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IndyCar Thermal Heat Races | Rosenqvist and Palou convert poles to wins, Dixon eliminates VeeKay and Grosjean in chaotic first start

Ewout Albrecht8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

The first of the two heat races started with the chaos that could be expected in a non-championship race. Right at the green flag Colton Herta tries to get a head start on Scott Dixon, and the six-time champion is so busy defending that he forgets to brake in time and punts the Juncos-car of Romain Grosjean. The green-black bowling ball then collects Rinus VeeKay and Christian Lundgaard.

IndyCar Thermal Qualifying | Rosenqvist and Palou on top for Heat 1 and Heat 2

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago04 mins

It’s time for qualifying at Thermal. The drivers will tackle the first competitive session of the weekend split in two groups, each of them setting the grid for one of the two Heats of tomorrow afternoon. The top six drivers of each Heat will advance to the actual race for the big prize. Group 1…

IndyCar Thermal Test 4 session | Lundgaard comfortably fastest ahead of qualifying as Penske and Arrow McLaren deliver strong pace

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago03 mins

A dust storm caused by high winds meant the first 10 minutes of the session was put on hold. When the session did get going, Sting Ray Robb had multiple excursions as there was no grip out on circuit. O’Ward, Kirkwood, Rasmussen and McLaughlin also had relatively big moments inside the first 30 minutes. Power’s…

IndyCar Thermal Test 3 session: Ilott fastest for Arrow McLaren

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago03 mins

The first test session of the day saw St Petersburg’s podium sitter Scott McLaughlin being the first driver out on track ahead of the two hours long practice. Armstrong set the earliest pace in 1:39.887s, whereas his Ganassi teammate Alex Palou becoming the first driver to lap in the 1:38s after having lead both previous…

Alex Palou driving his green Chip Ganassi Racing car at The Thermal Club

Palou tops second IndyCar test at Thermal completing clean sweep on Friday

Luke-John Buckle8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Alex Palou set the pace in the second test session at The Thermal Club to complete a clean sweep in Palm Springs. Felix Rosenqvist set the second-best time for Meyer Shank Racing, with former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean in third. The second test session at The Thermal Club for three hours of running ahead…

A photo of the track at The Thermal Club

Alex Palou quickest in first IndyCar test at Thermal ahead of the $1 Million Challenge

Luke-John Buckle8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Alex Palou topped the opening test session at The Thermal Club ahead of Christian Lundgaard and Marcus Armstrong. The track proved to be tricky for some drivers who ran wide at Turn 3 over the two hours. Arrow McLaren SP’s Alexander Rossi and Pato O’Ward set the fourth and fifth-quickest times in a critical session…

Rosenqvist, Lundqvist and Ericsson discuss mixed fortunes at St. Pete

Luke-John Buckle8 months ago8 months ago07 mins

It was a case of mixed results at the season opener at St. Petersburg for the three Swedish drivers racing under the flag in the 2024 IndyCar championship. Felix Rosenqvist was the only one to finish in the top 10, driving to P7 for Meyer Shank Racing after qualifying a brilliant 2nd on Saturday. Linus…

IndyCar debutants Simpson, Rasmussen and Braun reflect on St. Pete

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago8 months ago09 mins

Last weekend marked a very special occasion for some of the drivers on the 2024 grid, as it marked their first official race as IndyCar drivers. The three of them had very different first approaches to the American championship, but overall they all had a rather positive debut. Linus Lundqvist and Tom Blomqvist are also…

O’Ward says P2 at St. Pete “a very solid foundation”, predicts 2024 season will be “a very tight and competitive” one

Lucrezia Costa9 months ago9 months ago05 mins

The Arrow McLaren driver started out the 2024 season in style securing a great podium finish. Just like in 2023, he came in P2 at St. Petersburg. But this time around there wasn’t late heartbeeak as eventual race winner Josef Newgarden was in complete control. O’Ward was still pretty pleased with his performance, as he…

Scott McLaughlin delighted to showcase “proper racing” after charging through to P3 at IndyCar season-opener

Ewout Albrecht9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

Team Penske had a great day in St. Petersburg with all three of their drivers ending up in the top four of the race. Scott McLaughlin took third in his #3 Chevy, after making up a lot of places during the race, having started only ninth. So obviously he was quite pleased with the eventual…