McLaren joining the IndyCar field full-time is still a case of ‘when not if’, but timing depends on the team’s Formula 1 form says its CEO Zak Brown. A McLaren IndyCar project has been mooted since its Indianapolis 500 campaign with Fernando Alonso and Andretti Autosport in 2017. Though a potential full 2019 programme did

Alexander Rossi put on a masterclass to win IndyCar’s Long Beach Grand Prix for the second consecutive year and claim Andretti Autosport’s 200th win across all categories. Poleman Rossi led from the outset, with his only true challenges for the lead coming from Scott Dixon both at the start of the race and on the

Alexander Rossi took pole position for IndyCar’s Long Beach Grand Prix for the second consecutive season, usurping Scott Dixon from the top of the timesheets late on. Andretti Autosport driver Rossi, who won the race from pole last year, posted a time of 1m06.4811s on his third and final lap in the pole shootout, beating

Chip Ganassi Racing’s five-time and reigning champion Scott Dixon led Friday afternoon IndyCar practice in Long Beach, beating morning pacesetter Ryan Hunter-Reay by 0.0494 seconds. Andretti Autosport driver Hunter-Reay had led Dixon by 0.1704s as he topped the opening session and went fastest again on the harder tyres in the first 20 minutes of practice

IndyCar president Jay Frye admits that delaying the introduction of the 2.4-litre engines in 2021 will be considered, if it will help entice another engine manufacturer. The current plan is for the IndyCar Series to replace its current 2.2-litre twin-turbo V6s with the new 2.4-liter engines for the 2021 season, and then race the next-generation

Takuma Sato says his late mistake while leading IndyCar’s Barber race caused a “heart attack”, but described his victory as his “cleanest” in the series yet. Sato was left without an early threat in the race after Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team-mate Graham Rahal encountered throttle problems. The 2017 Indianapolis 500 winner was then able

McLaren has revealed Fernando Alonso’s Indycar for the 2019 Indianapolis 500, which sports a similar livery to the Formula 1 team. The #66 McLaren entry will be piloted by Alonso in what will be his second attempt on the Indy 500, with victory enough to seal the triple crown of motorsport. It has been designated

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Takuma Sato picked up his first victory of the 2019 IndyCar season with a dominant display at Barber Motorsports Park. Sato employed a three-stop strategy – the approach used by the bulk of the field – from pole position, pitting on lap 17 and 37 of the 90-lap race. Taking on

IndyCar president Jay Frye admits that delaying the introduction of the 2.4-litre engines will be considered if the series believes it will help entice another engine manufacturer. The current plan is for the series to replace its current 2.2-litre twin-turbo V6s with the new 2.4-litre engines for the 2021 season, and then race the next-generation

The chances of the IndyCar Series returning to Japan for a championship race is not looking promising, according to Mark Miles, CEO of Hulman & Company, IndyCar’s owners. Japan last hosted an IndyCar race in 2011 at Motegi, when the race had to be run on the three-mile road course because the oval, used by

Takuma Sato led a Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 1-2 during IndyCar qualifying at Barber Motorsports Park, while Team Penske struggled for pace. Sato’s quickest lap in the Fast Six on Red Firestones was a 1m08.5934s, which pipped team-mate Graham Rahal to pole by just over a tenth of a second. Reigning champion Scott Dixon was

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver James Hinchcliffe set the fastest time of Friday IndyCar practice at Barber Motorsports Park ahead of Austin winner Colton Herta. After Chip Ganassi racing driver Felix Rosenqvist had topped the damp first practice, Hinchcliffe set a best time of 1m08.999s in the second session. That put him 0.009s clear of Herta,

Josef Newgarden has drawn parallels between his own career and that of IndyCar’s youngest-ever race winner Colton Herta, following Herta’s Austin triumph. Herta surpassed Graham Rahal’s 11-year-old record by winning the race, which was just his third IndyCar start. Newgarden, who finished second, said Herta did a “phenomenal job” and explained how Herta had followed

Josef Newgarden and Ryan Hunter-Reay say IndyCar must look into its decision to allow drivers to run off-track at Austin’s Turn 19 by deciding not to enforce track limits. In IndyCar’s pre-season open test at Austin drivers repeatedly ran wide at the penultimate corner, raising the possibility of the series having to review continual violations

IndyCar’s youngest race winner Colton Herta says he was not “super-confident” he could hold off Josef Newgarden for victory at Austin. Harding Steinbrenner’s Herta was a shock winner at the Circuit of the Americas after James Hinchcliffe and Felix Rosenqvist’s collision brought out a late caution that caused Will Power, Alexander Rossi and Scott Dixon

Steinbrenner Harding Racing’s Colton Herta became the youngest winner in IndyCar history with victory at Austin in a wild late finish. The 18-year-old’s victory relied on a stunning restart following a safety car called after James Hinchcliffe nudged the rear of Felix Rosenqvist at Turn 19 – where no track limits were enforced – and

Ricardo Juncos says that this weekend’s IndyCar Classic remains his team’s only confirmed 2019 IndyCar event, though has potential deals for three more outings. One of the star junior formula teams of the past decade, Juncos Racing made its IndyCar debut with a two-car effort in the 2017 Indy 500. Last year Juncos ran a

Will Power continued Penske’s domination of IndyCar’s first race weekend at Austin to take his 56th career pole position ahead of Sunday’s race. Power took the top position on his very last flying lap, knocking Andretti Autosport’s Alexander Rossi into second place on the grid with a 1m47.017s, and was the only Chevrolet-powered driver to

Penske dominated the opening practice sessions of IndyCar’s first visit to Austin, with Will Power setting the fastest time of the weekend so far. In the afternoon session IndyCar drivers were allowed to run the red-walled soft compound tyres, which Power used to set a 1m47.4401s lap. Power, who took pole for the season opener

IndyCar driver Ed Jones has been cleared to contest this weekend’s race at the Circuit of the Americas after breaking a bone in his hand in the season opener at St Petersburg. Ed Carpenter Racing Scuderia Corsa driver Jones clipped the inside wall at Turn 9 during the race on March 10, which fired the

Marcus Ericsson’s experience of Austin during his time as a Formula 1 driver helped Schmidt Peterson Motorsport shortcut its learning of IndyCar’s newest track. Ericsson joined SPM to partner Hinchcliffe for the 2019 season after losing his Sauber F1 seat at the end of last year. The Swedish driver was one of four Honda-powered drivers

Cosworth co-owner Kevin Kalkhoven has dismissed rumours that his company will build an engine on behalf of a third manufacturer for the 2021 IndyCar regulations. May has been set as the deadline for a third manufacturer to confirm its intentions, and rumours escalated that Cosworth could build an engine on behalf of another marque. Cosworth’s

Former McLaren Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso will test at Texas Motor Speedway next month as part of his preparations for his second attempt on IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500. McLaren ambassador Alonso ran in contention in his first go at the Indy 500 after qualifying fifth, competing for Andretti Autosport under the McLaren banner. More recently,

IndyCar champions Scott Dixon, Will Power and Josef Newgarden believe Ganassi’s rookie signing Felix Rosenqvist will be a major threat this season after his impressive debut in St Petersburg. Rosenqvist outqualified his reigning champion team-mate Dixon to take third on the grid, led the race after a restart pass on Power and eventually finished fourth.

IndyCar frontrunners Scott Dixon and Will Power have praised the series for avoiding “random” caution periods in the St Petersburg season-opener. Sebastien Bourdais’ Honda letting go soon after the first pitstops and a track banner becoming strewn across the course at Turn 3 were both incidents that could have prompted yellows. But race control elected

IndyCar is in talks about a future race in Argentina, using the World Superbike Championship’s circuit in the country. Mark Miles, CEO of Hulman & Company, owner of IndyCar, said the series is talking to promoter Grupo OSD about a race at the El Villicum circuit in San Juan, which joined the WSBK calendar last

Felix Rosenqvist has revealed he was effectively driving one-armed for much of his impressive IndyCar debut for Ganassi in St Petersburg due to a trapped nerve. Rosenqvist finished fourth in the season opener, having outqualified his reigning champion team-mate Scott Dixon to take third on the grid and then led after a restart pass on

IndyCar Series racer Ed Jones has been diagnosed with a broken bone in his hand following a heavy crash in the season opening St Petersburg race on Sunday. Jones clipped the inside wall at Turn 9 in his Ed Carpenter Racing Dallara-Chevrolet early in the race. That flicked the car across the track, where it

Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden won the IndyCar season-opener in St Petersburg, beating reigning champion Scott Dixon. Newgarden began the race from the front row but dropped behind rookie sensation Felix Rosenqvist into third at the start. The critical moment came around half-distance, where Newgarden stayed out longer than team-mate and race leader Will Power and

Trevor Carlin believes his team’s new IndyCar signing Patricio O’Ward is as good as McLaren Formula 1 rookie Lando Norris. Indy Lights champion O’Ward has secured 13 IndyCar races with Carlin, having terminated his contract with Harding Steinbrenner Racing when he discovered it only had the funding to run him for the three races he