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Indycar’s race at Barber Motorsport Park was postponed until Monday – after MN closed for press – with just 22 laps completed on Sunday night. A mixture of heavy rain and wind limited the race to just a handful of green flag laps when originally scheduled with reigning champion Josef Newgarden in the lead at the time of the final red flag… Jaguar Formula E driver Mitch Evans has described the series’ second generation car as “somewhere between a prototype and singleseater”. All of the season five manufacturers completed another collective test in the new car last week and Evans said: “It’s a different beast, it’s faster. I think visually this will be more spectacular around the Formula E circuits.” Meanwhile NIO has ditched Luca Filippi – who had scored just one point this season – with Ma Qing Hua now partnering Oliver Turvey in Paris this weekend… ART Grand Prix driver Anthoine Hubert set the fastest time of the final pre-season GP3 test at Barcelona last week, narrowly beating his British team-mates Callum Ilott and Jake Hughes. Campos driver Leonardo Pulcini topped the times on the opening day… Two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom will compete in the season opener next weekend in an extra Audi as he marks his retirement from the series. The Swede retired at the end of last season after 17 seasons in DTM to focus on World Rallycross… Yifei Ye and Christian Lundgaard made it four different winners from the opening four Formula Renault Eurocup races of the season, after taking the victories at Monza. But it was a nightmare weekend for 2016 British F4 champion Max Fewtrell as he was involved in collisions in both races and could only take a best result of 10th… Briton Harrison Scott claimed his maiden Pro Mazda win at Barber last weekend. He was second in the opener before triumphing in tricky wet conditions in race two… Kyle Busch claimed his third NASCAR Cup victory in a row after passing long-time leader Joey Logano in the closing stages at Richmond last weekend…