Lucrezia Costa, Author at Motorsport | Pit Debrief

IndyCar | Big Music GP | Qualifying | Kirkwood takes pole from Newgarden and Rosenqvist, Power to start fourth twenty spots ahead of Palou

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago06 mins

It’s time to set the grid for the final round of the season. Who will come out on top in Nashville? How will championship contenders Alex Palou,, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin line up? Following his earlier FP1 crash Nolan Siegel, who has been cleared to race, will not take part in the session, as…

IndyCar | Big Music GP | FP1 | Palou and Dixon on top as Siegel crashes out

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago2 months ago04 mins

The last IndyCar round of the 2024 opens with a practise session ahead of Qualifying for the first oval championship deciding final round in ten years. Daly following his podium last time out in Milwaukee was out first on track in Nashville, with Palou setting the best early lap speed in 196.830mph, followed by Kirkwood…

Günther to drive for DS Penske in FE Season 11 alongside Vergne

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

The American Formula E team has finally announced their complete driver lineup for the upcoming 2024-2025 season, following Stoffel Vandoorne’s move to Maserati after two seasons. Two times champion Jean-Eric Vergne will team up with Maximilian Günther, formerly at the Italian outlet. The German driver has five career race wins in the championship, with the…

Hamilton on “nothing special” P5 in the F1 Italian GP: “We just didn’t have the pace”

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton achieved his seventh top five result in the past eight races. Starting from P6, he became the best finishing Mercedes driver due to the damage on the picked up by his teammate George Russell at turn 1. Mercedes’s pace didn’t appear as positive or as impressive as it had been at Spa and…

Norris: “Today our race car was probably not quite good enough” to beat Leclerc in F1 Italian GP

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

The McLaren driver wasn’t able to secure an eventual third win of the season in Monza from pole. Norris lost the lead of the race on the first lap to his teammate Oscar Piastri, and Ferrari’s audacious one stop strategy eventually secured Charles Leclerc the top spot. The Brit was left deeply unsatisfied by his…

Sainz on “frustrating” P5 result in qualifying for F1 Italian GP: “We couldn’t get the car turned” due to understeer

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago06 mins

The Spanish driver will start his last Italian GP as a Ferrari driver from P5, right next to Lewis Hamilton, the driver set to replace him. In spite of a small trip in the gravel during Q1, it was a smooth session for Sainz, comfortably through to Q3 unlike his latest Dutch outing, which had…

Piastri: McLaren “very easily felt like we could have ended up in 7th or 8th” ahead of F1 Italian GP qualifying

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

The McLaren driver will start his second career Italian GP from the front row, right next to his teammate Norris on pole. It was an overall positive for Piastri, who suffered from a couple of small mistakes during Q1: one of his own, as he cut the apex at T1 on his first attempt, and…

IndyCar | Milwaukee Mile | Practice | Newgarden leads quiet session ahead of Dixon and O’Ward

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

It’s time for the final double header of the 2024 IndyCar season, with the title fight now heading to Milwaukee for the first time in eight years. A five minutes install lap session was followed by two 15 minutes practise sessions, with the grid split in two groups as they get used to the track especially…

Renault Viry workers to strike and protest during the F1 Italian GP

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago07 mins

After 47 years as an independent engine supplier, the French team’s management appears to be set on shutting down its Formula 1 division, with the team becoming yet another Mercedes-powered car on the grid but cutting over 100 million dollars a year. The decision would call for the stopping of Formula 1 engine making related…

Barnard and Bird to drive for NEOM McLaren FE in the 2024-25 season

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

The British Formula E team has confirmed its driver lineup for the 2024-2025 season, following the departure of Shanghai podium sitter Jake Hughes after two seasons with the papaya team. The Brit, who will compete for Maserati in the upcoming season, will be replaced by NEOM McLaren’s Reserve Driver for the current season, Taylor Barnard….