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Herta critical of Newgarden and Penske’s “bullshit” excuses over IndyCar controversy

Lucrezia Costa9 months ago9 months ago07 mins

Newgarden’s press conference regarding his disqualification from the St. Petersburg round definitely answered a number of questions, as well as elicit rather different reactions from his colleagues. However, it also raised concerns. Colton Herta, who had come second in the latest IndyCar round at Long Beach, mentioned his doubts to reporters following the Penske driver’s…

Newgarden emotionally opens up on his IndyCar rule breach at St. Pete: “I want to be held accountable for what I did”

Lucrezia Costa9 months ago9 months ago011 mins

The biggest cheating scandal in years has hit IndyCar in the past few days, following the disqualification of Josef Newgarden and Scott McLaughlin from the St. Petersburg round. Team Penske was in fact caught manipulating the overtake software system, with the two drivers able to use push to pass at all race starts and restarts….

Long Beach GP | IndyCar FP2 Report | Dominant Andretti 1-2 as Power crashes out

Lucrezia Costa9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

The second practise session of the weekend is underway at Long Beach under a very cloudy sky. Canapino is the first driver to end up in the runoff zone at Turn 1 on his earliest attempt on cold tyres, while Lundgaard goes on tops as the first driver in the 1:10s. He is joined shortly…

IndyCar Thermal Qualifying | Rosenqvist and Palou on top for Heat 1 and Heat 2

Lucrezia Costa10 months ago04 mins

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…

St. Pete winner Newgarden on his dominant IndyCar victory: “It seemed simple to drive it fast”

Lucrezia Costa11 months ago11 months ago013 mins

The reigning champion of the Indy 500 began his twelfth season in IndyCar in style with a very dominant weekend in St. Petersburg. Newgarden secured on Saturday pole position with only hundreds of a second of advantage over Felix Rosenqvist in second place. The 33-year-old went on to win on the next day, leading for…