An incident involving Simon Pagenaud and Lando Norris during Saturday’s IndyCar iRacing Challenge overshadowed the race at a virtual Indianapolis and stirred debate in the motorsport community.
McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris says Simon Pagenaud was “a bit salty” for not wanting him to win a virtual IndyCar race after the pair clashed in the event.
Lando Norris has been confirmed in the driver line-up to make his IndyCar ‘debut’ in the sport’s iRacing Challenge series for this weekend’s race at Circuit of the Americas.
The 2020 Indianapolis 500 has been postponed until August 23 following coronavirus measures. The traditional ‘Month of May’ centrepiece has been under threat following previous IndyCar schedule changes which have delayed the start of the season indefinitely.
The coronavirus impact on the global motorsport schedule has continued with IndyCar seeing its opening four races cancelled, while NASCAR has its next two meetings taken off its schedule.
Honda has vetoed against a deal that would have seen two-time Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso contest this year’s Indianapolis 500 with Andretti Autosport.
Last Friday’s announcement of the new shared regulations between the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship was welcomed throughout the motorsport world.
McLaren Formula 1 sponsor Huski Chocolate has become the primary partner of Marcus Ericsson's Chip Ganassi Racing car for the 2020 NTT IndyCar Series season.
DragonSpeed has confirmed Ben Hanley for the opening round of the new NTT IndyCar Series at St. Petersburg on March 15. Hanley, 34, made three IndyCar appearances in 2019 as part of DragonSpeed’s first entry to the series, recording a best finish of 18th at St. Petersburg.
New NTT IndyCar Series owner Roger Penske has ruled out introducing automatic qualifiers for the Indianapolis 500 – but is open to considering a tweak in the rules.
Ed Carpenter Racing has announced Conor Daly will complete its line-up for the 2020 IndyCar season, acting as the team’s road and street course driver.
Nico Hulkenberg has confirmed he would be open to a move into IndyCar for 2020 after losing his place on the Formula 1 grid, but remains “pretty relaxed” about his future.
Penske has become the owner of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the NTT IndyCar Series after completing the purchase of Hulman and Company, it has been announced.