St. Petersburg

Herta critical of Newgarden and Penske’s “bullshit” excuses over IndyCar controversy

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 months ago07 mins

Newgarden’s press conference regarding his disqualification from the St. Petersburg round definitely answered a number of questions, as well as elicit rather different reactions from his colleagues. However, it also raised concerns. Colton Herta, who had come second in the latest IndyCar round at Long Beach, mentioned his doubts to reporters following the Penske driver’s…

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

Lucrezia Costa3 months ago3 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….

Rosenqvist: “We’ve been firing on all cylinders” after superb start to IndyCar season at MSR

Luke-John Buckle3 months ago3 months ago04 mins

Co-Author: John Goolsby Felix Rosenqvist switched to Meyer Shank Racing from Arrow McLaren over the winter in IndyCar and opened up on his start with his new team. The Swede finished seventh at the season opener at St. Petersburg after qualifying on the front row — setting a lap record during the Fast 12 in…

Rosenqvist, Lundqvist and Ericsson discuss mixed fortunes at St. Pete

Luke-John Buckle4 months ago4 months ago07 mins

It was a case of mixed results at the season opener at St. Petersburg for the three Swedish drivers racing under the flag in the 2024 IndyCar championship. Felix Rosenqvist was the only one to finish in the top 10, driving to P7 for Meyer Shank Racing after qualifying a brilliant 2nd on Saturday. Linus…

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

Lucrezia Costa4 months ago4 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 Costa5 months ago5 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…

Scott McLaughlin delighted to showcase “proper racing” after charging through to P3 at IndyCar season-opener

Ewout Albrecht5 months ago5 months ago07 mins

Team Penske had a great day in St. Petersburg with all three of their drivers ending up in the top four of the race. Scott McLaughlin took third in his #3 Chevy, after making up a lot of places during the race, having started only ninth. So obviously he was quite pleased with the eventual…

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

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 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…

Newgarden takes dominant IndyCar win in St. Petersburg ahead of O’Ward and McLaughlin

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 months ago08 mins

Three Penskes in the top 4, crashes, gearboxes gone and many new faces: IndyCar is back!

Rosenqvist on close P2 in qualifying at St. Pete on debut for MSR in IndyCar: “Both cool and frustrating”

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

The Swedish driver began his new adventure with Meyer Shank Racing in one of the best possible ways by securing an impressive front row start, only 0.0058s away from the best lap of the first qualifying session of the year put in by Josef Newgarden. Rosenqvist impressed even before the first race with his P2,…