IndyCars: Carpenter wins shock Indy 500 pole

RichardsF1    IndyCar, Results    

Ed Carpenter has caused a major upset by winning pole position for this year’s Indianapolis 500.

The field’s only owner/driver qualified fifth-quickest ahead of the ‘Fast 9’ shootout for pole, before putting together a four-lap average speed effort of 228.762mph to claim top spot and a cool $100,000 prize.

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V8s: Coulthard, Whincup win poles at Austin

RichardsF1    Results, V8     Holden

Fabian Coulthard and Jamie Whincup have claimed respective pole positions for Saturday’s two 100-kilometre races at the V8 Supercars’ maiden visit to the Circuit of the Americas in Texas.

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WTCC: Nykjær on pole after farcical qualifying

RichardsF1    Results, WTCC    

Michel Nykjær will start from pole position for Sunday’s opening World Touring Car Championship race at the Salzburgring after one of the most bizarre qualifying sessions in the championship’s history.

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V8s: 2013 Austin 400 Preview

RichardsF1    V8    

The big TEXAS weekend is finally here!

The V8 Supercar series heads over the Pacific Ocean to the sixth overseas location in the category’s history for the Austin 400 at the Circuit of the Americas. The aim of the game? To show our Stateside cousins what the world of V8 Supercars is all about. Panel contact included.

Built to host the Formula 1 and the Moto GP, the Circuit of the Americas is a brand new track full of more twist and turns than an episode of Midsummer Murders. Let’s take a look at what lies ahead this weekend…(and Monday, due to the time difference!).

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2013 F1 Predictions Competition Standings

RichardsF1    2013 Season, F1 Predictions Competition, Formula 1    

The Spanish Grand Prix certainly delivered plenty of discussion about the state of the sport and the influence of Pirelli tyres, but we saw the usual suspects score a hatful of points at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Perhaps many of our entrants were expecting a few more surprise performances in the field, as for most – with the exception of a few – it was a rather low-scoring round in the 2013 RichardsF1.com Predictions Competition…

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V8s: More manufacturers set to join?

RichardsF1    News, V8     Ford, Holden, Mercedes, Nissan

The V8 Supercars Championship could be set to announce that a fifth manufacturer will join Australia’s premier tin-top category next season.

Series’ commission chairman Mark Skaife hinting that an announcement could be made before the end of the year.

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WTCC: 2013 Race of Austria Preview

RichardsF1    WTCC    

The FIA World Touring Car Championship fires back into life this weekend with the fifth round of the championship season at Austria’s Salzburgring circuit.

A high-speed circuit modelled in the style of the tracks of yesteryear, this is one of our favourite events on the WTCC calendar. With last year’s two races providing fans with some seriously tyre-breaking races, we’re all set for what will hopefully be another pair of action-packed sprints to the chequered flag!

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Lotus boss hits out at Pirelli changes

RichardsF1    2013 Season, Formula 1     Eric Boullier, Lotus F1, Pirelli, Tyres

Lotus F1 team boss Eric Boullier has reacted angrily to Pirelli’s announcement that it would alter the construction of its 2013 tyres for the remainder of the Formula 1 season, following complaints regarding the high-wearing tyres from several rival teams.

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WTCC: Special Tune Racing MIA

RichardsF1    News, WTCC     SEAT

The Special Tune Racing outfit will be missing in action for the next two rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship in Austria and Russia.

The one-car SEAT squad has been plagued by mechanical issues since Tom Boardman’s huge accident at Marrakech two months’ ago, and have opted to return to their headquarters to iron out the issues once and for all.

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They’re back together…

RichardsF1    Formula 1     Engines, Honda, Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren

McLaren has finally announced what many of us knew for some time: it will reunite with Honda from the 2015 Formula 1 season onwards on a multi-year partnership.

It will be the second time that the two have joined forces, with the McLaren-Honda combination that operated between 1988-92 helping the team with three Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship titles apiece.

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