Weekend tip: Simona at the Indy 500 🎥

THIS IS HOW TO BE THERE On Sunday, Simone de Silvestro will compete in the Indy 500 for the sixth time. We reveal where you can follow this and other races such as the GT World Challenge in Le Castellet and the Extreme E in Senegal. Highlights from the second day of qualifying show how Simona de Silvestro qualified at the last moment [...]

Editorial - 28 May 2021

The highlights of the second qualifying day show how Simona de Silvestro qualified at the last moment and how the fight for pole position ended.

The biggest performance from a Swiss perspective will be made by Simona de Silvestro in Indianapolis this weekend. At the last moment, she qualified for 33rd place on the grid, the last on the eleventh row, in the Dallara Chevrolet entered by Paretta Autosport.

Women provide for historical event
This effort is a historic success for the woman from Vaud and Beth Paretta's all-female team, which is technically and strategically supported by multiple champion Team Penske. For the first time in the history of the race, which has been held for the 105th time since 1911, a pit stop crew will consist of four women alongside three men from Team Penske.

For Swiss Missile, it will be the sixth start at the Indy 500, the first since 2015. Unlike last year amid the Corona pandemic, the mighty grandstands will once again be open to spectators.

The complete race can be seen in Switzerland on Sunday, May 30, from 5:50 to 10:30 p.m. on pay-TV channel Sport1+. The free-to-air channel Sport1 will bring a summary from 11 p.m. to midnight.

Rarely has a new team attracted so much attention at the Indy 500 as Paretta Autosport with Simona de Silvestro and her helpers. We also congratulate them and keep our fingers crossed!

Emil Frey Racing on the hunt for the podium again
For the GT3 teams and drivers, including several from Switzerland, the second endurance race in the GT World Challenge Europe is on the agenda on Sunday. The 1,000-kilometer Paul Ricard race on the GP circuit of the same name at Le Castellet in southern France starts on Saturday evening and ends after six hours at midnight.

For the teams involved in the entire championship, such as Emil Frey Racing, the first sprint race held at night in Magny-Cours already provided valuable insights. In the meantime, the Safenwil-based team has thoroughly checked and evaluated the data in order to successfully fight for podium positions with their three Lamborghini Huracáns, as they did at the first two events.

Julien Apothéloz had to start in Paul Ricard for the bronze test with the Porsche of Allied-Racing. After the training accident of team owner Jan Kasperlik in Monza, it will be his first start in the GTWC.

Emil Frey Racing is currently third in the overall Sprint and Endurance Cup standings, in the separate Endurance Cup and, with Ricardo Feller, in the overall driver standings. Alex Fontana and the Safenwil team are even leading the Silver Cup, which is also hotly contested.

Qualifying sessions and races will be held on the YouTube channel of the GT World Series will be broadcast live in French or English.

Fourth round in the "Formula Alpine
In the supporting program, the Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine will hold two half-hour races. The first on Saturday at 2:20 p.m., the second on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.. Both are on this YouTube channel to track.

For Grégoire Saucy from the Jura, who conceded a double zero in Monaco after three consecutive wins, it's all about defending the lead in the standings. The three other Swiss Léna Bühler, Jasin Ferati and Axel Gnos want to score at least their first points.

The Circuit Paul Ricard is the venue for several championships.

Ocean X Prix in Senegal
In Senegal at Lac Rose in the west of Africa, the Ocean X Prix will be held this weekend as the second round of Extreme E. The winner of the premiere at Easter in Saudi Arabia was Nico Rosberg's team with RX pro Johan Kristoffersson and Molly Taylor.

Rosberg will certainly have his former Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamilton breathing down his neck once again, who still lost out in Saudi Arabia and is second with 30 points with his team led by Sebastien Loeb and Cristina Gutierrez.

A lap from the driver's perspective at the Ocean X Prix - again a spectacular and unusual circuit for the uniform electric buggies.

The German Abt team of Mattias Ekström and Claudia Hürtgen is out to make amends. In Saudi Arabia, Hürtgen had caused a stir and a moment of shock with a violent crash.

Live on the Internet and on TV
The Ocean X Prix can be seen at the following broadcast times: May 29, from 1:30 p.m. the 1st qualifying and from 6 p.m. the 2nd qualifying in the livestream on ran.de, as well as on Sunday, May 30, from 12:00 pm the semifinals and the Crazy Race.

Starting at 4 p.m., the race will be broadcast live on the free TV channel pro ProSieben MAXX and on the Internet at the link above.