Falling out of his car in victory lane was just one of the factors that made Scott McLaughlin an endearing first-time winner at St Petersburg. The Race IndyCar podcast looks at the touring-car convert’s journey to victory
The global pandemic kept our American Editor Jack Benyon out of the IndyCar paddock over the past two years. But this past weekend in St Petersburg, he finally got to see IndyCar up close and personal and it didn’t disappoint
McLaren’s IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward looks set to drive in Friday practice for its Formula 1 team at a grand prix in 2022, and so might another IndyCar racer – which could be Colton Herta if McLaren chooses to give Andretti’s F1 bid a little help
IndyCar’s St Petersburg season-opener turned itself inside out a few times as strategies skewed all over the place. The surprise pacesetter still emerged triumphant, but some expected frontrunners got it very wrong
Scott McLaughlin converted his surprise St Petersburg pole position into a first IndyCar win under heavy pressure from reigning champion Alex Palou
“IndyCar doesn’t get the respect that it should – not even close,” reckons its Formula 1 linked breakthrough star Pato O’Ward. Why not?
With international interest in IndyCar growing, it can’t be long before moves are made to get it racing abroad again. Where should it go, and where did it succeed in the past?
Even getting an IndyCar chance was a bit of a fairytale surprise for Scott McLaughlin. After his stunning St Petersburg pole, Penske’s leftfield signing suddenly looks like an established ace. Where’s the leap forward come from?
Penske’s Supercars convert Scott McLaughlin claimed his first IndyCar pole with a superb performance in qualifying for the St Petersburg season-opener
A bizarre collision between ex-Formula 1 drivers Takuma Sato and Romain Grosjean was among the incidents in a messy second IndyCar practice session in St Petersburg
