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Talking at Monday night time’s Indy 500 Victory Celebration banquet, Kirkwood paid tribute to the AMR security crew and all of the medical workforce at IndyCar, having been trapped the wrong way up after sliding alongside the monitor following the Flip 2 crash when he clipped a spinning Felix Rosenqvist. The second yr driver, who

Chip Ganassi Racing driver Ericsson was beaten to victory by Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden by zero.0974s after main him to the inexperienced flag for a green-white-checkered end. Though Ericsson held the lead by means of Flip 1 and a pair of, Newgarden bought a run to cross him on the backstretch into Flip three, which

Throughout Friday’s two-hour Carb Day observe, 2016 Indy 500 winner Rossi was one of many drivers to experiment with the underwing strakes that IndyCar has opened up to be used together with bargeboards and an elevated vary of rear wing angles. Drivers have continued to complain concerning the means to overhaul, particularly when mired in

Michael Cannon is a protege-turned-mentor, a person you may usher in as an overseer and advisor for younger race engineers, or could be slotted right into a hands-on race engineer position. He could be strict however can also be regarded in IndyCar circles as one of many extra empathetic people within the position, keen to

After doubts have been raised final week by Pato O’Ward about the ability for cars in the pack to overtake, akin to a Method 1-style ‘DRS prepare’, Crew Penske’s reigning IndyCar champion Energy thinks that tyre degradation can play an enormous position in permitting drivers to work their approach in direction of the entrance. Within

While you begin with a brand new automotive, or with a brand new specification – just like the producer aerokits in 2015 or once we went again to a common aerokit in 2018 – your focus is on driver consolation initially, and then you definately decide that are the areas for enhancing efficiency. Clearly we’ve

Larson will race Arrow McLaren’s fourth Chevrolet-powered automotive, with help from his NASCAR workforce proprietor Rick Hendrick, alongside the squad’s common roster of drivers within the 2024 Indy 500. The 2021 Cup champion says it’s been his “dream” to contest the occasion and also will run NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte later that day. “It

Observe motion was resulting from begin at Indianapolis Motor Speedway at present at 9.00am native (Japanese) time, with first apply scheduled to run till 11:15am. However early morning rain soaked the two.5-mile oval. After rain showers washed out the morning session, the observe dried and groups have been allowed to deliver their automobiles to pitlane

Palou began third in his Chip Ganassi Racing entry however was into the lead earlier than the top of the primary lap, having taken benefit of the additional grip from the red-sidewalled Firestones. He went on to guide 52 of the 85 laps, and was in a position to outpace polesitter Christian Lundgaard of Rahal

With your entire area engaged on setups for major tyres, the instances have been remarkably shut within the first 25 minutes. Felix Rosenqvist, who has taken two poles on the Indy street course, was high for Arrow McLaren with a 1m10.4167s, till with 17 minutes to go he was deposed by Alex Palou of Chip

Within the rolling hills north of Los Angeles, subsequent door to a film lot, Honda’s American motorsport division HPD has produced among the most potent engines in US motorsport; powerplants which have claimed 18 IndyCar championships and 15 Indianapolis 500 wins, together with a surfeit of sportscar titles and a trio of general Daytona 24

McLaughlin on brisker tyres and no gas worries was in a position to pounce on the two-stopping polesitter Romain Grosjean when the Frenchman ran extensive at Flip 5 on Lap 72, shortly after working out of push-to-pass increase. McLaughlin drew alongside him on nook exit, and the Chevrolet simply out-accelerated the Honda-powered Andretti Autosport machine alongside

After heading off fellow two-stoppers Pato O’Ward and Alex Palou within the opening laps, polesitter Grosjean managed the opening stint. However Sting Ray Robb’s Dale Coyne Racing with RWR automobile floor to a halt only a few laps after the primary of former Method 1 driver Grosjean’s two stops, and it additionally prompted the quickest

Grosjean led Alex Palou away however Pato O’Ward was inside Palou into Flip 1 – nonetheless, when O’Ward additionally tried to get round Grosjean at Flip 5 he misplaced momentum, and Palou was in a position to draft by him into Flip eight to reclaim second. Additional again, Scott Dixon received round McLaughlin, as all

The two.Three-mile 17-turn observe has hosted IndyCar since 2010 and has turn into one of many favorite venues amongst followers and drivers for its undulating nature, which creates turns that demand nice dedication from the drivers but additionally current nice sight-lines for spectators. The multi-year extension coincides with the brand new multi-year settlement between Medical

Andretti Autosport’s Grosjean was quickest initially within the high six pole shootout with a 1m06.0289s, zero.0341s forward of Pato O’Ward of Arrow McLaren, however on brisker tyres Team Penske’s Scott McLaughlin displaced him on the head of the occasions. Nevertheless, Grosjean, who misplaced an engine yesterday, delivered a 1m05.8396s along with his fourth lap and it

Jim Hurtubise was the person who warned all of them. He set a four-lap qualifying common of 149.056mph on the fourth day of time trials for the 1960 Indianapolis 500 – a brand new document and about 2.5mph quicker than Eddie Sachs’s polewinning common from every week earlier. Then he knowledgeable anybody who’d pay attention

The automotive is a one-off construct – which seems like a reimagining of a Group B rally automotive – and was conceptualised by the engineering brainboxes at Honda Efficiency Improvement in Santa Clarita, California.  Constructed at Honda’s Automotive Improvement Heart in Ohio by the Honda of America Racing Staff, ‘The Beast’ is being unleashed within the

Historically, simply 33 vehicles begin the Indianapolis 500, with any additional entries having to undergo Bump Day in the course of the qualifying weekend to bag a spot on the beginning grid. The final time this occurred was in 2021. Abel shall be on the again foot since all its rivals took half in Friday’s

The 2-time IndyCar champion lapped the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 227.686mph, zero.9mph forward of 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon. That’s the way in which it remained till very late within the session when 1Conor Daly sprung into the 227s, laying down a 227.466mph lap in his Ed Carpenter Racing entry. Behind Dixon was

After half an hour of the primary two-hour session for the Indy 500 veterans, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Ericsson sat on the prime of the velocity charts. Having lapped the two.5-mile course in 40.1194s, 224.330mph, final yr’s Indy 500 winner was over one mile per hour away from Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport and Dale Coyne Racing’s

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver moved to the highest of the standings by ending third behind first-time winner Kyle Kirkwood and his Andretti Autosport team-mate Romain Grosjean. Ericsson, who began on the entrance row on a road course for the primary time, misplaced out to Workforce Penske’s Josef Newgarden within the pits when nearly all

In an interrupted Q2 segment of qualifying for the Grand Prix of Lengthy Seaside, Kirkwood didn’t take contemporary tyres for the ultimate run, having been securely within the prime six when the purple flag fell with a minute to go. That left him with a contemporary set of Firestones for the Quick Six showdown, and he

McLaren is celebrating its 60th anniversary this 12 months, which was marked in System 1 by branding its 2023 challenger the MCL60. Forward of the month of Could, McLaren’s IndyCar arm can be celebrating the British model’s wealthy historical past with three throwback liveries on its full-time entries, all commemorating a historic McLaren win within

Robby Gordon needs to be the subsequent Indycar racer in Method 1. He’s on his solution to the highest. His first automotive race was within the Daytona 24 Hours sportscar race and his first single-seater begin was in an Indycar. However in between, he destroyed Method 3000 and Winston Cup machines. I first got here

In case you have been lucky sufficient to observe the IndyCar motion from final week’s second spherical at Texas Motor Speedway, you should still be raving concerning the racing. In case you’re a Pato O’Ward or Arrow McLaren fan, you’ll really feel slighted that he lost his last chance to snatch the lead from eventual

Following final weekend’s second spherical of the 2023 IndyCar Sequence at TMS, the Honda-powered group co-owned by Bobby Rahal, David Letterman and Mike Lanigan stayed on to offer Legge her speedway refresher check. RLL is coming into a fourth automotive for her at subsequent month’s 107th working of the Indianapolis 500, 10 years after her

The 2021 IndyCar champion discovered himself within the battle for victory on the 1.5-mile oval earlier than in the end shedding out to eventual winner Josef Newgarden, who took the win by 1.2s from Arrow McLaren’s Pato O’Ward.   Palou, whose remaining pitstop had come 25 laps earlier than these of Newgarden and O’Ward, commented: “I

Polesitter Felix Rosenqvist didn’t final a lap within the lead, the Arrow McLaren shedding out to Scott Dixon’s Ganassi entry on the finish of the primary lap, after which Penske’s Newgarden, and fellow McLaren drivers Pato O’Ward and Alexander Rossi demoted him to fifth. Newgarden and Dixon swapped the lead twice earlier than Newgarden moved to

Occasion organisers have elected to push ahead the race begin to make sure the encounter runs to its full meant size of 250 laps.  The command for “Drivers, begin your engines” at Texas Motor Speedway was initially scheduled for 11.10am native (Central) time with the inexperienced flag dropping at 11.15am, driver introductions will now begin