Indy 500 starting grid: Palou on pole, 33-car field in full The 26-year-old Spaniard will lead the 33-car field to the green flag for a three-wide rolling start across 11 rows for the 200-lap, 500-mile race. Motorsport · May 22, 2023
Indy 500: Rosenqvist tops first qualifying in McLaren 1-2 Rosenqvist set the fastest four-lap average of 233.947mph around the 2.5-mile oval with just over an hour remaining of the six-hour session, boasting a quickest single lap 234.329mph. Motorsport · May 20, 2023
Indy 500: Kanaan fastest in Saturday morning practice at 233mph Kanaan – who says he will retire after next Sunday’s race – lapped the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 38.6223s, a speed of 233.026mph, in his Chevrolet-powered car. Autosport · May 20, 2023
Indy 500: Sato tops Fast Friday at 234mph Sato lapped the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 38.3382s, a speed of 234.753mph, in his Honda-powered Chip Ganassi Racing car, ahead of Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing). Autosport · May 19, 2023
Indy 500: Takuma Sato tops Fast Friday at 234mph Sato lapped the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 38.3382s, a speed of 234.753mph, in his Honda-powered Chip Ganassi Racing car, ahead of Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing). Motorsport · May 19, 2023
IndyCar Indy GP: Palou beats McLaren drivers to claim points lead Palou's team played the tire strategy perfectly to allow the 2021 champion to lead 52 of the 85 laps, while McLaren team-mates Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi were able to pass Lundgaard's Rahal Letterman Lanigan car to complete the podium. Autosport · May 13, 2023
IndyCar GP Indy: Palou perfect, beats McLaren drivers, Lundgaard The Ganassi #10 team played the tire strategy perfectly to allow Palou to lead 52 of the 85 laps and climb to the top of the points standings, while both Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi were able to outfumble and ultimately outpace the #45 Rahal Letterman Lanigan car of Lundgaard… Motorsport · May 13, 2023
IndyCar Indy GP: Lundgaard beats Rosenqvist, Palou for first pole The Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver took his first series pole with a 1m09.3321s on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Autosport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar GP Indy: Lundgaard beats Rosenqvist, Palou for first pole Rahal Letterman Lanigan sent Lundgaard and Jack Harvey out on used reds, as did Arrow McLaren for Felix Rosenqvist, and Harvey went top with a 1m09.4220s. Motorsport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar Barber: Grosjean beats Palou to take second pole of the year Andretti Autosport’s Grosjean was fastest initially in the top six pole shootout with a 1m06.0289s, 0.0341s ahead of Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren, but on fresher tyres Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin displaced him at the head of the times. Autosport · Apr 29, 2023
IndyCar Barber: Palou leads Penskes in second practice Yesterday’s pacesetter McLaughlin wasted no time in flirting with the 1m06-second barrier, getting down to a 1m07.0036s on his third lap and then broke through it with a 1m06.7282s on his fifth lap.With 36 minutes to go, his nearest challenger became team-mate Newgarden, just 0.0053s behind, but Christian Lundgaard and… Autosport · Apr 29, 2023
IndyCar banking on new docuseries to boost interest The first episode of “100 Days to Indy” featured a behind the scenes look at the IndyCar series and personalities IndyCar drivers got to tune in at the premier in Long Beach or this week when the six-part documentary series, produced by Penske Entertainment and VICE Media Group, debuted on… The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023
Indy 500 test: Newgarden tops day one outright after second session The two-time IndyCar champion lapped the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 227.686mph, 0.9mph ahead of 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon. Autosport · Apr 21, 2023
Motorsport · Apr 19, 2023 Can Kirkwood become America’s next truly great IndyCar driver? These days, team owner Michael Andretti is far more comfortable sitting in front of the media than he ever was as a driver, but still, it’s not his favorite activity. So it was a pleasant surprise to see him twice visit the Long Beach media center last weekend. But he…
Autosport · Apr 18, 2023 Ericsson takes IndyCar point lead despite O’Ward Long Beach near miss The Chip Ganassi Racing driver moved to the top of the standings by finishing third behind first-time winner Kyle Kirkwood and his Andretti Autosport team-mate Romain Grosjean.
Motorsport · Apr 18, 2023 Ericsson on Long Beach: “I think we had the pace to win” Ericsson, who started on the front row for a street course for the first time, lost out to Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden in the pits when the majority of the field pitted under yellow, and then on the Lap 25 restart, he was passed by O’Ward between Turns 7 and…
Autosport · Apr 17, 2023 Long Beach runner-up Grosjean rues inability to use push-to-pass The Swiss driver started third in Long Beach and was closely tracking his polewinning Andretti Autosport team-mate Kyle Kirkwood for most of the race. But having pitted a lap before Kirkwood – by team design, to respond to Josef Newgarden making his final stop – he didn’t have the fuel to allow…
Autosport · Apr 16, 2023 IndyCar Long Beach: Kirkwood scores maiden win to lead Andretti 1-2 The second-year driver, who joined Andretti from AJ Foyt Enterprises for 2023, started on pole before leading 53 of the 85 laps, briefly losing the lead to Josef Newgarden of Team Penske.
Autosport · Apr 2, 2023 IndyCar Texas: Newgarden pips O’Ward to win thriller Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t last a lap in the lead, the Arrow McLaren losing out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry at the end of the first lap, and then Penske’s Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi demoted him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped the lead twice…
Motorsport · Apr 2, 2023 Texas IndyCar: Newgarden wins thriller over O’Ward Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t last a lap in the front, the Arrow McLaren losing out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry at the end of the first lap, and then Penske’s Josef Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi also demoting him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped…
Autosport · Apr 2, 2023 Andretti swaps IndyCar strategists for Herta and Kirkwood It means that Bryan Herta will now call the shots for 2021 Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood, while Scott Harner will oversee Herta.
Motorsport · Apr 1, 2023 Andretti swaps IndyCar strategists for Herta, Kirkwood It means that Bryan Herta will now call the shots for 2021 Indy Lights champion Kyle Kirkwood, and Scott Harner will steer Herta.
Motorsport · Mar 11, 2023 Who has the edge among IndyCar's 'Big Four' teams? IndyCar fans have been left so many questions to ponder after last weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. In no particular order, we wonder if Andretti Autosport had pitted Romain Grosjean a lap earlier in his first stint – before his green alternate Firestones gave up and lost him time…
Autosport · Mar 11, 2023 Who has the edge among IndyCar's 'big four' teams? IndyCar fans have been left so many questions to ponder after last weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. In no particular order, we wonder if Andretti Autosport had pitted Romain Grosjean a lap earlier in his first stint – before his green alternate Firestones gave up and lost him time…