Embarrassing the IndyCar series regulars with a victory on his virtual series debut last weekend was another demonstration of Lando Norris’ affinity with Esports. But it would do him a disservice to ignore the intensive preparation he puts in Lando Norris’ victory on his virtual IndyCar debut at the Circuit of the Americas last weekend
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Bobby Rahal has paid tribute to 1981 CART Rookie of the Year Bob Lazier, who died from complications arising from coronavirus at the age of 81 on Sunday. Lazier won the 1971 Formula B class at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs, competed in the USAC Mini Indy Series and in Formula 5000 before graduating to
2019 Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud won his second IndyCar iRacing Challenge race after teammates Will Power and Scott McLaughlin collided with a lapped car at the virtual Twin-Ring Motegi. Pagenaud took the lead after leaders Power and McLaughlin collided with the lapped Oliver Askew, spinning McLaughlin into the wall and ripping off Power’s right-front
Former Formula 1 driver Felipe Nasr remains optimistic of racing an IndyCar after his one-off deal to race for Carlin at St. Petersburg was aborted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Brazilian’s deal to contest the IndyCar season-opener for the team with which he won the 2011 British Formula 3 championship and finished second in GP2
IndyCar has cancelled the Detroit Grand Prix, while turning some existing events into double-headers and adding an October race at the Indianapolis road course as part of a revised calendar. IndyCar announced on Monday that the Detroit GP – which had become the new 2020 season-opening event following the shift of the GP of Indy
IndyCar is currently standing by its new 2020 start date of 30 May at the Detroit Grand Prix, despite Michigan declaring a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic. Following IndyCar’s decision to reschedule the GMR Grand Prix of Indianapolis for 4 July, and the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500 for 23 August,
IndyCar CEO Mark Miles is hopeful that the double-header weekend in Detroit can happen as scheduled on May 29-31 despite the current acceleration of coronavirus cases in the US. Miles says that, with eight weeks to go until the event, he remains “optimistic” it will go ahead. He said: “We’re talking to all our promoters
The 2020 edition of the Indianapolis 500 will now be postponed to August 23, as IndyCar continues to push back events amid the ensuing coronavirus pandemic. IndyCar’s blue-riband event will move from its original date of May 24, while the Grand Prix of Indianapolis – which takes place on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course
The Grand Prix Association of Long Beach has confirmed that after exhaustive efforts to reschedule the 46th Acura GP of Long Beach for 2020, it will now not be possible. As recently as yesterday, Jim Michaelian, president and CEO of GPALB had been investigating all options for alternative calendar dates in 2020, trying to find
The organisers of races at Long Beach are still aiming to find a slot in the IndyCar schedule for 2020 which could also double up as an IMSA round. The Long Beach round’s traditional April slot means it has fallen victim to the coronavirus pandemic that has led to America’s increasingly stringent regulations and advisements
IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway are aiming to ensure the 2020 edition of the Indy 500 goes ahead as planned despite current advice from healthcare representatives regarding the coronavirus pandemic. On the eve of the season-opening race St. Petersburg, IndyCar cancelled the event along with the next three rounds on the calendar at Barber Motorsports
IndyCar CEO Mark Miles says that the series is focused on being “absolutely ready with the normal schedule” for the Month of May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Following the IndyCar Series’ announcement that the first four rounds of the 2020 season had been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, the current plan is to
IndyCar has cancelled the first four rounds of the 2020 season, including this weekend’s race at St. Petersburg, as the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread. Although Sunday’s event on the streets of St. Petersburg was set to go ahead, albeit behind closed doors, IndyCar has subsequently decided to take its season opener off of the
The IndyCar Grand Prix of Long Beach will not run as scheduled, due to the City of Long Beach prohibiting all large-scale events through April 30, due to the coronavirus. The Long Beach race, which is due to be the third event of the 2020 campaign, was set to run from 17-19 April. There is
General admission for Sunday’s IndyCar season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg has been banned due to coronavirus, but the race will go ahead. While Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles told Autosport last weekend that he didn’t expect the ’20 IndyCar calendar to be affected by what has since been classified by the World Health Organization
General admission for Sunday’s IndyCar season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg has been banned and the race is under threat due to the coronavirus outbreak. While Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles told Autosport last weekend that he didn’t expect the ’20 IndyCar calendar to be affected by what has since been classified by the World
The Andretti Autosport trailer carrying Colton Herta’s car to the opening round of the 2020 IndyCar Series at St. Petersburg has caught fire in Florida. The trailer was barely 20 minutes from the paddock in downtown St. Petersburg when the incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday morning. According to local broadcaster Bay News
Ex-Formula 1 racer Felipe Nasr will join Carlin for Sunday’s St. Petersburg IndyCar race, while Conor Daly has been signed to sub for Max Chilton in four oval races. Nasr, who impressed the Carlin team in a truncated wet/dry test session at Circuit of The Americas last month, having also driven in the Sebring test
The CEO of new IndyCar owners Penske Entertainment Mark Miles says he’s not expecting the spread of coronavirus to alter the 2020 calendar. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced numerous schedule changes within motorsport, with Formula 1, MotoGP and Formula E among those who have either lost rounds or had to postpone races. At the weekend,
Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson will make his IndyCar debut at Barber Motorsports Park next month in a test with Arrow-McLaren. The 44-year-old Californian, who is due to retire from full-time NASCAR competition at season’s end, attended last month’s IndyCar Spring Training and expressed enthusiasm for broadening his range of experience. However, he remained
Penske’s Will Power played down the issue of rain water leaking into his cockpit from IndyCar’s new-for-2020 aeroscreen during the ongoing test at the Circuit of the Americas. At the two-day test at COTA beginning on Tuesday, drivers were met with rain and fog as well as low temperatures, meaning most drivers didn’t run in
James Hinchcliffe will return to Andretti Autosport to contest at least three IndyCar rounds this season, including the Indianapolis 500, after being dropped by Arrow McLaren SP last October. The 33-year-old Canadian, who won three times in as many seasons with the team between 2012 and 2014, will drive a sixth Andretti entry backed by
IndyCar owner Roger Penske has announced the prize fund for the Indianapolis 500 will rise by $2million, and that the controversial guaranteed starting spots concept will not be adopted. The overall pot for this year’s race will be $15m, the biggest in the event’s history, while the winner will receive at least $2m. While qualifying
Penske’s two-time Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin will take part in IndyCar’s oval rookie test at Texas on Friday. McLaughlin drove on both days of IndyCar’s ‘spring training’ test at Austin on Tuesday and Wednesday in preparation for his debut in the Indianapolis road course race, and will be back in Penske’s #2 car this week
Two-time IRL race-winner Robbie Buhl is part of a new IndyCar Series team, Citrone/Buhl Autosport, that aims to contest this year’s Grand Prix of Indianapolis and the Indianapolis 500. The team is a partnership between former Dreyer & Reinbold Racing co-owner Buhl, who beat the likes of Adrian Fernandez and Bryan Herta to the 1992
IndyCar will reintroduce grid penalties for unapproved engine changes this season for the first time since 2013. Any car that has its engine changed before a manufacturer’s pre-determined mileage limit has been reached will suffer a grid penalty in the next race – a six-place drop for road/street courses and a nine-place drop on ovals.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has admitted that Fernando Alonso’s return with Arrow McLaren SP for this year’s Indianapolis 500 came about after his negotiations with Andretti Autosport broke down. Two-time Formula 1 world champion Alonso, who made his highly impressive Indy 500 debut with a McLaren-backed Andretti Autosport entry in 2017, failed to qualify for
Two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso will contest the Indianapolis 500 for a third time with the Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar outfit. Alonso’s #66 Chevrolet-powered car, a third entry in addition to those driven by the team’s full-time 2020 IndyCar drivers Patricio O’Ward and Oliver Askew, will hit the track for the first time
Fernando Alonso’s decision to contest the Indianapolis 500 with Arrow-McLaren SP instead of Andretti Autosport was driven by his “loyalty” to his former Formula 1 team McLaren. Alonso will return to the famous Brickyard event this year having failed to qualify for it in 2019, but previously insisted it would be just a one-off appearance
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing will partner with Citrone/Buhl Autosport to give Spencer Pigot IndyCar lifeline entries in the Indianapolis road race and the Indianapolis 500. The new team, a partnership formed between sometime Indycar driver Robbie Buhl, his brother and business partner Tom, Robert Citrone – the founder of Discovery Capital Management and the largest