A flawless drive by Alexander Rossi at Mid-Ohio and an almighty gamble on race strategy by his Andretti Autosport team ensured the American scored a second emphatic win of the season. With the entire field committing to at least three pit stops during the Honda Indy 200, the Andretti team rolled the dice with the […]
Read moreAndretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi scored his third career pole with a flying final lap in qualifying for Sunday’s Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. Team Penske’s Will Power was the last driver to set a time and improved to second, but Rossi’s staggering 1m04.6802s tour around the 2.2-mile road course was not going to be beaten. […]
Read moreScott Dixon makes his 300th IndyCar start on Sunday here at Mid-Ohio, but where he makes his first start in 2019 remains to be seen. The four-time IndyCar champion and current point leader’s contract with Chip Ganassi expires in five more races and it appears he’s either going to re-up with Ganassi for his 20th […]
Read moreFollowing formal approval from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, IndyCar and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca have confirmed that the Central California road course will return to the Indy car schedule in 2019. The three-year agreement, approved today by the Monterey County Board overseeing operation of the facility, calls for Laguna Seca to be the […]
Read moreJosef Newgarden stunned Scott Dixon to take pole for the Honda Indy Toronto event and stunned the championship leader once again on Sunday when he made a costly mistake that handed victory to the Chip Ganassi Racing Honda team. Dealing with understeer behind the Team Penske driver during his opening stint on Firestone’s alternate tires, […]
Read moreThe variables of rain and a drying track during qualifying for Sunday’s Honda Indy Toronto event shuffled the order in interesting ways as Josef Newgarden earned pole and the hometown favorites of James Hinchcliffe and Robert Wickens missed out on making the Firestone Fast Six. The Team Penske driver left nothing behind on an amazing […]
Read moreScott Dixon’s early weekend pace is being interpreted as a warning shot by some of his rivals, even as the New Zealander sought to downplay his advantage. Dixon ended the opening day of Verizon IndyCar Series practice in Toronto more than 0.4s clear of second-quickest driver Takuma Sato; a margin that prompted others along pitlane […]
Read moreScott Dixon and his Chip Ganassi Racing crew played a tactical game in a bid to overhaul the leaders in the Kohler Grand Prix, but this time the championship leader admitted there was a little too much time to make up after finishing third behind Josef Newgarden and Ryan Hunter-Reay. “I think had we started […]
Read moreA bit of theft within Team Penske took place Saturday afternoon at Road America when Will Power saw his pole position stolen by 0.0482s when Josef Newgarden eclipsed his time as the checkered flag waved. Newgarden’s No. 1 Chevy was fastest on Friday, oddly adrift in 14th during the third practice session, and back to […]
Read moreThe Silly Season is getting an early start this year. Leading the charge into 2019, McLaren serves as the most tantalizing thread to follow. As you’ve likely read by now, McLaren’s expected participation is likely to be facilitated by an existing IndyCar team, most likely through an alliance with Andretti Autosport or Rahal Letterman Lanigan […]
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