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Castroneves wins at Texas, grabs points lead

Castroneves wins at Texas, grabs points lead FORT WORTH, Texas -- Team Penske finally has won an IndyCar Series race this season. Roger Penske's team had been winless in seven races -- and nine spanning the past two seasons -- before Helio Castroneves ended the drought Saturday night with a dominating victory in the Firestone 550K at Texas Motor Speedway.

Auto Racing: IndyCar results

Top finishers on Saturday from the IndyCar Firestone 550 at the 1.455-mile Texas Motor Speedway oval with driver, car and laps: 1. Helio Castroneves (BRA), Dallara-Chevy, 228 laps in 1hr 52mins 17.4594secs at 177.257 mph (283.611 km/h) 2. Ryan Hunter-Reay (USA), Dallara-Chevy, 4.6919 seconds back 3. Tony Kanaan (BRA), Dallara-Chevy, same lap 4. Ed Carpenter (USA), Dallara-Chevy, s.l. 5. Marco Andretti (USA), Dallara-Chevy, s.l. 6. Dario Franchitti (SCO), Dallara-Honda, one lap down 7. Will Power (AUS), Dallara-Chevy, s.l.

Auto Racing: Castroneves wins to seize IndyCar points lead

Brazil's Helio Castroneves won the IndyCar Firestone 550 on Saturday night, taking his fourth career victory at Texas Motor Speedway to seize sole possession of the season points lead. Castroneves, a three-time Indianapolis 500 champion, dominated most of the race over 228 laps around the 1.455-mile oval in his first victory on an oval course since 2010 at Japan's Twin Ring Motegi.

Formula One: Vettel confident of first Canadian win

Sebastian Vettel said he is not worried about the conditions or the weather forecasts for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix after claiming his third consecutive pole position for the race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The defending triple world champion and current series leader said he felt confident about his Red Bull car and performance in both dry and wet conditions.

Vettel snags pole; Alonso sixth in Montreal

International Sports Desk, Jun 8 (EFE).- German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel has grabbed pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, the seventh race of the Formula One season, while Spaniard Fernando Alonso, who drives for Ferrari, will start sixth. Vettel, the three-time defending Formula One champion and the leader of this season's drivers' standings, notched the ninth pole of his career by covering the 4.36-kilometer (2.71-mile) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 1:25.425 during Saturday's qualifying session.

Formula One: Vettel on pole for Canadian Grand Prix

Triple world champion Sebastian Vettel will start on pole for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix after topping the times in Saturday's rain-hit qualifying session. The Red Bull ace will be joined by the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton on the front row. The surprise of the session was the performance of Williams' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas, who posted the third fastest time ahead of the second Mercedes driven by Nico Rosberg. nr/bc

Formula One: Canadian Grand Prix qualifying times - 1st update

Canadian Formula One Grand Prix qualifying times on Saturday: Qualifying N.2

Formula One: Canadian Grand Prix qualifying times - collated

Canadian Formula One Grand Prix qualifying times on Saturday: Qualifying N.3 1. Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 1:25.425, 2. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes 1:25.512, 3. Valtteri Bottas (FIN) Williams 1:25.897, 4. Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes 1:26.008, 5. Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 1:26.208, 6. Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 1:26.504, 7. Jean-Eric Vergne (FRA) Toro Rosso 1:26.543, 8. Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 1:27.348, 9. Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) Lotus 1:27.432, 10. Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Toro Rosso 1:27.946 Qualifying N.2

Formula One: Canadian Grand Prix qualifying times

Canadian Formula One Grand Prix qualifying times on Saturday: Qualifying N.1

Formula One: Canadian Grand Prix practice times

Canadian Formula One Grand Prix third free practice times on Saturday:
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