F1Weekly Podcast # 1015

Play Podcast: 10-25-23f1weekly1015mp3

NASIR RETURNS FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY WITH A LARGE GOODY BAG! THE HOST IS IN FERNANDO SHOCK WITH ASTON MARTIN GETTING SLOWER. MOTORSPORTS MONDIAL IS IN A LATIN MOOD WITH THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW FOUR TIME INDY 500 WINNER HÉLIO CASTRONEVES!!

One of only four members of the legendary club of four-time Indianapolis 500 winners, Hélio Castroneves is a Brazilian NTT INDYCAR SERIES driver for Meyer Shank Racing. Entering the 2023 season, Castroneves has 31 wins and 50 poles with his first race win in the 2000 season.

His racing career also includes wins in IMSA, where he was a part of the winning Rolex 24 At Daytona team for three consecutive years and won the 2020 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship title in the Daytona Prototype International class. Beyond motorsports, Castroneves is also a champion on the dance floor, winning Season 5 of “Dancing with the Stars” in 2007. This NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, the popular Castroneves said he is focused on improvement.
Now in its third decade of competition, Meyer Shank Racing is a force in both INDYCAR SERIES and endurance sports car racing.

The Ohio-based team has scored wins in some of the biggest races in the world, including the 105th Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge and the 2012, 2022 and 2023 Rolex 24 At Daytona. The team also raced to three IMSA WeatherTech championships – 2019, 2020 and 2022.

In 2023, Meyer Shank Racing will begin a new era of sports car competition with the all-new hybrid Acura ARX-06 LMDh in addition to its two full-season NTT INDYCAR SERIES entries.

Hélio Castroneves will continue his hunt for a record-setting fifth Indy 500 victory while 2019 Indy 500 winner and 2016 INDYCAR SERIES champion Simon Pagenaud enters his second season with MSR.