#3– Scott McLaughlin, 3rd in the championship standings (488 points) – 17 races 1 win, 4 podiums, 7 top fives, 14 top 10s, 2 poles, 10 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 1st (Barber) Best Start: 1st (Nashville) #2 – Josef Newgarden, 5th in the championship standings (479 points) – 17 races 4 wins, 5 podiums,
Month: December 2023
#10– Alex Palou, 1st in the championship standings (656 points) – 17 races 5 wins, 10 podiums, 13 top fives, 17 top 10s, 2 poles, 11 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 1st (IMS Road Course – Race 1, Detroit, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Portland) Best Start: 1st (Indianapolis 500, Detroit) #9 – Scott Dixon, 2nd in
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
Let’s take a look at the FW45’s finer details and how it was modified during the season in order to make that leap forward in the pecking order. Photo by: Giorgio Piola Williams FW45 brake caliper Williams were one of a handful of teams that opted to use tube-like fins on the surface of its
The eight-time grand prix world champion will race for Gresini Ducati next season, after a miserable 2023 campaign forced him into leaving Honda with a year still left on his contract. Marquez has raced every year of his MotoGP career with Honda, beginning with his debut in 2013, and together they’ve won six premier class
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.
Accidents suffered by Lando Norris in the Las Vegas Grand Prix and Carlos Sainz in Abu Dhabi GP practice were both triggered by the cars hitting bumps on the track. The current generation of ground effect F1 cars are especially sensitive to bumps because they perform better when running very close to the ground, and
One of Horner’s most inspired decisions since setting up Red Bull in 2005 was to sign legendary designer Adrian Newey away from McLaren. Currently Newey still has a big impact on the squad, including mentoring the next generation of technical talent, despite not being involved in the day-to-day design process. But Horner feels that under technical
Let’s take a look at some of the AT04’s finer details and how it was developed throughout the course of 2023… Photo by: Giorgio Piola AlphaTauri AT04 new side detail AlphaTauri kicked off what would become one of the most intense development cycles on the grid with a substantial package of parts at the Australian
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
#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
The Mercedes duo notably made contact during qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix and then crashed at Turn 1 in Qatar, for which Hamilton (who was eliminated) took full responsibility. Hamilton also appeared reluctant to follow a strategy call in Japan, with the team asking him to slow to give DRS to Russell to help
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The 2019 Moto2 champion moved to Gresini Ducati for the 2023 season following a tough two-year stint with LCR Honda in 2021-22, where he failed to replicate his 2020 podium form when he was at the factory HRC squad. Marquez scored a maiden pole position in MotoGP in the second round in Argentina and would
One of Horner’s most inspired decisions since setting up Red Bull in 2005 was to sign legendary designer Adrian Newey away from McLaren. Currently Newey still has a big impact on the squad, despite not being involved in the day-to-day design process. But Horner feels that under technical director Pierre Wache the team has the
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
Although, unusually, I did not roam abroad, 29 events, many strongly supported multi-day affairs – bookended by the Classic Sports Car Club’s Silverstone Grand Prix circuit experiment in late February and the Walter Hayes Trophy Formula Ford staple there in early November – kept me busy at the laptop reporting and on commentary duties. Sadly,
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, 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 Rubens
As the traditional list of honours was revealed on Friday night, Dennis was announced as being given a Knighthood for services to industry and charity, through his current work as Podium Analytics chair and Tommy’s Campaign chairman. He had previously been recognised with a CBE for his contribution to motor racing, having helped lead McLaren
ESPN News Services Dec 29, 2023, 08:51 PM ET Gil de Ferran, the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner and holder of the closed-course land speed record, died Friday at age 56. De Ferran died after racing with his son at The Concourse Club in Florida, multiple former colleagues confirmed to The Associated Press. Fellow Brazilian driver
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
#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)
Photo by: Giorgio Piola Alfa Romeo side details Alfa Romeo teased everyone with its launch render at the start of the season, as the floor edge featured a series of winglets, a design that would never actually see the light of day. Photo by: Giorgio Piola Alfa Romeo C43 front suspension comparison The C43’s front
Drivers always have a soft spot for machines that deliver a maiden world title and that’s exactly why World Rally Championship legend Juha Kankkunen lists the Peugeot 205 T16 as his favourite car. Kankkunen’s pick, which carried him to the first of four world titles in 1986, is arguably one of the WRC’s most revered
Zhou joined the team formerly known as Alfa Romeo for 2022 but owing to being the first full-time Chinese driver in F1 history, some speculated that his seat was bought rather than earned. He combated that by scoring points on his debut in Bahrain before earning a one-year contract for 2023. It was eventually announced
#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
Binder scored his best championship result in MotoGP with fourth in 2023, albeit finishing 174 points behind pacesetter Francesco Bagnaia. And though he did score two sprint wins, a grand prix victory narrowly slipped through his grasp on a couple of occasions. At one stage of the season declaring the 2023 RC16 the best KTM he’d
#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
The RB19’s only defeat in the 2023 season came at a venue where those two elements combined with Red Bull making mistakes on its efforts to adjust its ride height settings among its typical event set-up work, which contributed to Carlos Sainz’s win for Ferrari in Singapore. Speaking to Autosport in an exclusive interview, Verstappen
There are a plethora of championship battles every year in the world of club motorsport, yet some are remembered much more than others for a variety of reasons. Whether it’s because the racing was particularly close – and fraught at times – or whether the outcome was decided by dropped scores, or even on a
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