Enzo Ferrari wanted Indy 500 win, says son Piero

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Piero, figlio del Drake: ‘Chiesi a mio padre un’auto, e arrivò la Ferrari’ (La Gazzetta dello Sport – Italian)

“Ferrari had been with (Alberto) Ascari… Then, in the 1980s, we built a car for Indy, but it never did a single kilometre. I believe my father would have liked to win there.”

Large events in Austin not likely through end of 2020, officials say (Austin American Statesman)

“We are working on a plan to help forecast what we think is going to be reasonable, but looking through the end of December, we don’t have any indications at this stage that we would be able to mitigate risk enough to have large events, particularly ones (with) over 2,500 (attendees).”

IndyCar announces updated 2020 series schedule (IndyCar)

“Two events have been canceled for 2020 due to local restrictions surrounding the pandemic: the Indy Richmond 300 on Saturday, June 27 at Richmond Raceway and the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday, July 12 on the streets of Toronto.”

Wolff critical of ‘opportunism and manipulation’ within F1 (Racer)

“In a sense it was good because I didn’t need to interact with certain people. On the other side, you could clearly see that there were people that felt the need to communicate over the media.”

Renault setzt nicht nur auf Alonso: Angeblich Treffen mit Bottas-Manager (Motorsport-Total – German)

“Valtteri Bottas’s manager Didier Coton is said to have been in contact with Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul.”

Carmaker McLaren clashes with bondholders over emergency financing (FT – registration required)

“Investors in McLaren’s existing £525m bond issued in 2017 are fiercely resisting the move. They argue that the company already pledged these assets to them in that deal, when the debt was raised to buy out a stake owned by the group’s former chairman Ron Dennis.”

Interview: Formula E’s Vergne talks mental strength and life in lockdown (Motorsport Week)

“(The performance difference of cars) was my biggest problem in Formula 1, knowing that I was never coming to a race track to fight for a podium. That was my biggest problem because the car was not at the strongest.”

Racing cockpit manufacturer Gran Turismo 7 ‘leak’ a mistake (The Sixth Axis)

“A professional racing cockpit manufacturer based in Australia seems to have confirmed than Gran Turismo 7 will be be out this year this year which means it could be one of Sony’s big launch titles for PlayStation 5.”

Round 3 of F2 Virtual Racing heads to the streets of Monaco (F2)

Marcus Armstrong, Dan Ticktum, Callumm Ilott, Luca Ghiotto, Robert Shwartzman, Arthur Leclerc, Louis Deletraz, Juan Manuel Correa, Jack Aitken, Nobuharu Matsushita, Felipe Drugovich, Artem Markelov and Enzo Fittipaldi are among those who will take…