Josef Newgarden led the field on the last day the teams will get to prepare for qualifying weekend for the Indy 500. Newgarden set an average four-lap speed of 234.063 mph. This is only 0.154 from last year’s pole position by Alex Palou of 234.217 mph. The rest of the top 3 both were taken…
Arrow McLaren went out very early to try some qualifying sims, with Alexander Rossi leading Hunter-Reay, Ilott, O’Ward and Canapino in the opening minutes. However, O’Ward, who has been incredibly fast at the 500 over the last couple of years, quickly went to the top as he put down a 228.861mph lap. McLaughlin, Palou, Newgarden…
Rain delays strike again in Indianapolis, as the beginning of the session was delayed to 3pm local. All drivers immediately went out on track to make up for the lost time. Herta is the first driver to put in a lap speed of 222.113mph, with track evolution allowing the Andretti driver to improve around 223mphs. Kyle…
In the opening five minutes, a 1:10.3623 from Arrow McLaren’s Theo Pourchaire saw him lead Fittipaldi, Palou, Rosenqvist and Canapino. Lundgaard, McLaughlin, Harvey, Grosjean and Blomqvist completed the top 10. The surprises continued at the top of the timesheets as ECR’s Christian Rasmussen slotted into 2nd, 0.06s slower than Pourchaire. Arrow McLaren started to flex…
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…
Scott McLaughlin grabbed his first pole position of the season yesterday at Barber Motorsports Park, besting teammate Will Power, who for the second race in succession had to settle for second. Crossing the alternate start/finish line the Kiwi was clearly very happy with the result, cheering loudly on the team radio.
Round 1, Group 1 Scott Dixon posted the first time of the session with a 1:10.2763. However, it was Alex Palou who absolutely smashed the field on the first runs as he was the fastest driver on the first, second and third timed laps. A 1:06.1772 put him almost 0.4s clear of teammate Marcus Armstrong….
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….
Josef Newgarden rebounded from his St. Pete disqualification as he went fastest in first practice at Barber Motorsports Park ahead of Sunday’s race. The two-time IndyCar champion spun early on in practice as he had a big moment at turn 13, ending up on the grass. Teammate and fellow St. Pete disqualifier had a snap…
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…
