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Dec 16, 2023 | 
racefans.net | RJ O'Connell
The 2023 IndyCar season was, in some respects, an unusual one. A series which often boasts great competitive parity and close championship battles that go down to the final race of the season was thoroughly dominated by one driver making a historic run to the championship. Alex Palou put a lock on the 2023 IndyCar title before the last race, something that hadn’t been done since American open-wheel racing was reunified in 2008.
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Nov 11, 2023 | 
racefans.net | Ida Wood |RJ O'Connell
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has pinpointed the single moment where he believes Sergio Perez’s 2023 season started to go downhill. Perez won two grands prix in Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan as well as a sprint race victory in Baku over the opening four rounds of 2023, scoring 86 points to sit just six points behind team mate Max Verstappen.
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Nov 4, 2023 | 
racefans.net | RJ O'Connell
Sebastien Buemi has given Toyota the early advantage after two hours in the Eight Hours of Bahrain after the number seven car was hit at turn one. Buemi started on pole position in the number eight Toyota GR010 and has suffered no drama throughout the course of his opening stint. He now leads by over 30 seconds, with the number 51 Ferrari-AF Corse 499P of Alessandro Pier Guidi running in second.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
racefans.net | RJ O'Connell
The number eight Toyota Gazoo Racing GR010 Hybrid Hypercar of Sebastien Buemi, Brendon Hartley and Ryo Hirakawa has taken pole position for the season-ending Eight Hours of Bahrain, and secured a bonus point in their pursuit of a second consecutive premier class drivers’ championship. Hartley handled qualifying duties in the number eight Toyota, and he outduelled team principal/driver Kamui Kobayashi for pole position.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
racefans.net | Ida Wood |RJ O'Connell
Aston Martin’s underwhelming performance over the US Grand Prix weekend was down to their risk of bringing new parts to the sprint weekend failing to pay off, says team principal Mike Krack. Both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll struggled through the opening two days of last weekend’s round at Circuit of the Americas. Aston Martin introduced a new floor to Austin, which meant they only had an hour of practice time on Friday to gather data on the upgrade.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
racefans.net | Ida Wood |RJ O'Connell
Alpine driver Pierre Gasly has described the special moment he had showing his Francois Cevert tribute helmet to Jackie Stewart at the United States Grand Prix. Cevert died during qualifying for the 1973 edition of the race, held 50 years ago at the Watkins Glen circuit. He was Stewart’s team mate, and the three-times world champion chose not to compete in what would have been his final Formula 1 race in the wake of Cevert’s death.
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Oct 25, 2023 | 
racefans.net | Ida Wood |RJ O'Connell
Alexander Albon complained warnings over track limits breaches were issued too slowly after his penalty in last weekend’s United States Grand Prix. The Williams driver was the only one to be penalised for a track limits infringement in Sunday’s race, taking a five-second penalty that ultimately had no effect on his ninth-place finish. Penalties are usually issued when a driver commits four track limits infringements.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
racefans.net | Ida Wood |RJ O'Connell
Esteban Ocon and Oscar Piastri’s races ended due to an opening-lap clash in the United States Grand Prix. While neither blamed the other, the Alpine driver said he wouldn’t have approached the situation any differently. The pair made side-to-side contact exiting turn two at the Circuit of the Americas. Alpine driver Ocon was out of the race on lap six, and McLaren’s Piastri held sixth place until his retirement on lap ten. “In the end we both touched and we paid the price,” said Ocon.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
racefans.net | RJ O'Connell
Once again I am grateful to have found myself back at Circuit of the Americas the true, beating heart of Formula One in the United States. As cool as the vibe and the hospitality is in Miami, and undoubtedly will be in Las Vegas in a couple of weeks’ time (no, before anyone asks, I’ve got no plans to attend) – there’s something much more magical about seeing hundreds of thousands of spectators flock to this challenging road course just on the rural outskirts of Austin, Texas.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
racefans.net | Ida Wood |RJ O'Connell
Daniel Ricciardo says the damage his car sustained during the United States Grand Prix ended his chances of scoring points in his first race back. He picked up damage to his front-left brake duct during his first stint at the Circuit of the Americas which his team said cost him a significant amount of downforce. “We lost a lot of pace very quickly,” said Ricciardo. “I told the team ‘sorry guys, I’ve got nothing right now, I really can’t do anything’.
