IndyCar

IndyCar is back, oh boy is it back. The new universal bodykit was designed to look good and make the racing better. It did just that. More than 300 overtakes were made on the track on raceday at St. Petersburg, and not one was made where the driver did not have a tool to defend. This is what racing should …

There’s a lot of change ahead of the 2018 IndyCar season. There is effectively a new car, there are exciting new teams and drivers and a return of a classic venue. However, the most intriguing change is probably the reduction in entrants for two of the series’ most powerful teams. All of these changes would imply that some of the …

For the first time in many years, Indycar will have a rich intake of fresh rookies ahead of its next season – not just in terms of drivers, but in terms of teams as well. While the total amount of full-time entries remains stagnant, the diversity in teams and drivers is stronger than recent years, and for the first time …

It has been a very long time since a driver who has tasted major national success in the United States has jumped ship to Formula 1. It is almost 10 years since Sebastien Bourdais lined up against Sebastian Vettel for the first time at Toro Rosso, in what became a brief F1 career for the four-time Champ Car champion. Since …

The 101st Indianapolis 500 produced a somewhat unexpected victory for former Formula 1 driver Takuma Sato, becoming the first Japanese driver to win the great race. Sato, who finished third at Indianapolis in the 2004 United States Grand Prix for BAR-Honda, held off Helio Castroneves in the late stages of the race to take his first win for the Andretti …

May has arrived. The 101st Indianapolis 500 is edging ever closer and the eyes of not just America, but the world will be on the Brickyard as everybody asks: can Fernando Alonso win the biggest oval race in IndyCar at the very first attempt? There is so much more to May than just Alonso though, but this is the biggest …

Perhaps the first real shocking piece of news in motor racing in 2017 is the Fernando Alonso Indy 500 deal between McLaren, Honda and Andretti Autosport. He can win it. We’re going back to the #Indy500. Hear from Fernando and @ZBrownCEO on their excitement to go @IndyCar racing. #McLarenIndy pic.twitter.com/tiqonmYqyV — McLaren (@McLarenF1) April 12, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Alonso will be …

The 2016 IndyCar season was largely contested between two of Penske’s juggernauts – Will Power of Australia and Simon Pagenaud of France. In the end, it was Pagenaud who came out on top in the double points finale at Sonoma. The 2017 IndyCar season may be much of the same, but some high-profile changes could well just spring a few …

A look at the 2016 Grand Prix of Sonoma, which will be the setting for the IndyCar Series finale and title decider between Will Power and Simon Pagenaud.

A look at the winners and losers of the 2016 IndyCar Season, ahead of the finale at Sonoma, where Will Power or Simon Pagenaud will become IndyCar champion.