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What to look out for in the 2024 Indy 500

This Sunday's 108th edition of the Indianapolis 500 is the most prestigious event of the IndyCar season, as 33 cars vie for the honour of claiming one of motorsport's three biggest prizes. Eight previous winners are among the field, which features a NASCAR Cup champion among the impressive rookie crop,…

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Newgarden “missing” Cindric at Indy, Porsche sportscar boss replaces him

Newgarden’s regular strategist Tim Cindric and race engineer Luke Mason were both suspended by legendary team owner Roger Penske from IndyCar duties following the illegality scandal that has marred the start of the season.

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“Angry” Ericsson vows to get Indy 500 revenge after loss that “still hurts”

The ex-Formula 1 racer, who moved to Andretti Global’s IndyCar team from Chip Ganassi Racing on the off-season, came within 0.0974s of being the first back-to-back winner of the Indy 500 since Helio Castroneves achieved the feat in 2002. The race was red flagged while he was leading and, instead…

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The top 10 female racers of all time

My first ideas for the top 10 female race and rally drivers of all time included entries from all over the world, maybe with one or two unsung heroines and some historical pioneers. However, looking at the cold, hard statistics of the best and fastest women of their day gave…

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Castroneves backed by Cleveland-Cliffs for Indy 500 effort

Castroneves, 48, is vying for to become the first driver to ever capture five victories in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. He claimed a record-tying fourth Indy 500 win in his debut with MSR in 2021, joining AJ Foyt, Al Unser Sr. and Rick Mears as the only four-time winners…

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The attributes that make Blomqvist a strong fit for IndyCar

Meyer Shank Racing isn't one of the current series heavyweights, but with his experience with the team and hybrid racing in GTP, and the expertise of a former rival-turned-team-mate, the Briton is eager to get going

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The Blomqvist attributes that will make him a strong fit for IndyCar

The path to the IndyCar Series for Tom Blomqvist is not so much about the road less travelled, but rather one paved in perseverance. Born in Britain, raised in New Zealand, he’s built up a diverse background that features a promising junior formula career that veered into DTM and Formula…

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Castroneves pays tribute to de Ferran: “We had a lot of good moments”

Speaking in a pre-season news conference at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Castroneves opened up about his loss – as he himself transitions from being a full-time IndyCar driver to a team co-owner with Meyer Shank Racing in 2024.

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Friday favourite: The street track gem behind a breakthrough IndyCar result

In his 23 IndyCar starts across four seasons with as many different teams, Luca Filippi showed flashes of the pace that had taken him to six victories in GP2 between 2006 and 2012. That was never more clearly on display than at his favourite circuit in Toronto, where the Italian…

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Remembering the influence of racing legend Gil de Ferran

Genuine. Unselfish. Underrated. Brilliant. Fearless.

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Gil de Ferran obituary: Indy 500 winner and two-time IndyCar champion dies aged 56

De Ferran, who has died aged 56, beat his great friend, and fellow Brazilian Team Penske team-mate, Helio Castroneves by 0.299s after a fierce battle for honours in America’s biggest open-wheel race.

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IndyCar 2023 season review: Meyer Shank Racing

#06 – Helio Castroneves, 18th in the championship standings (217 points) – 17 races

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Button, Ericsson complete WTR Andretti's Acura GTP roster for Daytona 24

Button will partner Jordan Taylor, Louis Deletraz and Colton Herta aboard the team's #40 Acura ARX-06 GTP, as the four-time Daytona 24 Hours winning squad expands to two cars for the 2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship season.

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The Brazilian duo that ended Penske's longest drought

There is no one who had quite the impact on the career of Helio Castroneves as Gil de Ferran did. The two Brazilians first met in the mid-1990s. Castroneves joined Paul Stewart Racing for British Formula 3 in 1995 just as de Ferran left the squad’s Formula 3000 operation for…

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Friday favourite: The Brazilian duo that ended Penske's longest drought

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Shank relishes Petit Le Mans comeback victory in last IMSA race with Acura

Penalties were handed out like candy on Halloween and MSR were not excluded from race control’s justice. Additionally, at one point, the #60 Acura ARX-06 was two laps down following contact with another competitor that required an extended pit stop to replace a toe link.

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Shank relishes Petit Le Mans comeback victory in last IMSA race… for now

Penalties were handed out like candy on Halloween and MSR were not excluded from Race Control’s justice. Additionally, at one point, the #60 Acura ARX-06 was two laps down following contact with another competitor that required an extended pit stop to replace a toe link.

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IMSA Petit Le Mans: MSR wins, Cadillac scoops title after Acura clash

Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun and Helio Castroneves won the race at Road Atlanta, in the team’s final GTP event with Acura, as Action Express Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R of Derani and Alexander Sims scooped the GTP championship, aided by Jack Aitken.

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Petit Le Mans IMSA: MSR wins, Cadillac scoops title after Acura clash

Meyer Shank Racing’s Tom Blomqvist, Colin Braun and Helio Castroneves won the race at Road Atlanta, in the team’s final event with Acura, as Action Express Racing’s Cadillac V-Series.R of Derani and Alexander Sims scooped the GTP championship, aided by Jack Aitken.

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Armstrong, Blomqvist, Lundqvist complete Indy Rookie Orientation Program

Each driver was given three sets of tires and were required to complete three phases of controlled speed in order to be cleared to participate in next year’s Indianapolis 500.

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Meyer Shank Racing to pause IMSA programme in 2024 but plans comeback

In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, Meyer Shank said it will put its full-focus its IndyCar next year, where it will field two cars for Tom Blomqvist and Felix Rosenqvist, and an additional third entry at Indy 500 for Helio Castroneves.

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Meyer Shank to pause IMSA program in 2024 but plans comeback

In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, Meyer Shank said it will put its full-focus on IndyCar next year, where it will field two cars for Tom Blomqvist and Felix Rosenqvist, and an additional third entry at Indy 500 for Helio Castroneves.

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Friday favourite: How a knack for Thruxton opened doors to an F3 stalwart

Of the four British Formula 3 races at Thruxton he entered across the 1994 and 1995 seasons, Warren Hughes started every one of them from pole position. Not a bad accolade considering his opposition included Jan Magnussen, Dario Franchitti, Oliver Gavin, Ralph Firman and Helio Castroneves.

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IndyCar Laguna Seca: Dixon wins chaotic season finale

The six-time champion kept his head when many around him lost theirs, beating Scott McLaughlin (Team Penske) and his champion team-mate Alex Palou after a race punctuated by eight caution periods caused by a series of wildly over-optimistic lunges and collisions that had a definite end-of-term feel.

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Lundgaard “hurts” over error that cost Laguna IndyCar pole shot

The 22-year-old Dane had been the star through the early rounds, with no showing more impressive than his Q2 flyer of 1m06.4610s that broke the 23-year-old track qualifying record held by Helio Castroneves to advance into the Fast Six.

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