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  • IRL: Leap in the dark for Wilson in Kansas

    From Champ Car frontrunners to IRL newbies – nowhere will Newman/Haas/Lanigan’s new status be more obvious than this weekend’s Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at the Kansas Speedway, a circuit that only one member of the team has even set eyes on before.

    Archive, IndyCar Series

  • Champ Car: Wilson and Dalziel take on Daytona challenge

    Justin Wilson is one of five Champ Car drivers to take part in the first major motorsport event of the year in the US – the 2008 Daytona 24-hour challenge. He will be joined by Scots racer Ryan Dalziel in the Daytona Prototype class when the event gets underway on January 26.

    Archive, Champ Car

  • Champ Car: Wilson does enough on bad day for Brits

    None of the three Brits running in the final race of the 2007 Champ Car season were happy with how their afternoon went – but Justin Wilson had the consolation that his only rival for second place in the championship had an even worse time of it.

    Archive, Champ Car

  • Champ Car: Wilson’s season hangs in the balance

    Justin Wilson spent the whole of the two Champ Car Mexican Grand Prix qualifying sessions in with a shout of pole – but ended up having to settle for fifth.

    Archive, Champ Car

  • Champ Car: Wilson nominated to defend award

    Justin Wilson, currently second in the Champ Car standings with a race to go, has been named in the four-driver shortlist for the 2007 Greg Moore Legacy Award which he won last year.

    Archive, Champ Car

  • Champ Car: Is Wilson’s next drive at N/H/L?

    Rumours that Justin Wilson is a driver of choice for the Newman/Haas/Lanigan racing team next year have been given a bit of a boost recently – courtesy of Sebastien Bourdais’ race engineer.

    Archive, Champ Car
    Champ Car, Justin Wilson, Newman/Haas/Lanigan

  • Champ Car: Bourdais wins, Wilson is runner-up

    Justin Wilson is celebrating a cracking end to his Champ Car season after finishing in the runner-up position behind Sebastien Bourdais.

    Archive, Champ Car
    Champ Car, Justin Wilson, Sebastien Bourdais, Surfers Paradise

  • Champ Car: This beats F1, says winning Wilson

    A roller coaster weekend ended in victory for Justin Wilson at Champ Car’s Netherlands Grand Prix – but even without the win he’d have judged the event a success.

    Archive, Champ Car
    Bruno Junqueira, Champ Car, Justin Wilson

  • Champ Car: Wilson wins in Holland

    Justin Wilson leapt to second in the Champ Car series standings with a win at the Grand Prix of Holland after leader Sebastien Bourdais became the highest-profile victim of a freak mechanical defect.

    Archive, Champ Car
    Champ Car, Dan Clarke, Justin Wilson, Katherine Legge, Ryan Dalziel, Sebastien Bourdais

  • Champ Car: Front row for Wilson

    Justin Wilson struggled with a tyre delamination in Saturday qualifying for the Champ Car Grand Prix of Holland but still found himself on the front row thanks to his performance during the rain-hit Friday session.

    Archive, Champ Car
    Champ Car, Justin Wilson, Sebastien Bourdais

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