Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. AJ Foyt Racing’s rookie Matheus Leist topped the first practice session of the 2018 IndyCar season in St Petersburg. Leist’s team-mate Tony Kanaan had led the way for most of the session on a street course considered unrepresentative due to lack

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. AJ Foyt Racing is relying on 2004 IndyCar champion Tony Kanaan to bring out the best in it, according to team president Larry Foyt. Kanaan left Ganassi to join Foyt at the end of 2017 for a chance to be the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A partnership between Dale Coyne Racing and Thom Burns Racing has created an opportunity for Conor Daly to enter the Indianapolis 500 with sponsorship from the United States Air Force. Daly, who was left without a full-time ride after being let

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2018 IndyCar season will be the culmination of two years spent trying to make a better-looking and better-performing product, and so far the signs are promising with the most harmonious off-season in recent memory. In February’s open test at Sonoma,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden says Penske already has a “strong foundation” with the series’ new 2018 car package. Penske dominated the manufacturer aerokit era with two titles in the last three years, missing out in 2015 after Will Power and Juan

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing wants to use its expanded 2018 Indianapolis 500 programme as a launchpad for a full-time IndyCar return. Dennis Reinbold’s team has not contested a full IndyCar season since its 2012 campaign with Oriol Servia (pictured below). It

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s president of competition and operations Jay Frye says a new engine formula with a significant power increase could be introduced as soon as 2020. The current 2.2-litre turbocharged engine, which produces from 550-700bhp depending on the boost used at each

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Four-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon believes Chevrolet will be hurt more than Honda by the switch to a universal aerokit for the 2018 season. Dixon was the best-placed Honda driver in 2017 in the first year of Ganassi’s switch from Chevrolet

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Firestone will evaluate new street course tyres at Sebring next week that could be introduced in the IndyCar series as soon as July’s Toronto race. Based on feedback from drivers over several seasons, Firestone has sought to increase the gap in

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renowned engine specialist Cosworth is interested in becoming an engine supplier in IndyCar and is in talks with the series over a move. IndyCar is actively trying to add a third manufacturer alongside Honda and Chevrolet, with the two existing companies

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ed Carpenter Racing hopes IndyCar gives Danica Patrick similar testing dispensation to Fernando Alonso ahead of her return to the series for her career finale in the 2018 Indianapolis 500. Patrick, who last raced in IndyCar in 2011, revealed on Wednesday

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Danica Patrick has revealed that the sign-off to her racing career in the 2018 Indianapolis 500 will be with Ed Carpenter Racing. Representatives from Chip Ganassi Racing, Schmidt Peterson Motorsport, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing confirmed to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar is hoping to test the windscreen cockpit protection system early in the 2018 season on a street course as it evaluates introducing it for the following year. The series conducted its first on-track test of the screen during last week’s

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Many Formula 1 fans have been vocal in their disapproval of the halo ahead of its introduction for this season, while IndyCar continues to pursue an alternative solution. IndyCar’s aeroscreen made its on-track debut last week at Phoenix, with four-time champion

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar director of engineering and safety Jeff Horton says the series’ first test of its aeroscreen cockpit protection device “exceeded expectations”. Scott Dixon tested the aeroscreen on Thursday at Phoenix, and gave a generally positive review of the device. Watch Dixon

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Takuma Sato and Will Power topped both of IndyCar’s test sessions at Phoenix on Saturday, while four-time champion Scott Dixon spun and clipped the wall. Tony Kanaan’s AJ Foyt Racing-Chevrolet sat at the top of the speed chart for much of

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Trevor Carlin says his team was satisfied with its first day of IndyCar oval testing but that his drivers were “shocked” by the reduced downforce from the new aerokits. Charlie Kimball and Max Chilton finished Friday’s first day of testing at

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda duo Graham Rahal and Takuma Sato finished 1-2 in the three-hour IndyCar evening test session at Phoenix on Friday. The test was the squad’s first on a short oval with the 2018 aerokit-equipped car, but Rahal and

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ride onboard at 190mph with Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon as he tests the new IndyCar aeroscreen that the series hopes will protect drivers from cockpit intrusion in future. Dixon gave the windscreen, which is made of a proprietary Opticor advanced

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. AJ Foyt Racing driver Matheus Leist topped the speed charts among the eight drivers in action during the IndyCar rookie test session at Phoenix on Thursday. The Indy Lights graduate turned a best lap of 19.9700 seconds at 184.236mph in his

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s new aeroscreen made its track testing debut at Phoenix on Thursday, with four-time Scott Dixon positive but suggesting work needs to be done before its full implementation. The windscreen is made of a proprietary Opticor advanced transparency material by PPG,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing has confirmed that the final seat on the 2018 IndyCar grid will be shared between Pietro Fittipaldi and Indy Lights graduate Zachary Claman de Melo. Fittipaldi announced on Tuesday he had secured a drive for seven of the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dale Coyne Racing has confirmed that the final seat on the 2018 IndyCar grid will be shared between Pietro Fittipaldi and Indy Lights graduate Zachary Claman DeMelo. Fittipaldi announced on Tuesday he had secured a drive for seven of the 17

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar teams are desperately seeking ways to stem tyre degradation with the new aerokits, says 2004 champion and ’13 Indianapolis 500 winner Tony Kanaan. The veteran Brazilian, who has moved to AJ Foyt Racing for 2018 after four years at Ganassi,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula V8 3.5 champion Pietro Fittipaldi will join the IndyCar grid for 2018, having signed a part-time deal to race with Dale Coyne Racing. As predicted by Autosport, Fittipaldi will share the #19 seat in 2018 and contest seven races, having

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ed Carpenter Racing will give Jordan King his first IndyCar oval test at Phoenix on Sunday, as part of his bid to get a full-season seat for 2019. Formula 2 race-winner and former Manor Formula 1 development driver King will drive

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning IndyCar champion Josef Newgarden led a Penske/Chevrolet 1-2-3 in testing at Sonoma on Monday. Times for the 12-car session were unofficial and some teams were not gunning for one-lap pace in optimum conditions. Newgarden, who set his first pole position

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One-time CART champion Jimmy Vasser will return to IndyCar having partnered with 2018 team Dale Coyne Racing. Vasser’s KV Racing business partner James Sullivan has also joined the team, with one of the team’s cars set to run under the Dale

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar’s windscreen cockpit protection system could be introduced by the end of 2018 depending on its test at Phoenix, according to the series’ president of competition and operations Jay Frye. The series unveiled its windscreen prototype last Friday and revealed plans

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula V8 3.5 champion Pietro Fittipaldi will test for the Dale Coyne Racing IndyCar team again in the coming week both at Sonoma on Monday and on the Phoenix oval. Phoenix is hosting IndyCar’s official ‘spring training’ pre-season test next Friday