Brazilian pole-sitter Helio Castroneves turned the fastest lap Friday in the final practice session before Sunday’s Indianapolis 500.
Castroneves, a two-time Indy winner who was acquitted last month on tax evasion charges, circled the famed 2 1/2-mile (4km) oval in 40.1929 seconds for a fast lap of 223.920 mph (358.272 k/hr) in warm and sunny conditions.
“If I could win this race it would be my biggest victory,” Castroneves said…Â Details
We’ve all been told eating while driving can be distracting and ultimately hazardous to your health.
Not when you’re a NASCAR driver. In fact, it’s mandatory for some.
Mental preparation is a popular topic of discussion heading into Sunday’s grueling 600-mile Sprint Cup Series race, although physical preparation is equally as important to the drivers who need to maintain hydration and energy levels inside the car during the sport’s longest race of the season.
So how is that possible? How do you fit in balanced nutrition over the course of a potentially five-hour race at high rates of speed?
These athletes use creativity and quick-handed crew members. They reach for coolers of cold beverages, fruit and energy bars to hand off to their drivers during pit stops, giving an entirely new meaning to fast food…Â Details
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Monte-Carlo, Monaco. The jewel in the Formula One crown. The only place that gives more to Formula One than Formula One gives to it. But on the eve on the sixth round of this years’ championship, who will be crowned the king of the principality?
If the bookies are anything to go by, Jenson Button will be the man to beat this weekend. After another Button and Brawn GP master class in Barcelona, the likelihood of it being a similarstory in Monte-Carlo seems ominous.
Brawn GP’s superior downforce in the lower-speed corners will inevitably give them the edge at the slowest track on the F1 calendar, and this paired with a driver who is on the very top of his game right now sould lead to another victory to the Brawn GP team.
Of the chasing pack, Red Bull still …Â Details
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MONACO — Stands are empty, hotel rooms available and tickets unsold.
Formula One’s most glamorous race, the Monaco GP, is feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis.
Formula One’s slim-downed, cost-conscious version arrives at the principality of Monaco, one of the world’s wealthiest states, for the 67th time. But the atmosphere is clearly different this year.
Although there will be movie stars and models frolicking aboard two-story yachts as always, the downturn has touched this tax haven that many F1 drivers call home.
Empty stands stood out in front of the harbor during Thursday’s first practice day and thousands of the 45,000 tickets were still available on Friday for Sunday’s 78-lap race…Â Details