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It’s time for the second IndyCar FP2 session of this weekend held at Thermal Club. Will reigning champion Alex Palou manage to end the session on top ahead of the later Qualifying session, or will it be someone else? Maybe Andretti’s Colton Herta, who had a rather positive first approach with the Palm Springs circuit,…
Thermal Club, California is the first road course of the 2025 NTT IndyCar season, and cars were raring to go around the unique track for FP1, full report and results below. Last year IndyCar came to Thermal but the weekend had no championship points on the table with drivers fighting for $1 million instead. However,…
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…
Takuma Sato is returning to the Indy 500 with Rahal Letterman Lanigan as he looks for a third win at The Brickyard. The Japanese driver has two wins to his name at Indianapolis and took victory and the eerily quiet edition behidn closed doors in 2020 with RLL. He has a chequered history with the…
Team prinicpal for the newly formed Cadillac F1, Graeme Lowdon, took part in a media session on Monday, discussing the possibilities of which drivers they will pick for 2026. While Formula 1 has had 58 drivers from the USA in the past, it’s clear that interest in European racing within the American market has significantly…
The IndyCar season kicked off on the unforgiving streets of St. Petersburg with six drivers racing for a new team in IndyCar. Christian Lundgaard made his debut for Arrow McLaren while the driver he replaced, Indy 500 winner Alexander Rossi, stepped in at Ed Carpenter Racing for 2025. Rinus VeeKay switched from ECR to Dale…
The 2025 IndyCar season roared to life on the streets of St. Petersburg, with plenty of action, strategy, and standout performances. Among them was Rinus VeeKay, who delivered a strong race for Dale Coyne Racing (DCR), securing the team’s first top-10 finish since Portland 2023. His ninth-place result not only marked a positive start to…
Dennis Hauger was simply sensational as he dominated on his Indy NXT debut at St. Pete last weekend as the 2025 season got going. Fastest in FP1, second in FP2, taking pole in qualifying, controlling the race: it was a masterclass. Dennis Hauger left a bit surprised by his dominant start to the 2025 Indy…
It was a bitterly disappointing start to the 2025 IndyCar season at St. Pete for Will Power, Nolan Siegel and Louis Foster. All three drivers crashed out at turn 3 on the opening lap. How cars checking up in front led to the incident Turn 3 is a hotspot for incidents and crashes at St….
Overall it was a positive St. Pete round for Penske’s Josef Newgarden. The two-time defending Indy 500 winner managed to fight his way up after missing the Fast 6. He was even in contention to win again as he was less than half a second of distance from eventual race winner Alex Palou at one…
