Indycar

Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport, IndyCar 2020

Veach leaves Andretti for remainder of 2020, not to return for 2021

After a turbulent few years with Andretti Autosport, Zach Veach will be leaving the IndyCar team for 2021, also stepping out for the remainder of 2020. Veach joined the team at the start of the...
IndyCar, IndyCar 2021 Nashville, Josef Newgarden, Team Penske, Mark Miles

Newgarden talks unique Nashville track, Miles updates on 2021 IndyCar

Josef Newgarden speaks on driving at the new Nashville circuit's long bridge as Mark Miles opens up about the 2021 IndyCar calendar. Seldom is a track - specifically one of the street circuit variety -...
Scott McLaughlin, IndyCar

McLaughlin handed IndyCar debut by Penske at St. Petersburg

Supercars racer Scott McLaughlin will make his long-awaited IndyCar debut later in 2020 season with Team Penske. The schedule changes due to COVID-19 has helped Penske to hand Supercars champion, McLaughlin, his IndyCar debut in...
IndyCar 2021, Nashville Music City Grand Prix

IndyCar confirm novel Nashville street circuit to host race in August 2021

IndyCar officials have confirmed that Nashville will play host to an all-new event in August of 2021: the Music City Grand Prix. One of the most beloved cities in America for its vibrant musical scene,...
Sebastien Bourdais, AJ Foyt Racing, IndyCar 2020

AJ Foyt signs Bourdais for 2021 IndyCar season, remainder of 2020

Sebastien Bourdais has signed on to AJ Foyt Racing for a full time drive for the 2021 IndyCar season. It comes after a year away. A veteran of IndyCar, Bourdais was initially dropped from his...
Colton Herta, Andretti Autosport, IndyCar 2020

IndyCar: Herta wins Mid-Ohio Race 2 as Andretti sweeps podium

At the second IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio, Colton Herta of Andretti won, from his teammates Alexander Rossi and Ryan Hunter-Reay in the first Andretti 1-2-3 since 2005. As an IndyCar grid of 23 lined up...
Will Power, Team Penske, IndyCar 2020 Mid-Ohio

IndyCar: Power wins Mid-Ohio Race 1, leads Penske 1-2 from Newgarden

After a slew of poor races, Team Penske's Will Power took the win in IndyCar Mid-Ohio Race 1 from Newgarden and Andretti's Alexander Rossi. In the face of uncertainty, the Mid-Ohio doubleheader commenced late Saturday...
Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR, IndyCar

NASCAR champ Jimmie Johnson commits to IndyCar with Chip Ganassi

Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson will move to IndyCar after signing a deal with Chip Ganassi Racing from 2021 onward. Johnson announced the partnership with CGR for 2021 and 2022 IndyCar seasons, where the NASCAR...
IndyCar 2020, Mid-Ohio

IndyCar confirms September date for Mid-Ohio doubleheader

IndyCar, after weeks of speculation in the wake of the race's initial postponement, have confirmed the Mid-Ohio doubleheader for September 12-13. When IndyCar president Jay Frye stated on the broadcast for the second race of the two...
Alex Palou, DCR, IndyCar 2020

Palou Q&A: Rookie title aspirations, dissatisfaction with results & more

Speaking to FormulaRapida.net in an exclusive interview, DCR IndyCar driver Alex Palou discussed the championship, his dissatisfaction with his results, the aeroscreen, and more. A paradigm for the year 2020, the debut season of DCR w/...
IndyCar 2020, Josef Newgarden Team Penske

IndyCar: Newgarden wins Gateway Race 2 from O’Ward under yellow

Under FCY conditions, Penske's Josef Newgarden won the second IndyCar race at Gateway from Arrow McLaren SP's O'Ward and Penske's Power. Reminiscent of the race preceding it, the second IndyCar race at Gateway was yet...
IndyCar, Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing

IndyCar: Dixon wins Gateway Race 1 from Sato in an intense finish

In the first IndyCar race at WWTR, CGR's Scott Dixon won from RLLR's Takuma Sato, with a gap of just 0.140 seconds. Arrow McLaren SP's Patricio O'ward came third. As an IndyCar field of 23 embarked...
Fernando Alonso, Patricio O'Ward, Arrow McLaren SP, IndyCar, Indy500

Indy500: Top rookie O’Ward on difficult passing, Alonso recounts issues

A potentially successful Indy500 for Arrow McLaren SP quickly became diluted, as drivers Fernando Alonso, Pato O'ward, and Oliver Askew explained post-race. At the risk of sounding over-simplistic, Arrow McLaren SP had a disappointing Indy500. What easily...
F1, Mark Blundell

F1 Nation has talks on Indy500, Blundell adds of F1 2020, Ilott & more

F1 Nation latest episode has discussions on the Indy500 where Mark Blundell adds on 2020 season, Callum Ilott and more. The opening segment of the latest F1 Nation episode began for the first time with...
Takuma Sato, Scott Dixon, Indy500

Sato describes fuel management as Dixon thought they would have run out

RLLR driver Takuma Sato told of the fuel management he had to perform to keep Scott Dixon at bay, while also ensuring he would have the fuel to get to the end. In his years racing...
Takuma Sato, RLLR, Indy500

Indy500: Sato crosses yard of bricks first under FCY from Dixon

Under yellow flags, RLLR driver Takuma Sato won the 2020 Indy500, leading CGR's Scott Dixon and his teammate, Graham Rahal. "Drivers, start your engines." While technically a factually inaccurate ordinance, as mechanics start the cars, they've...
Indy500, IndyCar, Marco Andretti, Fernando Alonso, Alexander Rossi

Indy500 motorcade descends on Speedway; Andretti, Alonso ready for war

Speedway, Indiana saw an Indy500 motorcade with IndyCar drivers descend on the town as Marco Andretti declares he is 'ready for war', and Fernando Alonso banks on his race pace. At the 2020 Indy500, Honda's...
Zach Veach, Indy500 Andretti Autosport IndyCar

Low-starting Veach brushes off concerns about ability to overtake in Indy500

Andretti driver Zach Veach, starting 17th, isn't concerned by popular statements that overtaking will be more difficult than in Indy500 's prior. Throughout the condensed proceedings for the 2020 Indy500 - the actual race for which is...
IndyCar, Indy500

Indy500: IndyCar drivers left intoxicated by higher boost, speeds in quali

After Indy500 qualifying, IndyCar drivers were intoxicated by the heightened speeds brought on by the raising of turbocharger boost to 1.5-bar for the two days of running. When it was announced by IndyCar on February...
Alex Zanardi

Zanardi shows some clinical improvements with update after two weeks

Alessandro Alex Zanardi is showing some signs of clinical improvements in San Raffaele hospital as update comes after over two weeks. Having being transferred to Villa Beretta rehab center from Le Scotte Hospital – where...
Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Indy500

Indy500: Andretti leads Dixon in Quali with speed deviation of 0.017 mph

For the Indy500, Marco Andretti took pole for Andretti Autosport, leading Dixon of CGR with an average speed deviation of just 0.017 mph. Indy500 Qualifications Day 1: The first day of competitive running for the Indy...
Fernando Alonso, Amazon Prime Video

Video: Amazon releases trailer, launch date of Alonso docuseries Fernando

Amazon Prime Video has released the launch date and trailer of F1 and WEC champion Fernando Alonso docuseries titled 'Fernando'. Months his first run in the 2020 Dakar Rally, Alonso revealed about a five-part docuseries...
IndyCar 2020, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

IndyCar Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio postponed due to COVID-19

Ahead of the event, IndyCar has postponed the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio in response to changing COVID-19 regulations in the area. Following the news that the IndyCar race at Mid-Ohio would become a double-header,...
IndyCar 2020

Double-headers garner mixed reviews for future within IndyCar paddock

The various heads within IndyCar from team, series and circuit feel that double-headers are good but one season cannot be full of those. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, IndyCar has had to make significant changes...
IndyCar 2020, Portland, Mid-Ohio

IndyCar adds races at Mid-Ohio, WWTR & IMS, cancels Portland, Laguna

IndyCar has officially cancelled the races at Portland and Laguna Seca as they have added a second race at Mid-Ohio, Gateway and IMS. For some time, it had seemed that the races remaining on the...
Alessandro Alex Zanardi

Zanardi undergoes fourth surgery after he was shifted to new hospital

Alessandro Alex Zanardi underwent another surgery, this time in the San Raffaele hospital, after he shifted last week due to unstable health. Having being transferred to Villa Beretta rehab center from Le Scotte Hospital -...
IndyCar, Aeroscreen

IndyCar drivers discuss revisions to aeroscreen amid praise for the device

IndyCar drivers continued praise for aeroscreen but insist work still needed to be done to better the experience amid trials to improve things. Occasionally, a fan facing outward, thereby sucking hot air out of a...
Alex Zanardi

Zanardi moved to San Raffaele in Milan due to unstable condition

Alessandro Alex Zanardi has been transferred to San Raffaele Hospital from the rehabilitation center due to his condition getting unstable. Just three days after he was transferred from Le Scotte Hospital to a rehabilitation center,...
Willy T Ribbs, Podcast, F1

Podcast: Ribbs talks career, F1 test, Hamilton/Ecclestone & more

On this week's Beyond the Grid episode, Willy T. Ribbs was the guest where he covered many topics, from his F1 test to diversity in motorsport. After recently being thrust into the spotlight thanks in...
Alex Zanardi

Zanardi transferred to different facility for neuro-rehabilitation

Alessandro Alex Zanardi has been transferred to a different facility for his neuro-rehabilitation after completing sedo-analgesia process. For the first time since getting admitted to Le Scotte hospital in Siena on June 19, Zanardi has...