Tony Schumacher has more career wins, championships and finals appearances than any other driver in the history of NHRA Top Fuel drag racing. Those accolades make it all the more strange that many in the racing world consider him an underdog this season.
That’s because Schumacher is no longer operating with the legendary Alan Johnson as his crew chief. At the end of last season, Johnson announced he would be leaving Schumacher’s U.S. Army racing team and starting his own Alan Johnson Al-Anabi racing team…Â Details
The 35th grand prix offers a party atmosphere and the chance to see the greats on one stage after the reunification of two series. Supporting races also are a big draw.
Long Beach will play host to its grand prix auto race again Sunday and, for the first time in several years, all of the sport’s top drivers will be there.
Danica Patrick, Scott Dixon, Marco Andretti, Tony Kanaan and Ryan Briscoe are among the IndyCar Series drivers racing in the 35th Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach now that the two major U.S. open-wheel racing series have reunified.
The race has a great vibe, almost a carnival party atmosphere,” Dixon, the reigning IndyCar Series champion, said of the 1.97-mile, 11-turn race on the city’s seaside streets.
The weekend also features several support races …Â Details
The on-track rivalry between the Ferrari and McLaren Formula 1 teams has been one of the most intense and hard fought in the history of grand prix racing. Now McLaren wants to take that battle to the streets. If surprise plans announced by McLaren Group chairman Ron Dennis today come to fruition, within five years McLaren Automotive, the division of the Group that currently builds the Mercedes-McLaren SLR, will be a stand alone company building up to 4000 high-performance sports car a year.
Centerpiece of the plan is an all-new mid-engine McLaren sports car codenamed P11. Dennis gave no detail about the car, but it is a Ferrari F430-sized coupe. The P11’s design is the work of talented American Frank Stephenson, whose credits include the new Mini and the new Fiat 500, and stints at Ferrari, Maserati and Alfa Romeo. It’s a handsome, relatively conventional looking coupe that …Â Details & Pictures
Formula 1 World Championship leader Jenson Button set the fastest time of the second practice session at the Chinese Grand Prix on Friday.
However, Williams’ Nico Rosberg posted a late last lap – narrowly slower than Button’s best – to take second place off the Englishman’s team-mate Rubens Barrichello, who finished up third.
The German, fastest in several free practice sessions already this season, may even have nicked first place away from Button, if not for a…Â Details