The second practise session of the weekend sees immediately all drivers out on track in order to get a bit more experience with the debuting hybrid engine cars ahead of Qualifying later in the 45 minutes long session. After the first set of attempts Herta holds the provisional benchmark in 1:19.325s ahead of Rossi and…
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…
Kyle Kirkwood made the perfect start to the race as he swept around the outside of title contender Alex Palou at turn 1 to take the lead. It was a great first lap for Scott Dixon as he moved up three spots to P7, with O’Ward falling to 12th from P9. Championship leader Will Power…
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…
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…
Marcus Armstrong came across the line at the chequered flag to pick up his first podium in his young IndyCar career, with a third place finish at the Detroit GP. Coming into his sophomore season in IndyCar, a big step up was expected from the Chip Ganassi Racing driver, as this year he is running…
In the opening five minutes, a 1:10.3623 from Arrow McLaren’s Theo Pourchaire saw him lead Fittipaldi, Palou, Rosenqvist and Canapino. Lundgaard, McLaughlin, Harvey, Grosjean and Blomqvist completed the top 10. The surprises continued at the top of the timesheets as ECR’s Christian Rasmussen slotted into 2nd, 0.06s slower than Pourchaire. Arrow McLaren started to flex…
McLaughlin got away superbly to hold a comfortable lead on the opening lap. Power had to fend off Christian Lundgaard into turn 5. At the back, Rinus VeeKay rammed into the back of Robb and spun him around. Harvey and Simpson also were involved as innocent parties. The Dutch driver was handed a drive-through. On…
Round 1, Group 1 Scott Dixon posted the first time of the session with a 1:10.2763. However, it was Alex Palou who absolutely smashed the field on the first runs as he was the fastest driver on the first, second and third timed laps. A 1:06.1772 put him almost 0.4s clear of teammate Marcus Armstrong….
There was an instant red flag in second practice as Pietro Fittipaldi went off at turn 2. It was a steering rack failure as the car simply did not turn. At the 10-minute mark, a 1:06.6973 from Christian Lundgaard saw him lead the way from Rossi, McLaughlin, Ferrucci, O’Ward, Grosjean, Rasmussen, Blomqvist, Herta and Palou….
