Helio Castroneves will attempt to become the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 five times as part of a full-time return to IndyCar racing with Meyer Shank next year.
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The most famous IndyCar race is the Indianapolis 500, held annually at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in front of huge crowds. However American open-wheel racing has a chequered history.
The championship reached its peak in the late eighties and early nineties under the sanctioning body CART. It attracted huge international attention as Formula 1 champions including Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Mario Andretti competed in it.
However the creation of the rival Indy Racing League in 1996 created a split which badly damaged the championship. CART, which rebranded as Champ Car, fell into decline. By 2008, with Champ Car on the bring of collapse, the two series finally merged, but the damage had been.
Nonetheless today’s IndyCar championship retains a reputation for spectacular racing with its single-specification chassis and features a broad range of circuits including road, street and traditional American oval courses.
F1 wants a US driver, but an IndyCar pipeline suits no one
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Posted onIf Formula 1 wants an American driver so badly, why does its superlicence points system reward IndyCar drivers so poorly?
Newgarden breaks Penske’s curse with Mid-Ohio win
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Posted onJosef Newgarden and Penske scored a long-awaited first win of 2021 at Mid-Ohio, holding off Marcus Ericsson by less than a second.
Zanardi facing “very long journey” to recovery one year on from crash
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Posted onAlex Zanardi still faces a long road to recovery, says his wife, over a year since suffering serious head injuries in a handbike crash.
What Magnussen’s race-leading IndyCar debut revealed about his potential to ‘do a Grosjean’
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Posted onKevin Magnussen had a little luck on his side when he took the lead 25 laps into his IndyCar debut, but did he show he can cut it in the series?
Newgarden explains gearbox problem behind latest agonising defeat
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Posted onJosef Newgarden was two laps from victory at Road America but crawled home in 21st place, stuck in first gear after a shifting fault worsened.
Palou wins after another late heartbreak for Newgarden at Road America
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Posted onÁlex Palou scored a sensational second win of 2021 at Road America after Josef Newgarden, who dominated most of the afternoon, suffered another late-race heartbreak.
Grosjean helping ex-F1 team mate Magnussen with surprise IndyCar debut
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Posted onKevin Magnussen turned to his former Haas team mate Romain Grosjean for help in preparing for his surprise IndyCar debut this weekend.
Magnussen to make IndyCar debut for McLaren SP at Road America
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Posted onFormer Haas driver Kevin Magnussen will make his IndyCar debut at Road America this weekend for McLaren SP, in place of Felix Rosenqvist.
VeeKay to miss Road America, Askew confirmed as substitute
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Posted onRinus Veekay, who lies fifth in the IndyCar championship standings, will miss this weekend’s race at Road America after he was injured in a cycling accident.
NASCAR driver Ware to make IndyCar debut this weekend
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Posted onNASCAR Cup series driver Cody Ware said it was “surreal” to be given the chance to make his IndyCar debut this weekend for Coyne.
“My career ended five times”: The strange path McLaren’s new star took to the top
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Posted onHe lost an IndyCar drive on the eve of the season and left Red Bull’s Junior Team after five months but Patricio O’Ward is now a championship leader with an F1 test deal.
After breakthrough win, Ericsson describes how his eight-year win-less spell took its toll
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Posted on“My job is to win a race, and I haven’t done it for eight years” admitted IndyCar’s ‘other’ recent incomer from Formula 1 after his breakthrough victory on Saturday.
Early first pit stop left us vulnerable to O’Ward, says Newgarden
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Posted onAfter narrowly missing victory in Detroit, Josef Newgarden says his strategy was compromised by a decision to cover a potential full-course yellow which never materialised.
Grosjean tackles fire after second retirement of luckless weekend
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Posted onSix months on from his horror crash in Bahrain, Romain Grosjean took matters into his own hands to tackle another, much smaller fire.
O’Ward denies Newgarden in victory charge from 16th place
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Posted onPatricio O’Ward denied Josef Newgarden a flag-to-flag victory in Detroit by passing him with three laps to go, and took the championship lead.
Askew returns in place of Rosenqvist after Detroit crash
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Posted onOliver Askew will substitute for Felix Rosenqvist in the second of this weekend’s IndyCar races today in Detroit.
Power explodes at IndyCar race control after ECU failure costs him Detroit win
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Posted on2014 IndyCar champion sounds off, after late red flag and excessive heat results in a costly ECU failure which deprives Power of a 40th career victory.
Cruel luck for Power hands first IndyCar win to Ericsson
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Posted onMarcus Ericsson survived a gruelling first race of the Detroit Grand Prix to capture his first career victory – becoming the seventh different winner in seven races this season.
Rosenqvist taken to hospital after heavy crash stops Detroit IndyCar race
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Posted onA heavy crash involving McLaren SP driver Felix Rosenqvist has caused a stoppage in the first of this weekend’s two IndyCar races in Detroit.
