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Rinus VeeKay put Ed Carpenter Racing on top in the 12-car IndyCar test at Barber Motorsports Park, while Romain Grosjean finished his first IndyCar test within one second of top spot. Dutchman VeeKay, who earned rookie of the year laurels in 2020, lapped the 2.38-mile course in 66.518s to go 0.115sec faster than Sebastien Bourdais

Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean says he “used to be an asshole as a team-mate”, but has told new IndyCar stablemate Ed Jones he’d “like us to be friendly”. The Frenchman, who will race all 13 of the 2021 IndyCar Series’ road and street courses for Dale Coyne Racing, completed his first test in the

Ex-Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean says he’s “really happy” with his first morning testing an IndyCar, despite spinning off and feeling soreness in his arms and recovering burnt left hand. The 34-year-old is part of a 12-car test at Barber Motorsports Park, teaming up with the Dale Coyne Racing squad for the first time. He

Sam Schmidt believes Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet can join Chip Ganassi Racing, Team Penske and Andretti Autosport in the top echelon of IndyCar in 2020. This season the squad will field changed driver line-up with Chip Ganassi Racing refugee Felix Rosenqvist teaming up with Patricio O’Ward, who is set for his second season at Arrow McLaren

Bob Jenkins, former TV and Indianapolis Motor Speedway announcer, has revealed he is suffering from brain cancer and has reduced his IMS duties. Jenkins, who joined the IMS Radio Network in 1979, became the play-by-play announcer for the Indianapolis 500 at ABC, then branched out to include other IndyCar races on NBC, before becoming the

AJ Foyt Racing is now “pulling in the same direction” after a period of turbulence for the IndyCar outfit, according to team president Larry Foyt. The team owned by seven-time Indycar champion and four-time Indianapolis 500 winner AJ Foyt has managed just three top-five finishes in the past three seasons, having managed none at all

Charlie Kimball will rejoin AJ Foyt Racing for his 11th attempt at the Indianapolis 500, to be held on 30 May, and the Indianapolis GP. Kimball, who raced full-time for Foyt last year, will join the squad’s 2021 full-timers Sebastien Bourdais and Dalton Kellett to drive the #11 Tresiba car for the Indy Grand Prix

Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto says the Scuderia has ended talks over an engine supply deal with IndyCar, but series bosses remain optimistic of landing a third manufacturer. Last May, Binotto revealed Ferrari was evaluating a possible entry to IndyCar, as imminent F1 budget caps reduced potential outlets for current staff members’ expertise.

As Romain Grosjean becomes the latest former Formula 1 driver to make the switch to IndyCar with Dale Coyne Racing in 2021, James Newbold picks out the 10 converts who made the best impression Stateside Romain Grosjean will follow in esteemed footsteps when he makes the switch to IndyCar this season, the well-trodden path from

Construction has begun on IndyCar’s new street course in Nashville, and local star Josef Newgarden is excited to race in front of his home fans on a truly unique layout. The inaugural Music City Grand Prix will be held on 6-8 August as the 12th race in a 17-round in the 2021 IndyCar Series season,

Romain Grosjean plans to wear the helmet design that his children originally designed for his final Formula 1 race when he tests an IndyCar for the first time. The Frenchman revealed the unique helmet over the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend in the wake of him being forced out of the event because of the

Dale Coyne and Rick Ware hope to confirm Romain Grosjean’s primary backers by the end of the month, and say the ex-Formula 1 driver will be a hit in IndyCar. Although Grosjean was confirmed as driver of the #51 Dale Coyne Racing with RWR-Honda for all road and street course races on Wednesday, the team’s

Ex-Formula 1 star Romain Grosjean will switch to IndyCar this season, driving for the Honda-powered Dale Coyne Racing with Rick Ware Racing entry. Grosjean, who has 180 Formula 1 starts to his name, will race in all 13 road and street races on the 2021 IndyCar Series schedule, and will have his first test with

Romain Grosjean’s remarkable escape from the flaming wreck of his Haas in Bahrain marked his final act in Formula 1, but his single-seater career is by no means finished. As he told DAVID MALSHER-LOPEZ, IndyCar holds an appeal that F1 could not satisfy “I heard it’s a different atmosphere in IndyCar, and that’s going to

New Arrow McLaren SP recruit Felix Rosenqvist believes he has settled into his new IndyCar home in a “very natural way” ahead of the 2021 season. The Swede joined the team after two seasons with Chip Ganassi Racing that yielded one win at Road America last year and a best placing of sixth in his

Dale Coyne Racing has announced it is entering into a collaboration with Rick Ware Racing for a full-time entry and a part-time entry in the 2021 IndyCar Series. Following Wednesday’s announcement that Ed Jones will pilot the #18 Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser Sullivan, Coyne has revealed his second full-time entry #51 will also be

James Hinchcliffe believes Andretti Autosport can avoid the struggles that plagued the start of last season, and run as competitively as it did in the final IndyCar rounds of 2020. The team floundered in the first half of last season, its issues exacerbated by the street races, one of Andretti Autosport’s recent fortes being canned

Ed Jones will return to the IndyCar series for the full 2021 season after agreeing a deal with Dale Coyne Racing, Jimmy Vasser and James Sullivan. Jones, the 2016 Indy Lights champion with Carlin, spent his rookie IndyCar season with Coyne before moving to Chip Ganassi Racing in 2018. The following year he moved to

IndyCar race-winner James Hinchcliffe will become a full-time Andretti Autosport-Honda driver in 2021, making a full-time return to the team he raced for in 2013 after six appearances in 2020. The Canadian, who scored three of his six career victories with Michael Andretti’s squad, was dumped by Arrow McLaren SP at the end of the

The opening round of the 2021 IndyCar Series at Barber Motorsports Park has been pushed back a week in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The rescheduled date, from Sunday, 11 April to Sunday, 18 April, means that Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama will be featured on NBC network television, meaning a record

Alexander Rossi finished on top after a second day of IndyCar testing on Sebring’s short course, while he also got behind the wheel of a prototype Acura machine. The 2016 Indy 500 winner lapped the 1.7-mile track in 52.272s and completed 105 laps, finishing Tuesday’s running 0.106 seconds faster than Andretti Autosport team-mate Colton Herta,

Simona de Silvestro will return to the Indianapolis 500 this season driving with female-operated newcomers Paretta Autosport, along with support from Team Penske. The team, created by former SRT Motorsports director Beth Paretta, is part of Roger Penske’s 2020-initiated program “Race for Equality & Change” and will showcase women in motorsports. Paretta Autosport will “integrate

Six-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon led his Chip Ganassi Racing team-mates in the opening test of 2021 at Sebring International Raceway. The 40-year-old reigning champion, who has 50 IndyCar wins to his name, lapped the 1.7-mile course in 52.320 seconds, one-tenth faster than former Formula 1 star Marcus Ericsson who is about to embark on

Marco Andretti’s decision to withdraw from full-time IndyCar competition does not affect Bryan Herta’s commitment to the Andretti Autosport team, despite joint ownership of the #98 entry. Marco Andretti announced on Friday that he was going to pursue other opportunities within motorsport while remaining with his father Michael’s team for the Indy 500, possibly competing

Marco Andretti has announced he will no longer be a full-time IndyCar driver, but is targeting Indy 500 glory and other iconic races in other series. Andretti has scored two wins since making his IndyCar debut in 2006, and as recently as last August took pole for the Indianapolis 500. However, he has notably struggled

Ueal Eugene ‘Pat’ Patrick, who ran cars at the Indianapolis 500 for quarter of a century and won three times, has died at the age of 91. Patrick, who first entered Indy in 1970, took his first of three trips to Victory Lane in 1973 with his next star driver Gordon Johncock. Three years later,

The planned 2021 IndyCar Series opener on the streets of St Petersburg has been postponed to April amid COVID-19 concerns. IndyCar’s now-traditional season opener in Florida has been pushed back from 7 March to 25 April in the hope of being to accommodate more fans as coronavirus cases in the state continue to rise. Florida

Ueal Eugene ‘Pat’ Patrick, who ran cars at the Indianapolis 500 for quarter of a century and won three times, has died at the age of 91. Patrick, who first entered Indy in 1970, took his first of three trips to Victory Lane in 1973 with his next star driver Gordon Johncock. Three years later,

Former racer Aldo Andretti, the twin brother of 1978 Formula 1 world champion Mario and father of the late racing all-rounder John, has died at the age of 80. Aldo Andretti was an intrinsic part of his brother’s early ventures into motorsport after their family moved from Montona, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia) to America in

Dale Coyne expects to be able to confirm his 2021 IndyCar line-up by the middle of next month, amid speculation that drivers with Formula 1 experience could be in contention. With Alex Palou moving to Chip Ganassi Racing and Santino Ferrucci’s future as yet undecided, the identity of Dale Coyne Racing’s lineup has been the