Herta on Portland pole as points leaders Newgarden and Pagenaud stumble

Social media

Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more:

Repose en paix, champion pic.twitter.com/8iP2alPZmt

— Formula 3 (@FIAFormula3) August 31, 2019

Anyone sharing video/pictures of the crash, sort yourselves out. #F2

— Jake Hughes (@JakeHughesRace) August 31, 2019

The IndyCar paddock paid tribute to Anthoine Hubert after third practice at Portland today.#F2 #IndyCar pic.twitter.com/ujknB5k4Wl

— RaceFans (@racefansdotnet) August 31, 2019

“We’ll just go racing now.” @josefnewgarden will have to work his way through the field after a couple mistakes during his qualifying run 🚧#PortlandGP // #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/tk7t5D6ArK

— NTT IndyCar Series (@IndyCar) August 31, 2019

Some @F1 teams have cancelled their post-qualifying media sessions in light of the serious nature of the @FIA_F2 crash, other teams' drivers had already given interviews before the crash happened. #F1

— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) August 31, 2019

Snapshot

has taken pole position for today’s penultimate round of the IndyCar championship at Portland. However the championship top two Josef Newgarden and Simon Pagenaud both qualified outside the top 12.

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Links

More motor racing links of interest:

Stephen Nolan (BBC)

Jordan King: "There's a lot going on in my head. The incident's playing on repeat. I'm not going to comment on the exact details, I have got my own reservations of what happened. But these cars are built as safe as can be, they are as strong as they can be. It was a coincidence of a knock-on of three or four incidents that ended up at the final result. I'm not going to speculate or comment much more on the incident itself."

Qualifying recap (Haas)

Romain Grosjean: "I think this weekend has showed some of the weakness we have, but that’s good as we have a very clear vision of where we need to go for the future – that’s the positive part. On the more negative side, I think our race pace isn’t there, so I’m a bit worried for tomorrow."

Qualifying (Toro Rosso)

"Following poor first runs from both cars due to an issue with Dany’s car, and Pierre struggling with tyre temperatures, there was no opportunity to improve with the second runs due to the red flag. "

Qualifying (Williams)

"We always knew that Spa would be a challenge for us and so it has proved. Although we will find ourselves further up the starting grid tomorrow due to a variety of penalties, it will nonetheless be a difficult race for both drivers."

De Vries Favourite for Mercedes Race Seat (e-racing365)

"Should de Vries’ expected appointment be confirmed next month it remains unclear if Gary Paffett will be given another role with the team."

Pictures: The site of Saudi Arabia's Qiddiya entertainment city (Construction Week)

"Although construction has yet to start on Qiddiya, QIC’s chief executive officer, Mike Reininger, told Construction Week that building work was “imminent” on the entertainment city."

• Qiddiya: F1’s future home for a Saudi Arabia Grand Prix?

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Comment of the day

Many of you left expressions of condolence for Anthonine Hubert following yesterday’s terrible events:

That’s so shocking, I don’t even have the words to describe my feelings.

It’s an important reminder that motorsport is extremely dangerous and we mustn’t ever stop to improve safety for all the people involved.

RIP Antoine Hubert.
Srdjan Mandic (@srga91)

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