Indy 500: Alex Palou takes pole position at over 234mph Palou set the fastest four-lap average of 234.217mph around the 2.5-mile oval, narrowly defeating Ed Carpenter Racing’s Rinus VeeKay. Autosport · May 21, 2023
Ganassi and McLaren set for “amazing” Indy 500 pole fight Based on the evidence of the opening day of qualifying, both teams have the potential to take the top spot with multiple drivers – as engine manufacturers Chevrolet and Honda also go head-to-head. Motorsport · May 21, 2023
Indy 500: Sato tops Fast Friday at 234mph Sato lapped the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 38.3382s, a speed of 234.753mph, in his Honda-powered Chip Ganassi Racing car, ahead of Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing). Autosport · May 19, 2023
Indy 500: Takuma Sato tops Fast Friday at 234mph Sato lapped the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval in 38.3382s, a speed of 234.753mph, in his Honda-powered Chip Ganassi Racing car, ahead of Marco Andretti (Andretti Autosport) and Rinus VeeKay (Ed Carpenter Racing). Motorsport · May 19, 2023
O’Ward, Rossi impressed by McLaren’s “massive step forward” O’Ward and Rossi finished second and third while their teammate Felix Rosenqvist was fifth. For O’Ward it was a third runner-up finish in five races, while for Rossi it was the first podium finish since switching from Andretti Autosport at the end of last year. Motorsport · May 14, 2023
IndyCar Indy GP: Palou beats McLaren drivers to claim points lead Palou's team played the tire strategy perfectly to allow the 2021 champion to lead 52 of the 85 laps, while McLaren team-mates Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi were able to pass Lundgaard's Rahal Letterman Lanigan car to complete the podium. Autosport · May 13, 2023
Lundgaard on GP Indy pole: “I can finally call this home” On the track where he made his IndyCar debut in August 2021, and scored his first podium last year, the Dane delivered a brilliant pole, by 0.0027s from Felix Rosenqvist of Arrow McLaren. Motorsport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar Indy GP: Lundgaard beats Rosenqvist, Palou for first pole The Rahal Letterman Lanigan driver took his first series pole with a 1m09.3321s on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Autosport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar GP Indy: Lundgaard beats Rosenqvist, Palou for first pole Rahal Letterman Lanigan sent Lundgaard and Jack Harvey out on used reds, as did Arrow McLaren for Felix Rosenqvist, and Harvey went top with a 1m09.4220s. Motorsport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar Indy GP: Palou tops second practice, Rahal Letterman Lanigan shines again With the entire field working on setups for primary tyres, the times were remarkably close in the first 25 minutes. Autosport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar GP Indy: Palou tops second practice, RLL shines again With the entire field working on setups for primary tires, the times were remarkably close in the first 25mins. Felix Rosenqvist, who has taken two poles on the Indy road course, was top for Arrow McLaren with a 1m10.4167s, until with 17 minutes to go he was deposed by Alex… Motorsport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar Indy GP: O’Ward leads first practice as Rahal Letterman Lanigan star Inevitably the rookies hit the track first, using their extra set of Firestone primaries, but then it was the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team who sprung to the fore, with first Christian Lundgaard and then Jack Harvey hitting the top of the times. Autosport · May 12, 2023
IndyCar on Indy road course: Start time, how to watch, entry list This weekend’s event will be the 14th Indy car race on the Indianapolis road course, and all eight of the previous winners here will be in action this weekend. Will Power has scored five wins here, with Simon Pagenaud racking up three, while Scott Dixon, Josef Newgarden, Rinus VeeKay, Colton… Motorsport · May 11, 2023
IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin beats Grosjean for fourth win Romain Grosjean led Alex Palou away as Pato O’Ward swooped inside Palou into Turn 1, but when O’Ward also tried to get around Grosjean at Turn 5 he lost momentum, and Palou was able to draft by him into Turn 8 to reclaim second. Motorsport · Apr 30, 2023
Autosport · Apr 29, 2023 IndyCar Barber: Palou leads Penskes in second practice Yesterday’s pacesetter McLaughlin wasted no time in flirting with the 1m06-second barrier, getting down to a 1m07.0036s on his third lap and then broke through it with a 1m06.7282s on his fifth lap.With 36 minutes to go, his nearest challenger became team-mate Newgarden, just 0.0053s behind, but Christian Lundgaard and…
Motorsport · Apr 19, 2023 Arrow McLaren unveils livery for Kanaan’s final Indy 500 Following last week’s unveil at Long Beach of special throwback liveries for the three full-time entries, to be raced by Pato O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist and Alexander Rossi, the colorscheme for Kanaan’s Chevrolet-powered entry sponsored by SmartStop has been released.
Autosport · Apr 16, 2023 IndyCar Long Beach: Kirkwood scores maiden win to lead Andretti 1-2 The second-year driver, who joined Andretti from AJ Foyt Enterprises for 2023, started on pole before leading 53 of the 85 laps, briefly losing the lead to Josef Newgarden of Team Penske.
Autosport · Apr 2, 2023 IndyCar Texas: Newgarden pips O’Ward to win thriller Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t last a lap in the lead, the Arrow McLaren losing out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry at the end of the first lap, and then Penske’s Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi demoted him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped the lead twice…
Motorsport · Apr 2, 2023 Texas IndyCar: Newgarden wins thriller over O’Ward Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t last a lap in the front, the Arrow McLaren losing out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry at the end of the first lap, and then Penske’s Josef Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi also demoting him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped…
Autosport · Apr 1, 2023 IndyCar Texas: Dixon tops final practice at Texas Motor Speedway Before the final hour got underway, the field was split in two to practice running the high line, and it went largely incident-free, until Conor Daly had a spin out of Turn 4, thankfully keeping his Ed Carpenter Racing car off the wall. Rookie Benjamin Pedersen in the #55 AJ…
Autosport · Apr 1, 2023 IndyCar Texas: Rosenqvist claims second straight pole at TMS Rosenqvist headed Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon with McLaren's Alexander Rossi, third fastest in the session.
Motorsport · Apr 1, 2023 Texas IndyCar: Rosenqvist claims second straight pole at TMS Team owner/driver Ed Carpenter, in his first outing of the 2023 season, set the bar with an average of 218.375mph over two laps, with a 1mph difference between Laps 1 and 2. This was immediately beaten by rookie Benjamin Pedersen in the AJ Foyt Racing car with a solid 219.100…
Autosport · Apr 1, 2023 IndyCar Texas: McLaughlin heads O'Ward in opening practice McLaughlin's best effort pipped Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward by 0.0238s around the 1.5 mile oval, with O'Ward's team-mate Alexander Rossi third fastest.
Motorsport · Mar 30, 2023 IndyCar at Texas: Start time, how to watch, entry list, etc The PPG 375 will be the first of five oval races on the 2023 IndyCar schedule, and the 36th Indy car race on the 1.5-mile oval in the Fort Worth region of Texas.