🏎 Puzzling Penalties

Massa looks at legal options after new information from 2008 F1 World Championship

April 06, 2023

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Good Morning! With Easter weekend approaching, we're ready to hop right into the latest news from the racing world - and theres a lot of it. From Felipe Massa still wanting to contest the results of the 2008 F1 World Championship to NASCAR getting stood up by team owners in it's quarterly meeting, there's a lot to cover!

What NASCAR driver has won the most races held on Easter Sunday?

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+500 Kyle Larson

+600 Tyler Reddick

+700 Christopher Bell

+900 Chase Briscoe

+1000 Kyle Busch

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Christopher Bell - Christopher Bell is leading the charge at Joe Gibbs racing already accruing four Top-5's in just seven races. This week, he'll have even more of an advantage as the Cup series hits the dirt at Bristol.

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Kevin Harvick - Harvick has shown speed all year currently sitting P5 in the Championship Standings with an average finish of 11.74. However, he has yet to prove himself on the dirt with an average finish of 24.5 since the race's inception.

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  1. Kyle Busch

  2. Kyle Larson

  3. William Byron

  4. Tyler Reddick

  5. Chase Briscoe

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NASCAR

NASCAR Gets Stood Up

Most of the team owners in the NASCAR Cup Series did not attend a scheduled owners' council meeting with NASCAR officials. Reports suggest that the absence was related to ongoing negotiations between NASCAR and Cup teams over the renewal of charter agreements. The current charters, which guarantee a team a spot in the field in each Cup series race and a portion of the purse, and NASCAR's current TV deal both expire at the conclusion of the 2024 season. Although the team owners may have technically violated the current charter agreement by skipping the meeting, there appears to be no penalty involved. NASCAR is committed to continuing discussions with all industry stakeholders.

“The issue right now is the teams, from an economic perspective, are struggling. Our financial model doesn’t work but the sport is still thriving.”

Steve Newmark, President of RFK Racing

Kaulig Appeal Upheld

An appeals panel has upheld most of the penalties NASCAR imposed on Kaulig Racing's No. 31 team and driver Justin Haley, including a $100,000 fine and four-race suspension for crew chief Trent Owens and the loss of 10 playoff points. The penalties were for the unapproved modification of a single-source supplied part, hood louvers, which are used as a release point for ducts transferring air out of each car's radiator. The panel did reduce the owner and driver penalties from 100 points each to 75. Kaulig Racing has the option of making a final appeal to the Final Appeals Officer.

More NASCAR

🗣 Chastain calls out Bell for post-race comments... "We've got to state the facts and not opinions"

F1

Massa's 15 Year Old Grudge

Former Formula 1 driver, Felipe Massa, is reportedly exploring legal options to contest the outcome of the 2008 Formula 1 world championship that he lost to Lewis Hamilton. Massa is prompted to take action after former F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone's recent comments about the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

In an interview with F1-Insider, Ecclestone revealed that he and then FIA president Max Mosley knew of the situation "during the 2008 season" and had enough information in time to investigate the matter. Ecclestone suggested that they should have canceled the race in Singapore under these conditions which would have had an impact on the championship standings.

"This is very sad, to know the result of this race was supposed to be canceled, and I would have a title. In the end, I was the one who lost the most with this result. So, we are going after it to understand all this."

Felipe Massa

Sainz's Severe Penalty

Ferrari's team principal, Frederic Vasseur, criticized the penalty given to Carlos Sainz in the Australian Grand Prix, which pushed him out of the points. Sainz collided with Fernando Alonso on the final restart, causing him to spin out and lose his third-place position. Despite the finishing order being taken from the grid order before the incident, Sainz was given a five-second time penalty during a red flag period.

Vasseur thinks the penalty was too harsh and should have been discussed after the race. He believes incidents like this should be reviewed in a different way, and stewards should take the time to discuss them.

More F1

📣 Gasly escapes race suspension while Ocon calls out aggressive driving... He says drivers were "suicidal" on restarts

⚖️ Legal troubles loom for Williams F1 team... Former sponsor is suing for fraudulent remarks about performance expectations

IndyCar

Legge Finds her Footing

British racing driver, Katherine Legge, has returned to the NTT IndyCar Series to drive for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in the Indianapolis 500. During a test at the Texas Motor Speedway, Legge reacquainted herself with the DW12 chassis and all of its new components, including the mandatory aeroscreen, which have been added since her last IndyCar race in 2013. Her next outing in the No. 44 Honda will come later this month during the compulsory Indy 500 open test.

More IndyCar

🚧 Harvey states RLL "has a lot of work to do"... all three drivers frustrated and concerned with lack of pace at Texas

❌ Colton Herta's dad is out as team's race strategist... rising tensions between the father and son duo lead to the changeup in personnel

GLOBAL MOTORSPORT

Take a trip to far away motorsport lands

👥 Entry List for Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach released... 28 entries spanning 3 classes for the shortest race of the season

Memes

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The driver with the most wins on Easter is Cale Yarborough, who won a total of 5 Cup Series races.

Yarborough's Easter victories came in 1970, 1976, 1977, 1982, and 1984. Other drivers with multiple Easter Sunday wins in the Cup Series include Richard Petty, Lee Petty, Darrell Waltrip, and Rusty Wallace.

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