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

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…

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IndyCar | Toronto | Practice 1 | Herta leads the way as Rossi and Lundqvist crash

Practice kicked off in Toronto under nice blue skies, with Hunter McElrea making his debut in the series with Dale Coyne. 45-minute session — All cars Rinus VeeKay led inside the opening 10 minutes as a 1:08.2743 saw him lead Rasmussen, Robb, Siegel, Sowery, Simpson and Fittipaldi. The times quickly started to tumble. A 1:03.2859…

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IndyCar | Iowa | Race 2 | Power takes 43rd career victory from P22; Palou bags big championship points with 2nd

Conor Daly replaced Jack Harvey at Dale Coyne Racing for the second race as the Brit’s neck and back injuries were too much for him. McLaughlin got away well, maintaining the lead over Palou. Kyle Kirkwood move up three spots to find himself in 9th, with Newgarden up to P10 from 14th. Juncos Hollinger’s Romain…

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IndyCar | FP1 | Mid-Ohio | Palou fastest as the new era begins

Following delays, the hybrid era of IndyCar started on Friday at Mid-Ohio as the drivers and teams took to the track with it for the first time under competitive conditions. Ahead of practice, it was confirmed that Marcus Armstrong, Pietro Fittipaldi and Felix Rosenqvist would be hit with 6-place penalties for Sunday’s race following unapproved…

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Christian Lundgaard to replace Alexander Rossi at Arrow McLaren for 2025 IndyCar season

Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard will take over the number #7 Arrow McLaren as he has agreed a deal with the team. Alexander Rossi will depart at the end of this campaign as he failed to agree fresh terms with them. Lundgaard has been hugely impressive since joining IndyCar following his move over from F2. He took…

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IndyCar | GP of Monterey | Qualifying | Palou gets strong pole ahead of Kirkwood and Rosenqvist

Group 1 saw out on track the Juncos Hollinger Racing and the AJ Foyt drivers as well as Power, McLaughlin, Dixon, Rossi, Armstrong, Rasmussen, Rahal, Malukas and Siegel behind the wheel of Arrow McLaren’s car no 6. Latest race winner Power goes on top with a 1:11.35, alongside Rossi, Grosjean and McLaughlin. The Penske driver’s…

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IndyCar | Road America | FP2 | Herta fastest in heavy rain with four red flags

Final practice got underway at Road America with the rain falling hard. Unsurprisingly, there was moments immediately. Kyle Kirkwood and Scott McLaughlin both ended up in the tarmac run off at turn 8 as they had snaps of oversteer in treacherous conditions. At turn 5, Colton Herta locked up and went straight on but continued…

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Indy 500 | Qualifying | McLaughlin breaks 4-lap average record to storm to pole as Penske sweep the front row

Santino Ferrucci kicked things off in the Fast 6 and had a couple of very close shaves during his run at turns 1 and 4 respectively. His average was 232.692mph. 233.211mph, 232.819mph, 232.425mph, 232.314mph was the speed on his four laps. Kyle Larson was up next. His average was 232.846mph to beat Ferrucci. 233.383mph, 232.903mph,…

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Indy 500 | Qualifying | Scott McLaughlin fastest as Kyle Larson books a spot in the Fast 6

Ryan Hunter-Reay went first and his average was 230.567mph. 231.440mph, 230.118mph, 230.197mph, 230.519mph was the speed on his four laps. Rinus VeeKay was next following his extraordinary Saturday. His average was 232.610mph. 233.499mph, 232.777mph, 232.194mph, 231.975mph was the speed on his four laps. Pato O’Ward was third out and his average was 232.584mph as he…

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