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How Newgarden rose to be a thorn to Ericsson’s double Indy 500 bid

For the majority of the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, the race lived up to its grand billing as ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’. Run at a searingly fast pace, and with just a couple of minor shunts to disrupt its flow, it became bogged down by a sequence…

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Indy 500: Newgarden beats Ericsson to win after three red flags

The race was halted for the first time with 14 laps remaining when Felix Rosenqvist (Arrow McLaren) crashed out of fourth place at Turn 1, clipping Kyle Kirkwood’s Andretti Autosport car which slammed into the wall and flipped over at Turn 2.

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Indy 500: Newgarden beats Ericsson in crash-marred 107th edition

The race was red flagged for the first time with 14 laps remaining when Felix Rosenqvist (Arrow McLaren) crashed out of fourth place at Turn 1, clipping Kyle Kirkwood’s Andretti Autosport car which slammed into the wall and flipped over at Turn 2.

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Wilson “doing well”, targets 2024 Indy 500 return from hospital bed

Wilson, 33, fractured the T12 bone in his spine after hitting the SAFER barrier at Turn 1 head-on, following a clash with Katherine Legge in Monday’s practice session.

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Stefan Wilson suffered fractured vertebra in Indy 500 crash

Wilson’s Dreyer and Reinbold Racing-run car was hit from behind by Katherine Legge’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing machine after cars ahead of them stacked up at Turn 1.

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Legge, Wilson suffer first major crash of Indy 500 practice

The shunt occurred with 50 minutes of the two-hour practice session remaining, when Legge (Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) and Wilson (Dreyer Reinbold) made contact at Turn 1, just after Santino Ferrucci (AJ Foyt Racing) had passed Devlin DeFrancesco’s Andretti Autosport entry on the front stretch.

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Russell "made a mess" of Azerbaijan GP restart

In Sunday's Baku race Russell had to take avoiding action on the lap 13 restart not to hit Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso into Turn 1.

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Russell admits he "made a mess" of Baku F1 restart

In Sunday's Baku race Russell had to take avoiding action on the Lap 13 restart not to hit Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso into Turn 1.

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IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin beats Grosjean for fourth win

Romain Grosjean led Alex Palou away as Pato O’Ward swooped inside Palou into Turn 1, but when O’Ward also tried to get around Grosjean at Turn 5 he lost momentum, and Palou was able to draft by him into Turn 8 to reclaim second.

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Leclerc: Red Bull in "another league" with Baku F1 1-2

Friday and Saturday qualifying topper Leclerc had launched cleanly to comfortably hold off front-row rival Verstappen into Turn 1 at the race start.

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Russell: Mercedes slower than Red Bull even with no wing

Russell muscled ahead of Max Verstappen at the start of Saturday's sprint event, but after a resumption following a safety car period, the Dutchman passed him on the run down to Turn 1.

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Russell: Mercedes slower than Red Bull even with no wing on the straights

Russell muscled ahead of Max Verstappen at the start of Saturday's sprint event, but after a resumption following a safety car period, the Dutchman passed him on the run down to Turn 1.

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Russell hopes Verstappen "learned the risk" in wheel-to-wheel battles

The Mercedes driver enjoyed the stronger launch in Saturday's sprint race to dive up the inside of fourth-starting Verstappen into Turn 1 in Baku and the duo continued to run side-by-side until the exit of the Turn 3 left-hander.

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Russell hopes Verstappen “learned the risk” in F1 wheel-to-wheel battles

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Leclerc chose not to fight Perez for Baku F1 sprint win

Saturday polesitter Leclerc launched cleanly to hold position into Turn 1 and then retained control over second-starting Perez at a safety car restart that followed AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda shedding a tyre.

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Leclerc chose not to fight Perez in Baku F1 sprint

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Supercars Perth: Van Gisbergen wins bruising battle with Kostecki

The two title contenders started the 42-lapper side-by-side on the front row, Kostecki getting the best of the run to Turn 1 from the outside to sweep into the lead ahead of van Gisbergen and David Reynolds.

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Supercars adopts rooftop podium for Perth

In recent years the series has used the skidpad on the inside of Turn 1 for its post-race podiums at the Wanneroo circuit.

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Wallace accepts blame for last-lap Talladega NASCAR Cup pileup

Wallace was leading at the start of the final lap of overtime Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, when Ryan Blaney's Penske Ford got a strong run entering Turn 1 and attempted to pass.

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Silverstone modifies Turn 1 run-off in response to scary Zhou F1 crash

A slow launch from George Russell to trigger contact with the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly sent the Mercedes spinning into Zhou on the approach to the Turn 1 right-hander.

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Blaney on Wallace NASCAR wreck: "You can’t block three times"

Wallace was leading at the start of the final lap of overtime Sunday at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway, when Blaney got a strong run entering Turn 1 and attempted to pass Wallace.

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Super Formula Suzuka: Miyata gets first win, Nojiri crashes out

TOM'S driver Miyata came from 12th on the grid to pass Tsuboi around the outside of Turn 1 on the penultimate lap of the 31-lap race to seal his first win in the Japanese single-seater category.

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Suzuka Super Formula: Miyata gets first win, Nojiri crashes out

TOM'S driver Miyata came from 12th on the grid to pass Tsuboi around the outside of Turn 1 on the penultimate lap of the 31-lap race to seal his first win in the Japanese single-seater category.

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Berlin E-Prix: Evans leads Jaguar 1-2 in wild opening race

Mitch Evans made it back-to-back Formula E wins after taking victory in the opening Berlin E-Prix as team-mate Sam Bird made it a Jaguar 1-2.

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Villeneuve "got lucky" with brake failure timing at WEC Portimao

Villeneuve expressed relief that the failure of the front-right disc on the Vanwall-Gibson Vandervell 680 with just over an hour of the race to go happened at Turn 10.

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