After Tuesday’s running was cancelled due to rain, the official practice period for the Indianapolis 500 began yesterday.
The 34-strong field have two more days of practice before qualifying for the race takes places this weekend. One of those will be eliminated, leaving 34 cars on the grid.
Nine previous winners are vying to be among those who occupy those places. They are Helio Castroneves, Alexander Rossi , Marcus Ericsson, Scott Dixon, Takuma Sato, Will Power, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Simon Pagenaud and Tony Kanaan.
Four drivers are attempting to tackle the race for the first time: RC Enerson, Sting Ray Robb, Benjamin Pedersen and Agustin Canapino – the latter racing a livery in tribute to Argentina’s world cup-winning football team.
Rinus VeeKay, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
Romain Grosjean, Andretti, Indianapolis, 2023
Marcus Ericsson, Ganassi, Indianapolis, 2023
David Malukas, Coyne with HMD, Indianapolis, 2023
Santino Ferrucci, Foyt, Indianapolis, 2023
Will Power, Penske, Indianapolis, 2023
Alex Palou, Ganassi, Indianapolis, 2023
Marcus Ericsson, Ganassi, Indianapolis, 2023
Ed Carpenter, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
Pato O’Ward, McLaren, Indianapolis, 2023
Graham Rahal, RLL, Indianapolis, 2023
Jack Harvey, RLL, Indianapolis, 2023
Scott Dixon, Ganassi, Indianapolis, 2023
Devlin DeFrancesco, Andretti Steinbrenner, Indianapolis, 2023
Conor Daly, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
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Josef Newgarden, Penske, Indianapolis, 2023
Simon Pagenaud, Meyer Shank, Indianapolis, 2023
Agustín Canapino, Juncos Hollinger, Indianapolis, 2023
Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti, Indianapolis, 2023
Christian Lundgaard, RLL, Indianapolis, 2023
Callum Ilott, Juncos Hollinger, Indianapolis, 2023
Takuma Sato, Ganassi, Indianapolis, 2023
Scott McLaughlin, Penske, Indianapolis, 2023
Sting Ray Robb, Coyne with RWR, Indianapolis, 2023
Benjamin Pedersen, Foyt, Indianapolis, 2023
Alexander Rossi, McLaren, Indianapolis, 2023
Rinus VeeKay, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
Felix Rosenqvist, McLaren, Indianapolis, 2023
Katherine Legge, RLL, Indianapolis, 2023
Colton Herta, Andretti with Curb-Agajanian, Indianapolis, 2023
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Josef Newgarden, Penske, Indianapolis, 2023
Indianapolis, 2023
Josef Newgarden, Penske, Indianapolis, 2023
Ed Carpenter, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
Conor Daly, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
Alex Palou, Ganassi, Indianapolis, 2023
Christian Lundgaard, RLL, Indianapolis, 2023
Sting Ray Robb, Coyne with RWR, Indianapolis, 2023
Stefan Wilson, Dreyer & Reinbold, Indianapolis, 2023
Alex Palou, Ganassi, Indianapolis, 2023
Devlin DeFrancesco, Andretti Steinbrenner, Indianapolis, 2023
Kyle Kirkwood, Andretti, Indianapolis, 2023
Conor Daly, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
Will Power, Penske, Indianapolis, 2023
Romain Grosjean, Andretti, Indianapolis, 2023
Pato O’Ward, McLaren, Indianapolis, 2023
Benjamin Pedersen, Foyt, Indianapolis, 2023
Colton Herta, Andretti with Curb-Agajanian, Indianapolis, 2023
Felix Rosenqvist, McLaren, Indianapolis, 2023
Helio Castroneves, Meyer Shank, Indianapolis, 2023
Callum Ilott, Juncos Hollinger, Indianapolis, 2023
Marco Andretti, Andretti Herta with Curb-Agajanian, Indianapolis, 2023
Jack Harvey, RLL, Indianapolis, 2023
Rinus VeeKay, Carpenter, Indianapolis, 2023
Alexander Rossi, McLaren, Indianapolis, 2023
RC Enerson, Abel, Indianapolis, 2023
Felix Rosenqvist, McLaren, Indianapolis, 2023
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Jere (@jerejj)
18th May 2023, 9:04
I didn’t know Oscar Piastri had switched to IndyCar & that Indianapolis had changed its name to Miami International Autodrome.