Christian Lundgaard scored a P2 race finish at the Thermal Club this past weekend. This is his first podium finish since making the move to Arrow McLaren this season. The weekend at the Thermal Club Grand Prix was home to a few other firsts. The first points-scoring IndyCar race at Thermal, the first 1-2 of…
Alex Palou took a superb victory at The Thermal Club for Chip Ganassi Racing but admitted that Arrow McLaren are starting to close the gap as he made it 2/2 in the 2025 IndyCar season. The reigning champion was favourite for pole position after his practice + round 1 and 2 pace in qualifying, but…
Prema’s stateside IndyCar adventure has officially just begun. Drivers Callum Ilott and Robert Shwartzman had their first track experience on the 28th of January at Thermal Club, during a testing session which saw on track the Andretti drivers and Coyne’s Abel. Positive first outing It was an extremely positive day for the Italian team, in…
For the first time since he was removed from his Williams F1 seat following the Dutch Grand Prix, Logan Sargeant has driven a single-seater, running at Thermal for Meyer Shank Racing IndyCar team during a test on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Floridian completed 84 laps on the day, finishing in P3, 0.192s behind pacesetter and another…
Fox Sports have beaten other broadcasters to secure exclusive media rights over all 17 rounds of the 2025 NTT INDYCAR SERIES. Every race from the newly announced schedule is set to be covered live on FOX and available on the FOX Sports app. FOX Deportes will carry exclusive Spanish-language television coverage. Announced alongside the broadcasting…
After an eventful first heat, and a quite timid second heat the 12 qualified drivers lined up for the actual $1 million dollar challenge. Split into two parts of 10 laps each, the consensus beforehand was that the tyre degradation would be a huge factor, as it already proved difficult in the heat races, which were only 10 laps each.
The first of the two heat races started with the chaos that could be expected in a non-championship race. Right at the green flag Colton Herta tries to get a head start on Scott Dixon, and the six-time champion is so busy defending that he forgets to brake in time and punts the Juncos-car of Romain Grosjean. The green-black bowling ball then collects Rinus VeeKay and Christian Lundgaard.
A dust storm caused by high winds meant the first 10 minutes of the session was put on hold. When the session did get going, Sting Ray Robb had multiple excursions as there was no grip out on circuit. O’Ward, Kirkwood, Rasmussen and McLaughlin also had relatively big moments inside the first 30 minutes. Power’s…
The first test session of the day saw St Petersburg’s podium sitter Scott McLaughlin being the first driver out on track ahead of the two hours long practice. Armstrong set the earliest pace in 1:39.887s, whereas his Ganassi teammate Alex Palou becoming the first driver to lap in the 1:38s after having lead both previous…
Alex Palou set the pace in the second test session at The Thermal Club to complete a clean sweep in Palm Springs. Felix Rosenqvist set the second-best time for Meyer Shank Racing, with former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean in third. The second test session at The Thermal Club for three hours of running ahead…
