Author: Esha Bajwa

Championship contender, Alex Palou, is “hungry” to finish the 2025 IndyCar season strong ahead of the Portland GP. Palou could take the 2025 championship title if he ends up on Victory Lane at the Portland GP. Palou has won 8 races so far this season, with AJ Foyt and Al Unser holding the record at 10 wins per season. The Ed Carpenter Racing driver took the championship title in 2023 after winning at the Portland GP, on top of winning at the Portland International Raceway in 2021. When asked by Fastest Formula News in a video conference about his success…

McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was feeling “mixed” after a podium finish at the Hungarian GP, with a final laps battle for the win. Piastri started and finished the Hungarian GP in second. However, the Australian driver was dejected after not being able to take the win against Norris. The Papaya battle for the win started on Lap 64. Even though Piastri was in DRS range for most of the battle, Norris got ahead for the win. When asked about his finish in the Post Race Press Conference, Piastri answered, “Mixed, I would say.” Piastri continued, “You know, whenever you lose…

Charles Leclerc beat the McLarens for pole position for the Hungarian GP. Piastri and Norris will start in second and third, respectively. We entered the Hungaroring with the McLarens sweeping the practice sessions. Lando Norris was the Friday Champion, going fastest in FP1 and FP2. Oscar Piastri continued McLaren’s dominance by being the quickest in FP3 earlier in the day. Q1 Williams sent their cars out first, with Carlos Sainz having a lock-up at the first turn on his first timed lap. The Spaniard set the first time with a 1:18.282. Soon after, his teammate Alex Albon went faster with…

Alex Palou “could not be happier” after his 2025 Java House Grand Prix of Monterey win at Laguna Seca. Alex Palou showed dominant pace in Laguna Seca today. Palou had a “a big pace advantage” after leading 84 of the 95 laps and gaining an impressive gap during restarts. The Ed Carpenter Racing driver won from pole position today after making “big changes for qualifying” that helped his secure that top spot. When asked about his race weekend, Palou answered, “Yeah. I mean, we started very good in practice, but we had to make a couple big changes for qualifying,…

Alex Palou took the NTT Pole Award at the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey with Pato O’Ward next to him. Palou said, “It’s better to have your closest competitor close” after qualifying. With four races left in the 2025 IndyCar Series, Palou and O’Ward are in contention for the championship win. Although Palou will start ahead of O’Ward, strategy is the real winner. Palou acknowledged O’Ward’s strategy in Toronto then his competitors have a good strategy, there is “no chance to fight for it on track” When asked about starting next to O’Ward, Palou answered, “I honestly, I’ve said…

Alex Palou will start on Pole Position in Monterey for the fifth time this season. Pato O’Ward will start next to his championship rival, with Colton Herta in third. We entered Monterey, California, as previous race winner Pato O’Ward went fastest in Practice 1. Practice 2 was canceled due to a low cloud ceiling earlier in the day. Round 1 Group 1 Colton Herta was the first to set a lap time with a 1:13.1241. Markus Ericsson overtook Herta for the lead with a 1:10.0673. McLaughlin jumped to second with a 1:10.1148. Rookie Robert Shwartzman shot up to the top…

Ed Carpenter Racing driver, Alexander Rossi’s unfortunate DNF after brushing the wall in Toronto, is “behind us now”. Alexander Rossi had his 2025 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto race end early after commonly brushing the wall, which caused a full course caution on Lap 31. When asked about the incident, Rossi answered, “The wall was not lined up properly. I’m not going to speculate how that comes to be. It’s obviously hard to build temporary street courses. You’re building an entire racetrack and infrastructure from nothing.” The ECR driver continued, “At the same time we’re an elite motor racing organization,…

Arrow McLaren driver, Pato O’Ward took victory in Indy Toronto, winning in Exhibition Place after he and McLaren chose to “make a decision and send it”. Pato O’Ward ended on victory lane in Toronto after passing drivers ahead “one by one”. The Mexican driver started in tenth to finish on the top step. The Arrow McLaren driver noted, “it feels like it’s always a recovery Sunday”. Pato O’Ward continued, “We keep making our Sundays so much harder than what they have to be. Qualifying has been not our friend. But Sundays have been. I feel like the gist of this…

Colton Herta took his second IndyCar pole position in a row in Toronto with a sub-minute lap time. Alex Palou and Marcus Armstrong finished out the Top 3. We enter IndyCar qualifying in Toronto with Andretti Global driver’s Kyle Kirkwood and Colton Herta toped the charts in Practice 1 and Practice 2 respectively. Round 1 of qualifying was divided into 2 groups, with each of the Top 6 moving to Round 2. The Top 6 of Round 2 moved on to the Firestone Fast 6 to fight for Pole Position. The No. 26 had issued with its breaks with Markus…

Andretti Global driver, Kyle Kirkwood, experienced “the lowest amount of grip” with the green walled Firestone tires during Practice 1 in Toronto. Kyle Kirkwood was the overall fastest in the Practice 1 on the Streets of Toronto’s Exhibition Place. Scott McLaughlin and Alex Palou rounded out the overall Top 3. Issues with the green walled tyres The field had soft green walled Firestone tyres that “grained really, really bad.” With the graining and no support races, it was hard for drivers, including Kirkwood, to find grip in Toronto. When asked about tire grip, Kirkwood answered, “Yeah, I mean, certainly a…