With two races of feedback to draw from, the NTT IndyCar Series has elected to make its experimental expansion to 75-minute opening practice sessions a standard part of its remaining road and street course events.The first experiment took place in June at Road America where the increase from 45 to...

Colton Herta breaks down the second day of practice for the Indy 500 with RACER's Marshall Pruett.

Max Verstappen set the fastest time but put his car in the wall in a twice suspended second practice session at the Belgian Grand Prix.The Dutchman was undertaking a race simulation when he lost control of his Red Bull Racing machine exiting Turn 7, losing control over the gravel and...

Bad weather has forced the cancellation of second practice at the Eifel Grand Prix.Thick fog shrouded the Nurburgring and surrounding areas on Friday afternoon, preventing the medical helicopter from flying between the circuit and the designated hospital approximately 35 miles away. With no suitable medical facility within a 20-minute drive,...

Drivers wasted no time Saturday morning at Mid-Ohio as the NTT IndyCar Series field took an aggressive approach to learning all they could in the sole practice session of the doubleheader weekend.With qualifying and the first race taking place shortly after the 75-minute session, the 23-car field used the opening...

As he did in both Friday sessions, Valtteri Bottas led the way in Free Practice 3 sessions for Mercedes at Mugello ahead of qualifying for the Tuscan Grand Prix.Bottas lowered the benchmark in third practice to 1m16.530s with a late run on soft tires to pip Red Bull Racing’s Max...

Valtteri Bottas set the fastest lap at F1’s first official timed session at Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello for the Tuscan Grand Prix.The Mercedes driver’s FP1 lap of 1m17.879s was quicker than the circuit’s all-time record of 1m18.704s, set in 2004 by Ruben Barrichello in a Ferrari during a private test.Max...

Porsche went 1-2 in opening GT Le Mans practice for Saturday’s Michelin GT Challenge at Virginia International Raceway, Round 5 of the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.Laurens Vanthoor led the one-hour session with a best lap of 1m41.550s in the No. 912 Porsche 911 RSR-19. That was 0.386s better than...

Marco Andretti backed up his dramatic run for the pole position with the fastest lap during Sunday afternoon's practice period at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Despite not getting out until late in the two-and-half hour session, Andretti made the most of his 26 laps by turning a best of 224.122mph in...

Cloudless and cool 70-degree F conditions early Saturday morning at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for pre-qualifying practice were ideal for high speeds, but with the likelihood of much higher temperatures for qualifying later today, the first half of the hour-long session saw no takers. The second group was a slightly...