By Steve Wittich The green flag came back out at 4:06 pm with ten cars heading out on the track. It didn’t take long for them to form up in a group that included the trio of Carlin driver, the quartet of Team Penske drivers, among others. The first ten on the track were joined...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The yellow flag came out just after 5 pm for a heavy crash involving Chip Ganassi Racing rookie Felix Rosenqvist. Rosenqvist was closely following the No. 88 Harding Steinbrenner Racing Honda, and lost the rear end of his No. 10 NTT Data Chip Ganassi Racing Honda, doing a 360-degree spin, pancaking the...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The green flag came back out at 1:50pm and the next two hours were fairly busy. Groups of six to ten cars took to the 2.5-mile oval to work on race-day set ups. Drivers were still reporting significant understeer in traffic and spent time testing various front wing configurations to see if...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Just after noon, a group of a dozen cars were all following closely together in a large pack. During that run, Max Chilton had a moment in Turn 4, chasing his No. 59 Gallagher Carlin to the SAFER Barrier at corner exit. The first significant impact of the month at the Indianapolis...
READ MOREThe first big impact of the month at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway came when the No. 66 McLaren Racing Chevrolet of Fernando Alonso made contact in Turn 3. Alonoso was running directly behind Graham Rahal in Turn 3 when the car pushed wide, glancing off the SAFER barrier at corner exit. The papaya ornage car...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval opened for business for all 36 entered drivers at 11 am. Early on, several drivers went out on qual sims, and a couple of drivers had code brown moments at the exit of Turn 2. First was Alexander Rossi, who pushed high at corner exit, coming...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich Good morning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway where the sun is trying to peak out and the temperature is in the lower 60s. According to our friend @Indycar_wxman, the weather looks terrific today. View on twitter The track is open for practice for seven hours from 11 am through 6 pm today....
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READ MOREBy Steve Wittich The first two drivers on track for the three-hour all-skate to end the first day of practice were James Hinchcliffe and Simon Pagenaud. Ben Hanley, who was still working on finishing the final phase of ROP was quickly back on track to complete his final laps. Hanley was joined on track by...
READ MOREBy Steve Wittich A quick note about the first two-hour session: Servia completed his Veteran refresher just before the session came to an end. The iconic 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval was reserved for the Rookie Orientation Program and Veteran Refreshers for two hours between 1 pm and 3 pm. Ben Hanley, Jordan King, and...
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