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…
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…
Who won’t take part in the 108th running of the Indy 500? Four drivers will take part in the Last Chance qualifying: rookie driver Nolan Siegel, who has missed out on quite a bit of practise following a Fast Friday crash, Graham Rahal, whose qualifying has been strongly impacted by engine troubles, Marcus Ericsson, with…
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…
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….
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…
The epochal change for the single-seater championship has slightly been delayed again. In fact, the 2024 IndyCar season will begin with a…
Photo credit: Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing After a tumultuous season that saw him fail to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 but nearly…
Photo credit: Penske Entertainment/Chris Owens Alex Palou put the hammer down and closed out his second IndyCar championship with a race…
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