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Sonsio GP | IndyCar Race | Álex Palou strikes during pit cycle to take commanding victory in Indianapolis

Ewout Albrecht7 months ago7 months ago010 mins

The only race on the IMS Road Course started with a bag of mixed tyre selections, and with Álex Palou and Christian Lundgaard leading the field to green. Braking for turn 1 Palou outbrakes himself, giving Lundgaard the opportunity to pass for the lead. Further back Rinus VeeKay gets tapped by Pietro Fittipaldi, causing lots…

Defending IndyCar champion Palou admits it “feels good” to take pole for Sonsio GP following practice difficulties

James O'Connor7 months ago7 months ago06 mins

Two-time and defending IndyCar champion Alex Palou will start the Sonsio GP on the Indy Road Course from P1 later today as he produced a superb turnaround in qualifying. The Spanish driver had looked to be struggling in practice, placing P17 and P11 in the two practice sessions as he struggled with his car. Come…

Lundqvist: Franchitti a “great, great resource” as the Swede looks to kick on from first IndyCar podium at Barber

John Goolsby8 months ago8 months ago09 mins

NTT IndyCar rookie Linus Lundquist heads to Indy for the month of May with momentum and the lead in the Rookie of the Year standings. The young Swede earned his first career IndyCar podium at Barber last month. He came through from P14 following his final stop to finish a superb 3rd as going long…

Linus Lundqvist on the podium with his trophy at Barber Motorsports Park

Lundqvist says he was “a fairly small part” in charge to first IndyCar podium finish at Barber, credits CGR for strategy

Luke-John Buckle8 months ago8 months ago07 mins

Linus Lundqvist is eagerly anticipating the month of May, which culminates with the Indy 500, after taking his maiden IndyCar podium at Barber Motorsports Park. The Swede drove to third place after picking his way through the field from 19th on the grid for Chip Ganassi Racing. Lundqvist is looking forward to his first Indy…

Dixon on his 57th IndyCar win at Long Beach: “It ranks on the stressful meter pretty high”

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago8 months ago08 mins

The six times IndyCar champion scored his first win of 2024 at Long Beach in style. His legendary fuel saving abilities aided him in the recovery from his starting P8 to the impressive achievement of his 57th career win in the championship. Key moment of Dixon’s day was the final stint, which saw him run…

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 Buckle9 months ago9 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 Buckle9 months ago9 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 Costa9 months ago9 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…

IndyCar’s third Swede Linus Lundqvist eager to start racing with Chip Ganassi Racing

Ewout Albrecht11 months ago11 months ago06 mins

Following a handful of stand-in performances after almost a year on the sidelines, Sweden’s Linus Lundqvist is eager to start his fulltime IndyCar rookie campaign. The 2022 Indy Lights (now Indy NXT) champion has had the best off-season of his career, he told the media during the IndyCar content days