Lucrezia Costa, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

Indy 500 | IndyCar Qualifying Day 1 | Second Qualy attempts: Rossi biggest improver, a last minute Veekay and the surprise Hunter-Reay

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago014 mins

Seven cars are already in Lane 2, with all Arrow McLaren drivers without a time, as well as Dixon, Veekay and Hunter-Reay The first driver to go out on track in the second part of qualifying was 500 winner Alexander Rossi, who snatches an impressive 233.493 mph on his first lap. After an half mile…

Indy 500 | IndyCar Qualifying Day 1| Power and Penske on top after the first attempts

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago015 mins

It’s time to begin setting the grid for the 108th running of the Indy 500. Today starting positions 13th to 30th will be filled out, with the best and the worst drivers to be defined tomorrow. Ganassi’s Scott Dixon has opted for a very last minute engine swap. Andretti’s Kyle Kirkwood has drawn the number…

Indy 500 | IndyCar Practice 6 | Palou on top in a quiet session ahead of Qualifying

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

The last practice session ahead of the first day of qualifying for the 500 was delayed due to intense fog on track. Group 1’s allotted track time began half an hour after the scheduled starting time, with rookie Ganassi driver Kyffin Simpson the first out on track, followed by JHR’s Grosjean, who was the first…

Indy 500 | IndyCar Practice 3 | McLaughlin tops rainy, fragmented session ahead of Power and Herta

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago07 mins

Rain delays strike again in Indianapolis, as the beginning of the session was delayed to 3pm local. All drivers immediately went out on track to make up for the lost time. Herta is the first driver to put in a lap speed of 222.113mph, with track evolution allowing the Andretti driver to improve around 223mphs. Kyle…

IndyCar announces Mid-Ohio as first race featuring the hybrid technology

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

North America’s top single-seater championship has now officialised the debut date for the long awaited switch to the hybrid engine system. The new engine will be used for the first time in the Mid-Ohio round in July, following an impressive number of testing sessions completed over the past seven months, since the new engine made…

Alpine F1 drivers on Sanchez’s signing: “The team is making an effort to change things” following rough start to 2024

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago07 mins

Alpine’s 2024 is becoming more positive as time goes by. The French team has been hard at work to improve as testing showed the reality of their speed. Their efforts to improve the car and reduce weight resulted in Esteban Ocon entering the top 10 in Miami for the first time in 2024. Among the…

Berlin E-Prix | FE FP3 | Wehrlein on top ahead of Cassidy and Vandoorne

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago04 mins

Eriksson is the first driver to get on track for the last FP session of the weekend with a 1:04.111s. Evans gets the lead after the first set of attempts, with the Envision driver the first to sign a lap in the 1:02s. Ten minutes into the session, his teammate and Formula 2 driver has…

Berlin E-Prix | FE Qualifying | Mortara takes first Mahindra points ahead of Vandoorne and Vergne

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago07 mins

Group A features both Porsche and Mahindra drivers as well as Dennis, Evans, Vergne, Fenestraz, Ticktum, Daruvala and Eriksson, with the latter the first driver to exit the pits ahead of the first qualifying session on the new Berlin layout. After the first set of attempts Vergne has the early benchmark in 1:03.77s, joined by…

Berlin E-Prix | FE FP2 | Günther on top ahead of Di Grassi and championship leader Wehrlein

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago7 months ago03 mins

It’s time for the second practise session of the weekend, with all the drivers immediately on track. After the first set of attempts Cassidy and Evans lead the way, with the same duo on top at the end of the Monaco round once again in the top spots. Maserati’s Günther, a main character of last…

Berlin E-Prix | FE FP1 | Da Costa leads a quiet session from Sette Camara and Vandoorne

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago04 mins

It’s time for the first practise session of the weekend in Berlin, with many new faces on track due to the contemporary round of the World Endurance Championship as well as Sam Bird’s hand injury dn following surgery. The session began with all drivers immediately out on track and the usual full course yellow yellow…