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Hunter-Reay was a full-time driver in the IndyCar Series until he lost his DHL-backed Andretti Autosport drive to Romain Grosjean last year. He returned to the series at Indy last month, finishing 11 th in a one-off start for Dreyer and Reinbold. He will drive ECR's Chevrolet-powered #20 entry in place of Daly, whose departure from the team was announced yesterday , from the Road America race on 16 June. "I was surprised when I got the call from Ed," said Hunter-Reay. "He described how frustrated he was that his team has not been able to realize its potential despite their efforts, investments, as well as technical and personnel changes over the past few years and asked for my help. "Ed and I are very close friends and have been for a long time. I've worked with the team in the past and they are a very talented group with high expectations and a committed partner in Bitnile.com." The 42-year-old Texan, who now resides in Fort Lauderdale in Florida, has 18 career … [Read more...] about Hunter-Reay to replace Daly at ECR from Road America

Jerome Policand has revealed to Motorsport.com that he did not believe WRT boss Vincent Vosse’s offer to race with the seven-time MotoGP champion aboard one his team’s BMW M4 GT3s in the support event on the bill of this weekend’s Le Mans 24 Hours. “Vincent called me and said, ‘do you want to drive in the Road to Le Mans race,” said Policand, a veteran of 13 Le Mans starts who now runs the Auto Sport Promotion Mercedes team that races against WRT in the GT World Challenge Europe. “Then he said he wanted me to drive with Valentino. I thought it was a joke, but when he told me that he was serious, what was I going to say? “I’m 58 and I’m getting the chance to drive with Valentino on a circuit I love, so I was always going to say yes.” Vosse revealed that he targeted Policand to take the spot in the line-up for the mandatory bronze-rated driver for his Le Mans experience. “I needed a bronze and I wanted someone with good experience of Le Mans, so I thought of Jerome,” … [Read more...] about Rossi’s Road to Le Mans partner thought WRT offer was a joke

Adrian Sutil criticised the decision of the FIA stewards to hand him a drive-through penalty during the Canadian Grand Prix. Sutil was penalised for failing to respond to blue flags when he was being lapped by Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso in the latter stages of the race. “Quite disappointing with the drive-though,” Sutil said afterwards. “I was just racing Raikkonen, I was trying to push on. I gave them the straight to pass me, that’s where Hamilton overtook me then with the DRS as well.” “So I thought, ‘OK’, they were one lap behind me but that’s usual in this kind of circuit. I spent many laps behind lapped cars until I got past. “It’s just so inconsistent decision all the time by the FIA. it’s something I don’t understand.” His team agreed with his view of the penalty, telling him on the radio after the race it was “harsh”. The stewards ruled Sutil had ignored blue flags from turn three to turn thirteen. Sutil’s problems began when he tangled with Valtteri … [Read more...] about Sutil’s criticises ‘inconsistent FIA’ after penalty · RaceFans