We Love Cars July

INDYCAR: DIXON COPS A BEATING…BUT IS STILL WINNING.
Scott Dixon was also on form in another of Motorsport’s Triple Crown
races: The Indianapolis 500.
On pole for the 500, Scott Dixon looked on track to claim a second
smash destroyed his car and Indy hopes.
to regain the series lead, which he managed to hold on to after
win late in the race.
MOTORSPORT
WEC: KIWI’S WIN LE MANS
It was all over before midnight…at
least that’s how it seemed, when the
#2 Porsche 919 of Brendon Hartley,
Earl Bamber and Timo Bernhard
needed major work done on the
919’s front end electric drive-train.
More than an hour off the pace, and
sitting 57th (second to last) some
might have considered the race was
done…but not our lads.
First the Toyota challenge
crumbled, then late in the morning
the sister Porsche retired from the
lead, giving the #2 car - which had
been thrashed since returning to the
track – the most unlikely chance to
win. What followed was not only a
hat-trick for Porsche, but one of Le
Mans great stories.
Le Mans wasn’t kind to all the
Kiwis however, Richie Stanaway
crashing his Aston Martin whilst a
faulty tail lamp thwarted Scott Dixons
challenge in what had been Ganassi’s
best contender ahead of the race.
win of the season at Road America.
The battered and bruised kiwi leads by 34 points with 7 races to go.
WRC: PADDON IS BACK
With Sebastian Marshall now signed on as his permanent
co-driver, Hayden Paddon has begun to turn his repeated fresh
starts…into finishes.
While a crash effectively ended his challenge in Sardinia, he
only narrowly missed out on setting the fastest time in the
opening Super Special Stage, he went on to finish the first full
day with the overall lead.
Then in Poland he was rewarded for a consistent drive in
muddy conditions early on to stay within touch with the
leaders. Then three fastest stages times put him in position to
claim second place after Ott
Tanak and Seb Ogier got into
trouble with the leaders. Then
three fastest stages times put
him in position to claim second
place after Ott Tanak and Seb
Ogier got into trouble.
SUPERCARS OUR BOYS ARE STILL CALLING THE SHOTS.
New Zealand has never seen anything like this in the Supercars before; out
Defending champ Shane van Gisbergen had a tough weekend in Darwin…
at least by his standards: despite struggling to make the Commodore sing
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But it’s the DJR-Penske teammates: Fabian Coulthard and Scott McLaughlin
who are setting the championship alight. The Kiwi’s both scoring wins in the
top end, to leave Coulthard ten points clear of McLaughlin on the Championship
ladder, with van Gisbergen 178 points back in fourth.
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