Simona de Silvestro has her first F1 seat fit complete - MotorSportsTalk

No need to add too much to this picture, as tweeted out by new Sauber affiliated driver Simona de Silvestro.

First F1 seat done @OfficialSF1Team !!! pic.twitter.com/ivd4KoUk1a

— Simona De Silvestro (@simdesilvestro) April 8, 2014

Boom. Can’t get that F1 career started without a seat fit. No official date has been set for her first test, although NBC Sports Group’s F1 pit reporter and insider Will Buxton tweeted this out this morning.

Great to see @simdesilvestro has had her first F1 seat made. Rumours are she will soon test at Fiorana with a 2012 car for @OfficialSF1Team.

— Will Buxton (@willbuxton) April 8, 2014

Long Beach this weekend will see the talented Swiss absent from the streets for only the second time since 2006. She raced in Formula Atlantic in 2007 and 2008, and won the latter race for her first U.S. and series victory. In four IndyCar starts from 2010-2013, she posted a best finish of ninth last year.

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two-time defending NHRA Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence took the points lead Sunday in the AMALIE Motor Oil Gatornationals, beating his father, Billy, in the final round at Gainesville Raceway.

Torrence had a 3.809-second run at 322.11 mph to win for the third time this year and 39th overall. He is now on track for another championship despite missing the season opener.

“We’ve got some good momentum and to be in the points lead, it’s a testament to how hard these guys work,” Steve Torrence said after the NHRA Gainesville victory. “We’ve just got to stay focused and concentrate on what the task at hand is, and that’s trying to win a championship. These guys give me an unbelievable race car and you just try not to screw it up.”

LEGEND.

Cool moment today as Big Daddy @dgarlits watched @SteveTorrence and the CAPCO boys run their special Swamp Rat 14 dragster at @GvilleDragRaces! #Gatornats pic.twitter.com/UhVRnS2PmG

— #NHRA (@NHRA) September 27, 2020

Ron Capps won in Funny Car, Alex Laughlin in Pro Stock and Matt Smith in Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Capps raced to his second win this year and 66th overall, beating Tim Wilkerson with a 3.937 at 323.12 in a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat.

Laughlin topped Aaron Stanfield with a 7.068 at 204.76 in a Chevrolet Camaro for his first win this season and fourth in his career. Smith rode to his first victory in 2020 and 25th overall, topping Andrew Hines with a 6.843 at 196.99 on an EBR.