Practice kicked off in Toronto under nice blue skies, with Hunter McElrea making his debut in the series with Dale Coyne. 45-minute session — All cars Rinus VeeKay led inside the opening 10 minutes as a 1:08.2743 saw him lead Rasmussen, Robb, Siegel, Sowery, Simpson and Fittipaldi. The times quickly started to tumble. A 1:03.2859…
Qualifying for the second AND third oval race is a bit different compared to regular IndyCar qualifying and, for that matter, compared to the Indianapolis 500. Every driver gets one attempt of two laps, where the first lap determines the starting position for the first race of this double header, and logically the second lap…
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…
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…
Inside the opening 5 minutes, a red flag had to be thrown as Christian Rasmussen crashed at turn 10. The Dane had a snap in the mid-corner, lost the car and hit the tyres, initially with the rear and then the front. The back of the car was heavily damaged. Kirkwood led Rasmussen, Herta, Ericsson,…
Scott McLaughlin set the fastest time in the opening practice session, ahead of Colton Herta and Alex Palou at Laguna Seca. The session was disrupted by multiple red flags and multiple drivers making mistakes early in the weekend. After a quiet opening few minutes at Laguna Seca, Linus Lundqvist set the first lap time of…
Qualifying at Road America saw pole number one for Linus Lundqvist in his young IndyCar career, the rookie displaying his impressive ability, adapting to whatever the weather threw at him throughout the session. Qualifying group one consisted of drivers trying to acclimatise to the conditions, slipping and sliding all over the painted white lines. Despite…
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…
The last leg of the triple-header started by the Indy 500 is now underway, as cars will get on track on track at Road America, including last minute driver replacement Nolan Siegel, set to driver car no 78 for Juncos Hollinger Racing, who is still getting his car specifics tailored to his liking. The American…
