Palou resisted the advances of Alexander Rossi on the final pair of restarts – caused by spin and stalls from Simon Pagenaud and Oliver Askew respectively – after catching the Andretti driver off-guard on both occasions. Rossi was able to wind Palou in on the final stint, getting within a second of the Chip Ganassi
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Having spent this season on the sidelines as Red Bull’s test and reserve driver, the Thai driver was announced as George Russell’s replacement at Williams for next year prior to the Italian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old, who scored two podiums with Red Bull last year before being replaced by Sergio Perez, has kept race-sharp in
Alex Palou beat Alexander Rossi to score his first-ever IndyCar pole position in a qualifying when all four Penske drivers failed to progress out of Q1. In the fast six pole position shootout, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou laid down a 58.7701s lap around the 1.964-mile Portland International Raceway to beat Rossi for Andretti Autosport by
Despite an off at the final corner that brought out one of three red flags mid-session, Spanish sophomore Palou headed the field with a 58.782s lap on the red-walled soft compound Firestone tyres to go 0.102s faster than Castroneves. The Brazilian veteran, making only his fourth appearance of the season for Meyer Shank Racing ahead
Ilott, who it was announced earlier this month will make his series debut at Portland International Raceway this weekend, has now also been confirmed as the pilot of the #77 entry for next weekend’s Laguna Seca round and the Long Beach season finale. “On top of starting my debut weekend in the IndyCar Series with
On IndyCar’s last visit to Portland in 2019, the leaders were able to run the 105 lap race distance on just two stops, after 17 laps were run under caution. This year the race has been extended to 110 laps of the 1.964-mile course, which is expected to enforce a three-stopper while opening up the
Danish Formula 2 racer Lundgaard caused a major stir on his IndyCar debut in the #45 RLL machine on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course three weeks ago, when he qualified fourth in a five-car cluster that was covered by a mere 0.05 seconds. Despite slipping back to 12th at the finish, largely due to inexperience
In the a caution-strewn race on the streets of Nashville last month, six of the nine penalties issued were a result of driver misdemeanours, while 27 of the 49 laps under caution at the Gateway oval last time out were a direct result of car-to-car contact. After that last race, six-time champion Scott Dixon said
The 2020 Formula 2 championship runner-up will make his US open-wheel debut with the newly renamed Juncos Hollinger squad, Ricardo Juncos’s team revealing a tie-up with new partner Brad Hollinger last month as it returns for the final three races of 2021 for the first time since the 2019 Indianapolis 500. Ilott has spent this
The Britain-born California-raised 36-year-old competed for the IndyCar legend’s team full-time in 2020, while this year he raced on the Indianapolis road course in May in the Tresiba-backed #11 car. He then suffered an agonising near-miss in attempting to qualify for this year’s Indianapolis 500. “I cannot wait to get back behind the wheel of
The 2019 Indy Lights champion has endured a patchy IndyCar career since graduating to the series in 2020, scoring a podium in Iowa for Arrow McLaren SP before suffering a heavy shunt in that year’s Indianapolis 500 that left him with late-diagnosed concussion. Askew made an impressive comeback last October in St Petersburg – the 2020 finale
Ilott, who finished as runner-up in last year’s Formula 2 championship, has performed reserve duties for both Ferrari and Alfa Romeo in F1 this year, participating in a handful of FP1 sessions for the latter. Having been a Ferrari Driver Academy driver since 2018, Ilott finished third in the GP3 Series before graduating to F2