Jacqueline Zhang, Author at Motorsport

Alex Palou explains importance of timing for Indy 500 winning overtake due to tyre struggles

Jacqueline Zhang3 weeks ago3 weeks ago010 mins

The 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 (Indy 500) was quite the race for IndyCar. Spectators witnessed multiple collisions, yellow flags, several pit lane incidents just to name a few. For Palou, Sunday was a joyous day of celebration. Throughout all the chaos happening around, Alex Palou continued his victory streak and charged ahead for…

Alex Palou speeds into the month of May with a “perfect” IndyCar victory at Barber

Jacqueline Zhang1 month ago1 month ago010 mins

This weekend at Barber Motorsports Park was definitely one for the books. Following in Scott McLaughlin’s footsteps, Alex Palou scored a victory from pole position at the Children’s of Alabama Grand Prix. Following his success in qualifying on Saturday which ended with the NTT P1 Award, Palou showed great consistency leading 81 laps out of…

IndyCar | Qualifying | Barber | Palou charges ahead once again

Jacqueline Zhang1 month ago1 month ago05 mins

After the two practice sessions on Friday and earlier on Saturday, IndyCar started the first round of qualifying. The qualifying sessions at Barber Motorsports Park have finished, thus setting the starting grid for tomorrow’s race. Track conditions were better from what they were during today’s practice session with drivers not having to run on wet…

Kyle Kirkwood finds Long Beach “pretty enjoyable” and strives to repeat 2023 IndyCar success

Jacqueline Zhang2 months ago2 months ago09 mins

This Saturday marks the 50th Anniversary of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach in IndyCar, and Kyle Kirkwood showed consistent pace today during qualifying and received pole position as a reward for his efforts. The driver of the No. 27 PreFab Honda for Andretti won his third career NTT P1 award earlier this afternoon….

Pato O'Ward and Christian Lundgaard speaks to the media after qualifying.

Lundgaard says rapid McLaren IndyCar teammate O’Ward makes him “work harder” to be better

Jacqueline Zhang3 months ago3 months ago09 mins

Christian Lundgaard scored a P2 race finish at the Thermal Club this past weekend. This is his first podium finish since making the move to Arrow McLaren this season. The weekend at the Thermal Club Grand Prix was home to a few other firsts. The first points-scoring IndyCar race at Thermal, the first 1-2 of…

For 2024 USF Pro Championship winner Lochie Hughes, the season opener was his big debut in the Indy NXT series. He had a great weekend.

Lochie Hughes says Indy NXT debut “a big learning curve” following P2 finish

Jacqueline Zhang3 months ago3 months ago07 mins

Sunday, March 2nd was an action-packed day out on the track with Indy NXT by Firestone in St. Pete as Andretti had a 1-2 with Dennis Hauger and Lochie Hughes. A couple of race restarts and caution flags made for an interesting race for both drivers and fans. For 2024 USF Pro Championship winner Lochie…