Pruett draws all of the various threads together. https://racer.com/2023/11/10/indycar-silly-season-update-november-edition/ tl;dr -Andretti still haven't decided on whether to run a fourth car or whether it would be an internal Andretti operation or spun out to BHA. -This leaves the other undecided...
What is safe at 2AM, and unsafe at 5AM? Strange not to just keep people in The security guards were only contracted until 2am, so there was no-one to keep the peace. On a similar note, the streets were kept closed until 6am, which interfered with the workers trying to get home from the night shift....
It transpires that Max in English is being somewhat restrained compared to Max in Dutch. https://twitter.com/ErikvHaren/status/1725828694680408293 "Those people (the GP organisers) live in their own world." "You don't have to have a high IQ to know (the water valve issue) was going to...
I hope they learn something from it. To be specific, I hope they learn that Max is right and the only way of ensuring that this event survives past year 3 is to market it to racing fans who may now be very keen on attending what looks like an exciting race and may be intrigued by the opportunity to ...
Two pieces of good news to close out the year. Firstly, the 500 is on pace to sell out (there were fewer than 10,000 tickets unsold this year). https://twitter.com/A_S12/status/1738654638637789653 Second, the best-case scenario for the video game is the most likely one; back to iRacing with a standa...
The 2023-24 Formula E World Championship will mark the 10th year of the series, and the fourth world championship. This will be the second season with the Gen 3 rules package, and the most significant change will be the introduction of fast charging pitstops. The precise parameters of how these will...
The Formula E World Championship begins this weekend, again at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City. https://resources.formula-e.pulselive.com/photo-resources/2023/09/14/72055a0c-e070-429a-b7b2-663dd5643b5c/2024-mexico-city-track-map.png?height=1080&width=1920 The layout is identical ...
Rounds 2 and 3 of this year's championship take place again in Diriyah, with the big news leading into the weekend being the announcement of the Saudi Public Investment Fund's involvement as a sponsor with not only this series but Extreme E as well. https://resources.formula-e.pulselive.com/photo-re...
And some welcome gospel on the hybrids; https://racer.com/2024/02/01/indycar-makes-huge-strides-with-first-hybrid-test-of-2024/ 4 key points -Nearly 1500 laps were completed without a single stoppage or other malady. -There was one off-track excursion which led to a stall, from which the driver invo...
Penske has responded in the sensible way by inviting 3 actual business owners (including Towriss and not the clown spending his money) to advise on growing the series.
A familar tune is starting to sound. https://racer.com/2024/03/09/indycar-team-owner-group-unites-takes-concerns-to-penske-entertainment/ It does sound as though communication has now been developed, although this is being threatened by Andretti not being able to keep his mouth shut. https://eu.indy...
New for this year is a non-championship event held at the Thermal Club in southern California. The layout used will be the 'Twin Palms' variant also used at last year's pre-season test. https://www.indycar.com/-/media/IndyCar/Schedules/TrackMaps/Thermal_TrackMap.jpg There will be 40 laps of action o...
Round 5 of this year's championship takes place at the first of 3 new venues and the only new street circuit of the year. https://resources.formula-e.pulselive.com/photo-resources/2024/03/20/67b6ed12-0b58-4339-8649-be0f9b894ff8/tokyo-track-map.jpeg?height=1080&width=1920 The circuit is laid out ...
The championship moves onto the second new venue of the year for rounds 6 and 7 at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli. https://resources.formula-e.pulselive.com/photo-resources/2024/02/23/b590f8ae-66e4-406c-91f1-27c06e0fcc8d/16x9-no-logo.png?height=1080&width=1920 The chosen layout incorp...