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Heavy rain in Singapore has forced a delay to the start of today’s Formula 1 race at the Marina Bay circuit. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Conditions were dry at the circuit when the drivers’ parade lap took place at 6pm local time, two hours before the scheduled start. But rain began to fall soon afterwards, which increased in intensity, leaving the track awash. The race starting procedure was due to begin at 7:20pm local time, 40 minutes before the scheduled start. But due to the large volumes of water on the circuit, race control announced the opening of the pit lane and the race starting procedure had been delayed. After waiting for the rain to ease, race control announced a new starting time of 9:05pm. The starting procedure will begin at 8:05pm and the pit lane will be open for cars to head to the track from 8:25pm to 8:35pm. The maximum three-hour time limit within which the race must take place begins once the start is given. The W Series … [Read more...] about Heavy rain forces one-hour delay to start of Singapore Grand Prix · RaceFans

Sergio Perez led the majority of the Singapore Grand Prix to take the chequered flag first, but is under investigation for a Safety Car infringement. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free In a race disrupted with multiple Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car appearances, Perez held off Charles Leclerc throughout the race to take the chequered flag first. However, his win remains unofficial as he will be investigated for breaching Safety Car procedure by dropping too far back prior to a restart. Leclerc finished 7.5 seconds behind Perez, with Carlos Sainz Jnr fourth. Championship leader Max Verstappen finished seventh after starting eighth. The start of the race was delayed by over an hour due to a torrential downpour that soaked the Singapore circuit prior to the original 8pm start time. After the delay the formation lap began an hour later than scheduled with no more rain falling onto the circuit and all 20 cars on intermediate tyres. When the lights went … [Read more...] about Perez wins Singapore GP but faces investigation for Safety Car infringement · RaceFans

Beitske Visser won her first race of 2022 in Singapore and closed the gap to championship leader Jamie Chadwick, who crashed out in the final laps. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The Jenner Racing driver, who arrived in Singapore hoping to clinch the title, made a lunge down the inside of Jessica Hawkins at turn seven with four minutes left on the clock. But Chadwick locked up at the apex of turn seven and hit the outside wall almost head on, causing her first ever retirement from a W Series race. Chadwick was never in contention for the lead. Visser took the lead from pole-winner Marta Garcia heading into turn one on the opening lap. Garcia soon lost another position to Alice Powell. After constant pressure from behind, Garcia went wide out of turn 16, lost traction and handed the advantage to Powell. Her rival made an inside overtake stick two corners later, nine minutes into the half-hour race. From there Powell gradually cut the gap to Visser, who … [Read more...] about Visser wins in last-lap sprint to the flag after Chadwick crashes out · RaceFans

Listen to this article Prototype An off for Ben Keating in the #52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports coincided with stops for the Prototypes, so Sebastien Bourdais was able to hand off the leading #01 Cadillac DPi-V.R to Scott Dixon, and Meyer Shank Racing was able to service Helio Castroneves’ Acura ARX-05 before the pits closed. It meant Dixon led the field to the green with seven hours to go, chased by Richard Westbrook of JDC Miller MotorSports, Helio Castroneves in the Meyer Shank Racing Acura, Alex Lynn in the #02 Ganassi Cadillac, Brendon Hartley in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura and Olivier Pla in the Action Express Racing Cadillac. Jimmie Johnson was a lap down after being penalized for spinning his wheels while the car was up on its jacks. A dozen minutes after that restart, Dixon was just about holding off his old Ford GT teammate Westbrook, and the pair were 6.5sec up on Castroneves who was working hard to hold off Lynn. This pair had edged clear of Hartley’s WTR Acura … [Read more...] about IMSA Petit Le Mans: WTR Acura leads at halfway point

Listen to this article Prototype Pipo Derani’s Action Express Racing Cadillac led the race soon after the halfway mark clicked past, due to the High Class Racing LMP2 car spinning on pitlane entry and rejoining right in front of the former leader Filipe Albuquerque in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-05. Albuquerque seemed content not to go flat out to regain the lead since its championship rival, the Meyer Shank Racing Acura had fallen off the pace, Tom Blomqvist running fourth, 20sec back. Instead Albuquerque was having to keep an eye on his mirrors for Earl Bamber in the #02 Cadillac. That had become Ganassi’s principal hope for the moment, since for the second time, the #01 Caddy had been ordered to serve a drive-through penalty for incorrect tire pressures and with 4hr30min to go was some 50sec off the lead. With 4hr22m to go, Bamber demoted Albuquerque to third and started trying to close the 13sec lead to Derani. With 3hr55min to go, things were getting exciting … [Read more...] about IMSA Petit Le Mans: Acura duel for race, title at three-quarter point

Listen to this article Prototype At the start of the race, Meyer Shank Racing ’s Tom Blomqvist converted his pole into the lead, his Acura ARX-05 running ahead of Earl Bamber in the Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R, Tristan Vautier ’s JDC Miller MotorSports Cadillac, Kamui Kobayashi in the Action Express Racing Cadillac, Sebastien Bourdais in the second Ganassi entry and Pipo Derani in the full-time AXR car. Ricky Taylor , who had damaged his tires with his spin at Turn 5 during qualifying, started the race on his damaged tires so he lost no points, but pitted the #10 Wayne Taylor Racing Acura after just one lap. On Lap 6, Bamber pounced on Blomqvist when the latter got held up at Turn 7 as he lapped a GT car, and into Turn 10, the #02 Ganassi Caddy was through into the lead. On Lap 12, Kobayashi moved the #48 Cadillac ahead of Vautier to claim third and start closing on Bamber and Blomqvist. Derani pitted after just 19 laps, to go off strategy. … [Read more...] about IMSA Petit Le Mans: Ganassi Cadillac leads at quarter-distance

Listen to this article With around 2hr15m to go, the #01 Cadillac of Chip Ganassi Racing of Sebastien Bourdais appeared to improve its chances, with the sister car of Alex Lynn falling off the track briefly just ahead before it pitted and Lynn gave up his ride to Earl Bamber. Bourdais then pitted, and CGR got his replacement Renger van der Zande out ahead of Meyer Shank Racing’s #60 Acura, in which Tom Blomqvist had replaced Helio Castroneves. Olivier Pla also had a brief off in the #31 Action Express Cadillac but he had second place in his hands, 13sec behind Filipe Albuquerque in the Wayne Taylor Racing Acura, but being pressured heavily by Bamber. AXR called Pla in with 1hr59m to go and installed Mike Conway. Although that moved Blomqvist up to fourth, it was very clearly not going well for MSR, since its Acura ran 26sec behind the similar car of WTR. This gap reduced to 21sec with 90mins to go, the point at which Bamber and van der Zande pitted the two Ganassi … [Read more...] about IMSA Petit Le Mans: MSR Acura wins dramatic race, snatches title

Listen to this article The IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship’s new GTP era, using Le Mans Daytona hybrids, begins in 2023, and Wayne Taylor Racing ’s Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque are leading the final DPi-era championship heading into the last race of the season, tomorrow’s 10-hour Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Between 2011 and 2016, the WTR-run Corvette Daytona Prototype captured 18 race wins, and won the 2013 championship but the introduction of the Daytona Prototype international regulations for 2017 didn’t cause Taylor’s team to skip a step. WTR captured that first championship, and scored nine race wins – including three Rolex 24 Hours at Daytonas – with the Dallara-based Cadillac DPi-V.R. Switching to the Acura ARX-05 in 2021, WTR again won the Rolex 24 along with two more triumphs to finish second in the championship, while this year – the final season of the DPi era – it has captured four more wins and leads the championship heading into the … [Read more...] about Wayne Taylor: DPi class has been IMSA’s “best ever”

Listen to this article With a little under an hour left on the clock in the 10-hour WeatherTech SportsCar Championship curtain-closer at Petit Le Mans, the two CGR-run Cadillac DPi-V.Rs came to blows at Turn 1 as they disputed third place. Bamber had been running ahead in the #02 car he shares with Alex Lynn and Ryan Hunter-Reay, but was baulked by a Mercedes GTD car, giving the #01 machine of van der Zande a run on the outside. But as the Dutch driver tried to turn in to make the corner, he made contact with Bamber on the inside, sending both cars off-course and into the barriers - and effectively ending any hopes of a final win for Cadillac in the DPi era. Read Also: IMSA Petit Le Mans: MSR Acura wins dramatic race, snatches title Van der Zande, who was sharing a cockpit with Sebastien Bourdais and Scott Dixon, struck an apologetic tone when looking back on the incident. "We came to Petit Le Mans to win and to finish the race like this is really … [Read more...] about Van der Zande had ‘no intention’ to cause CGR Cadillac clash