Ryan Hunter-Reay took victory in yesterday’s second race of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Duel in Detroit. The American took over the lead after team-mate Alexander Rossi made a mistake in the last ten laps that would see him fall down the order to twelfth place.
Alexander Rossi has claimed pole position for the second race of the 2018 Chevrolet Duel in Detroit. The result is Rossi’s second pole position of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series. Rookie Robert Wickens will start in second place.
Scott Dixon has taken his first win of the year in race one of the 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series Duel in Detroit. The Chip Ganassi Racing driver jumped the pole-sitter, Marco Andretti, in the pits to take the lead of the race.
Marco Andretti will start on pole position for the first time on a street course in today’s first race of the 2018 Duel in Detroit. The Andretti Herta driver beat out Scott Dixon for his first pole in five years.
After a strong debut in the Verizon IndyCar Series in last weekend’s Indy 500, Scuderia Corsa’s team owner, Giacomo Mattioli, has confirmed that the team will return to the race in 2019. The team wishes to expand to a larger schedule in the future.
The 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series took to the track today for the two practice sessions ahead of this weekend’s Duel in Detroit. Dale Coyne’s Sebastien Bourdais and Andretti Autosport’s Ryan Hunter-Reay finished the two sessions as the fastest drivers.
This weekend, the Verizon IndyCar Series heads to “Motor City” for the 2018 Chevrolet Duel in Detroit. Two races await the drivers, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. Here, Jordan Groves takes you through everything you need to know ahead of the double-header race weekend.
Chip Ganassi Racing’s Ed Jones has vowed to come back stronger after a disappointing last race at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Jones crashed out of the race, but hopes to bounce back in this weekend’s Duel in Detroit.
Danica Patrick has stated that crashing out of her final race before retirement, the 2018 Indianapolis 500, was “was definitely not the way I wanted to end” her career. Patrick had qualified seventh and was running in the midfield when she lost control of her #13 GoDaddy Chevrolet.
Team Penske’s Tim Cindric has confirmed that Helio Castroneves will be returning to the Indianapolis 500 in 2019. Despite crashing out of the race, Helio did enough to impress the team, so much so that they will once again have him back in one of their cars next year.
The runner-up finisher in the 2018 Indianapolis 500, Ed Carpenter, has stated that he is proud of his team for how they performed this month. The pole-sitter stated that he is looking forward to coming back next year when he hopes to be “stronger”.
After being right in contention at the end of yesterday’s 2018 Indianapolis 500, Stefan Wilson, Jack Harvey and Oriol Servia have spoken about their feelings after their late fuel gamble failed to pay off. The trio finished in positions fifteen through seventeen.
Will Power has said that he “can’t describe” how he was feeling after winning yesterday’s Indianapolis 500. The Australian, driving for Team Penske, said that he was “screaming” with one lap to go after having previously thought that he would never win the famous race.
Team Penske’s Will Power has won the 2018 Indianapolis 500 after a late-fuel strategy gamble from other drivers threatened to take the win away. Power took his first win in the famous race, driving his #12 Verizon Chevrolet.
Tony Kanaan has finished the final Indy 500 practice session as the fastest driver. The A.J. Foyt Racing driver was 2-mph clear of his nearest rival Scott Dixon, with Kanaan setting a 227-mph average lap.
Verizon IndyCar Series competitors, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, announced today that they have split with James Hinchcliffe’s race engineer Leena Gade. Both the team and Gade admitted that the partnership was not working out as planned.
Verizon IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe has today announced that he is no longer pursuing a last-minute seat in this weekend’s Indianapolis 500 after the Canadian was “bumped” from the field in last weekend’s qualifying session.
