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Alonso rejected move to ‘buy’ Indy 500 seat

May 22, 2019

Would Servia have taken the money? (GMM) Fernando Alonso rejected McLaren boss Zak Brown's desire to "buy" a seat for the Spaniard in Sunday's Indy 500. The British marque is … Read More

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How McLaren failed on world’s biggest stage

May 22, 2019

Zak Brown was asleep at the wheel as Bob Fernley ran the McLaren IndyCar program into the ground Zak Brown's candid account of McLaren's failure to qualify for the Indy … Read More

Automotive Hot News

Chevron starts deploying EV charging stations at its gas stations

May 22, 2019

Chevron Station with EVgo chargers Oil and gas station companies are increasingly looking at adding electric vehicle charging stations at their locations in order to stay relevant as the industry … Read More

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Dent Wizard And Team Penske Announce New Multi-Year Partnership

May 22, 2019

Ryan Blaney Dent Wizard livery Today, Team Penske announced a new multi-year partnership with Dent Wizard, North America’s largest provider of automotive reconditioning services and vehicle protection products. The Dent … Read More

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Niki Lauda dies, age 70 (Update)

May 21, 2019

Niki Lauda 1949-2019 UPDATE A fantastic tribute to Niki Lauda, published by Formula 1 05/20/19 Formula One legend Niki Lauda has died at the age of 70 his family have … Read More

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Take a drone ride around the 2.5-mile Indy speedway

May 22, 2019

Cars weren’t on track today, but that doesn’t mean you can’t be. Take a drone ride around @IMS via our friends at @IndyCaronNBC!#ThisIsMay | #Indy500 pic.twitter.com/GC5EpF7l03 — Indianapolis Motor Speedway … Read More

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Final Weekend TV Ratings

May 21, 2019

Final weekend TV ratings were not kind to IndyCar on NBC. Net Event Location Day TotalViewers 18-49Viewers 2019TV Rating 2018 TV Rating % Chg FS1 NASCAR All-Star Race L Charlotte … Read More

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Nashville Ordinance Could Help Clear Way For NASCAR’s Return

May 21, 2019

Nashville Fairgrounds Nashville's Metro Council today will consider legislation that "could clear the one hurdle" that SMI claims "stands in the way of bringing NASCAR back to the Nashville Fairgrounds." … Read More

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Dale Earnhardt Jr., Nicorette Partner For Multiyear Deal

May 21, 2019

Dale Earnhardt Jr. GlaxoSmithKline brand Nicorette this morning announced a new endorsement deal with Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is going to use his mostly unknown smoker story to try to … Read More

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Scenes from Indy 500 Monday Practice

May 21, 2019

Mann Dixon races Davison Ferrucci races Herta Sato Hildebrand Rossi and Rosenqvist Hanley Newgarden leads Leist Herta leads Pigot Ferrucci leads Pack Castroneves leads pack Karam Rahal leads Andretti Veach … Read More

Formula 1 Hot News

Tilke involved in Rio’s F1 project for 2021

May 21, 2019

Rio de Janeiro (GMM) Hermann Tilke, the renowned F1 circuit architect, is in charge of the layout for the new project in Rio de Janeiro. Strongly backed by new Brazilian … Read More

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McLaren not giving up on Indy – Brown

May 21, 2019

Brown says McLaren will be back (GMM) McLaren's grand plans to conquer the Indianapolis 500 and the world of Indycar more generally are in tatters. Fernando Alonso quit F1 last … Read More

Formula 1 Hot News

Sirotkin insists Williams did not ‘get rid of’ him

May 21, 2019

Sergey Sirotkin (GMM) Sergey Sirotkin says he left Williams at the end of last year following a "mutual decision". The once-great British team was already struggling in 2018, when Russian … Read More

Formula 1 Hot News

Return of ‘old school’ Dutch GP ‘great’ – Todt

May 21, 2019

Word is that Jean Todt likes parades, because that is what Zandvoort will be – the circuit has few passing zones (GMM) Jean Todt says Zandvoort's return to Formula 1 … Read More

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Debate brewing over standard parts for 2021

May 21, 2019

Binotto: Standardization only makes sense if you save money on the part (GMM) A controversy is brewing over whether standardized parts should be introduced in F1. It started with gearboxes, … Read More

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Bottas ‘more complete’ than Rosberg – Montoya

May 21, 2019

Valtteri Bottas (GMM) Valtteri Bottas is a "more complete" driver than 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg. That is the view of former F1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who has been … Read More

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Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport mourns Niki Lauda

May 21, 2019

Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda Toto Wolff, Team Principal of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, today paid tribute to the team's Chairman, Niki Lauda, who passed away on Monday evening. "First of … Read More

Hot News Indy Lights

Indy Lights Crown Jewel Up for Grabs Friday at the Brickyard

May 21, 2019

Robert Megennis This coming Friday, May 24, perhaps could provide a turning point in the careers of a talented field of Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires drivers as they … Read More

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Q&A with IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball

May 20, 2019

Charlie Kimball Press Conference THE MODERATOR: We are pleased to be joined now by Charlie Kimball, driver of the No. 23 Fiasp Chevrolet for Carlin, who qualified 20th yesterday, solidly … Read More

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Pagenaud tops Indy 500 Monday Race-Trim Practice

May 20, 2019

Simon Pagenaud Indy 500 polesitter Simon Pagenaud, and his Penske Chevy teammate Josef Newgarden turned the fastest laps on Monday as teams set their cars up in race trim during … Read More

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Indy 500 Monday Race-Trim Practice Press Conference

May 20, 2019

Tony Kanaan gets ready to practice ParticipantsSimon Pagenaud, Team PenskeTony Kanaan, AJ Foyt Racing THE MODERATOR: You're out there running in big groups, race trim, race setup; how did things … Read More

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Scott Tucker convicted (4th Update)

May 20, 2019

Scott Tucker won't be racing cars behind bars UPDATE Interesting story of how Scott Tucker and his brothers were brought down by pretty much one man. Andrew Therrien wanted payback. … Read More

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McLaren sacks Bob Fernley (Update)

May 20, 2019

Will Zak Brown be the next to get the ax at McLaren? UPDATE At the time of Fernley's appointment, McLaren CEO Zak Brown commented: "Bob is a fantastic operator and … Read More

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Indianapolis 500 drivers to visit 18 cities in annual multi-city media tour

May 20, 2019

We wonder where they had Fernando Alonso going? In what has become another Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge tradition, the 33 participating drivers in this year's race will fan out … Read More

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NASCAR All-Star race TV Rating

May 20, 2019

FS1 earned a 1.3 overnight rating for Saturday night's Monster Energy All-Star Race in Charlotte, down 13.3% from a 1.5 for last year's race.