Chase Elliott would have liked to run the Truck Series event, but the opportunity just didn’t present itself. He said this week: “I put some effort into trying to get into a truck next week. I would have loved to, but it just didn’t pan out.” The event on the Bristol Dirt Track is unique…
As the track cooled in the final half hour, several drivers turned their fastest lap of the session and three-time Sebring 12H winner Derani’s 1min46.898sec ensured AXR’s Whelen Engineering Cadillac DPi-V.R was 0.454sec clear of the similar Chip Ganassi Racing machine driven by Renger van der Zande. Filipe Albuquerque turned the fastest turbocharged lap, slotting…
As first reported by Motorsport.com, Anton De Pasquale will run the #11 for his first campaign with DJR. He’ll debut the new number at Sandown this weekend after starting the season with #100 as part of a Pirtek promotion. Explaining the number switch, DJR boss Ryan Story said De Pasquale floated the idea of running…
After cruising through the first two segments of qualifying, Mostert and Waters faced off in a fierce battle for pole in Q3. It was Waters that drew first blood with a 1m08.130s on his first run, before Mostert pieced together a two-lap run in the 1m07s, the best a 1m07.630s. Waters did his best to…
It was Winterbottom that led the way for much of the half-hour session, the veteran going quickest on the 12-minute mark with a 1m08.166s. He was still fastest when he lowered the benchmark to a 1m07.917s in the closing stages of the session. It wasn’t quite good enough to score P1, though, Winterbottom’s former teammate…
The points leader broke his collarbone less than a fortnight ago while mountain biking and, following surgery, has been in a race against time to be fit for this weekend’s three Sandown races. The injury got its first proper workout during this morning’s first half-hour practice session, allowing van Gisbergen to assess whether he’ll be…
The Triple Eight driver left his run late in the half-hour session, only jumping to the top with a green tyre run right at the flag. A 1m08.070s on that final lap was enough to edge Ford rival Cam Waters out to top spot, the margin between the title contenders just 0.08s. Tim Slade was…
Edwin van der Sar was serenity personified and the ideal replacement for Peter Schmeichel at Manchester United, just a few years too late. Who’s this then? Edwin van der Sar is now 50 years old and was, in his time, one of the world’s finest goalkeepers. A Dutchman born in Voorhout, he only played for…
We have all become so used to a Neymar-lead PSG running away with Ligue 1, but this season the title race is wide open – and the Parisians don’t seem to be enjoying it. Lille were level on points with the league’s rich kids heading into their clash on Saturday afternoon so knew that a…
Liverpool were excellent against Arsenal, for whom failure to “do the basics” means desperate trouble for head coach Mikel Arteta. 1) When Arsenal beat Chelsea on Boxing Day it felt like a corner had been turned. A run of seven games without a Premier League win was punctured by a vibrant and youthful victory secured…