The 2024 running motorsports thread

Yes. After doing the same thing to a British driver last season.

McLaren had a working agreement to help his team and has now decided that they are not worth the hassle.

Between Canapino and Santino Ferrucci, IndyCar has a sterling collection of gentlemen driving this season.

 

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen With On-Track Grudges.

 

I would add to @PCLoadLetter's explanation that Canapino was fanning the flames with his Argentine fans on social media with his own likes and comments.

 

Yes. And a side note - the dude is 34 years old. Just a giant meathead.

 

Parnelli Jones passed at 90 (no pun intended) and along with AJ Foyt and Bill Vukovich were the first names of US race car drivers I ever heard. All which led to a lifelong love of automobile racing which still exists, in a much diminished form, especially sports cars of which I’ve owned a number.
Fantastic career on and off the track.
RIP to a builder of the sport.

 

There’s some actual by God racing in the Canadian GP. Most I’ve watched of F1 in years.

 

It's a shame it takes weather to have a passing race, but YAWN, MV wins again.

 

That was a first-class Grand Prix. Granted, the off and on rain effing with everyone's heads was the only reason but for a pan-flat track that's basically just two hairpins connected by a road with a couple chicanes on both sides, Montreal has produced some real belters over the years. Don't get too excited, though, Spain in two weeks.

 

The difference between IndyCar's dog of a race last week at Detroit vs the racing at Road America is night and day.

 

Granted, but it was hardly a Road America classic. Seems every driver not on Penske or named Scott Dixon is a fuck-up waiting to happen. Even Dixon wasn’t spared on Sunday.

 

Didn't expect this. FOX signs multi-year deal to carry entire IndyCar Series, starting in 2025. All races on the network.

On the other hand, it's FOX, so I'm expecting ABC-type levels of wives and girlfriends shots, plus inane commentary.

 

I'm more upset that the Thermal Club is back than the switch to Fox. I won't miss races on Peacock*

*At least I hope I won't.