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Pato O’Ward led 51 laps at the IndyCar Thermal Club GP but admitted McLaren "weren’t perfect" as he lost victory to Alex Palou.

O’Ward: “Chevy affiliate teams are worthless” as backmarkers provided no help at Thermal Club GP

Chiara Martin2 days ago2 days ago09 mins

Pato O’Ward delivered an impressive performance at the Thermal Club GP, leading a race-high 51 laps, but ultimately fell short of victory as Alex Palou surged to his second consecutive IndyCar win. Despite securing a strong podium finish, O’Ward was left frustrated by a combination of hybrid issues, uncooperative traffic, and the dominant Chip Ganassi…

Lundgaard during the IndyCar FP2 at Thermal Club

IndyCar | FP2 | Thermal Club | Lundgaard strongly ahead of Palou and Ericsson

Lucrezia Costa4 days ago4 days ago08 mins

It’s time for the second IndyCar FP2 session of this weekend held at Thermal Club. Will reigning champion Alex Palou manage to end the session on top ahead of the later Qualifying session, or will it be someone else? Maybe Andretti’s Colton Herta, who had a rather positive first approach with the Palm Springs circuit,…

First IndyCar outing for Prema a “good starting point”

Lucrezia Costa2 months ago05 mins

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…

Logan Sargeant completes “fun” IndyCar test at Thermal

James O'Connor4 months ago4 months ago05 mins

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…

IndyCar Thermal Qualifying | Rosenqvist and Palou on top for Heat 1 and Heat 2

Lucrezia Costa1 year ago04 mins

It’s time for qualifying at Thermal. The drivers will tackle the first competitive session of the weekend split in two groups, each of them setting the grid for one of the two Heats of tomorrow afternoon. The top six drivers of each Heat will advance to the actual race for the big prize. Group 1…

Dale Coyne Racing to run Harvey, Siegel and Braun in the 2024 IndyCar season

Lucrezia Costa1 year ago1 year ago09 mins

The grid for the first IndyCar round of the 2024 season is finally all set, with confirmation from Dale Coyne Racing about the drivers employed by them for the beginning of the racing year.

In fact, Coyne has opted to split both entries between multiple drivers, which have all already had the chance to test out their challenger and impress during the earlier hybrid testing sessions.