninth lap of 12 he managed to get
With no Fast Six pole position shootout at the Detroit double-header, the all-important top 12 session got underway with some drivers on used red-walled tyres to do their sighting laps and some on primaries. Ferrucci put his Rahal Letterman Lanigan on top early on with a 1m15.5s lap on primaries, but Alex Palou snipped a
Rosenqvist will be held overnight at DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital for further assessment following his heavy impact with the wall during the opening Detroit race. He slammed into the barriers on the outside Turn 6 on lap 24 of the race due to a stuck throttle, and needed to be extricated from the car. Track clean-up
The #12 Team Penske driver appeared set for victory after leading 37 laps, when the race was red-flagged five laps from the finish following a crash by Romain Grosjean. The Dale Coyne Racing with RWR driver crashed against the outside wall at Turn 9 after a hard hit, and required salvaging. However, rather than put
Romain Grosjean’s late crash at Turn 9 produced the second red flag with five laps remaining, with Power seemingly set to beat Ericsson and claim his first victory of the season – two weeks after a disappointing Indianapolis 500. But as the engines were started back up again ahead of the restart, Power’s was unable
Rosenqvist’s Arrow McLaren SP went head-on into the tyre wall on the exit of the corner, after his throttle appeared to jam open as he downshifted. During the huge impact, the concrete barrier behind the tyre wall was pushed over by the severity of the hit, while the tyres were scattered over the catch fencing.
The Detroit Grand Prix traditionally has a different qualifying system than the other road and street courses, but this year it has been brought much closer in line with the regular system, with the 25 cars divided into groups of 12 and 13 in qualifying, with the top six from each going into a top
Williams entered the 2021 season looking to continue the progress it showed last year with the updated FW43 car, while also pushing more resources to the new car designs planned for 2022. The team said last month that it was in the “final throes” of developing its car for this year as it battles with Haas
Magnussen, embroiled in a battle for pole with Tristan Vautier of JDC Miller Motorsports and Pipo Derani of Action Express Racing suddenly had a new target after Vautier hurtled sideways into the Turn 4 tire wall, but Race Control delayed hanging the red flag. This allowed Tincknell’s RT24-P and Magnussen’s DPi-V.R to complete their current
Coverage of every qualifying session and every race over the two weeks of the TT will be broadcast online on a dedicated digital channel, accessible via a live pass. Previously, only highlights of the iconic event had been broadcast. Launching next spring, the digital channel will be the exclusive home of live race coverage, and
O’Ward, who finished fourth in last year’s points race and this year lies third having achieved his first victory, was asked if he’d learned from watching Dixon rack up his sixth championship in 2020. He replied: “Yeah, what I learned was that you have to beat the master of consistency at his own game in
Pascal Vasselon, technical director of Toyota Gazoo Racing Europe, described the Balance of Performance changes that have increased the minimum weight and reduced the power of the marque’s GR010 HYBRIDs for Sunday’s Portimao 8 Hours as “fully acceptable and part of the process that we cannot contest”. Vasselon explained that the increase in minimum weight
Rowe’s #98 machine finished a close second in what was the shortest-ever running of the German endurance classic last weekend, less than nine seconds behind the winning Manthey Racing Porsche in a three-and-a-half hour sprint to the flag. The sister #1 M6 that had started on pole and led when the race was resumed after
The annual competition among many of the Cup Series’ top drivers is getting a dramatic reboot this year, only the second iteration of the event to be held away from its traditional base at Charlotte Motor Speedway since 1986 after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event to be moved to Bristol Motor Speedway last year.