Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports has not ruled out James Hinchcliffe driving in another car after failing to qualify for the Indianapolis 500, although Hinchcliffe currently believes he “won’t start the race”. Hinchcliffe failed to qualify for the race after a late second run

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ed Carpenter seized pole position for the 2018 Indianapolis 500 as the only driver to hit the 230mph mark in qualifying, denying Penske a front row lockout. ECR and Penske locked out seven of the ‘Fast Nine’ places, with Helio Castroneves and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Danica Patrick is “relieved” to have exceeded her expectations in making the ‘Fast Nine’ for the Indianapolis 500 because she felt off the pace in her first day of testing. Ed Carpenter Racing’s Patrick narrowly made the top nine on the first

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver James Hinchcliffe says it is “devastating in every way possible” to be bumped out of the 2018 Indianapolis 500. A disrupted first qualifying for the Indy 500 had two rain delays and Hinchcliffe completed his first run on

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske and Ed Carpenter Racing led a Chevrolet-dominated ‘Fast Nine’ Indianapolis 500 qualifying, while 2016 polesitter James Hinchcliffe was a high-profile victim of bumping and will not start the race. A disrupted morning of testing thanks to two rain delays put pressure

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar has revealed the specifications of its new engine that will be introduced for the 2021 season, which will be capable of producing over 900bhp. Honda and Chevrolet have produced 2.2-litre twin-turbo V6 engines since 2012, capable of a maximum output of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar will not make a ‘last-minute’ change to downforce levels for the 2018 Indianapolis 500 to appease concerns over more challenging overtaking. The IndyCar field has generally forgone repeated qualifying simulations in this week’s practice in order to focus on draft pack

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marco Andretti topped IndyCar’s ‘Fast Friday’ ahead of the 2018 Indianapolis 500, while Penske impressed most in a session that revealed the likely speeds for this weekend’s qualifying. Andretti had earlier topped Wednesday’s practice but, in the most representative session of the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing has announced that Haas Formula 1 development driver Santino Ferrucci will make his IndyCar debut for the team at Detroit. Pietro Fittipaldi’s injury in qualifying for the season-opening World Endurance Championship season at Spa has forced a rejig of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Thursday’s Indianapolis 500 practice pacesetter Graham Rahal says he could have crashed just like JR Hildebrand did because IndyCar’s “different animal” 2018 car makes finding the limit difficult. Rahal bounced back from a difficult Wednesday to top the following day’s practice session

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Graham Rahal set the fastest speed in IndyCar’s Thursday testing ahead of the 2018 Indianapolis 500. Rahal had played down a perceived lack of speed ahead of the practice session and went fastest early in the day’s session.

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing expects to revise its #19 Indycar ride-share plan by having Pietro Fittipaldi complete the season when he returns from injury. Zachary Claman De Melo will compete in this month’s Indianapolis 500 after Fittipaldi was injured in a qualifying crash

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marco Andretti topped Wednesday’s Indianapolis 500 practice session, as all 35 cars hit the track and turned over 3300 laps between them. Andretti’s #98 Andretti-Herta Autosport machine turned a total of 117 laps but his best came at around the halfway point

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports rookie Robert Wickens can become an IndyCar champion as early as this season, says Penske’s Will Power. Power defeated Wickens at the Indianapolis road course last weekend after a caution caused by his team-mate Josef Newgarden created a late

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves set the fastest speed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in an afternoon practice session disrupted by the threat of lightning. The Penske driver made his racing return to IndyCar at last weekend’s Indianapolis road course event,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren has refused to “confirm or deny” speculation that it could join the IndyCar series as early as 2019. A report in Sport Business Daily claims that McLaren officials attended last weekend’s race at the Indianapolis road course. It also claimed that

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Zachary Claman de Melo will replace the injured Pietro Fittipaldi for the 2018 Indianapolis 500 in the #19 Dale Coyne Racing-run IndyCar entry. Fittipaldi was ruled out of the Indy 500 as a consequence of his World Endurance Championship crash at Spa

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scott Dixon says Chip Ganassi Racing took a wrong direction in the IndyCar off-season and had become “stuck” in its ways as it tried to recover. Ganassi has struggled in 2018, with its first podium of the season not achieved until round

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Actor Chris Hemsworth, star of the Formula 1 film Rush, will serve as start of the 2018 Indianapolis 500. Hemsworth played James Hunt in Ron Howard’s biopic about Hunt and Niki Lauda’s rivalry during the 1976 F1 season, and is most famous

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Robert Wickens believes last weekend’s Indianapolis road course race was the first time he “felt like a true rookie” in an IndyCar event. Wickens had looked set to finish runner-up to Power after he delayed using the slower

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Will Power gave Penske its 200th IndyCar win after team-mate Josef Newgarden caused a late caution that threatened to derail Power’s bid at the Indianapolis road course. Power’s third win at the Indy road course initially came under threat from the ever-impressive

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Penske’s Will Power took his third IndyCar career pole position on the Indianapolis road course, overcoming a late challenge from Schmidt Peterson Motorsports’ Robert Wickens. Wickens had comfortably topped group one qualifying and both he and Power eased through the top 12

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Force India Formula 1 reserve driver Alfonso Celis Jr will make his IndyCar debut with Juncos Racing at Road America next month. Celis switched to the Indy Lights series for 2018 after leaving the now-defunct Formula V8 3.5 championship. He was

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indy Lights graduate Zachary Claman de Melo will replace the injured Pietro Fittipaldi at this weekend’s IndyCar race on the Indianapolis road course. De Melo and Fittipaldi had been due to split driving duties of the #19 car this season, with the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pietro Fittipaldi will leave hospital in Belgium this week to head to Indianapolis to be treated by IndyCar’s leading doctors, as he targets a late-July comeback at Mid-Ohio. Fittipaldi suffered a compound fracture of the left leg and a broken right ankle

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Katherine Legge is chasing a single-seater return as the injured Pietro Fittipaldi’s stand-in at the Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar team for the Indianapolis 500 and Texas. Fittipaldi has been sidelined for around two months with leg injuries sustained in a qualifying crash

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing hopes to have a 2018 Indianapolis 500 replacement for the injured Pietro Fittipaldi in place by the end of next week. Fittipaldi suffered a high-speed crash in qualifying for the World Endurance Championship season opener at Spa Francorchamps on

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Danica Patrick says she missed being “relevant” in IndyCar because her name was not mooted as a race winner after she moved into the NASCAR Cup series. The one-time IndyCar race winner will end her career after the 2018 Indianapolis 500 as

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tony Kanaan put AJ Foyt Racing at the top of the times during manufacturer testing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but the strong winds led to IndyCar teams packing up early. Chevrolet-powered Kanaan lapped the iconic 2.5-mile oval at an average of 226.680mph

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Danica Patrick admitted she wasn’t sure she would complete her veteran refresher test for the 2018 Indianapolis 500 after mechanical problems hindered her return to an IndyCar cockpit. Patrick will compete in the final race of her career at the Indianapolis 500,