It’s Monday, July 31, 2023 and that is Racing Recap, your abstract of final weekend’s motorsports motion. In Formula 1, Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing prolong their profitable streak on the Belgium Grand Prix. In NASCAR, Chris Buescher punched his ticket to the playoffs at Richmond. And in Formula E, Jake Dennis wins the world championship at a rain-soaked London season finale.
Max Verstappen Wins At Spa From Sixth Place
A gearbox change penalty meant a more difficult race weekend for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The reigning World Champion maximized his grid place by nabbing pole by eight-tenths of a second over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. His penalty dropped him 5 locations right down to sixth whereas Leclerc inherited pole.
Rain impacted the dash shootout however Verstappen swept the race on Saturday. Sunday’s race remained dry sufficient to make use of slick tires for the complete distance. The Dutch driver received to fourth on the primary lap whereas his teammate, Sergio Perez, handed the Ferrari and took the lead. Verstappen was capable of take the lead himself on lap 15 and by no means appeared again. Red Bull Racing secured its sixteenth consecutive race victory and it’s first 1-2 end since the Miami Grand Prix in May.
Race Results
1. – Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2. – Sergio Perez (Red Bull) – +22.305 seconds
3. – Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – +32.259 seconds
4. – Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) – +49.671 seconds
5. – Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) – +56.184 seconds
Chris Buescher Takes RFK’s First Win Of The Season
Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing virtually led a majority of the laps on the Cook Out 400 yesterday. The race winner Chris Buescher and his staff proprietor/teammate Brad Keselowski led a mixed 190 out of 400 laps through the NASCAR Cup Series race at Richmond Raceway. The solely problem to RFK was one other owner-driver, Denny Hamlin. The Joe Gibbs Racing driver and his 23XI staff had been aggressive early on till pit-stop woes loosened their grip on the lead. A late restart gave Hamlin one final likelihood to win back-to-back races, however he fell quick.
Race Results
1. – Chris Buescher (RFK)
2. – Denny Hamlin (Gibbs)
3. – Kyle Busch (Childress)
4. – Joey Logano (Penske)
5. – Ryan Preece (Stewart-Haas)
Jake Dennis, Avalanche Andretti, Wins Formula E Title In London
This 12 months’s ABB FIA Formula E World Championship led to London with Avalanche Andretti’s Jake Dennis turning into the sequence’ first British champion. The first race of the season-ending doubleheader noticed Dennis racing wheel-to-wheel together with his title rival’s Envision driver Nick Cassidy. However, Jake Dennis’ title win could be cemented by Cassidy’s teammate Sebastien Buemi. Buemi, not knowledgeable of who was behind him, didn’t let his teammate cross. The duo made contact leaving Cassidy with a broken entrance wing caught below his front-left tire.
Cassidy would get some semblance of redemption the following day. Despite a prolonged pink flag attributable to heavy rain on the combined indoor-outdoor venue, the New Zealander gained the race from pole to safe the groups’ championship for Envision Racing. The 12 months ends with buyer groups profitable each championships, Porsche buyer Andretti profitable the driving force’s title and Jaguar buyer Envision beating each different staff.
Race 1 Results
1. – Mitch Evans (Jaguar)
2. – Jake Dennis (Andretti) – +1.116 seconds
3. – Sebastian Buemi (Envision) – +1.668 seconds
4. – Sam Bird (Jaguar) – +3.054 seconds
5. – Edoardo Mortara (Maserati) – +4.263 seconds
Race 2 Results
1. – Nick Cassidy (Envision)
2. – Mitch Evans (Jaguar) – +4.934 seconds
3. – Jake Dennis (Andretti) – +16.295 seconds
4. – Norman Nato (Nissan) – +24.819 seconds
5. – Stoffel Vandoorne (DS Penske) – +26.290 seconds
Source: jalopnik.com