Month: August 2023

De Silvestro undergoes emergency surgery

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The Swiss driver, Simona de Silvestro, will be returning to Supercars at the Great Race this year. She will partner with rookie Kai Allen in a Dick Johnson Racing-run wildcard entry. However, her plans to begin testing in Australia this week were changed after she had emergency surgery to remove her appendix. She is currently recovering in Switzerland, causing her arrival in Australia to be delayed. The team had to cancel their September 4 test, but the test on the fifth will still go ahead with Allen driving. The rest…

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Penske swaps crew chiefs for drivers Cindric and Burton

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Team Penske has announced a crew chief swap between Austin Cindric’s No. 2 Ford team and the Wood Brothers’ No. 21 Ford team. Brian Wilson will become Cindric’s crew chief, while Jeremy Bullins will take over as crew chief for Harrison Burton’s team. Wilson and Cindric have previously worked together and achieved success in the Xfinity series. Bullins, on the other hand, has experience as crew chief for the No. 21 team with Ryan Blaney as the driver. Both teams have faced difficulties this season, failing to qualify for the…

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Sainz: Ferrari only the sixth-fastest F1 team in Dutch GP

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Carlos Sainz admits that Ferrari lacked pace in the mixed weather race and considers their fifth-place finish to be an almost perfect execution of the race, fending off Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris. Sainz acknowledges that Ferrari was more like the sixth-fastest car this weekend, but they managed to hold their own against quicker cars. Despite struggling with the car’s performance, Sainz believes it was one of his best drives of the season. He also praises Ferrari’s strategy calls, except for a slight mistake in the first pit stop. The…

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