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English ace Conway to drive for Foyt in 2012

England's Mike Conway, who won his first IndyCar race last season at Long Beach, was named on Tuesday as the driver for the IndyCar team of series racing legend A.J. Foyt.

Conway's only victory in 39 series starts over the past three seasons came at the Long Beach Grand Prix road course. His top four finishes came ...

Three-time defending IndyCar season champion Dario Franchitti of Scotland still finds it difficult to celebrate his latest title in the wake of English rival Dan Wheldon's death.

But Franchitti has already started working on the new IndyCar chassis set to debut in 2012, a design two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Wheldon was testing just weeks before his death in a ...

Force India confirm Di Resta, Hulkenberg

Britain's Paul Di Resta and German driver Nico Hulkenberg were confirmed as Force India's two drivers for the 2012 Formula One season on Friday.

Di Resta drove with the team in 2011, finishing in 13th place in the standings while helping Force India to sixth in the constructors.

Hulkenberg was a reserve driver in 2011, having driven for ...

Fence pole killed Wheldon, says report

British racing driver Dan Wheldon, a two-time winner of the fabled Indianapolis 500, was killed when a fence pole speared through his car, causing massive head injuries, an investigation report concluded on Friday.

Wheldon, 33, died on October 16 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in an horrific 15-car crash that catapulted his car into the air and into a ...

Grosjean signs for Lotus Renault

French driver Romain Grosjean will drive for Lotus Renault GP next season alongside returning former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen.

"I'm smiling at the prospect of being back behind the wheel next year. I feel incredibly privileged to be offered this chance," said the 25-year-old Frenchman.

Grosjean competed in seven grands prix for Renault in the 2009 Formula ...

IndyCar won't return to Vegas in 2012

IndyCar won't return in 2012 to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where a fiery crash claimed the life of English racer Dan Wheldon in October.

The IndyCar series had been scheduled to close its 2012 season at the speedway on October 14.

But officials of IndyCar and the track said Thursday that the new IndyCar vehicle needs more testing ...

Romain Grosjean signs for F1 Lotus Renault

French driver Romain Grosjean will drive for Lotus Renault GP next season alongside returning former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen.

"I'm smiling at the prospect of being back behind the wheel next year. I feel incredibly privileged to be offered this chance," said the 25-year-old Frenchman.

Grosjean competed in seven grand prix for Renault in the 2009 Formula ...

Pagenaud inks IndyCar deal

France's Simon Pagenaud was named on Thursday as the 2012 IndyCar driver for Schmidt Motorsports after serving as a fill-in racer three times last season.

The 27-year-old from Montmorillon was a runner-up in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Seibring earlier this year, as well as racing rally cars and V-8 supercars.

He was also ...

Alonso still believes in Ferrari title dream

Former double world champion Fernando Alonso believes that Ferrari will break Red Bull's Formula One title stranglehold "sooner rather than later".

Sebastian Vettel has taken Red Bull to back-to-back world championships, but Spanish driver Alonso came close in 2010 when only a strategic error in the Abu Dhabi finale allowed his German rival to triumph.

"I know that I ...

British police said Wednesday they were investigating a suspected attempt to blackmail Tamara Ecclestone, the socialite and daughter of Formula One motor racing supremo Bernie Ecclestone.

The 27-year-old is reported to have contacted police after allegedly receiving threats to reveal details about her personal life.

Police in the upmarket west London borough of Kensington and Chelsea, where Tamara Ecclestone's ...

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