Romain Grosjean brought his No. 51 Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar home in second place at Saturday night’s GMR Grand Prix, silencing his own doubts after 10 uncompetitive years in F1. Grosjean left Formula 1 at the end of last year, his time with Haas cut short by a horrific fiery crash at the start of the […]
Mario Andretti has identified IndyCar driver Colton Herta as the man he would like to see become America’s next Formula 1 driver. Following the announcement of a second race to take place in the United States from 2022 in Miami, the 1978 World Champion would “love to see” America represented by having a driver on […]
By Marshall Pruett Romain Grosjean went to a different place while standing on the grid for Sunday’s Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama. Preparing for his NTT IndyCar Series debut, the Frenchman’s pre-race routine ventured beyond the usual stretching exercises and calming of nerves. Moments prior to strapping into his No. 51 Honda, 140 days after […]
By. Marshall Pruett The last time Romain Grosjean strapped into an open-wheel car, the story met an end that left the Frenchman with burns and scars. Tuesday morning, the better part of 7500 miles away from where his Formula 1 season concluded in Bahrain, Grosjean opened a new chapter in his career, free of worries […]
By: Lewis Larkam 3 Feb 2021 Romain Grosjean has sealed a deal to compete in the 2021 IndyCar season with Dale Coyne Racing following his F1 exit. Romain Grosjean has sealed a deal to compete in the 2021 IndyCar season with Dale Coyne Racing following his Formula 1 exit. The 34-year-old Frenchman will make the switch […]
Written by Hazel Southwell Former Sauber F1 test driver Simona de Silvestro will return for a sixth attempt at the Indy 500 with Paretta Autosport. Parett Autosport has announced its entry to the 2021 Indy 500, running the number 16 car for the event. The team will “integrate women to ensure that it provides opportunities, including […]
Advantage Josef Newgarden. Entering the Harvest Grand Prix with a 72-point deficit to championship leader Scott Dixon, the Team Penske driver aced Round 1 at the IMS road course with the title on the line. Not only will the fight continue into Saturday’s 75-lap race, but it’s fair to say momentum has shifted in favour […]
Juan Pablo Montoya isn’t sure where he’ll be driving next year, but he knows he wants to continue after Acura Team Penske shutters its three-year IMSA program at the end of the season. The Colombian’s credentials are well known: F3000 champion, two-time Indy 500 winner, CART IndyCar Series champion, a winner in Formula 1, NASCAR, […]
. Fernando Alonso’s farewell to the Indy 500 – at least for the next two years – was hindered by a clutch issue that never allowed the Arrow McLaren SP driver to move up the running order. Alonso already has his work cut out for him in Sunday’s blue riband event, the Spaniard launching his […]
Takuma Sato climbed to a higher level of immortality Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, winning the 104th Indianapolis 500 and becoming just the 20th driver to capture “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” at least twice. Sato, from Japan, won the race under caution in the No. 30 Panasonic/PeopleReady Honda fielded by Rahal Letterman Lanigan […]
Marco Andretti was 2 months old the last time his venerable racing family led the field to green at the Indianapolis 500. In this strange pandemic-plagued season, he ended a 33-year Andretti drought by winning the pole. That darned “Andretti Curse” has haunted three generations of racers at Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1969, when Mario […]
Fernando Alonso became the first driver to crash during practice for the 2020 Indianapolis 500. The Spaniard made a mistake by dipping his left-front tire below the white line in Turn 4, making contact with the curb that separates the racing surface from the grass. The Arrow McLaren SP driver climbed from the No. 66 […]
Fernando Alonso’s third attempt to win the Indianapolis 500 and complete motorsport’s Triple Crown has begun ahead of qualifying for the US racing showpiece this weekend. With the Indy 500 programme for 2020 condensed and rescheduled from its usual ‘Month of May’ slot due to the coronavirus pandemic, all the track action at the famous […]
For the first time, NASCAR and IndyCar will run races at the same venue on the same weekend. Is this the start of a new tradition?An event few motor sports fans ever thought would occur, with longtime rivals from IndyCar racing and NASCAR stock cars competing on the same weekend and at the same facility, […]
Part of the unique challenge in IndyCar’s return to racing amid the COVID-19 pandemic was the necessity for the Texas Motor Speedway event to be compressed into one day, with just a single practice session leading into qualifying and the race a couple hours later. For the three drivers who wound up on the podium […]
The numbers tell an unflattering tale. From the 17 NTT IndyCar Series races held last year, only one of the Bowtie’s partners delivered on a consistent basis. Team Penske scored nine wins – nearly 50 percent of the victories available – and earned 16 of Chevy’s 18 podium visits – a staggering 89 percent – […]
Motorsport legend Mario Andretti has said that Ferrari should consider entering the NTT Indycar Series as a manufacturer, after team princial Mattia Binotto admitted the team could look to join racing another series. The Ferrari boss said that the team could look to deploy their “racing DNA” away from Formula 1 if the budget cap […]
Race fans worldwide are fascinated by drivers who can climb into any kind of racing machine and succeed. Drivers like A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti raced sprint cars on dirt tracks and Indy cars on asphalt routinely on the same weekend in the 1960s, with forays into NASCAR, sports cars and other series. But the […]
CARL G. FISHER (Jan 12, 1874-July 15, 1939) was an energetic impresario who overcame poor eyesight and a meager upbringing to spearhead the building of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909. This extraordinary man also developed Miami Beach from out of swamplands; headed up the Lincoln Highway commission, which raised the funds to build the […]
Eight times drivers have attempted to run both the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 on the same day on Memorial Day weekend. Only five times have they actually started and finished both races on the same day. Kurt Busch will attempt to become the fourth driver to start both events on the same day […]
The Indianapolis 500 has been postponed from May 24 to August 23 due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak. The Indianapolis Grand Prix, which normally runs prior to the 500, is now set for July 4, setting up the first-ever IndyCar/NASCAR double-header. It marks the first time in 103 editions of the 500-mile event where the […]
Fernando Alonso believes the Indianapolis 500 is the “greatest race in the world” ahead of his third attempt to claim the triple crown with Arrow McLaren SP. The 2005 and 2006 Formula One World Champion announced moments ago that he will take part in the 104th running of the Indy 500, with the Arrow McLaren […]
Fernando Alonso’s love for the Indianapolis 500 has weathered a blown engine while contending for victory, not to mention a failure to qualify for the greatest American race, but the Spaniard will be chasing a more positive outcome when he partners with Arrow McLaren SP to return and make his third attempt to win in […]
If and when two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso finally announces he has a ride for the 104th Indianapolis 500, it likely will be on the same team where his search began. The wisest choice for Alonso would be at Arrow McLaren Racing SP, where he would be reunited with McLaren CEO Zak Brown and Sporting […]
This year’s Indy 500 purse has increased by $2 million, making it the largest prize pool in history. And even better news? Road & Track is a sponsor of the race. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway just announced a bunch of plans it has for the month of May leading up to the 2020 Indianapolis 500. The […]
Fernando Alonso continues to search for a ride in the Indianapolis 500 but his options are closing fast with Ed Carpenter ruling out expanding his team to accommodate an extra driver or two. On Monday February 3, Alonso was confident that he had a deal in place with Andretti Autosport to race in the 2020 […]
Josef Newgarden was just a couple of positions away from losing the title he controlled all year Josef Newgarden only spent one race outside of the IndyCar Series championship lead this season. The best team won the IndyCar championship on Sunday at Laguna Seca, but it came really close to giving it away. Josef Newgarden captured the […]
McLaren’s return to Indycar next year is a done deal, now the question of drivers is a hot topic and inevitably Fernando Alonso is being linked to the project despite the Spaniard’s known reluctance to do a full season. McLaren CEO Zak Brown is clearly keen to have Alonso on board, explaining his stand on […]
The McLaren Racing team will make its full-time return to IndyCar competition next season in a partnership with Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports under the Arrow McLaren Racing SP banner. The two-car program, utilizing the current Arrow SPM staff and a new group of McLaren personnel assembled specifically for the IndyCar project, will debut in 2020 […]
Hybrid engine technology is coming to INDYCAR in 2022, making the series relevant to today’s modern automotive marketplace. INDYCAR announced Thursday morning that it will implement a single-source hybrid system in its race cars for the 2022 NTT IndyCar Series season that will provide key enhancements ranging from competition to safety. Current engine manufacturers Honda […]
Alexander Rossi has taken a dominant victory in the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series REV Group Grand Prix at Road America. The Californian took the lead of the race at turn one after starting in second place and would go on to lead every lap of the race and securing the win by a margin of twenty-eight seconds. After a […]
The 2019 Indianapolis 500 was meant to be a gauge for McLaren, to see where it sat in terms of starting a full-time IndyCar program—possibly as soon as next year. But it turned into much more than that with McLaren’s failure to qualify and overall disastrous try, and it seems like that’s impacted its timeline. Racer published an interview with McLaren Racing […]
Although McLaren insist they are to blame for Fernando Alonso failing to qualify for this year’s Indy 500, Zak Brown hopes the Spaniard gives them another chance next season.Alonso tried to enter this year’s Indianapolis 500 with McLaren with the team partnering with Chevrolet for a single-car entry. Bad weather and electronic problems cost the […]
Getting bumped from the Indy 500 starting grid is only the latest in a series of missteps between Alonso and McLaren, but it could be the worst. It’s become evident in the past decade that two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso has turned into the master of “wrong place, wrong time.” After picking up […]
Simon Pagenaud completed his May mission with the biggest win of his racing life, capturing the 103rd Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge in a duel for the ages and extending Team Penske’s dominance in “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.” Pagenaud edged Alexander Rossi by 0.2086 of a second following a thrilling clash over the final […]
Fast Friday preparing for Saturday’s Indianapolis 500 qualifying provided plenty of challenges for even the most experienced drivers and teams as the universal aero package, track temperatures, and traffic combined to leave plenty scratching their heads. Conor Daly grabbed the headline time late on Friday with a lap at 231.704mph, but his no-tow speed was […]
McLaren’s Fernando Alonso failed to qualify for the 2019 Indianapolis 500 on Sunday when he was bumped out of the field by Kyle Kaiser, driving for the minnow Juncos team, with the very last run of the Last Row session. In the rain delayed session, which began at 16:30 local time, Alonso managed a four-lap […]
Pippa Mann was one of two IndyCar drivers who failed to qualify for the 102nd running of the Indianapolis 500 last year. Will she bounce back this year? The entry list for the 102nd running of IndyCar‘s most prestigious race, the Indianapolis 500, featured 35 drivers, the highest driver total on an entry list for […]
The double Formula One world champion’s No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet slid into the wall on the exit of Turn 3 before skidding across the track and into the interior barrier and striking the outside barrier again. When his car came to a stop, the 37-year-old managed to get out unassisted and was later checked, […]
Fernando Alonso believes victory in this year’s Indianapolis 500 could be the most important of his career because of the difficulty in achieving motorsport’s Triple Crown. McLaren returns to the Brickyard with its own entry following Alonso’s attempt in 2017 in a McLaren-run Andretti Honda, during which he led for nearly 30 laps before an […]