Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indy Lights champion Patricio O’Ward’s startling IndyCar debut underlines how bright the top series’ future is, says 2018 title winner Scott Dixon. O’Ward and his Indy Lights title rival Colton Herta will form Harding Racing’s 2019 line-up in an expanded two-car team

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Harding Racing has announced a collaboration with Andretti partner Steinbrenner for the 2019 IndyCar season, and has signed Indy Lights champion Patricio O’Ward and his title rival Colton Herta. The IndyCar team has been renamed Harding Steinbrenner Racing and is understood to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske drivers Will Power and Josef Newgarden believe poor a finishing record and missed opportunities ultimately ended their 2018 championship bids. Indianapolis 500 victor Power and defending champion Newgarden ended up third and fifth in the standings respectively, both matching title-winner Scott

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar champion Scott Dixon says he was anxious throughout the Sonoma decider that rival Alexander Rossi would find a way to win from last. The previous IndyCar round at Portland was won from 20th on the grid by Takuma Sato, thanks to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Defeated IndyCar title contender Alexander Rossi says he knew he was down to a “1% shot” at beating Scott Dixon to the championship after his collision with team-mate Marco Andretti. Rossi came into the double-points Sonoma decider 29 points behind Dixon with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scott Dixon sealed a fifth IndyCar title at Sonoma after Alexander Rossi’s early error proved insurmountable for the Andretti driver, whose team-mate Ryan Hunter-Reay was victorious in the season finale. Hunter-Reay followed up his first pole since 2014 with a lights-to-flag victory

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens has issued his first public message since his injury in the Pocono IndyCar race last month. Wickens has undergone multiple surgeries since his crash and his family chose to reveal the extent of the damage, which

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato, last year’s Indianapolis 500 winner, will stay with the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team for the 2019 IndyCar season. Sato joined RLLR for 2018 after previous team Andretti Autosport courted a switch from long-time Sato supporter Honda

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar title favourite Scott Dixon says a “huge” driver error prevented him from sealing pole for the championship-deciding season finale at Sonoma. Dixon lost out to Andretti’s Ryan Hunter-Reay for pole position by just one tenth of a second. It means Dixon’s

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso’s 2019 IndyCar plans have hit an engine-supply impasse, with Honda no longer an option for a potential McLaren entry. Despite repeated public assurances that Alonso’s acrimonious history with Honda during F1 return with McLaren would

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar championship leader Scott Dixon was pipped to pole position for the final race of the season at Sonoma by Ryan Hunter-Reay. The Andretti driver jumped Dixon right at the end of the session, denying the Chip Ganassi Racing man the chance

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden bounced back to top second practice for the season finale at Sonoma despite suffering from food poisoning. Newgarden’s best time of 1m17.8156 seconds was the fastest time of the session in his only practice of the day,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Spencer Pigot will remain with Ed Carpenter Racing for the 2019 IndyCar Series for his second full-time season with the outfit. It will be 2015 Indy Lights champion Pigot’s fourth campaign with ECR, having spent his first two seasons sharing the #20

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. An increase in part-time and full-season 2019 IndyCar entries could occasionally result in 28-car grids that would cause problems for some circuits on the calendar, Autosport understands. IndyCar tracks such as Long Beach and other street and road course circuits could struggle

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar believes a prospective third manufacturer would have to commit to the series by May 2019 in order to meet the implementation date for the next generation of engines. During the Indianapolis 500 month this year, IndyCar revealed the specification of its

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing’s Pietro Fittipaldi admits he has not fully healed from his injuries suffered this year in the World Endurance Championship, and has driven through the pain in IndyCar. Fittipladi crashed in qualifying for the WEC’s season-opening race at Spa in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The potential McLaren IndyCar programme would be set-up by affiliation with an existing outfit if the Formula 1 team commits to the series full-time in 2019, Autosport understands. McLaren set itself a September deadline to decide if it will race in IndyCar,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The full extent of the injuries Robert Wickens suffered in his huge IndyCar accident at Pocono last month have been revealed following surgeries to his legs and hands this week. Wickens was transferred from Lehigh Valley Hospital in Pennsylvania to the IU

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso has completed his test of an Andretti-run 2018 Indycar at Barber Motorsports Park. Alonso conducted the running in the machine last used by Carlos Munoz at the 2018 Indianapolis 500, converted to road course spec. McLaren has been keen to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indy Lights title rivals Patricio O’Ward and Colton Herta will make their IndyCar debuts in an expanded two-car Harding Racing team at Sonoma ahead of a potential full-time 2019 deal. Harding has run a single car, shared between Gabby Chaves and Conor

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Austin Formula 1 venue has been added to a 17-race IndyCar calendar for 2019. The long-rumoured move gathered pace once IndyCar signed a new deal with Texas Motor Speedway that ended the track’s ‘radius’ clause, which had previously prevented a nearby

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso racing in IndyCar would have a similar impact to Nigel Mansell’s 1993 switch, says Andretti boss Michael Andretti. Alonso will test a 2018 Indycar for the first time on Wednesday, although the two-time F1 champion has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden and his Penske team-mate Will Power admit their 2018 title hopes are all but over after troubled Portland races. Power and Newgarden locked out the front row but ended the day classified 21st and 10th respectively, and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar championship leader Scott Dixon admitted he thought his race was over when he was embroiled in the dramatic first-lap crash at Portland. The Ganassi driver ultimately extended his series lead to 29 points heading into the Sonoma finale by recovering to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon survived a wild race at Portland to extend his points lead into the final IndyCar weekend of the season, as Takuma Sato took victory. The race lasted just three corners before a huge crash triggered by Zach

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The McLaren Formula 1 team will make a decision on its potential 2019 IndyCar project during September, says CEO Zak Brown. McLaren confirmed on Friday that double F1 world champion Fernando Alonso will sample a 2018 IndyCar package for the first time

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing says it cannot judge Haas Formula 1 junior Santino Ferrucci on his past behaviour and he could be in consideration for a 2019 IndyCar programme. Ferrucci has been retained by Haas but lost his Formula 2 drive with Trident

Penske sealed a one-two for IndyCar’s Portland race with Will Power and Josef Newgarden leading qualifying ahead of title contender Alexander Rossi. Rossi had led after the first flying laps of the ‘Fast Six’ final phase, before Power surged to the front in the final seconds with a new fastest lap at Portland, completed in

Get unlimited access You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says his IndyCar test taking place shortly after announcing he will leave Formula 1 is “coincidence” and will not influence his decision to race in IndyCar next year. Autosport reported earlier this month that Alonso would likely test a 2018 Indycar

Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan’s Sebastien Bourdais topped the timesheets on Friday ahead of IndyCar’s race at Portland. Bourdais, who was the last Indycar driver to win at Portland back in 2007, set a best time of 57.398 seconds to hold off Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon by just 0.0246s in the opening practice session.