Robert Wickens made his intentions very clear today during a media availability at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. “The goal is to get back into an Indy car,” he said. “We won't know till I try it to see if it's a reality.”
James Hinchcliffe is now awake and communicating after surgery for injuries to his left leg and pelvic area sustained in a major practice crash on Monday.
No one doubted Simon Pagenaud's talent or ability to win an IZOD IndyCar Series race, and it finally happened in the second round of the Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans on Sunday.
HVM Racing is among the teams selected to receive a $1 million subsidy from the IZOD IndyCar Series, all-but confirming that the team will run an entry in 2013 after all.
Dario Franchitti has set aside questions about whether he might quit the sport after Dan Wheldon's death, and instead is focussing on developing the new 2012 car.
IndyCar worked for months to make the 2011 season finale a fitting climax and affirmation of a series on the way back. No one could know it would end up being its darkest hour.
Recovering from a desperately poor qualifying performance at Indy, Andretti Autosport has snapped up the engineer who put Alex Tagliani on pole - angering Sam Schmidt.
IndyCar limits grid to 26 cars; Ana Beatriz gets Dreyer & Reinbold seat; Bobby Rahal and Sam Schmidt team up to boost Jay Howard's Indy 500 challenge; testing news; and more.