A weekend for steel lovers: Formula 1, Indianapolis 500 and TC

Speed ​​fans will have a weekend of congratulations, as on Sunday they will enjoy two of the most emblematic competitions in world motorsports, the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500, as well as the Nascar test on Charlotte and Moto. GP at Mugello. As if that wasn’t enough, there will also be activity in these latitudes: Turismo Carretera will be holding its third special race of the year in Rafaela.

After the Spanish Grand Prix that took place on Sunday in Barcelona and left Dutchman Max Verstappen as champions of the championship, Formula 1 will experience one of the most exciting weekends of the season: its cars will ride around of the Montecarlo street circuit, one. of the category’s historical routes, which since 1955 have been part of the calendar with almost no delay (it only disappears in 2020 due to cancellations stemming from the coronavirus pandemic).

The seventh test of the year will offer a new opportunity to extend the rivalry between Verstappen (Red Bull) and local Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), who are separated from the tournament by just six points. The world champion will try to repeat the success he achieved in principality in 2021, while Monegasque will try to end a black streak: in his three participations in his country, he has not yet completed a career. The quiz will take place on Sunday from 10 (it will send Star +).

On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean and as usual every last Sunday of May, the IndyCar Series will have the most important event of the season: the Indianapolis 500. The oval of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which is 4,023 meters long, will host th -106 trial edition in which 33 drivers will compete for 200 laps. It leaves at 1:45 pm and can be watched on ESPN 3 and Star + from 12 pm

The starting grid was defined last Sunday, when the qualification tests were conducted. Legendary New Zealander Scott Dixon, six -time IndyCar Series champion, went to pole position, setting the fastest time in Indianapolis for the fifth time.

In the first row he will be joined by current category champion, Catalan Álex Palou, and Dutchman Rinus VeeKay. The leader of the tournament, Australian Will Power, will start on 11th, while the winner of the final edition of 500 Miles, Brazilian Hélio Castroneves, will have to return from 27th place on the grid.

On a special weekend in the United States, on the eve of Memorial Day, Nascar, the most popular motorsport category in that country, will also have a long -term test, the 600 Miles of Charlotte, which they have continued to run since 1960 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, an 8,000-foot oval located in Concord, North Carolina.

For Nascar’s longest racing season (this includes 400 laps of the track), which starts at 7:00 pm and can be watched on DirecTV Sports, there are 37 registered drivers. Leading the championship was Chase Elliott, driving a Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, followed by Ryan Blaney (Ford Mustang) and Kyle Busch (Toyota Camry). The winner of the 2021 Charlotte 600 is Kyle Larson (Chevrolet Camaro).

The Moto GP will also experience a special Sunday day in Italy. Not only because the eighth round of a super equal event will take place there from 9 (ESPN and Star+ will air from 5.45), but also because a well-deserved tribute to the hero of tifosi will be paid at the Mugello International Autodrome, Valentino Rossi, who said goodbye to activity last year: 46, the number he used for most of his successful career (which includes seven premier class titles), will officially retire.

One of the contenders to win this Italian Grand Prix, which will once again have an audience for the first time in three years after the limits imposed by the pandemic, is local Enea Bastianini (Ducati-Gresini), the only rider to win. more than one race this season (he has won in Qatar, the United States and France), though the tournament leader and current two -time champion, Frenchman Fabio Quartararo, winner at Mugello in 2021, will not be thrown out.

If the activity outside the borders is not enough, fans of the scaffolding will also enjoy this Sunday in the Race of the Millions of Road Tourism, which will be held at the racetrack of Ciudad de Rafaela and will give a prize of three million pesos to the winner.

TC’s 34th presentation at the Rafaelino oval is the sixth date of the 2022 championship and the third special test of the year, after those that took place in Neuquén and Toay, where vehicles had to replace two right wheels. Although this race is unconditional and will remain at the standard length of 25 laps, the points accumulated by the drivers will count towards the special mini-tournament trials in which the winner will get a direct pass to the Gold Cup if where the champion will be determined. .

Rafaela arrived as the leader of the tournament, Balcarceño Santiago Mangoni, winner of the last race at Termas de Río Hondo, accompanied by his partner JP Carrera, four -time champion Agustín Canapino. The series will run on Sunday from 9:40 am and the final will begin at 1:15 pm. Public Television will air from 11.