Alex Palou will remain at Ganassi in 2023 after the team exercised its option on the reigning IndyCar champion.
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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.
Herta makes F1 test debut for McLaren at Algarve
2022 F1 season
Posted onIndyCar star Colton Herta is testing for McLaren alongside the team’s simulator driver Will Stevens at the Autodromo do Algarve this week.
Herta to test for McLaren this week to prepare for practice outing
2022 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onColton Herta will test a McLaren Formula 1 car this week as the team consider running him in a practice session later this year.
McLaren SP’s Mid-Ohio was grim but it paled next to Andretti’s horror show
IndyCar
Posted onWhile technical trouble harpooned McLaren SP’s hopes in Mid-Ohio, Andretti’s race was a soap opera of self-destruction.
McLaughlin holds off Palou for Mid-Ohio Indy victory
IndyCar
Posted onScott McLaughlin scored his second career IndyCar win and second victory of the season at the Mid-Ohio Indy 200, holding off Alex Palou.
O’Ward becomes ninth different IndyCar pole sitter in nine rounds at Mid-Ohio
IndyCar
Posted onPatricio O’Ward will start on pole with an opportunity to gain ground in the championship tomorrow at the Mid-Ohio circuit.
De Vries and Vandoorne won’t stay when Mercedes Formula E team becomes McLaren
Formula E
Posted onMcLaren’s Formula E team will have an all-new driver line-up when it takes over Mercedes’ entry at the end of the season.
Ericsson isn’t the only unexpected name leading the IndyCar standings at halfway
IndyCar
Posted onAfter his surprise Indianapolis 500 win Marcus Ericsson leads the IndyCar standings at halfway, and his closest rival is another unexpected name.
Rosenqvist to drive for McLaren in IndyCar or Formula E next year
IndyCar
Posted onFelix Rosenqvist will remain a McLaren driver in 2023 but the team is yet to confirm which series he will compete in.
Newgarden grabs million-dollar prize bonus as title contenders hit trouble
IndyCar
Posted onJosef Newgarden’s victory brings him within 32 points of new championship leader Marcus Ericsson, while Will Power, Álex Palou, and Pato O’Ward lost ground.
Rossi grabs first pole position for three years at Road America
IndyCar
Posted onAlexander Rossi continued his recent resurgence in the IndyCar Series by capturing pole for this weekend’s Grand Prix of Road America.
Ilott cleared for Road America IndyCar return
IndyCar
Posted onCallum Ilott has been cleared by IndyCar doctors to return to racing at the Road America round this weekend, after missing Detroit.
“Time for a change”: The mystifying slump which prompted Rossi’s move to McLaren SP
IndyCar
Posted onThe 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner spoke about his pending separation from Andretti Autosport as his IndyCar winless drought approaches a three-year anniversary.
Information overload? Which motorsport series has the most effective TV graphics package?
Debates and polls
Posted onMotorsport series are squeezing ever more information into their television coverage. Have some gone too far? Which strikes the best balance?
IndyCar drivers sad to leave Belle Isle ahead of series’ return to downtown Detroit
IndyCar
Posted onIndyCar drivers Patricio O’Ward and Helio Castronves say they will miss Detroit’s Belle Isle circuit when the series returns to its former downtown location next year.
Newgarden snatches last-second Detroit Grand Prix pole
IndyCar
Posted onJosef Newgarden became the seventh different pole sitter of 2022 and will start up front for the final race around the Belle Isle Street Circuit.
Rosenqvist still in frame for 2023 McLaren SP drive as team adds third car for Rossi
IndyCar
Posted onAlexander Rossi’s arrival at the McLaren SP IndyCar team next year will not necessarily come at the expense of Felix Rosenqvist.
Rossi to join McLaren SP in 2023 after signing multi-year deal
IndyCar
Posted onAlexander Rossi will join McLaren SP for 2023 following his departure from Andretti, which was announced yesterday.
Ferrucci to substitute for injured Ilott in Detroit
IndyCar
Posted onCallum Ilott will sit out this weekend’s IndyCar race in Detroit after sustaining a hand injury in his crash during last weekend’s Indianapolis 500.
Rossi to leave Andretti, Kirkwood taking his place in 2023
IndyCar
Posted onAlexander Rossi will leave Andretti at the end of the 2022 season, the team has confirmed, concluding his seven-year association with the IndyCar squad.