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On Sunday during the 2025 F1 Miami Grand Prix, one of F1’s oldest living GP winners, Jochen Mass, passed away aged 78. Early career Mass began his career in the late 60s. He progressed to Formula Two in 1972, but his main focus that year was the European Touring Car Championship. Mass won five times and took eight podiums. This was against a field which included former F1 drivers. He also debuted at the 24 Hours of Le Mans but retired from the race. He impressed in F2 as well with two wins and two podiums in the opening six…

Penske driver Scott McLaughlin took his first podium of the IndyCar season at the Grand Prix of Alabama. McLaughlin’s thoughts on finishing third After qualifying second and having a decent start, McLaughlin could not keep up with Alex Palou. He dropped down to third behind Christian Lundgaard and Palou. When asked for his thoughts on a third-place finish in the post-race press conference, McLaughlin stated: “I think we were just third place today. Didn’t quite have the pace from the get-go really. From lap two I tried to push Alex. He just had a lot of speed. “Yeah, I just…

Christian Lundgaard had a solid weekend in the Children’s Grand Prix of Alabama. After qualifying in seventh, Lundgaard made his way through the field to finish second to Alex Palou. Best of the 16 overtakes Lundgaard made 16 overtakes at the Barber Motorsports Park, including two standout overtakes on Scott McLaughlin and McLaren teammate Pato O’Ward. When asked about his favourite, Lundgaard gave an unsurprising answer. “I mean, I enjoyed the pass on Scottie Mac here, but I really did enjoy the one I had on Pato into five, around the same pit sequence. It was kind of all three…

Alex Palou took a dominant victory at the 2025 Children’s Grand Prix of Alabama held at the Barber Motorsports Park. He won by over 16 seconds from McLaren driver Christian Lundgaard. Championship lead heading into Indy double-header Palou goes into the Indy Road Course race in six days’ time 60 points ahead of Lundgaard in the standings. When asked about if he was proud of that, Palou said: “Yeah, it’s amazing. It means nothing and means a ton at the same time. Means nothing for the championship yet. For sure I prefer to be in the position we are now…

The Grand Prix of Alabama, held at the Barber Motorsports Park, was this weekend’s face of IndyCar. Once again, the driver’s face of IndyCar, Alex Palou from Chip Ganassi Racing, was the one to watch as he qualified on pole ahead of Penske’s Scott McLaughlin, who is the reigning race winner having won there last year. A three-stop strategy was favoured, with a mix between doing two sets of softs and a set of hards and two sets of hards and a set of softs. Third to fifth placed Colton Herta, Will Power and Rinus VeeKay started on hards, with…

Penske driver Scott McLaughlin qualified second for Sunday’s Alabama Grand Prix and afterwards, gave his thoughts ahead of the race.

Alex Palou took his first pole position of the season and the seventh of his career in qualifying for the Alabama Grand Prix. Despite Penske having the advantage of two cars in the Firestone Fast Six and the pace of Andretti’s Colton Herta, Palou managed to take pole by 0.146 seconds from Penske’s Scott McLaughlin. Thoughts on balance and speed of the car Speaking in the post-qualifying press conference, Palou praised his car and revealed his satisfaction at taking pole position. “The car has been really good all weekend, honestly. Especially at the Fast Six, I got the balance I…

First group IndyCar qualifying began at the Barber Motorsports Park for the Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix on a greasy track with clouds overhead following a hectic and rainy second practice session. In Group One was Scott McLaughlin, Alex Palou, Alexander Rossi, Christian Rasmussen, Jacob Abel, Conor Daly, Graham Rahal, Marcus Armstrong, Pato O’Ward, Santino Ferrucci, WIll Power, Marcus Ericsson and Nolan Siegel. The first competitive times came in from Palou, McLaughlin and Siegel. Will Power believed he sped in the pits and Rasmussen had a big oversteer moment. McLaughlin soon went first with a 1:08.2504. Palou soon went…

Jack Doohan had a difficult sprint qualifying in Miami. After a first run which put him 16th in SQ1, Doohan was unable to go on a second run. Teammate Pierre Gasly was sent out at the same time. This blocked the Australian, who is one of four drivers this season who has not scored points. Doohan calls blocking a ‘mess up’. The 22 year old was vocal about his struggles. He was not being happy with the team as he felt he was blocked by Gasly. As a result, Doohan was out in SQ1 as he didn’t have enough time…

The IndyCar race weekend in began with the first practice session of the Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park, the final race before the double header of Indianapolis and the first in the busy‘Month of May’. Kyle Kirkwood won last time out in Long Beach, but Alex Palou remains in the championship lead. The day was split into a 40-minute session with the entire grid and two 12-minute sessions with the grid split in half following a five-minute break. This gave teams the opportunity to test out the set-up on a quieter track, which is crucial, especially as…