Team Penske

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

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 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….

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…

Long Beach GP | IndyCar FP2 Report | Dominant Andretti 1-2 as Power crashes out

Lucrezia Costa5 months ago5 months ago06 mins

The second practise session of the weekend is underway at Long Beach under a very cloudy sky. Canapino is the first driver to end up in the runoff zone at Turn 1 on his earliest attempt on cold tyres, while Lundgaard goes on tops as the first driver in the 1:10s. He is joined shortly…

O’Ward tops IndyCar first practice at Long Beach ahead of Team Penske’s Power and McLaughlin

Luke-John Buckle5 months ago5 months ago06 mins

Pato O’Ward topped the opening practice session for Arrow McLaren ahead of the Team Penske pair Scott McLaughlin and Will Power. Felix Rosenqvist set the fourth-best time ahead of Josef Newgarden in a highly competitive opening outing. The first IndyCar practice session at Long Beach got underway, and many cars swarmed onto the circuit in…

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

Ewout Albrecht7 months ago7 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 Costa7 months ago7 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 Costa7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

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

Josef Newgarden “crazy proud” of his team after first IndyCar pole of the season

Ewout Albrecht7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

Josef Newgarden grabbed pole position after a scintillating qualifying session, where he beat Felix Rosenqvist by just 0.0058 seconds. Before the season one of his goals was to get more pole positions, and in the dying seconds of the Fast 6 he added the pole position to his tally. He is therefore really proud of…

Josef Newgarden grabs first pole of the IndyCar season in St. Petersburg by just 6 thousands

Ewout Albrecht7 months ago7 months ago07 mins

After a long winter break the first competitive session of the IndyCar-season took place. The familiar format with two qualifying groups, the Fast 12 and then the Firestone Fast 6 was kicked off fittingly by reigning champion Álex Palou, who set the first time of the day.