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

Lucrezia Costa7 months ago7 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….

IndyCar debutants Simpson, Rasmussen and Braun reflect on St. Pete

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago8 months ago09 mins

Last weekend marked a very special occasion for some of the drivers on the 2024 grid, as it marked their first official race as IndyCar drivers. The three of them had very different first approaches to the American championship, but overall they all had a rather positive debut. Linus Lundqvist and Tom Blomqvist are also…

O’Ward says P2 at St. Pete “a very solid foundation”, predicts 2024 season will be “a very tight and competitive” one

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

The Arrow McLaren driver started out the 2024 season in style securing a great podium finish. Just like in 2023, he came in P2 at St. Petersburg. But this time around there wasn’t late heartbeeak as eventual race winner Josef Newgarden was in complete control. O’Ward was still pretty pleased with his performance, as he…

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

Lucrezia Costa9 months ago9 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…

Rosenqvist says he’s “clicked from lap one” in MSR machinery after strong start to 2024 IndyCar season

James O'Connor9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

It was an impressive start to the 2024 IndyCar season for one-time winner Felix Rosenqvist as he topped the times in first practice on his debut for Meyer Shank Racing. After setting the fastest time early in the session, the Swede briefly dropped to 2nd. However, he put in a mighty lap in his final…