How to banish a demon

Listen to this article So Will Power has done it. The fastest IndyCar driver of his generation has nailed his second championship, eight years after his first. The man who scored five wins in 2010, six in 2011 and both times failed to clinch the title, has been victorious in 2022 with just a single win to his name… along with eight other podium finishes and three more top fours. That’s made him hot property, too. Everyone who matters knows Power’s current Penske contract is up at the end of 2023 and that he’s still got ‘It’. In fact, he’s proven to have more than one ‘It’ because he’s added remarkable consistency to his still renowned pace. That’s why at least four IndyCar teams and one IMSA team have made enquiries about his plans for 2024 and beyond. Of course, Will won’t be speaking with them until he’s allowed, bound by the terms of his current contract. (Newer drivers take note…) Truth be told, it’s hard to imagine Power in anything other than a Penske; team and driver … [Read more...] about Why Will Power is IndyCar champion and how he changed …

There have been many comments on my blog over the past few days claiming that the British media blamed Fernando Alonso for the qualifying controversy at McLaren without mentioning Lewis Hamilton’s role. I took a look at all the reports in today’s papers and I was glad to see that all of the ‘quality’ newspapers covered the controversy quite fairly. The tabloids, on the other hand, ignored or obscured references to Hamilton’s misdeeds, and almost universally portrayed Alonso as the bad guy. Here’s what they said. The Sun , Britain’s most popular newspaper, completely ignored Hamilton’s role in provoking the controversy by refusing to let Alonso pass him at the start of qualifying: The McLaren duo are at war after the Spaniard was hit with a five-place grid penalty for wrecking Hamilton’s hopes of pole position in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday. The Daily Mirror ran a piece on page nine that also ignored what Hamilton did. Its race report on page 58 … [Read more...] about British tabloids blame Alonso · RaceFans