After last year’s million dollar challenge the first points paying IndyCar race at The Thermal Club started with both McLaren’s on pole. The team looked to repeat the result of their Formula 1 counterparts. Full report and results below. McLaren leads early proceedings At the green flag it was Álex Palou with a good start,…
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,…
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…
Christian Lundgaard is preparing for a new chapter in his NTT INDYCAR career as he joins Arrow McLaren for the 2025 season alongside Pato O’Ward and Nolan Siegel. After three years with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL), Lundgaard is ready to take on the challenges that come with his switch to a new team and…
Full field practice RLL have a fourth car out on track this weekend at Portland. Juri Vips returned to the cockpit following a couple of races last season. Kyle Kirkwood, David Malukas and Graham Rahal will all drop 6 spots on the grid on Sunday due to unapproved engine changes. Toby Sowery returned to the…
The second practise session of the weekend sees immediately all drivers out on track in order to get a bit more experience with the debuting hybrid engine cars ahead of Qualifying later in the 45 minutes long session. After the first set of attempts Herta holds the provisional benchmark in 1:19.325s ahead of Rossi and…
Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard will take over the number #7 Arrow McLaren as he has agreed a deal with the team. Alexander Rossi will depart at the end of this campaign as he failed to agree fresh terms with them. Lundgaard has been hugely impressive since joining IndyCar following his move over from F2. He took…
Kyle Kirkwood made the perfect start to the race as he swept around the outside of title contender Alex Palou at turn 1 to take the lead. It was a great first lap for Scott Dixon as he moved up three spots to P7, with O’Ward falling to 12th from P9. Championship leader Will Power…
Group 1 saw out on track the Juncos Hollinger Racing and the AJ Foyt drivers as well as Power, McLaughlin, Dixon, Rossi, Armstrong, Rasmussen, Rahal, Malukas and Siegel behind the wheel of Arrow McLaren’s car no 6. Latest race winner Power goes on top with a 1:11.35, alongside Rossi, Grosjean and McLaughlin. The Penske driver’s…
Final practice got underway at Road America with the rain falling hard. Unsurprisingly, there was moments immediately. Kyle Kirkwood and Scott McLaughlin both ended up in the tarmac run off at turn 8 as they had snaps of oversteer in treacherous conditions. At turn 5, Colton Herta locked up and went straight on but continued…
