Elliot Wood

Elliot Wood

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Buemi back on top in final Hong Kong practice
Formula E

Buemi back on top in final Hong Kong practice

Renault e.dams driver Sebastien Buemi topped the third and final free practice session in Hong Kong, with rival Lucas di Grassi in third. Buemi led for much of the session, and he ended it over three tenths up on DS Virgin’s Alex Lynn and Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler’s di Grassi, who finished outside of the […]

Mitch Evans tops second practice in Hong Kong
Formula E

Mitch Evans tops second practice in Hong Kong

Jaguar Racing driver Mitch Evans improved on his early morning performance by topping the second free practice session in Hong Kong. Evans was second fastest in the first free practice session of the day behind Sebastien Buemi and set a late lap to put himself on top of the second. Reigning champion Lucas di Grassi had […]

Saving face: Why Gasly will be Toro Rosso’s greatest asset
F1 News

Saving face: Why Gasly will be Toro Rosso’s greatest asset

Although Toro Rosso is yet to confirm its line-up for next season, the consensus is that Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat will be sat in its Honda-powered cars for 2018. The argument that one, or both, of these drivers, do not deserve a Formula 1 drive is a credible one, but circumstances should dictate that […]

Ilott tops Red Bull Ring practice
F3

Ilott tops Red Bull Ring practice

Former Red Bull Junior Callum Ilott topped free practice at the Red Bull Ring, with early pacesetters Lando Norris and David Beckmann second and third fastest. Norris topped the first Free Practice session, heading Van Amersfoot Racing’s Joey Mawson by over a third of a second. Norris’s Carlin team-mate Ferdinand Habsburg was third, with Ralf Aron […]

Newgarden clinches title in Sonoma
IndyCar

Newgarden clinches title in Sonoma

Josef Newgarden became the 2017 IndyCar Series champion with a second place finish at Sonoma; with Team Penske team-mate Simon Pagenaud winning the final race of the season. Newgarden led the first stint of the race from pole, but was demoted a position when Pagenaud starting P3 undercut him on pit strategy. Once ahead Pagenaud […]

How to solve Formula 1’s grid penalty fiasco
F1 News

How to solve Formula 1’s grid penalty fiasco

There was a cumulative drop of 150 places on the grid at last week’s Italian Grand Prix, and unsurprisingly in the wake of Monza, there are calls for a reform of the grid penalty system. Most of the proposed solutions involved a deduction in championship points for those teams who cannot keep their cars going […]

Norris tops Nurburgring practice
F3

Norris tops Nurburgring practice

Lando Norris topped both European Formula 3 free practice sessions at the Nurburgring. He set a 1m21.280s lap in the latter half of the second session, 0.80 seconds slower than his time in the first session. The Carlin driver was initially challenged by Motopark’s Joel Eriksson, and they swapped the top spot multiple times. Eriksson […]

Norris completes pole triple sweep
F3

Norris completes pole triple sweep

Lando Norris brought his season tally for European Formula 3 poles up to eight with a double at Circuit Park Zandvoort. The track record set by Maximilian Gunther in yesterday’s practice sessions was beaten, and the championship leader was only fifth fastest in today’s qualifying. However, the second best lap procedure means he lines up […]

Norris heads Carlin front row in Zandvoort
F3

Norris heads Carlin front row in Zandvoort

Lando Norris took his sixth pole of the season at Circuit Park Zandvoort, with Carlin team-mate Ferdinand Habsburg splitting the Briton and his title rivals Joel Eriksson, Maximilian Gunther and Callum Ilott. The record-setting pace set in practice was not matched, although 16 of the 19 drivers were covered by less than a second. Ilott […]

Gunther sets record pace in F3 practice
F3

Gunther sets record pace in F3 practice

Championship leader Maximilian Gunther topped European Formula 3 practice at Circuit Park Zandvoort, setting a new track record in the process. Carlin’s Lando Norris had been the pace setter for much of the two sessions and was the first to better Nick Cassidy’s 1m28.533s record, set in 2016. Norris dropped his own benchmark on several occasions […]

Monza to Mexico City: How Buemi is doing the impossible
Formula E

Monza to Mexico City: How Buemi is doing the impossible

One aspect of elite sport that is often overlooked is the effect of travel on the human body. Being able to cope with jet lag has been normalised, despite the often sickening effects it has on the rest of us. So how do the best athletes in the world do it? So how do the […]

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