IndyCar 

Will Power has finally won his first race of the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series season after producing an emphatic display during the Big Machine Grand Prix at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway. 
  
After what has been an extremely tough year for the Queenslander, Power had a near perfect weekend behind the wheel as he led the field for a race-high 56 laps and picked up the event's fastest lap time. 
  
Starting from second place behind Pato O’Ward, it didn’t take long for Power to assume the lead, which he nabbed on lap 15 and held onto for the rest of the race, barring some short periods post pit stops. 
  
Building up a nice gap ahead of Romain Grosjean and Colin Herta, Power’s big lead was lost when a second caution occurred with just nine laps to go, bringing the field back together. 
  
On the restart, neither Grosjean or Herta had any answers for Power, who ended up reaching the chequered flag with a one second advantage to become the ninth winner of 2021 and secure Team Penske’s second win of the season. 
  
“We needed that as a group,” Power said post-race. 
  
“I can’t tell you how good these guys (Team Penske engineers) have been all year. Flawless on the pit stops. They’ve given me the car, and we’ve had some bad luck. I’ve made some mistakes, as well. 
  
“So stoked to get the Verizon 5G car in Victory Lane.” 
  
Three-time Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin had a less memorable day finishing in P23, as well as causing the second caution. 
  
The series returns this weekend for a third consecutive round with the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 in Illinois. 

  

British GB3 

Bart Horsten and Christian Mansell have once again had productive weekends in the British GB3 Championship with both drivers finishing in the top 10 for all three races. 
  
While Mansell has enjoyed more success over the past few rounds to move into second place on the standings, the Silverstone round saw Horsten lead the way, as he moved up from ninth to sixth by the end of the round. 
  
In the opening race of the round, Mansell ended up higher of the two in fourth place and made up some serious ground on championship leader and Carlin teammate Zak O’Sullivan, who finished in 15th place. 


Horsten didn’t have quite as much success in that race as he started one place behind Mansell in sixth but ended up dropping down to P7 after dealing with some slower cars.
  
In race two, Horsten once again started on the third row in P6, only this time, he finished one place higher but was made to work for it as he withstood mountain of pressure from Branden Lee Oxley.
  
In the final outing of the weekend, the 19-year-old pulled off a mighty effort to avoid some early race drama as he climbed from P9 to third and claimed just his second podium for the year. 


Mansell didn’t have as much luck in the final race as he finished in ninth place, the same position for race two, while O’Sullivan won both of Sunday’s races to extend the outright championship lead to more than 100. 
  
Tommy Smith’s final round in the Championship saw the Victorian pick up his best result so far with 12th, as well as a tough Sunday where he finished 15th and 16th respectively. 
  
It’s now a big break for Horsten and Mansell, who will return in a month’s time for a round at Oulton Park on 11-12 September. 
  

British F4 Championship

Marcos Flack couldn’t repeat his point scoring efforts of the previous British Formula 4 Championship round with the Queenslander unable to finish in the top 10 in either one of the three races. 

Despite Flack getting a bright start in practice, it was as good as it got for him as he qualified for the first race in 14th before spinning out in and retiring. 


It didn’t get much better for him during Sunday’s two races as he crossed the finish line for both races in 11th and 12th. 
  
Flack now has two weeks to reflect, before the next round at Thruxton Circuit on 28-29 August.