Felix Rosenqvist underlined his current form in the FIA Formula E Championship by posting the fastest lap of the day at the inaugural New York City ePrix on Saturday, although a late-race spin put the Swede out of points contention.
I started the day by being very competitive and fast. But then we had a small brake issue in qualifying which meant we started from ninth, way too far back I think. I made a good start but I was hit from the back by Sarrazin so I ended up last.
Nicholas Latifi put in a racing masterclass to easily claim his maiden FIA Formula 2 win with a strong drive in cold conditions in this morning’s Sprint Race in Silverstone, building a big lead before controlling the restart from a late safety car to win ahead of RUSSIAN TIME’s Luca Ghiotto and Artem Markelov.
The 20 year-old Spaniard Alex Palou took home a sensational debut win in the second race of the World Series Formula V8 3.5 weekend at the Nürburgring, also the first of Teo Martin Motorsport since they joined the Series
Sam Bird became the first driver to win an international motor race in New York thanks to a superb drive in the FIA Formula E Qualcomm New York City ePrix on Saturday.
Simon Pagenaud earned his first pole of the season on Saturday afternoon, capturing the pole for the Honda Indy Toronto on the streets of Exhibition Place.
Kyle Kaiser extended his Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires championship lead with a comfortable victory Saturday at Exhibition Place during the Honda Indy Toronto.
Driving for SMP Racing by AVF, Russian Matevos Isaakyan delivered his second win of the season in race 1 of the World Series Formula V8 3.5 weekend at the German venue. The Russian is back to the top step of the podium after cruising to victory in race 2 at Spa. In both occasions, the series was supporting the FIA WEC weekend.
Williams Felipe Massa qualified 15th and Lance Stroll 16th for the British Grand Prix Both drivers went out in Q1 on the supersoft tyre, but quickly swapped the dry tyres for a set of intermediates as the rain continued to fall Laptimes continued to fall as the track dried throughout the session, which allowed Fernando Alonso to set a time on the supersoft tyre at the end of the session. Alonso's time pushed Lance down to P16 and out of qualifying.
Simon Pagenaud realizes the street course at Toronto’s Exhibition Place has not been good to him in the past, even though he loves the challenge on the tight, slippery street circuit.
During his installation lap, the German’s car was fitted with a new head protection system being evaluated by the FIA, known as a Shield. Both Ferrari men ran the Supersofts for the entire session.
Teams and drivers from two of the three feeder categories, the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda and Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, will switch gears this weekend to the temporary road course in Toronto.