Jack Benyon

London

Motorsport Journalist at Freelance

American Editor @wearetherace. Journalist specialising in motorsport, video and podcasting. Proud @SportsMemNet ambassador

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Articles

Has a proper challenger to Palou finally emerged?

1 week ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

Are we seeing the emergence of a new force in IndyCar? Last weekend at Long Beach, Kyle Kirkwood pegged back Alex Palou - who'd won the first two races of the season - by winning the 50th anniversary of the Long Beach Grand Prix, and cut Palou's championship lead to 34 points. Is it a sign that Kirkwood is ready to challenge? Palou and Kirkwood are only a year and a half apart in age but have had very different journeys to this point.
Kirkwood halts Palou's IndyCar win streak

1 week ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

Kyle Kirkwood took victory at Long Beach from pole position despite multiple complicated strategies interfering with his lead, and became the first person to beat Alex Palou in IndyCar this year. Kirkwood had spoken earlier in the week of the need to peg Palou back in his pursuit of winning every race this year, and so he achieved that even though Palou was right behind him in the 50th anniversary of IndyCar’s second biggest race after the Indianapolis 500.
Leclerc's ex-engineer on his new key role at Cadillac

1 week ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

He helped Charles Leclerc to his first five race victories and 23 poles in Formula 1 between 2019-2024 - and is also a race winning engineer in NASCAR - but now Leclerc’s former race engineer Xavier Marcos Padros has a new role. Spaniard Marcos has joined Cadillac as its technical director for its sportscar programme for 2025, covering the World Endurance Championship and IMSA.
The revolution behind Wickens' long-awaited top-level return

2 weeks ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

This weekend not only will Robert Wickens reach the highest level yet since the IndyCar crash in 2018 which left him partially paralysed, but he'll also show how his work could change the way disabled people get to drive cars in the future.
Cause of Doohan's huge Suzuka practice shunt revealed

2 weeks ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

Jack Doohan’s spectacular flat-out crash in practice for the Japanese Grand Prix was caused by the rookie driver failing to close the DRS system. Alpine’s Doohan lost the rear of the car on the entry to Turn 1 and hit the barrier on the corner exit at high speed, causing massive damage to the car. He was able to get out of the car and was helped to the safety car by a doctor and a marshal.
Four red flags disrupt second Japanese GP practice

2 weeks ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

Oscar Piastri topped FP2 at Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix as four red flags effectively halved the session and obscured our view of the Red Bull driver swap everyone is keeping such a close eye on this weekend. McLaren's Piastri narrowly pipped team-mate Lando Norris by 0.049s on the soft tyre runs in a troublesome session where well over 37 minutes was lost through various incidents.
Ex-IndyCar boss joins one of its fringe teams - what you need to know

3 weeks ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

Former IndyCar president Jay Frye has joined one of the series' teams, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, weeks after leaving his role in charge of the championship. Here's everything we know about the move - which includes Frye overseeing Rahal's IMSA SportsCar Championship BMW team - and why it's significant. Why is Frye not at IndyCar anymore? Multiple outlets have reported that Frye and IndyCar did not agree on a future direction for the series' next car, and that a rift had developed.
What's helping - and hindering - IndyCar's frontrunning disrupter

3 weeks ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

Felix Rosenqvist is one of IndyCar's most fascinating drivers. Many believe his talents merit more than just the one series victory and he is very highly respected in the global motorsport community. But he also now has unrivalled experience in that, since 2021, he has driven for almost all of IndyCar's top teams or been affiliated with them.
Has IMSA found a new fastest driver?

3 weeks ago | racer.com | Jack Benyon

To take back-to-back poles in IMSA is one unusual feat, but for the second of those to come at your first-ever visit to the treacherous Sebring is quite another. After his first proper season in a top-level prototype last year, Dries Vanthoor is quickly becoming one of the hottest properties in IMSA.
McLaren should see a painful defeat to Palou as a big victory

1 month ago | the-race.com | Jack Benyon

Pato O'Ward's Thermal IndyCar weekend went from lamenting his recent qualifying performance to scoring an outrageous pole position, from looking like a dominant winner about to end a 49-year 'drought' to another painful second place. It’s fair to say O'Ward is box office. He's so important for IndyCar because of the entertainment he brings and the fanbase he's cultivated.