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Scott Mclaughlin gave his Australian Supercar title hopes a significant boost with a win and a second place in Darwin last weekend. A solid defensive effort was key to Mclaughlin’s race one win, the DJR Team Penske driver pitting early in a successful undercut bid before withstanding pressure from cars on fresher rubber. David Reynolds got his season back on track with a dominant victory in race two… Leading Indycar drivers believe that the series must be careful in how it opens the 2018 car up to development, fearing a cost rise that would “kill” smaller teams. The series is evaluating opening development ‘boxes’ to the 2018 universal aerokit, which has pushed the series closer to a spec racing category. Currently, development is largely restricted to the shock absorbers and dampers… The new Tatuus Formula 3 car could form the basis of championships run in Germany and Italy under the FIA’S new Regional F3 concept. The Tatuus T-318 will make its race debut in the new Asian F3 Championship next month. The company is talking to series organisers in Europe, where the Tatuus Formula 4 car already forms the basis of championships in Germany, Italy, Spain and the Northern European Zone… The prospect of current Formula 3 European Championship cars racing on in 2019 has taken a step closer after a meeting was held between teams and DTM promoter, the ITR. A decision could be made as early as next month. The FIA’S new singlemake International F3 will replace the GP3 Series on the Formula 1 package in 2019, but there have been calls for the current-generation F3 cars to
still be raced… Nico Prost will leave the Renault e.dams Formula E squad at the end of the 2017/18 season. The Frenchman has raced for the team, which will swap Renault’s involvement for its alliance partner Nissan ahead of FE’S fifth season, since the first start of the electric championship. His father – four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost – was a co-owner of the team before he sold back his stake earlier this year...