Day: March 4, 2018

Sage Karam ready for Indy 500

Jens Jensen

Sage Karam is ready for the 102th running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil, when the race is run 27 May. The 22 year-old racing driver will be entering for the fourth time out of five Indy 500 starts for Dreyer & Reinbold Racing, where he will try to improve his so far best finish of 9th in his rookie year 2014. He has failed to see the chequered flag since then, in a combination of accidents and mechanical troubles with the car. He won the Indy…

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DTM test plagued by bad weather

Jens Jensen

The first DTM test of the year was plagued by very bad weather. The test was planned to be run at Vallelunga north of Roma in Italy. It turned out to be very limited testing for all three constructors, who were present at the track. The test was originally planned from Thursday to Saturday, but when the teams showed up at the track, it was covered in snow! Most of the Thursday was used for removing the that snow, so they only a short roll-out Thursday afternoon, before the weather…

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Surprising winner in Mexico

Jens Jensen

Round 5 of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship was run in Mexico at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit, which is also known from the Formula 1 races. The Formula E version, however, is a shorter version of the track, but still utilizes the stadium section. As mentioned previously today, it was already known that at least three drivers would start further down the field than usual (read more here). But even post qualifying, the position changes wasn’t over. Felix Rosenqvist secured Pole Position by quite a margin, by having…

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