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Decision to step back from at Andretti Global “just the turning of the page” – Michael Andretti

Karishma Persad2 months ago013 mins

Just over a week after the shock announcement that he would be relinquishing his ownership duties at Andretti Global as part of a major restructuring of the American motorsport organization’s management, Michael Andretti released an emotional open letter explaining the factors that had influenced his decision to hand over control to business partner and Andretti…

IndyCar’s Charter System: A breakdown

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

For the first time in the history of the series a charter system has been introduced, which will provide a number of advantages to teams who have been part of the sport for multiple past seasons. 25 entries have been chartered for the 10 teams with full time entries on the grid in the past…

Ed Carpenter Racing to field Rossi and Rasmussen for the 2025 IndyCar season

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

The Indianapolis-based team has just officialised its driver lineup for the 2025 IndyCar season, following the announcement of a new sponsorship as well as the end of Rinus Veekay’s time with ECR, which had started back in 2020. 500 winner Alexander Rossi will replace him behind the wheel of car no. 20. The former Andretti…

Armstrong to join Meyer Shank Racing for 2025 IndyCar season

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago04 mins

The Kiwi driver will compete in his third IndyCar season with the Ohio-based team, replacing David Malukas behind the wheel of car no. 66. Armstrong, who had won the Rookie of the Year award on his first year in the series in spite of not racing ovals, ended his 2024 campaign with Ganassi fourteenth in…

Ilott to drive for Prema Racing in IndyCar 2025

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago05 mins

The Italian outlet has just announced the first driver to join their brand new IndyCar campaign. Callum Ilott will partner up again with Prema for the second time in his career, following a positive season in Formula 3 in 2017, when he had achieved an impressive tally of 6 wins for fourth overall in the…

IndyCar | Nashville GP | Herta takes first oval win as Palou seals third championship

James O'Connor3 months ago08 mins

Kirkwood and Newgarden went at it from the start, with the Andretti driver holding off the Penske man after two laps side-by-side. Power and Malukas cleared Rosenqvist. On the reds, Power started to struggle quite quickly, and he was passed by Rosenqvist, Herta, Malukas, Daly and O’Ward to drop to P8. It was a great…

IndyCar | Big Music GP | Qualifying | Kirkwood takes pole from Newgarden and Rosenqvist, Power to start fourth twenty spots ahead of Palou

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago06 mins

It’s time to set the grid for the final round of the season. Who will come out on top in Nashville? How will championship contenders Alex Palou,, Will Power and Scott McLaughlin line up? Following his earlier FP1 crash Nolan Siegel, who has been cleared to race, will not take part in the session, as…

IndyCar | Big Music GP | FP1 | Palou and Dixon on top as Siegel crashes out

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

The last IndyCar round of the 2024 opens with a practise session ahead of Qualifying for the first oval championship deciding final round in ten years. Daly following his podium last time out in Milwaukee was out first on track in Nashville, with Palou setting the best early lap speed in 196.830mph, followed by Kirkwood…

IndyCar | Milwaukee | Race 2 | McLauglin leads Kiwi double, as Power fails to profit from Palou’s issues

Ewout Albrecht4 months ago4 months ago014 mins

Part two of IndyCar’s return to the Milwaukee Mile started with Josef Newgarden on pole, hoping to improve from his DNF yesterday. Championship contenders Álex Palou and Will Power started tenth and fourth respectively, with the former looking to gain 12 points on Power to secure his second Astor Cup in succession and third in…

IndyCar | Milwaukee | Race 1 | O’Ward takes victory as Power cuts gap to Palou again

James O'Connor4 months ago09 mins

Thanks to a grid penalty for an unapproved engine change, Josef Newgarden dropped from his P2 position to start P11. McLaughlin got a perfect start, with Linus Lundqvist taking the high line to vault up into P2. Malukas, O’Ward and Herta (+5) completed the top 5 early doors. Conor Daly had an extraordinary start, moving…