
Getting back into a racing car ‘felt like home’, says Romain Grosjean
Romain Grosjean’s first IndyCar test involved a spin and left him aching, but the former F1 driver jumped out of the car with a smile, ahead of racing in the…
Not since Scott Dixon in 2008 has there been a first-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. Owner/driver Ed Carpenter, rookie Carlos Muñoz and Marco Andretti make up the surprising front row for Sunday’s race with only four IndyCar series wins between them.
30 years ago this May Tom Sneva came to Indianapolis with considerably more success behind him. Already an eight-time race winner and champion in 1977 and ’78, ‘The Gas Man’ was always blisteringly fast. He started from pole at Indy in both of his championship years, becoming the first man to qualify at a speed exceeding 200mph in ’77. In both races he finished second, to AJ Foyt and Al Unser respectively. In 1980 he became the only driver to lead after starting last, but again he finished second, this time to Johnny Rutherford.
By 1983 Sneva was already one of the era’s greats, but he still didn’t have his face on the Borg-Warner Trophy. The video below shows how he beat Teo Fabi and Al Unsers Sr and Jr to the win that had eluded him for nine years.
Romain Grosjean’s first IndyCar test involved a spin and left him aching, but the former F1 driver jumped out of the car with a smile, ahead of racing in the…
Roger Penske has long been the standard when it comes to success both on and off the race track. A man simply known as ‘The Captain’ turns 84 years old…
Few expected fireworks from Justin Wilson and Nordic Racing in the 2001 F3000 series, but the combination — plus Coca-Cola sponsorship — brought a spectacular result against talented competition
Romain Grosjean has said that he will not race on ovals in IndyCar as a result of his shocking crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. The Frenchman, who has…