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The Spaniard was in pursuit early on after faltering away his start from pole, but regained the advantage with an overcut pit strategy on the second series of pit stops that propelled him into the lead on lap 45 of 85.However, a restart on lap 68 left Palou with the daunting task of fending off Team Penske’s Will Power heading down the wide Turn 1 of Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 14-turn …Keep reading

Bourdais beat the sister Cadillac Racing entry of Pipo Derani and Philipp Eng’s BMW in the quickfire 15-minute qualifying session, ahead of this weekend’s 2h40m event that is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only.Derani’s #31 Action Express-run Cadillac V-Series.R had taken pole in each of the trio of preceding races, but its challenge at Laguna was stymied by a vicious crash in Jack …Keep reading

The 22-year-old Dane made the most of a front row start by jumping into the lead over pole-sitter Alex Palou at the start and appeared in control of the 85-lap contest.Everything changed, though, following the second run of pit stops.Lundgaard pitted his Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda on lap 40, exchanging softer alternates for a set of scuffed harder primaries. Palou went for the overcut …Keep reading

The reigning and two-time IndyCar Series champion, Palou recovered from getting behind early and utilized a sensational in-lap and out-lap on his strategy to secure the lead in the penultimate round of pitstops and march to a 6.6106s victory on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn circuit.Palou, who came in as the defending race winner, led 39 of the 85 laps en route to collecting his first win of the season …Keep reading

After Ericsson and Herta qualified down in 21st and 24th respectively, the pair collided on the second lap of the Indy GP in a frantic opening to the fourth round of the IndyCar Series on Indianapolis’s 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course.It caused Herta – whose qualifying was ruined when his team ran him out of fuel – to tumble to the back of the field after being forced off the track and …Keep reading

Allgaier took both stage victories and in the final stage the pit crew on his No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet team got him first off pit road during two critical stops.A late-race caution sent all the cars down pit road and after Allgaier beat his teammate Sam Mayer off pit road, he easily cleared for the lead on the restart and cruised to a 3.407-second win over Austin Hill. The victory is the …Keep reading

Will Stevens and Callum Ilott secured the first customer car victory of the Hypercar era for Jota in a 1-2 for the Porsche 963 LMDh, finishing 12.363s ahead of the factory #6 Penske Porsche Motorsport entry shared by Laurens Vanthoor, Andre Lotterer and Kevin Estre.Taking fuel shortly before the 1hr44m red flag, caused when Earl Bamber’s Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh clipped the WRT BMW M4 GT3 of Sean …Keep reading

The eight-time world champion claimed four of the day’s nine stages, including two of the afternoon tests, to fend off a charging Tanak.Ogier headed to service with a 11.9s lead over Tanak having started the day one second behind Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera, who rolled out of the lead on the morning’s stage 11. Tanak’s strong run was rewarded by 15 provisional championship points – …Keep reading

Eng, whose BMW is run by Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, beat Sebastien Bourdais (Cadillac V-Series.R) and the second BMW of Connor De Phillippi in the 90-minute practice session.This weekend’s 2h40m event is being run for GTP and GTD machinery only.After the Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s of Nick Tandy and Felipe Nasr swapped the top spot between them early on, Connor De Phillippi took over in …Keep reading

Foster stalked and made numerous attempts to pass race leader Caio Collett (HMD Motorsports) for the majority of the race before finally getting by with 11 laps to go and then went on to win by 2.3688s on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn circuit.“Managed our tires, managed our push pass,” Foster said.“It’s quite tricky for me ’cause I had to burn more get past able and then I had to pressure Caio …Keep reading