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Tim Cindric has made a stunning return to the IndyCar Team Penske squad less than a year after he was dismissed as their team president; he will be Scott McLaughlin’s strategist throughout the 2026 season. The 57-year-old was removed from his role following the scandal involving Team Penske at the Indy 500 last year. Will…
Alex Palou heads into the 2026 IndyCar season as the clear favourite to take a fifth title. The four-time champion is looking to make it four titles in a row this year as well. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver saw his case against McLaren come to an end earlier this month. His complete focus and…
Six years on from his sixth IndyCar crown, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon is hoping to take a seventh title in 2026. The hunger and desire to make more history is clear. This campaign will be his 24th in the IndyCar series, 26 if you include his two seasons in Champ Car in 2001 and…
With the 2025 season coming to an end, IndyCar teams have begun launching their 2026 car liveries. The 2026 IndyCar season will feature 17 rounds on the calendar, amidst a field with several new driver-team combinations. The season will begin on March 1st, kicking off on the Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, for the Firestone…
Ahead of media content days on Tuesday and Wednesday, RLL have confirmed that Mick Schumacher’s race engineer will be Mike Pawlowski in the 2026 IndyCar season, with Ryan Briscoe joining as driver coach. Mick Schumacher gets a high quality race engineer at RLL for 2026 IndyCar season Pawlowski comes with a lot of experience in…
Following a record-breaking 2025 IndyCar season, all eyes are on 2026 – in quite a few ways. It’s a make-or-break season for many drivers, with some needing to prove they have what it takes to continue competing in one of the top racing series in North America. Which drivers will have the most to prove…
Ed Carpenter Racing announced several team changes ahead of the 2026 IndyCar season. The team saw major improvements last season. Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi joined the Indianapolis-based team in 2025, bringing knowledge and expertise. Christian Rasmussen scored the team’s first win since 2021 at the 250 Milwaukee Mile. Both drivers will continue with Ed…
McLaren successfully secured over $12 million in damages after taking legal action against four-time IndyCar champion Alex Palou, who previously served as the team’s F1 reserve driver; CEO Zak Brown hailed the outcome as “entirely appropriate,” while Palou expressed disappointment over the court’s decision. The compensation covers a range of commercial and contractual impacts stemming…
IndyCar driver Will Power starts the year with his first tyre test for Andretti Global. In 2025, Power’s historic career with Team Penske came to an end. Joining the team in 2009, Power scored two championships, 45 wins — including the 2018 Indy 500 — and 71 pole positions. Now, the Australian driver starts a…
Motorsport.com Italy has reported that the Rosin family has stepped away from PREMA Racing, bringing one of the longest-standing family-led chapters in junior single-seater history to a close. That decision has prompted renewed focus on how deeply the family’s influence shaped the team from its very foundations. Angelo Rosin founded PREMA in 1983 in Veneto…
