Racing News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
With Day 1 Qualifying in the books for the 107th running of The Indianapolis 500, Arrow McLaren has to have all the momentum rolling into day #2 on Sunday. Today was a great day to be in papaya orange. First, it was 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner Alexander Rossi in his No. 7 Chevrolet who rolled […] READ MORE
Even though rain washed out practice on Tuesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, today was a new day. Chip Ganassi Racing, specifically Takuma Sato, showed what his capabilities are with great equipment. Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Sato posted a fastest lap of 229.439 MPH with a little over two hours left in the six-hour practice session today to […] READ MORE
In the early 1900s, motorsport as a concept evolved from two very different places on either side of the Atlantic Ocean. Humble Beginnings In its earliest sense, city-to-city auto races have been going on in America since the late 1800s. On Thanksgiving Day in 1885, a group of enthusiasts raced from Evanston, Illinois to Chicago, […] READ MORE
4,318 laps around the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway, by 32 different drivers for 11 different teams. That is what we saw over the past two days as cars tested around the 2.5 mile oval in preparation for next month’s Indianapolis 500. Who excelled? What happened? Who has the advantage? Read on to find out all […] READ MORE
A pack of cars lead by the likes of Oriol Servia, Stefan Wilson, and Jack Harvey paced the Indianapolis 500 field to the green flag with seven laps to go on Sunday. All three of them were trying to stretch a single tank of fuel over the last 43 laps of the race, when the fuel range was at […] READ MORE
Honda have fallen victim to notably more unreliability than others this year. Of the ten rounds raced so far, the marque has suffered eight retirements due, specifically, to mechanical failure. Honda Identify the Cause of their Unreliability, but the Fix may not be Immediate Until now, there has been only speculation as to whether the […] READ MORE
Sebastien Bourdais has brought his planned return to IndyCar forward to September 3rd for the penultimate race of the season at Watkins Glen. Sebastien Bourdais targets Watkins Glen return after horror accident at the Indy 500 The 38 year old Frenchman has been side-lined since the qualifying session for the Indy 500 in May, following […] READ MORE
This weekend marks Motor Racing’s Tripe Crown, with drivers taking to the track to compete in Formula 1, IndyCar, and NASCAR respectively. In Formula 1 there is the Monaco Grand Prix – F1’s most prestigious race of the season. In IndyCar there is the 101st running of the Indianapolis 500 – the race that stops […] READ MORE
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso is set to compete in the 2017 Indy 500 and will miss the Monaco Grand Prix as a result. The two time World Champion will compete in one the biggest races in Motorsport with Andretti Autosport in a McLaren-Honda entered car, with the surprising move being a result of the poor performance […] READ MORE
Studying Media and Communications at Oxford Brookes University, Chris began writing for Last Word On Sports in March 2016. In the May of the same year, he was appointed as Associate Editor for the Motorsport department. Chris has since been appointed as the Department Head for Motorsport, being appointed in July 2016. Chris has a passion for Formula 1 and is a keen follower of Formula 2. It is his dream to become a Journalist or a Press Officer in the sport that he loves after graduating from university.