After finding a new girlfriend and being acquitted of tax-evasion charges, the Brazilian driver says he’s learning to keep things like Sunday’s disappointing finish at Infineon in perspective.
Reporting from Sonoma, Calif. – As he raced toward Infineon Raceway’s second turn, Helio Castroneves felt the front suspension of his red and white No. 3 race car snap.
Suddenly, he was careening off the pavement and into the dirt around the track, coming to a stop in swirls of dust. His race over, Castroneves then waited for emergency crews to pick him up.
It was a disappointing end Sunday compared with a year ago…Â Details
For its eleventh annual fall celebration of the Legends of Motorsport, The Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles will present “Tribute to Trans-Am†on Thursday, November 12 at 6:00 p.m. This will be a distinctively memorable event for all who join The Petersen’s honored guests, friends and colleagues, along with an exhibit of historic Trans-Am race cars famously associated with the Trans-Am racing heritage.
The Petersen Museum’s previous yearly tributes, which have honored Dan Gurney and Riverside Raceway, Phil Hill and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Andy Granatelli and the Indy 500, the triumphant Parnelli Jones, the incomparable Carroll Shelby, and last years’ “Tribute to Corvette Racingâ€, have each been applauded by all and widely covered in the motor racing press… Details
German manufacturer Gumpert Sportwagenmanufaktur is claiming a lap record for road legal cars on the world famous Nurburgring Nordschleife. Florian Gruber completed the 12.93-mile track (20.81km) in a standard factory specification Gumpert Apollo Sport equipped with road legal Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires and an adjustable suspension by KW suspensions in a time of 7 minutes, 11.57 seconds. That averages out at 106.78mph (171.84kmh) and is 3.32 seconds faster than the Donkervoort D8 RS06, which posted a time of 7 minutes 14.89 seconds in November 2005.
Although Gumpert is claiming the official Nurburgring lap record for road legal cars, a Radical SR8 in road legal trim has been independently timed by the German magazine Sport Auto clocking…Â Details & Pictures
Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello won the European Grand Prix on Sunday to claim his first Formula One victory in five years.
The 37-year-old Brazilian took advantage of a costly pit-stop error by Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren team to record his 10th career win – his first since the 2004 Chinese GP – and boost his championship hopes.
Hamilton finished second ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen after having started the Valencia street race from pole position.
Jenson Button finished seventh to have his championship lead cut to 18 points over teammate Barrichello. Red Bull’s Mark Webber finished ninth and is 20.5 points behind Button… Details