In the round-up: Red Bull junior and reserve driver Liam Lawson demonstrated a 2011 Red Bull RB7 F1 car around the Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst ahead of the Bathurst 12 Hours
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Lawson demos 2011 RB7 at Mount Panorama
Red Bull junior and reserve driver Liam Lawson demonstrated a 2011 Red Bull RB7 F1 car around the Mount Panorama circuit at Bathurst ahead of the Bathurst 12 Hours event.
Lawson, who came third in last year’s Formula 2 championship and drove in three Friday practice runs for Red Bull and AlphaTauri, drove the car that took Sebastian Vettel to his second world championship title and Red Bull’s second consecutive constructors’ championship. Lawson completed multiple laps in the V8-powered car prior to the pole position shootout for the race.
Ericsson quickest as IndyCar test concludes
Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Marcus Ericsson ended the second and final day quickest in IndyCar’s sole pre-season test at The Thermal Club circuit in California.
Ericsson set the overall fastest time of the test with a 1’38.422, a tenth of a second quicker than Christian Lundgaard with Kyle Kirkwood third-fastest.
Marcus Armstrong was again the fastest rookie in the field, going fifth-fastest ahead of reigning champion Will Power. The season will begin in St. Petersburg on Sunday 5th March.
Ngatoa wins on FROC return
Kaleb Ngatoa took victory in the first of three races at Hampton Park in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship leading up to the New Zealand Grand Prix.
Ngatoa, who came second in the series formerly known as the Toyota Racing Series in 2021, took the lead from pole sitter Laurens van Hoepen at the start, leading all 20 laps to win the race. Van Hoepen finished second, while Callum Hedge claimed the final podium place to take the lead of the championship from Charlie Wurz, who finished eighth.
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