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Castroneves takes vital victory to stay in title hunt (Indy Car)

Helio Castroneves headed a Penske one-two at Infineon Raceway to breathe life into his championship effort. He ended a 29-race streak without a win after scoring seven second places so far this year.
It came just days after Penske lost both their original race cars when one of their transporters cost fire. Castroneves and Ryan Briscoe [...]

Ex-Champ Car drivers shine at Edmonton (Indy Car)

The former Champ Car drivers in the Indy Racing League have enjoyed their best qualifying session of the year at Edmonton. It’s the only time the IRL regulars and the ‘transition teams’ will compete together at an ex-Champ Car venue this year.
Penske duo Ryan Brisco and Helio Castroneves locked out the front row but seven [...]

Birthday boy Dan Wheldon wins in Iowa (Indy Car)

Dan Wheldon took a canny victory in Iowa after covering the final 90 laps without stopping for fuel - and he did it all on his birthday!
He was able to stretch out his final stint thanks in part to a length caution period after Tony Kanaan crashed out of third on lap 212 of 250.
Wheldon [...]

Kanaan loses win to Dixon at Miami

A new era in Indy Car racing began as the re-unified series assembled for its first race in Miami.
Fear of a crash-strewn race as the Champ Car converts hot up to speed on the ovals were not realised as the race saw only three safety car appearances.
But the last was by far the most dramatic [...]

Martinez and Niemela join GP2

There will be two new faces on the GP2 grid at the Hungaroring this weekend as Marcos Martinez and Markus Niemela replace two drivers in the championship.
Spaniard Martinez will replace Ernesto Viso at Racing Engineering. Viso suffered an enormous crash in the GP2 race at Magny-Cours and returned at the Nürburgring two weeks ago. The [...]

GP2 Nurburgring feature: Home win for Glock

Timo Glock ended his run of poor results and became the first driver this year to win two races with a consummate drive in front of his home crowd.
Glock was beaten into the lead by Lucas di Grassi but easily took the lead later in the race and won with a comfortable margin. It gives [...]

Filipe Albuquerue subs for Viso

Filipe Albuquerque is the latest World Series by Renault driver to try out GP2 machinery. He will step in for the injured Ernesto Viso at Racing Engineering for the Silverstone round this weekend.
Viso was injured in a shocking crash at the start of the French round.
Albuquerue lies third in the World Series by Renault and [...]

GP2 France spint race: Villa’s maiden win

Javier Villa became the seventh different GP2 winner in as many races with a cool win in damp conditions at Magny-Cours.
Villa took the win after early leader Nicolas Lapierre crashed out - and gave his Racing Engineering team a boost after team mate Ernesto Viso’s frightening crash yesterday.

GP2 France feature race: Pantano wins messy race

Giorgio Pantano became the sixth driver to win in as many races after a fraught encounter at Magny-Cours.
The race was stopped after a frightening crash that Ernesto Viso was extraordinarily lucky to escape from.
The Venezuelan struck the rear of Michael Ammermuller’s ART car, barrel rolling along a section of barrier and landing on the other [...]

Enormous crashes stop GP2 feature race

The GP2 feature race at Magny-Cours has been stopped following two massive crashes.
ISport team mates Timo Glock and Andreas Zuber drove straight into each other at the start of the race, taking each other out.
The safety car was deployed but before the end of the lap Ernesto Viso and Michael Ammermuller collided. Viso’s car rolled [...]

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