The Swede made the switch to Meyer Shank Racing for 2024, which will mark his sixth year in North America’s premier open wheel championship as he teams up alongside rookie Tom Blomqvist. Rosenqvist spent the past three seasons with Arrow McLaren, earning four poles and three podiums over that stretch but also suffered early retirements

During Friday morning’s final practice session for IMSA’s season-opener, Novalak was involved in a pit lane incident and sustained a leg and hip injury. The team confirmed the injuries were not serious but was severe enough to sideline the Frenchman for the remainder of the event. As a result, Fittipaldi will join Nick Boulle, Jakub

It’s been over a decade since Christophe Bouchut last raced at his favourite circuit. And while the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hours winner says the 2.258-mile Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course first opened in 1962 is “not the biggest, not the most beautiful circuit,” he reckons the track’s combination of corners, elevation and challenging braking zones

After making his Daytona debut in 2018, the Brazilian immersed himself – and quickly became a force – in sportscar racing. During a stretch of his career that served as a brief hiatus from IndyCar, he helped guide Team Penske’s Acura programme to the IMSA DPi championship in 2020. A move to Wayne Taylor Racing

The 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course – which was constructed in 1957 – is owned by Monterey County, which signed a long-term concession agreement with the non-profit organisation Friends of Laguna Seca (FLS) in July last year to secure its long-term financial future. The Californian venue, famed for its Corkscrew sequence of corners, is scheduled to run

Marco Andretti will pilot the No. 98 MAPEI / CURB Honda for the 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500, which will mark his 19th appearance in the famed race. Additionally, the new partner will be on the Andretti Herta with Marco Andretti and Curb-Agajanian entry at the IndyCar’s Open Test at IMS April 10-11. The 36-year-old has

The motorsport winter is quickly coming to an end, while several series across the globe have already begun their 2024 activities, meaning plotlines and talking points are unfolding right now. The Dakar Rally and Formula E, now customary annual calendar openers, have already produced the first major winners of the year, as Carlos Sainz took

The performance by Palou was one for the ages. In 17 races, the Spaniard claimed five wins, 10 podiums, 13 top fives, and 17 top 10s, of which featured no result lower than eighth, to claim his second championship in three years. He added two poles and four fastest laps to the tally, along with

Although only 23 years old, VeeKay is already going into his fifth season in North America’s premier open-wheel championship. Last year’s output by the Dutchman featured only two top 10s and a best result of sixth en route to placing 14th in the standings. Statistically, it was the worst season of his career. However, battling

Speaking at the Autosport International Show on Saturday, Ilott revealed that he had expected to stay in IndyCar with Juncos Hollinger until “circumstances changed” and he found himself searching for a new drive. However, while excited by the opportunities ahead of him, Ilott said he does not view IndyCar as a closed chapter. Reflecting on his 36-race career to

There has been no shortage of challenges for the IndyCar Series over the course of this off-season, including another hybrid delay. Penske leadership met with a select group of drivers over dinner on Tuesday night, ahead of IndyCar’s annual Content Days, to answer questions and address concerns. O’Ward wasn’t part of that meeting, so his

The FIA gave Andretti’s new project the official go-ahead in October, subject to the team agreeing commercial terms with the F1 organisation and its CEO Stefano Domenicali, which is still pending. Herta, who turns 24 in March, has won seven IndyCar races in his career – effectively all with Andretti Autosport, which supported Herta’s rookie year

Testing of the new supercapacitor system has been carried out by the grandee teams of engine suppliers Chevrolet and Honda – namely Team Penske and Arrow McLaren, and Andretti Global and Chip Ganassi Racing respectively. The 2.2-litre twin-turbocharged V6 engine fitted with the hybrid technology was originally planned to be ready by the season-opening Grand

Speaking in a pre-season news conference at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Castroneves opened up about his loss – as he himself transitions from being a full-time IndyCar driver to a team co-owner with Meyer Shank Racing in 2024. “Yeah, I sort of lost my consultant, my advisor in being a team owner,” an emotional Castroneves said as

The 25-year-old Connecticut native will reprise his role behind the wheel of the team’s #14 Chevrolet-powered entry, with Sexton Properties continuing as the primary sponsor. The 2023 season marked Ferrucci’s first year with the AJ Foyt Racing, which also marked his first full-time drive in IndyCar since 2020. Although together the group ended the year

The 1.5-mile oval’s omission from the 2024 schedule was thought to be a brief hiatus, and still could be, but there is a possibility North America’s premier open-wheel championship won’t return to race there in the near future. Texas Motor Speedway played host to IndyCar every year since 1997, including two events per year from

Renowned NASCAR crew chief Evernham and former Cup Series team co-owner Kauffman, a two-time Le Mans 24 Hours starter, have created joint venture company IROC Holdings and announced on Monday that they had purchased rights to the IROC brand. A statement said that “IROC Holdings plans to bring the historic brand back to life”. IROC,

In his 23 IndyCar starts across four seasons with as many different teams, Luca Filippi showed flashes of the pace that had taken him to six victories in GP2 between 2006 and 2012. That was never more clearly on display than at his favourite circuit in Toronto, where the Italian scored his only series podium

Although O’Ward, 24, failed to win last season, he still managed to capture a career-high seven podiums on the year, along with 14 top 10s through 17 rounds to finish fourth in the championship standings. It marked the third consecutive season he was the highest ranked driver not affiliated with Chip Ganassi Racing or Team

#10– Alex Palou, 1st in the championship standings (656 points) – 17 races 5 wins, 10 podiums, 13 top fives, 17 top 10s, 2 poles, 11 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 1st (IMS Road Course – Race 1, Detroit, Road America, Mid-Ohio, Portland) Best Start: 1st (Indianapolis 500, Detroit) #9 – Scott Dixon, 2nd in

#3– Scott McLaughlin, 3rd in the championship standings (488 points) – 17 races 1 win, 4 podiums, 7 top fives, 14 top 10s, 2 poles, 10 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 1st (Barber) Best Start: 1st (Nashville) #2 – Josef Newgarden, 5th in the championship standings (479 points) – 17 races 4 wins, 5 podiums,

Gil de Ferran meant an awful lot to a great many people in motorsport. The outpouring of shocked tributes following his unexpected passing at the age of 56 were universal in their respect for a racer who possessed all the attributes to be effective as a driver, team boss, sporting director and in driver development.

#5 – Pato O’Ward, 4th in the championship standings (484 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 7 podiums, 9 top fives, 14 top 10s, 0 poles, 13 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 2nd (St. Petersburg, Texas, IMS Road Course – Race 1, Gateway) Best Start: 2nd (Road America, Nashville) #7 – Alexander Rossi, 9th in

De Ferran, who has died aged 56, beat his great friend, and fellow Brazilian Team Penske team-mate, Helio Castroneves by 0.299s after a fierce battle for honours in America’s biggest open-wheel race. The duo saw off the challenges of Andretti Green Racing’s Tony Kanaan and Michael Andretti, and Chip Ganassi Racing’s Tomas Scheckter, de Ferran

There was no shortage of headlines to result from a 23-race Formula 1 calendar in 2023, MotoGP’s addition of sprint races at every round and the influx of manufacturers arriving into the World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar class. Our team of writers scouring the paddocks of international and national motorsport series has diligently covered 24-hour races

According to the Associated Press, de Ferran appeared to suffer a heart attack while competing with his son at The Concours Club in Opa-locka in Florida on Friday. The open-wheel legend began his racing career in British Formula Ford, Opel Lotus and then Formula 3, finishing third in the 1991 British F3 title race behind

#45 – Christian Lundgaard, 8th in the championship standings (390 points) – 17 races 1 win, 1 podium, 4 top fives, 9 top 10s, 2 poles, 6 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 1st (Toronto) Best Start: 1st (IMS Road Course – Race 1, Toronto) #15 – Graham Rahal, 15th in the championship standings (276 points)

Simpson, a 19-year-old Caymanian who will contest the 2024 IndyCar season with Chip Ganassi Racing, joins a squad in DragonSpeed that have won three previous times in the LMP2 class at Daytona (2019, 2020, 2022). He will drive the team’s #81 Oreca 07-Gibson, 2023 Rolex 24 LMP2 victor James Allen, and 2022 LMP2 winning Bronze

#26 – Colton Herta, 10th in the championship standings (356 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 1 podium, 3 top fives, 8 top 10s, 2 poles, 8 Fast Six Appearances Best Finish: 3rd (Toronto) Best Start: 1st (Road America, Mid-Ohio) #27 – Kyle Kirkwood, 11th in the championship standings (352 points) – 17 races 2

#21 – Rinus VeeKay, 14th in the championship standings (277 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 0 podiums, 0 top fives, 2 top 10s, 0 poles, 1 Fast Six Appearance Best Finish: 6th (Portland) Best Start: 2nd (Indianapolis 500) #20 – Ryan Hunter-Reay, 26th in the championship standings (131 points) – 11 races, 10 w/ECR