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…
Scott McLaughlin set the fastest time in the opening practice session, ahead of Colton Herta and Alex Palou at Laguna Seca. The session was disrupted by multiple red flags and multiple drivers making mistakes early in the weekend. After a quiet opening few minutes at Laguna Seca, Linus Lundqvist set the first lap time of…
A very rainy Friday and Saturday were followed up by a nice and dry Sunday for the race. With first-time polesitter Linus Lundqvist ahead of Colton Herta is is Marcus Armstrong who has a great start as the green flag falls. Unfortunately he hits teammate Lundqvist in turn 1, spinning them both. Herta is collected…
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. …
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…
The Penske driver has signed the fastest average pole speed in the history of the 500, for a very dominant display from the entire team. In fact McLaughlin, alongside his teammates Will Power, who had been fastest on Day 1 of Qualifying, and latest 500 winner Josef Newgarden, has managed to do a front row…
Santino Ferrucci kicked things off in the Fast 6 and had a couple of very close shaves during his run at turns 1 and 4 respectively. His average was 232.692mph. 233.211mph, 232.819mph, 232.425mph, 232.314mph was the speed on his four laps. Kyle Larson was up next. His average was 232.846mph to beat Ferrucci. 233.383mph, 232.903mph,…
Ryan Hunter-Reay went first and his average was 230.567mph. 231.440mph, 230.118mph, 230.197mph, 230.519mph was the speed on his four laps. Rinus VeeKay was next following his extraordinary Saturday. His average was 232.610mph. 233.499mph, 232.777mph, 232.194mph, 231.975mph was the speed on his four laps. Pato O’Ward was third out and his average was 232.584mph as he…
The final practice session ahead of the latest begins with an hour of track time reserved to the drivers taking part in the Fast 12. The first driver to get on track was Pato O’Ward, which signed a four laps average of 233.462mph, consistently better than his yesterday’s achievement. Among yesterday’s surprise names in the…
