Chip Ganassi racer Scott Dixon topped the speed charts on the second day of Indy 500 practice, while double Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso became the first driver to crash. Five-time IndyCar champion Dixon clocked a 226.102mph lap in the final hour of the day’s running, around 0.4mph ahead of Takuma Sato’s top time from

James Hinchcliffe led an Andretti Autosport 1-2-4 on the opening day of practice for the 104th Indianapolis 500 as Fernando Alonso clocked the fifth fastest time. Making only his third IndyCar Series outing of the year, 2016 pole-winner Hinchcliffe turned a 224.526mph average on his 35th of 80 laps in the afternoon session to edge

Fernando Alonso has said next week’s Indianapolis 500 will be his last attempt at the triple crown for at least two years, as he returns to Formula 1 with Renault. In 2017, McLaren’s F1 prospects were so poor that Alonso was able to skip the Monaco Grand Prix with the team’s blessing in order to

Defending Indianapolis 500 winner Simon Pagenaud says the condensed practice schedule for this year’s race leaves far less leeway for experimenting with set up. The Team Penske ace conquered last year’s Indy 500 after a thrilling duel with 2016 winner Alexander Rossi of Andretti Autosport, and can expect to be one of the pre-race favourites

IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have released the entry list for next week’s Indianapolis 500, confirming the final two entries following a three-month delay for the race. With 2011 Indy runner-up JR Hildebrand at Dreyer & Reinbold Racing again, alongside Sage Karam, and one of last year’s underdog stars DragonSpeed USA running Ben Hanley

The Indianapolis 500 will be held behind closed doors for the first time in its 104-year history in 2020 due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana. IndyCar and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway were initially hoping the race could run at 50 percent crowd capacity, which was further reduced to 25 percent

Helio Castroneves is targeting a full-time ride in the IndyCar Series next season, but expects this month’s Indianapolis 500 to be his final drive for Team Penske in single-seaters. With Acura and Team Penske having announced that their partnership will dissolve following November’s final round of the IMSA SportsCar Championship – and with the latter

Next week’s IndyCar double-header at Mid-Ohio has been postponed due to ongoing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic which is still surging in several parts of the USA. The round at Mid-Ohio was reorganised as a double-header event following the cancellation of the race at Portland, the result of Oregon State’s increasing crowd-gathering restrictions designed to

Zak Brown says he would be open to fielding Fernando Alonso in next year’s Indianapolis 500 with McLaren should the Spaniard’s Formula 1 deal with Renault allow. Alonso is set to make his latest Indy 500 appearance later this month, driving a third car entered into the race by the McLaren Arrow SP squad alongside

Conor Daly’s Ed Carpenter Racing Indy 500 entry will be overseen by renowned crew chief Cole Pearn, who took Martin Truex Jr to the 2017 NASCAR Cup title. Pearn became crew chief for Truex in 2015 before going on to take the title two seasons later, while last year they earned seven wins – more

Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson has impressed Chip Ganassi team boss Mike Hull and five-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon after completing a test on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course. Johnson, whose last open-wheel action was testing a McLaren Formula 1 car in a car swap with Fernando Alonso at Bahrain, was supposed to try

Marcus Ericsson says his Chip Ganassi Racing team had “question marks” about him after his inconsistent rookie IndyCar season last year, but believes he has “taken big steps” in 2020. The Swedish driver made the switch to US open-wheel racing after five seasons in Formula 1 with the Caterham, Sauber and Alfa Romeo squads, scoring

The IndyCar Series will not compete at either Portland or Laguna Seca in 2020, and will run double-headers at Mid-Ohio, Gateway and the Indianapolis road course in their place. As revealed yesterday, the Grand Prix of Portland has fallen victim to Oregon’s increasing crowd-gathering restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the surging number

The IndyCar Series Mid-Ohio round is set to become a double-header to effectively replace this year’s Grand Prix of Portland which has been cancelled. Teams were informed on Thursday of the decision to cancel the 2020 race at Portland International Raceway, and public confirmation is currently expected on Monday. Oregon’s state-wide crowd-gathering restrictions during the

IndyCar president Jay Frye says he remains confident that a third engine manufacturer will join Chevrolet and Honda in the IndyCar Series, as speculation increases that it will be Ferrari. Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto told SkySport Italia in mid-May that the company was evaluating the viability of an IndyCar project as F1

IndyCar’s newest winner Felix Rosenqvist says that the extreme compression between fastest and slowest drivers on any given weekend makes success extremely tough for all drivers. Even on IndyCar’s longest circuit, the 4.014-mile Road America track, the gap between the front rear of the 23-car grid was two seconds, while on the 2.439-mile road course

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has announced that attendance for the 104th edition of the Indianapolis 500 will be approximately 25 percent of capacity, with face coverings for all attendees. Ticket sales will not be permitted after 24 July, further limiting the number of people who will attend. IMS has prepared a detailed plan that provides

Josef Newgarden became the first IndyCar driver to win from pole position at Iowa, as the reigning series champion dominated on his way to his first win of the season. Newgarden, who finished fifth in Friday night’s first encounter at the 0.8-mile Iowa short oval, held position at the start ahead of Penske team-mate Will

Simon Pagenaud believes a “never give up” attitude by his Penske team played a crucial role in securing his and the team’s first IndyCar win of the season at Iowa. Pagenaud had been unable to qualify due to faltering fuel pressure and was forced to start from the back in last night’s race, but eventually

Team Penske’s Simon Pagenaud used an aggressive fuel strategy to claim his first win of the IndyCar season in the first race at Iowa, after starting last on the grid. Pagenaud’s #22 Dallara-Chevrolet suffered a fuel pressure issue in qualifying, leaving the 2016 series champion last on the 23-strong car grid. Pagenaud begun to quickly

Conor Daly scored a maiden IndyCar Series pole position in qualifying for the first race at Iowa, with reigning champion Josef Newgarden on pole for the second race. Carlin driver Daly, who had never previously qualified inside the top 10 on an oval circuit, also took the team’s first pole position since its arrival in

Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi says that reduced on-track time is causing the apparent proliferation of errors among all IndyCar teams in the paddock, pitlane and on the race tracks. Rossi, who took his first podium of the season in Sunday’s race at Road America said that ironing out all bugs and “finding limits” is often

Arrow McLaren SP’s Patricio O’Ward has been left with mixed emotions after dominating at IndyCar’s second round of the Road America double-header only to ultimately lose out to Felix Rosenqvist. The 21-year-old Mexican edged Colton Herta for his maiden IndyCar pole position in the morning session, and went on to lead 43 of the race’s

Felix Rosenqvist claimed a maiden IndyCar race victory with a penultimate lap overtake on the pole-sitting Arrow McLaren SP of Pato O’Ward in the second race at Road America. The final race of the double-header weekend quickly became a two-way fight, with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Felix Rosenqvist hunting down long-time race leader O’Ward with both

Arrow McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward earned a shock maiden IndyCar pole position for the second race of the Road America double-header. O’Ward clocked a 1m44.897s in the dying moments of the second session to edge rookie Alex Palou, fresh from claiming his first IndyCar podium at the circuit on Saturday. McLaren is making its full-time

Scott Dixon expects the strategy employed by Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing in the first of this weekend’s IndyCar races at Road America will be copied in race two. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver maintained his unbeaten start to the season despite only qualifying 10th, leading Team Penske’s Will Power and rookie Alex Palou.

Five-time IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon earned his third successive victory of the 2020 season in the first of two races this weekend at Road America. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver had moved up to sixth from ninth on the grid in the opening stages before vaulting into second when he undercut the majority of

Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden has taken pole position for the first of the two races at Road America this weekend. Qualifying for the first race of the double-header – which will be held in front of fans for the first time this season – saw the field split across two 14-minute sessions, with the

Grand Prix of Indy winner Scott Dixon says the timing of the race’s only full-course caution meshed ideally with Chip Ganassi Racing’s “aggressive” race strategy. The five-time IndyCar Series champion dominated the second half of Saturday’s race after making his second pitstop just before the yellows came out for an accident to Oliver Askew’s Arrow

Scott Dixon eased to his first win on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course after a caution period thwarted polesitter Will Power in the second IndyCar race of the season. Power dominated the opening stages of the Grand Prix of Indy until the Arrow McLaren SP of Oliver Askew slid backwards into the barriers at