Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden dominated the first race of the Harvest Grand Prix double-header on the Indianapolis road course, slashing Scott Dixon’s championship lead to 40 points. Newgarden, who started on the front-row alongside rookie polesitter Rinus VeeKay, ran in third place in the early stages as Ed Carpenter driver VeeKay and Harding Steinbrenner’s

Meyer Shank Racing has announced that Formula 1 majority shareholder Liberty Media has made a minority equity investment in the team. MSR became a full-time one-car IndyCar team this year after gradually building up its number of outings in the series, and switching partner teams from Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (as it was then) to

A cut-and-shut car without a full-time engineer was hardly the ideal platform for a Le Mans winner four years out of single-seaters to make his Champ Car bow. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Guy Smith doesn’t recall his 2004 cameo fondly, as he tells MATT KEW Guy Smith and co-drivers Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello had romped to

Rinus VeeKay took his maiden IndyCar series pole position in qualifying for the first race of the Harvest Grand Prix double-header on the Indianapolis road course, just pipping Colton Herta. VeeKay, in his first season in the IndyCar series driving for Ed Carpenter Racing, was one of 13 drivers to run in the second group

The IndyCar Series has released a 17-race calendar for the 2021 season which does not include the oval rounds at Iowa and Richmond. The 2021 season-opener on 7 March on the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, is the first of nine races on NBC network television – a schedule that also includes the historic Grand

Honda Performance Development has announced British engineer David Salters will become its new president with Ted Klaus set to retire after 30 years with Honda. HPD, which leads all Honda and Acura high-performance racing programs in North America, hired Salters from Ferrari in 2015 as a chief engineer and engine technical leader. He has served

IndyCar and NASCAR will once again combine for a double-header race weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway next season, but with an added twist. The IndyCar and Cup Series will compete at IMS on 14-15 August in 2021, but this time the Cup Series will also compete on the IMS Road Course. This year, when the

Five-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon, who leads the 2020 championship with three rounds to go, says that each one becomes more significant. Dixon won the IndyCar title in 2003, ’08, ’13, ’15 and ’18, and although he won the season-openers in ’03 and ’08, he then suffered misfortunes in subsequent races and had to fight

James Hinchcliffe will join Andretti Autosport for the final three races of the 2020 IndyCar season following Zach Veach’s split from the team. Hinchcliffe, a six-time IndyCar race winner, has slotted into the sixth entry for Michael Andretti’s team on three occasions so far this year, but now takes over the #26 car from Veach

Helio Castroneves will stand in for Oliver Askew at Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet in next week’s Indianapolis road course double-header after the IndyCar rookie was declared not fit to drive. According to a team statement, following the NTT IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio, Askew reported a balance and coordination issue, which triggered an examination from the

The greatest Indycar is the focus of the fifth episode of the Autosport 70 mini-series podcast, which celebrates our 70th birthday. The first issue of Autosport magazine appeared on 25 August 1950 and as part of our celebrations we have taken on the task of picking out the greatest competition cars from each of the

Zach Veach has relinquished his Andretti Autosport IndyCar with immediate effect, on learning he will not be returning to the team in 2021. Andretti confirmed the news that Veach would miss the final three races of the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series season, adding that “a replacement driver for the No. 26 will be named in

Dreyer & Reinbold Racing has announced its entry with Sage Karam for next week’s IndyCar Harvest GP double-header at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. The #24 DRR effort will make its third and fourth appearances of the season, having already competed at the GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis 500, in which

Supercar ace Scott McLaughlin will make his IndyCar debut in a fourth Penske entry in next month’s season finale at St Petersburg. The two-time and reigning Supercars champion, who tested impressively for Team Penske at Sebring and Circuit of The Americas as well as passing his oval rookie test at Texas Motor Speedway, has long

IndyCar will hold a street race in downtown Nashville in 2021 and will be called the “Music City Grand Prix”, marking a return to the calendar for the city. The “Music City Grand Prix” will be held 6-8 August next year, using a 2.17-mile track that features a unique water crossing. The Nissan Stadium, home

Scott McLaughlin is in talks with the Australian government about a travel exemption that would allow him to make his IndyCar debut next month. The Kiwi has been linked to Team Penske seat for the IndyCar season finale in St Petersburg, ahead of what could be a full-time Stateside switch in 2021. While McLaughlin’s schedules

Sebastien Bourdais says he’ll avoid setting targets for his return to IndyCar after it was announced he will contest this year’s final three rounds ahead of a full 2021 season. Bourdais was originally signed to share the #14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet this year with Tony Kanaan and Dalton Kellett. The four-time Champ Car title

Ryan Hunter-Reay was left frustrated at what he feels were missed opportunities in the IndyCar Mid-Ohio double-header thanks to pitstop strategy and questionable track ethics from Scott Dixon. The 2012 IndyCar champion started Saturday’s first race from the front row, but was demoted to third at the start by Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden. Hunter-Reay was

Mid-Ohio IndyCar winner Colton Herta says that hitting the right fuel number gave him an edge over his Andretti Autosport team-mates despite possibly making the wrong strategy call on tyres. Herta led 57 of the 75 laps in Mid-Ohio’s second race of the weekend, and the majority of laps in which he wasn’t P1 were

Colton Herta headed an Andretti Autosport 1-2-3 in the second and final IndyCar race of the double-header weekend at Mid-Ohio, as points leader Scott Dixon finished 10th after a spin. There was drama on the opening lap as first-time front row starter Santino Ferrucci attempted to drive around the outside of poleman Herta at the

Colton Herta earned pole position for the second race of the weekend at Mid-Ohio after topping a rain-hit qualifying session that involved a crash for race one victor Will Power. The 23-driver field was split across two qualifying groups, with the drivers from the fastest group occupying the odd-numbered places on the grid and the

Will Power claimed his first victory of the 2020 IndyCar season with a commanding victory in the opening race of the double-header weekend at Mid-Ohio. Power scooped his 60th career pole earlier on Saturday and converted that qualifying advantage into an early race lead ahead of his Team Penske team-mate Josef Newgarden. At the other

Team Penske’s Will Power earned his third pole position of the 2020 IndyCar season, after topping qualifying for the opening race of the double-header weekend at Mid-Ohio. The 23 drivers were split across two sessions, with the fastest session setting the odd-numbered grid positions and the other group responsible for deciding who occupies the even-numbered

McLaren would “definitely be interested” in holding talks with Sergio Perez over a drive with its IndyCar team in 2021 if the Mexican driver wanted to move into the series. Perez announced on Wednesday that he would be leaving Racing Point at the end of the season after the team opted to sign outing Ferrari

Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson is aiming to make the switch to IndyCar in 2021, and has announced he has joined forces with Chip Ganassi Racing. Johnson, who turns 45 this month, has raced full-time in NASCAR since 2002 and has become one the sport’s most successful drivers with 83 wins and a

The IndyCar Series has reinstated a double-header event at Mid-Ohio next weekend, after the race meeting was postponed from its planned August date due to a spike in coronavirus cases. IndyCar has issued multiple revisions to its calendar since the COVID-19 pandemic forced its first round in St. Petersburg to be postponed after teams had

Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso’s previous Indianapolis 500 experience provided a “two-way exchange” within the Arrow McLaren SP team to help improve set-up, according to Robert Wickens. With Alonso returning to the Brickyard this year for this third attempt at the Indy 500, aiming to secure the triple crown of motorsport, he teamed

Robert Wickens says Arrow McLaren SP’s investment in youth with Pato O’Ward and Oliver Askew is “no longer a risk” having surpassed expectations during the 2020 IndyCar campaign. The Arrow McLaren SP team named O’Ward and rookie Askew as its 2020 IndyCar drivers, forcing James Hinchcliffe out of its line-up, to put together an inexperienced

Tony Kanaan is aiming to race on all of IndyCar’s oval rounds in 2021, despite the veteran driver having previously expected to wind down his time in the series. Kanaan had announced pre-season that the 2020 campaign would be the last time he competed at any IndyCar race except the Indy 500, but restrictions on

Ed Carpenter Racing rookie Rinus VeeKay hailed Sunday’s IndyCar race at Gateway as “one of the best races I have ever driven” en route to a hard-fought fourth place finish. VeeKay, who leads the rookie standings, climbed from 14th to sixth in Saturday’s race one, at a track in which he had won in Pro