Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Firestone will continue as IndyCar’s exclusive tyre supplier until 2025, following a five-year partnership extension between the championship and the Firestone’s parent company Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Bridgestone has also announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Akron that

Michael Andretti has downplayed the possibility of his Andretti Autosport IndyCar squad adding a sixth car to its planned 2019 Indianapolis 500 assault. Andretti announced on Wednesday that Conor Daly would join the team’s regular drivers Alexander Rossi, Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Zach Veach for the race. Andretti ran additional cars for Carlos Munoz

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Conor Daly has joined Andretti Autosport for the 2019 Indianapolis 500, as the IndyCar team expands to five entries. Daly took part in last year’s Indy 500 for Dale Coyne Racing, only narrowly making the race after James Hinchcliffe and

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar outfit has reached a new multi-year agreement with Jimmy Vasser and James Sullivan to extend their deal to co-enter Sebastien Bourdais’ car in the series. One-time CART champion Vasser and business partner Sullivan first became

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar will increase turbo boost levels at the Iowa and Gateway short ovals to improve racing and bring the allocation in line with road and street course events. The series has regularly fine-tuned its universal aerokit package since its introduction

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-affiliated Meyer Shank Racing team has confirmed an expanded 2019 IndyCar programme. As reported by Autosport, Michael Shank had been targeting a 10-race programme in 2019 and retained driver Jack Harvey will compete in the first six

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson believes winning an IndyCar race in his rookie season with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports is “achievable” in 2019. Ericsson has switched to IndyCar after Sauber opted for a line-up of Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen for

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Max Chilton will stay at Carlin for the 2019 IndyCar season. Chilton was part of Carlin’s line-up for its maiden IndyCar season last year alongside Charlie Kimball, who scored the team’s best result of fifth on the

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. James Hinchcliffe believes the work Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has undertaken in recent months will allow the team to threaten IndyCar’s leading squads in 2019. Hinchcliffe finished only 10th in last year’s IndyCar standings, with his prospects hampered by his failure

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team has revealed the look of ex-Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson’s Indycar for the 2019 season, along with the machines of James Hinchcliffe and Robert Wickens. The SPM cars will run under the traditional black and

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. James Hinchcliffe says that Robert Wickens’ input into the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team from his rookie IndyCar season last year will remain relevant in 2019. Wickens enjoyed a standout first campaign in which he scored several podium finishes, before he

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver James Hinchcliffe set the fastest time at the end of almost nine hours of IndyCar testing on Tuesday on the Sebring short layout. Ahead of IndyCar’s open test at new-for-2019 venue Austin next month, five IndyCar

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Global information and communications company NTT will become the IndyCar series’ title sponsor from 2019, replacing Verizon. Although Verizon’s longstanding relationship with Team Penske has been extended as part of a multi-season agreement, its title sponsorship of IndyCar was a

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar says it could race at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast of Australia in February 2020. Late last year, Mark Miles – president and CEO of Hulman & Company, the organisation that owns IndyCar – said initial talks with

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mario Andretti’s 1969 victory in the Indianapolis 500 will be celebrated with a special logo and a display of some of his most famous cars in the IMS Hall of Fame Museum. Andretti earned the Rookie of the Year title

Four-time IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti says Felix Rosenqvist’s wide-ranging experience of driving multiple types of cars leaves the Swede well-placed to quickly adapt to IndyCar with Chip Ganassi Racing. Rosenqvist will replace Ed Jones – the driver Franchitti mentored during a challenging 2018 campaign – and will partner reigning champion Scott Dixon this year. The

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alexander Rossi used a mental technique pioneered by Olympic swimming legend Michael Phelps to ensure his performances did not drop off during his 2018 IndyCar title-contending season. Rossi lost out to eventual champion Scott Dixon in the Sonoma finale in his breakthrough

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. American racing legend Rick Mears says Dallara’s new, more difficult Indycar will suit McLaren’s Fernando Alonso better in his second Indianapolis 500 attempt in 2019. Alonso led laps in his first Indy 500 back in 2017, driving an Andretti Autosport-supported McLaren entry,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Cosworth has spoken to several manufacturers regarding a potential IndyCar engine programme. The British engineering firm is currently investing heavily in a new American base after signing a long-term contract with the Fiat-Chrysler group as part of its expansion. “During a tour

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. DragonSpeed has confirmed a part-time 2019 IndyCar programme with the intention of going full-time the following year. The World Endurance Championship LMP1 and LMP2 squad has confirmed its expected deal for its sportscar regular Ben Hanley to pilot the team’s single-car entry.

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Josef Newgarden says his Penske IndyCar team has made a step in the right direction to solve the “deficiencies” it had in 2018. Newgarden could not defend his title last season, as he and team-mate Will Power failed to wrestle the crown

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports believes Formula 1 recruit Marcus Ericsson has a driving style compatible with 2019 IndyCar team-mate James Hinchcliffe and the sidelined Robert Wickens. Ericsson will switch to IndyCar in 2019 to fill the void vacated by Wickens and SPM has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The new-look Steinbrenner Harding Racing IndyCar team will run with Honda engines in the 2019 season. Harding had been considering its options after running with Chevrolet engines in its first full IndyCar campaign this year. But its rebirth as Steinbrenner and growing

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Sauber Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson has completed his first IndyCar test with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports at Sebring, covering “around 100-115” laps. Ericsson will compete in the 2019 IndyCar season alongside James Hinchcliffe, as Robert Wickens continues his recovery from his serious

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso’s 2019 McLaren Racing Indianapolis 500 entry will be powered by Chevrolet engines. McLaren announced its intention to return to the Brickyard during this year’s Brazilian Grand Prix weekend in November, but did not announce an engine

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Rubens Barrichello’s son Eduardo will race in the 2019 Cooper Tyres USF2000 Championship. The young Barrichello, 17, will drive for Miller Vinatieri Motorsports two-car team alongside Jack William Miller, son of former Indy car driver Dr. Jack Miller. Barrichello’s

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson says he is interested in contesting IndyCar races but would prefer to try a road course rather than an oval. Johnson tried a Formula 1 car for the first time on Monday in a drive-swap event

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Injured IndyCar driver Robert Wickens’s latest social media update on his recovery shows him progressing with gait training – the process of learning to walk again. The Canadian, who suffered a spinal cord injury in a 200mph-plus shunt at Pocono Raceway in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Santino Ferrucci will contest the full 2019 IndyCar Series season as team-mate to Sebastien Bourdais at Dale Coyne Racing. The 20-year-old former Formula 2 racer made four starts with Coyne this season, and was unlucky not to score a top 10 finish

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar boss Mark Miles described initial talks about the possibility of running a race on the Gold Coast as “encouraging” after a visit to Australia. Miles, CEO of Hulman & Company, which owns the series and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and Stephen Starks,