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The factors that fuelled Palou’s 2023 IndyCar domination

It wasn’t supposed to be this easy. IndyCar’s USP is the high number of potential race winners in its pack for such a high-level open-wheel racing series. But Alex Palou defied this logic in 2023, making his second title appear routine on track with five victories. Off the track, however,…

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Askew hopeful ECR test leads to IndyCar return

The 26-year-old Florida-born American Swede hasn’t competed in North America’s premier open wheel championship since 2021 but could be poised for a return to the grid in 2024.

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Indy NXT champion Rasmussen to test for ECR in bid for IndyCar seat

Rasmussen is fresh off a banner season in the second-tier series previously known as Indy Lights, where the Dane claimed five wins, a further three podiums and sat on the pole five times en route to the title.

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IndyCar champ Palou sets sights on 2024 Indy 500, could race #1

Palou started this year’s IndyCar blue ribband race from pole, but was pushed out of the lead fight following a collision with Rinus VeeKay in the pitlane. He bounced back to finish fourth, having charged up from last place.

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IndyCar champion Palou sets sights on 2024 Indy 500, could race #1

Palou started this year’s race from pole but was pushed out of the lead fight following a collision with Rinus VeeKay in the pitlane. He bounced back to finish fourth, having charged up from last place.

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IndyCar Laguna Seca: Rosenqvist takes pole by 0.01s in final McLaren race

The speedy Swede, who is joining Meyer Shank Racing in 2024, drove “a gorilla lap” flyer of 1m06.6416s lap on the 11-turn, 2.238-mile natural terrain road course.

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IndyCar Laguna Seca: Lundgaard fastest amid red flags in second practice

The 22-year-old Dane had a clean session in comparison to his rivals, going to the top with a flying lap at 1m07.6154s around the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course.

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IndyCar Portland: McLaughlin tops FP2, Grosjean and Ilott clash

The New Zealander turned a flying lap of 58.1516s around the 1.964-mile, 12-turn natural terrain road course to take the top spot with 18 minutes remaining in the 45-minute session. He led a Team Penske 1-2, besting teammate Josef Newgarden by 0.1179s.

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IndyCar Indy RC: Scott Dixon quickest in final practice; Newgarden penalised

Dixon lapped the 14-turn, 2.439-mile IMS road course in 1m10.9851s in the 30-minute session, which acts as the warm-up for tomorrow’s race.

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IndyCar Indy RC: Dixon quickest in final practice, Newgarden penalized

Dixon lapped the 14-turn, 2.439-mile IMS road course in 1m10.9851s in the 30-minute session, which acts as the warm-up for tomorrow’s race.

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IndyCar Nashville: Kirkwood wins by 0.7s after late red flag

Kirkwood finished 0.7633s ahead of Team Penske’s polewinner Scott McLaughlin and series dominator Alex Palou (Chip Ganassi Racing). The race was red-flagged in the closing stages for a multi-car pileup, but Kirkwood kept his cool for his second win of the season.

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IndyCar Road America: Palou wins after late-race pass on Herta

Andretti Autosport's Herta made his final pitstop a lap sooner than Palou and paid the penalty in the closing stages, as he was forced to lower his pace and tumbled back to finish fifth.

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How Newgarden rose to be a thorn to Ericsson's double Indy 500 bid

For the majority of the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, the race lived up to its grand billing as 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing'. Run at a searingly fast pace, and with just a couple of minor shunts to disrupt its flow, it became bogged down by a sequence…

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How Newgarden rose to be a thorn to Ericsson’s double Indy 500 bid

For the majority of the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500, the race lived up to its grand billing as ‘The Greatest Spectacle in Racing’. Run at a searingly fast pace, and with just a couple of minor shunts to disrupt its flow, it became bogged down by a sequence…

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Palou ‘doesn’t understand’ VeeKay’s Indy 500 fuel-save obsession

Palou beat VeeKay to pole by the second-closest margin in Indy 500 qualifying history, at 0.004s and 0.006mph last Sunday.

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How to watch an Indy 500 livestream from anywhere in the world, plus racing news, preview, date and start time. Carb Day, Indy 500 starts time, qualifying and more.

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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.

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Indy 500: Alex Palou takes pole position at over 234mph

Palou set the fastest four-lap average of 234.217mph around the 2.5-mile oval, narrowly defeating Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay.

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Indy 500: Alex Palou beats Rinus VeeKay to pole by 0.006mph

Palou set the fastest four-lap average of 234.217mph around the 2.5-mile oval, narrowly defeating Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay.

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Indy 500: Rosenqvist tops 234mph in Top 12 qualifying, Ferrucci stars

Rosenqvist set the fastest four-lap average of 234.081mph around the 2.5-mile oval, boasting a quickest single lap 234.534mph.

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Indy 500: Ericsson fastest in Sunday practice at over 235mph

The defending Indy 500 race-winner lapped the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 38.1854s to set the fastest practice time of the week in the final running before qualifying resumes.

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Indy 500: Sato tops 229mph to lead Ganassi 1-2 in practice

Sato lapped the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 39.2261s, a speed of 229.439mph – faster than the quickest lap in regular boost-level practice last year.

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IndyCar Indy GP: O’Ward leads first practice as Rahal Letterman Lanigan star

Inevitably the rookies hit the track first, using their extra set of Firestone primaries, but then it was the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team who sprung to the fore, with first Christian Lundgaard and then Jack Harvey hitting the top of the times.

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IndyCar GP Indy: O’Ward leads first practice, RLL star

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IndyCar on Indy road course: Start time, how to watch, entry list

This weekend’s event will be the 14th Indy car race on the Indianapolis road course, and all eight of the previous winners here will be in action this weekend. Will Power has scored five wins here, with Simon Pagenaud racking up three, while Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Rinus VeeKay, Colton…

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