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Lowther made his TT debut in the Sidcear class in 2014 and stood on the podium in 2019. After driver Alan Founds was seriously injured at Brands Hatch in a crash last year, neither could contest in the 2022 TT – which was the event’s comeback after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID pandemic. Ahead of Tuesday’s second day of qualifying practice, Founds...
Elliott and Hamlin were battling for position just 15 laps shy of halfway when Hamlin pushed up the track, causing Elliott to hit the outside wall. Elliott then appeared to turn down the track into the right-rear fender of Hamlin's car, sending him head-on into the outside wall in a violent crash that eliminated both drivers from the race. Although...
Leclerc overcame a five-place grid penalty for blocking Lando Norris in qualifying to score sixth in his home race last weekend but made the SF-23 out to be “very difficult to drive in traffic”. Team-mate Carlos Sainz notably tagged Esteban Ocon and ran off at Mirabeau corner on his way to eighth. Meanwhile, an upgraded floor for the previous Miami...
And while the big-ticket items, such as the sidepods and front suspension, were obvious talking points, there were also some interesting detail changes that emerged too. In terms of the new front suspension arrangement, the main change came to the pickup position at the chassis end on the lead arm of the upper wishbone. The arm is now mounted on the...
Speaking at Monday night’s Indy 500 Victory Celebration banquet, Kirkwood paid tribute to the AMR safety crew and all the medical team at IndyCar, having been trapped upside down after sliding along the track following the Turn 2 crash when he clipped a spinning Felix Rosenqvist. The second year driver, who scored his maiden IndyCar win at this year's...
Kanaan called time on his open-wheel racing career last weekend with his 390th start in US open-wheel racing since his graduation to Champ Car in 1998. He agreed a one-race deal with Arrow McLaren to make a 22nd Indy 500 appearance after finishing third with Chip Ganassi Racing last season. The 2004 IndyCar champion and 2013 Indy 500 winner bows out...
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