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 …
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Josef Newgarden deserves a shot at Formula 1
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 …
Read More »101st Indianapolis 500 driver-by-driver review
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 …
Read More »2017 Month of May Preview: the 101st Indianapolis 500 and Indianapolis Grand Prix
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 …
Read More »2016 Grand Prix of Sonoma Preview – The Finale
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.
Read More »How the 2016 IndyCar Series Season is Shaping up
A look at the 2016 IndyCar Series season so far with four races to go, and who is likely to challenge for the championship in those final rounds.
Read More »Does IndyCar need a Penalty Rethink?
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.
Read More »2016 IndyCar Season Preview
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.
Read More »Scott Dixon: Worthy Champion or Just Lucky?
So that was that. The 2015 IndyCar championship did indeed get decided by the completely unnecessary usage of double points at the final round of the season at Sonoma. That is not taking anything away from the overall victor however – Scott Dixon, who at the end of the day, won more races than anybody else, and with the system …
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