It’s Monday, July 17, 2023 and that is Race Recap, your abstract of final weekend’s motorsports motion. In IndyAutomobile, Alex Palou had his entrance wing and win streak snapped in Toronto. Formula E’s doubleheader in Rome featured important wrecks in each races. NASCAR’s go to to New Hampshire Motor Speedway was pushed to Monday by rain.
Lundgaard Gets His First IndyAutomobile Win In Toronto
In a month and a half, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has gone from IndyAutomobile’s basement all the best way as much as the penthouse. RLL have been the slowest qualifiers for the Indianapolis 500, with Graham Rahal failing to qualify. Christian Lundgaard put his RLL on pole on Saturday throughout a rain-impacted qualifying session. The Dane transformed the pole place into his first IndyAutomobile race victory yesterday, the staff’s first win in three years.
Going into the weekend, the main target was on championship chief Alex Palou as he aimed to win his fourth race in a row. The Spaniard needed to battle to the entrance from fifteenth on the grid. His ascent was hampered by a broken entrance wing. Somehow, Palou held on to second place towards Colton Herta whereas his entrance wing’s proper facet dragged towards the pavement.
Race Results
1. – Christian Lundgaard (Rahal)
2. – Alex Palou (Ganassi) – +11.789 seconds
3. – Colton Herta (AndrettI) – +15.059 seconds
4. – Scott Dixon (Ganassi) – +15.760 seconds
5. – Josef Newgarden (Penske) – +19.242 seconds
Dennis Survives Formula E’s Rough Rome Weekend
The first race of Formula E’s Rome doubleheader was overshadowed by a violent high-speed pile-up that destroyed six drivers. Jaguar’s Sam Bird misplaced management of his automobile via a flat-out left-hander. He was hit by Envision’s Sébastien Buemi, then Maserati’s Edoardo Mortara. Despite the blizzard of particles, all drivers concerned have been okay.
The second race would have direct championship implications as Mitch Evans misplaced management of his Jaguar below braking and slammed into Nick Cassidy on the second lap. With each his title rivals out of the factors, Andretti’s Jake Dennis gained the race and turned a five-point deficit right into a 24-point lead. The season finale doubleheader takes place in London in 2 weeks.
Race 1 Results
1. – Mitch Evans (Jaguar)
2. – Nick Cassidy (Envision) – +1.639 seconds
3. – Maximilian Günther (Maserati) – +9.126 seconds
4. – Jake Dennis (Andretti) – +21.010 seconds
5. – Jean-Éric Vergne (DS Penske) – +21.482 seconds
Race 2 Results
1. – Jake Dennis (Andretti)
2. – Norman Nato (Nissan) – +3.105 seconds
3. – Sam Bird (Jaguar) – +3.633 seconds
4. – Edoardo Mortara (Maserati) – +4.357 seconds
5. – Sébastien Buemi (Envision) – +5.004 seconds
Source: jalopnik.com