Scott Dixon

Newgarden and McLaughlin disqualified from the IndyCar season opener as Team Penske “manipulated the overtake system”

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago08 mins

In an absolutely extraordinary development, Josef Newgarden (P1) and Scott McLaughlin (P3) have been disqualified from the opening round of the 2024 IndyCar season that took place in St. Pete almost 7 weeks ago. During morning warmup ahead of the Long Beach race last Sunday, IndyCar officials had spotted that something was amiss, leading to…

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

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 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…

Long Beach GP | IndyCar Qualifying | Rosenqvist takes pole by 0.004s from Power in thrilling qualifying

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago05 mins

Round 1, Group 1 Felix Rosenqvist posted the first time on a 1:10.5910, which was beaten seconds later by Will Power by seven hundredths. The Australian led the way on the banker laps, logging a 1:07.2883. Rosenqvist (1:07.2956), Herta (1:07.3004), Palou, Rasmussen and Rahal completed the top 6 as all the drivers put the alternates…

Newgarden fastest from Larson as rain is the big winner on the first day of open test at IMS

James O'Connor5 months ago03 mins

Defending Indianapolis 500 winner and two-time IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden went fastest on the first day of the categories open test at IMS for Team Penske. Newgarden, who controversially won the famous race last year after a wild last lap battle with Marcus Ericsson that featured a lot of weaving, came out of the blocks…

Herta leads final IndyCar practice at St. Pete from Newgarden and Power, Palou P20

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago03 mins

Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin logged the first time of practice with a 1:05.8901. Alex Rossi quickly slashed that, banging in a low 1:01 to take spot from Kirkwood and McLaughlin. Santino Ferrucci failed to do a lap due to issues with his AJ Foyt Racing package as a problem was detected early on. At the…