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June 22nd 2017

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Indycar Racing News

Penske IndyCar team’s ‘cheating’ and racing’s other biggest scandals

IndyCar institution Penske and its drivers have become mired in controversy after illegally using engine boost system to vault itself to victory – here are some of racing's other biggest cheat scandals

25th April 2024

By James Elson

F1

1 corner, 6 years apart: How Chinese GP exposed shift in Hamilton - Verstappen dynamic

An impatient Max Verstappen was forced off track in his rash bid to pass Lewis Hamilton at the 2018 Chinese GP. Last weekend, in the same situation, at the same corner, he bided his time. Mark Hughes examines the shifting statures of the two champions

24th April 2024

By Mark Hughes

Single-Seaters

A2RL: Complete guide to world's biggest autonomous motor race

One grand prix track, eight cars, and no drivers. This weekend, for the first time, multiple autonomous cars will be battling wheel-to-wheel in an open race, controlled entirely by AI.…

24th April 2024

By Cambridge Kisby

MotoGP

How Italy’s MotoGP dominance goes back to Galileo and the Renaissance

Galileo studied the movement of planets at Padua University. 300 years later, it taught Ducati MotoGP chief engineer Gigi Dall'Igna a more terrestrial form of motion. Why is northern Italy — once home to Renaissance revolutionaries — now such a powerhouse of automotive knowledge?

24th April 2024

By Mat Oxley

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