Inside the opening 5 minutes, a red flag had to be thrown as Christian Rasmussen crashed at turn 10. The Dane had a snap in the mid-corner, lost the car and hit the tyres, initially with the rear and then the front. The back of the car was heavily damaged. Kirkwood led Rasmussen, Herta, Ericsson,…
Victory on the streets of Detroit for Scott Dixon meant he has picked up his 58th career IndyCar win, which has moved him to within nine wins of the all-time series record, currently held by AJ Foyt. It is Dixon’s second win of the season, this one he thought was a bit more of a…
Marcus Ericsson has criticised the driving standards in IndyCar after a chaotic race in Detroit. The 100-lap event had 47 laps under caution on a day where staying out of trouble was critical to a good result. Ericsson finished second from 9th on the grid, bouncing back from a tumultuous month of May. He was…
As expected, lap 1 chaos in Detroit was ever present, Colton Herta led the field to green before the first of many cautions came out thanks to a collision at turn one. Going into the first corner, Will Power, who started P8, was caught unaware by Christian Lundgaard who launched an aggressive move to the…
Heading into qualifying, Kyffin Simpson and Graham Rahal knew they would be dropping 6 spots on the grid as they took unapproved engine changes ahead of the event. Round 1, Group 1 The first time was set by Will Power on a 1:05.6231, a tenth quicker than Alexander Rossi. The Australian improved to a 1:03.1505…
Colton Herta was fastest in the second practice session ahead of the Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday. The session saw multiple drivers go off track and fireworks between Kyle Kirkwood and Santino Ferrucci. In the opening laps if practice Scott Dixon went off track in Turn 1 and stalled his #9 Chip Gannassi Racing Honda. …
Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden left Indianapolis with the largest winning purse in motorsports history. The Team Penske driver took home $4.288 million for his back-to-back win Sunday. The total purse for the 108th running of the Indy 500 was a record-setting $18,456,000. Newgarden was not the only driver to see a bimp in pay….
Two veterans set the pace at the final practice ahead of the 108th Running of the Indy 500. 2008 winner Scott Dixon led Carb Day with a speed of 227.026 mph. Four-time champion Helio Castroneves was second fastest with a speed of 226.939 mph. With the weather a big question mark on race day, there…
After the drama of Qualifying it’s time for the drivers to focus on their race setup instead in a two hours long Practise session. After the first sets of laps have been put in, fastest is Penske’s Will Power in 224.983mph, but top speed won’t be the main goal for today. Honda engines are recovering…
The last practice session ahead of the first day of qualifying for the 500 was delayed due to intense fog on track. Group 1’s allotted track time began half an hour after the scheduled starting time, with rookie Ganassi driver Kyffin Simpson the first out on track, followed by JHR’s Grosjean, who was the first…
