Wilson Leads RuSPORT Front Row
Briton Justin Wilson took the first pole position of his two-year Champ Car career, leading teammate A.J. Allmendinger to cement an all-RuSPORT front row for tomorrow's race at Portland International Raceway
Wilson, who yesterday was on his first ever provisional pole, maintained his position today, despite setting a fastest lap that was three tenths slower than his best lap yesterday. But he remained the fastest man, in a field where several other drivers were unable to better their own times as well.
Behind the two RuSPORT drivers sits Forsythe's Paul Tracy, with Alex Tagliani and Sebasian Bourdais completing the top five.
Among the rookie drivers, Mi-Jack Conquest's Andrew Ranger set the best result, the Canadian starting tomorrow's race in seventh position.
Pos Driver Team Time 1. Justin Wilson RuSPORT 57.597 2. A.J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 57.816 3. Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship 57.911 4. Alex Tagliani Team Australia 57.956 5. Sebastien Bourdais Newman Haas 57.989 6. Mario Dominguez Forsythe Championship 58.093 7. Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest 58.097 8. Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 58.134 9. Ronnie Bremer HVM, Inc. 58.331 10. Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 58.343 11. Timo Glock Rocketsports 58.407 12. Oriol Servia Newman Haas 58.669 13. Bjorn Wirdheim HVM, Inc. 58.759 14. Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne 58.894 15. Michael Valiante Dale Coyne 59.055 16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports 59.140 17. Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest 59.345 18. Marcus Marshall Team Australia 59.362
Rating the best drivers of the century so far
Autosport's Top 50 feature has been a staple of the magazine for the past two decades since its first appearance in 2002. Here are the drivers that have featured most prevalently during that time
The best motorsport moments of 2021
Motorsport produced one of its greatest years of all-time in 2021 despite a backdrop of ongoing COVID-19 challenges and an ever-changing racing landscape. Through the non-stop action Autosport has collected the finest moments from the past 12 months to highlight the incredible drama and joy motorsport generates
The racing comeback artists who resurrected long-dormant careers
Making it in motorsport can be tough, and sometimes drivers move elsewhere before their best chance arrives. Here are some of those who made it back
The hidden racing gem attracting ex-F1 heroes
It’s rarely mentioned when it comes to assessing the best national contests, but the Brazilian Stock Car series that reaches its climax this weekend has an ever-growing appeal. Its expanding roster of ex-Formula 1 names has helped to draw in new fans, but it's the closeness of competition that keeps them watching
The one-time Schumacher rival rebooting his career Down Under
Joey Mawson made waves in the middle of the last decade, beating future Haas Formula 1 driver Mick Schumacher - among other highly-rated talents - to the 2016 German F4 title. A run in F1's feeder GP3 category only caused his career to stall, but now back in Australia Mawson's S5000 title success has set that to rights
The lesson football’s would-be wreckers could learn from racing
OPINION: The greed-driven push for a European Super League that threatened to tear football apart is collapsing at the seams. Motor racing's equivalent, the football-themed Superleague Formula series of 2008-11, was everything that the proposed ESL never could be
The F1 and Indy 'nearly man' that found contentment in Japan
Having had the door to F1 slammed in his face and come within three laps of winning the Indianapolis 500, the collapse of a Peugeot LMP1 shot meant Japan was Bertrand Baguette's last chance of a career. But it's one which he has grasped with both hands
The female all-rounder who arrived "too early"
From Formula 3 to truck racing, Dakar and EuroNASCAR via a winning stint in the DTM, there's not much Ellen Lohr hasn't seen in a stellar racing career that highlights the merit in being a generalist. But she believes her career came too early...