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Nikita Johnson is one of America’s rising talents and is undertaking a full campaign of GB3 this year, as well as a partial Indy NXT season. The 16-year-old competed in a partial GB3 campaign last year as he learned European tracks, before taking a superb victory at Brands Hatch last October. Johnson is aiming to…
Irish driver Jonathan Browne has confirmed his exit from the Chip Ganassi Racing squad following a single race with the team in Indy NXT. Pit Debrief had the opportunity to interview the 24-year-old ahead of the season as he explained his move to CGR from HMD Motorsports over the winter, as well as his hopes…
The second day of the Indy 500 open test was eventful was the teams reached high speeds, and it led to two crashes in the process, full report and results below. Kyle Larson finds the wall NASCAR driver Kyle Larson is attempting the double once again in 2025 but it all went wrong in the…
A range of results for Team Penske after the Long Beach GP. Will Power was again the best performing driver for the Captain with fifth place, finishing one place ahead of Scott McLaughlin. Josef Newgarden however found himself at the bottom of the table, after issues hampered his Dallara-Chevy. Power on the rise Once again…
Alex Palou said he’s “not disappointed” with his second place IndyCar result at the 50th edition of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach. Palou came into the weekend, with two wins on the bounce at St Petersburg and Thermal Club. Palou currently leads the IndyCar championship on 142 points, with a 34 point deficit…
Scott Dixon emerged on top of the leaderboard on Day 1 of the 2025 Indy 500 Open Test, despite a delayed start to the sessions. Thirty-four drivers took to the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday for the first of two scheduled open test days ahead of next month’s Indy 500. Eager to fine-tune their…
Felix Rosenqvist’s promising run to a potential podium finish at the 2025 Long Beach Grand Prix was derailed in the closing stages when fuel management issues forced him to surrender third place to Christian Lundgaard. Despite starting strong and maintaining consistent pace throughout most of the 90-lap event, the Meyer Shank Racing driver had to…
Christian Lundgaard rallied back from a qualifying wreck that put him 12th on the grid to finish in 3rd at the 2025 Long Beach Grand Prix. It was the second straight P3 for the Arrow McLaren driver, now the only driver other than championship leader Alex Palou to have multiple podium finishes. Lundgaard now sits…
Andretti driver Kyle Kirkwood took his third career win at the IndyCar Long Beach GP, his second at the track. Kirkwood had another dominant event. In fact, the weekend had been off to a good start as Andretti secured a front row lockout with Kirkwood on pole and Herta in P2 for the Long Beach…
Round 3 of the 2025 IndyCar season is in the books as Kyle Kirkwood had a perfect weekend at Long Beach, taking pole position and converting it into a win as he led the most laps, view the full championship standings below. Following that victory, Kirkwood moves up from P5 to P2 in the championship….
