Tag Archives: Helio Castroneves

It’s wide open. Race day is not yet here and still shocks have already occurred. James Hinchcliffe – the 2016 polesitter a year after his life-threatening accident – will not take the green flag as one of the 33 starters of the Indianapolis 500 after being the shock bumpee on the first day of qualifying. And there goes one name …

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 …

Previewing the 2016 Grand Prix of Alabama - the fourth round of the 2016 Verizon IndyCar Series season and the final round before Indianapolis.

After a fairly controversial Grand Prix of Long Beach, here is a look at whether IndyCar needs to reconsider its stance on penalties or not.

A look at the 2016 IndyCar season, and the runners, riders, new teams, new tracks and regulation changes ahead of what could be a great season.

With heavy hearts, the IndyCars head to California for the final round of the 2015 season. Following the death of the ever-popular Justin Wilson at the last round at Pocono, there will be a subdued feeling around the paddock during the weekend. However, the championship finale goes ahead as planned, and due to a completely unnecessary use of double points, …

Just two races remain on the 2015 IndyCar calendar – one classic oval and one classic road course. Whilst expected dominance from one team has failed to materialise, an unlikely title candidate emerged as the season progressed. With no driver taking more than two wins, three of the nine race winners this year have the most realistic shots at the …

The 2015 IndyCar season has been a bit of a slow burner to date. We had some woefully dull races early on in the year, despite delivering different winners for each of the first five rounds. However, the last few rounds have been phenomenal, and certainly IndyCar and motor racing at its very best – as Toronto showed. Six races …

The Firestone 600 marks the halfway point in this year’s IndyCar season. Amazingly, we are already eight races down, with just eight to go. With seven different winners already, the championship remains relatively wide open. However, more than half of the remaining races will take places on ovals, as opposed to just one in the first half. The first of …