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There has been much discussion about whether IndyCar’s latest aero changes have allowed the racing to improve at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 105th running of the Indy 500. Throughout last week’s practice sessions with cars in race trim, it was apparent that the top three in any cluster of cars could swap back

The son of Michael Andretti and grandson of Mario Andretti took the decision this year to give up running full-time in IndyCar, to explore other opportunities, including competing in Tony Stewart’s new SRX series. Asked if, should he find his way victory circle on Sunday, he would “drop the mic” and declare that’s it, Andretti

McLaren joined forces with what was previously the Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team toward the end of 2019 to form Arrow McLaren SP, and Brown has long been a huge fan of Indy car racing. Now he says the product is as competitive as ever it has been, but believes it’s possible to enlighten viewers

The reigning IndyCar champion and 2008 Indy 500 winner produced a stunning run in the pole position shootout last Sunday to produce an average of 231.685mph over his four laps to edge out Andretti Autosport’s Herta by only 0.03mph. Rinus VeeKay and Ed Carpenter both put in eye-catching qualifying performances to grab third and fourth

Roger Ward – 1959, 1962 F1 starts: 12 (1951 – 1960, 1963) F1 championships: 0 Indy 500 starts: 15 (1951 – 1964, 1966) Indy 500 wins: 2 (1959, 1962) The Indy 500 was an official world championship race between 1950 and 1960, meaning that teams and drivers who only competed in the 500 also appear

Ferrucci suffered a 225mph shunt at Turn 2 on Thursday, bad enough to send him to hospital, return to the track with a limp and a knee brace. It left his mechanics and teammates Takuma Sato and Graham Rahal to work through much of the night and wee small hours of the morning to get

Dixon, a three-time Indy 500 pole-winner – the last time in 2017 – set a four-lap average of 231.828mph to top Saturday qualifying in his Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda. He also saw his three teammates Tony Kanaan, Alex Palou and Marcus Ericsson earn their way into today’s Fast Nine shootout for pole in the 105th running of the

On the back of regular success in kart racing in his native Brazil, Ribeiro graduated to Formula Ford before heading to Europe to compete in the 1990 Formula Opel championship. He then moved to race in British Formula 3 for Paul Stewart Racing for six races, finishing seventh in the Zandvoort F3 Masters invitational race.

Only three of the five drivers taking part would secure a space, meaning 2015 podium finisher Charlie Kimball and RC Enerson were the two to miss out. Dreyer & Reinbold Racing’s Karam, a seven-time starter in the Indy 500, was the first driver to hit the track with a 230mph opening lap, followed by a

The Ilmor-built Chevrolet units were blamed for an apparent underperformance on Fast Friday when the BorgWarner turbos are turned up from race boost – 1.3-bar – to qualifying boost, 1.5-bar, particularly when Team Penske proved to be mediocre on the speed charts. But Ed Carpenter Racing in particular appeared to show this was a myth,

Dixon’s fourth Indy pole and 27th of his career, was his first IndyCar pole since the Chip Ganassi Racing driver went quickest for the 500 in 2017. It resulted in an average speed of 231.685mph to see off strong opposition from Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport and the Ed Carpenter Racing pair Rinus VeeKay and team

Marcus Ericsson, took the #8 Chip Ganassi Racing machine out first and, as he got to his fourth lap, he started getting very close to the walls, but he kept his foot in. His pace was immediately called into question when Ryan Hunter-Reay delivered a 231.428mph on the opening lap but, despite a much faster

On the back of regular success in kart racing in his native Brazil, Ribeiro graduated to Formula Ford, before heading to Europe to compete in the 1990 Formula Opel championship. He then moved to Britain to race in F3 for Paul Stewart Racing for six races, finishing sixth at Silverstone. PSR kept him on for

The only team owner/driver in the field went out 19th as the track was heating up, yet turned in a four-lap run that put him third fastest at the time, behind only Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan. Carpenter was later pushed down to fourth by the even swifter Colton Herta of Andretti

Chip Ganassi Racing’s Dixon set the fastest first lap – 232.574mph – the fourth fastest second lap, the fastest third lap, and the fastest fourth lap to clock an average of 231.828mph. There appear to be five drivers capable of snatching away Dixon’s first IndyCar pole since the 2017 Indy 500, once the Fast Nine

Just nine cars took part in the session which allowed drivers to test their overnight changes before today’s qualifying runs, although with the ideal ambient temperatures, conditions were far more favourable than many drivers expect to encounter this afternoon. Harvey topped the speeds with a 230.232mph average over four laps, ahead of Rahal Letterman Lanigan’s

Only four drivers have won the Indy 500 on their rookie outing in last 60 years – Graham Hill in 1966, Juan Pablo Montoya in 2000, Helio Castroneves in 2001 and Alexander Rossi in 2016. But three-time Supercars champion McLaughlin has been strong in the #3 Team Penske in his first six races and took

After six years of running the Indianapolis 500 only, the Chevrolet-powered Dreyer & Reinbold squad was able to add the three races on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course to its schedule last year. But Reinbold’s plan to expand further was put on hold by the implications of the global pandemic. “No excuses: the reality

Kanaan, the 2013 Indy 500 winner, produced a 225.341mph lap on the 71st of his 80 laps on Thursday, which put the Chip Ganassi Racing driver 0.1mph ahead of Ed Carpenter Racing’s Daly. Ferrucci’s best lap of the day held firm for third fastest despite suffering a heavy shunt on his 51st lap. Ferrucci had

Dixon, the 2008 Indy 500 winner and six-time and defending IndyCar champion, turned a 226.829mph lap on his 60th of 108 laps to edge Conor Daly and Ed Carpenter by 0.45 and 0.7mph respectively. Two of Dixon teammates, Marcus Ericsson and Tony Kanaan completed the top five while the fourth Ganassi car of Alex Palou

Although the Indianapolis 500 is naturally the most attractive race in the IndyCar Series schedule for a start-up team that includes 19 women among its 30-strong team, there is also a high risk of disappointment in a year when 35 cars are competing for the 33 spots on the grid. “Absolutely, and we actually considered

Team Penske’s Power, the 2018 Indy 500 winner, set a 226.470mph lap on his 35th of 57 laps around the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway to edge 2014 winner Ryan Hunter-Reay in his Andretti Autosport. Behind them was defending and two-time winner Takuma Sato for Rahal Letterman Lanigan. The Dreyer & Reinbold Racing entry of Sage

Every year Borg-Warner adds $20,000 to a bonus prize it started in 1995 for a driver who can win the Indy 500 in back-to-back years, but only once has it been paid out – to Helio Castroneves in 2002. The Brazilian star won $160,000, and the fund returned to $20,000 but it has now built

The Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet driver led 33 of the race’s 85 laps, carving through from seventh on the grid to beat polesitter and early race pace-setter Romain Grosjean and dominate the final stint. VeeKay’s triumph means he’s the first driver since the Road To Indy was formalised in 2010 to win in all three junior

The 20-year-old series sophomore drove to a five second victory over rookie polesitter Romain Grosjean on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s roadcourse, where last July he scored his first top five, and last October he scored his first pole and first podium finish. VeeKay, who was accompanied for the result by his parents, said the result felt “surreal”

Ed Carpenter Racing driver VeeKay passed former Haas Formula 1 racer Grosjean when the Frenchman’s Dale Coyne Racing with RWR machine was on its out-lap following a pitstop at half-distance. VeeKay, who had started on primary compound Firestones, had stopped six laps earlier and his softer compound red-walled tyres were fully up to temperature as

The Ed Carpenter Racing driver pounced on IndyCar rookie Grosjean on the 45th lap with warmer, softer tyres, relegating the ex-Formula 1 driver to second place. Having unleashed his latent pace on the opening stint to rise from his starting berth of seventh, VeeKay had cycled out in a net fourth after the first round

Rinus VeeKay, who took his first IndyCar pole position and scored his first podium at the same venue last October, sat at the top of the times for most of the session. The #21 Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet turned a 1m10.0624s on its fifth lap of the 14-turn, 2.439-mile track with Josef Newgarden’s Team Penske-Chevrolet sitting

The 21-year-old second-generation racer has emerged as one of IndyCar’s brightest young talents since graduating from Indy Lights in 2019 and scored his fourth series victory with a dominant run from pole at St. Petersburg last month. The win for Herta, who finished third in the standings last year as the only Andretti Autosport driver

Double IndyCar champion Newgarden lapped the 2.439-mile road course circuit in 1m09.332s on Firestone’s softer compound tyres to duck underneath the 1m09.878s set by first practice pace-setter Alexander Rossi (Andretti Autosport). With higher track temperatures than in the morning session, times on the primary Firestone tires initially didn’t dip beneath 1m10.4s with Newgarden making the