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Josef Newgarden is third in the standings, 32 points behind his Team Penske teammate Power, Scott Dixon is fourth (-38), Pato O’Ward is fifth (-46), defending Ind圜ar Series champion Alex Palou is mired in sixth (-52) and Scott McLaughlin is pretty much the last driver to still have an outside chance, 81 points behind his teammate Power. If we maximize every week and if we do that, I think we have a good chance to win this thing.” We go to Nashville where we won last year, so we know we’ll be strong there. “Of course, I would have liked to keep the (points) lead, but with what happened yesterday, to be just nine points behind Will is a good spot. “It really doesn’t change, to be honest,” he said. But 11 th is a good result from where we started (last on the grid).”Įven though he’s led the standings for the last two months, dropping to second is not really a major concern, Ericsson said. “It was a good day for us,” Ericsson said nonetheless. You can never expect a normal day in Ind圜ar.”Įricsson went from an eight-point lead over Power coming into the race, to trailing Power by nine points after Saturday’s event, due in-part to Ericsson failing to qualify Friday as a result of an engine issue. “I got pushed around on Turn 1, got pushed into Pato (O’Ward) and spun him, and then Helio (Castroneves) went for a big move and pushed me on the curve, but a great recovery man.
“Definitely a rough start,” Power quipped. After starting fourth, Power was promptly beaten up, banged into and bounced around, dropping like a rock to 16th.
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To say the least, the first lap was full of havoc and angst for Power and others. I know this game so well and it can change quickly, but I’ve got to take what you can get every day, every race day.” “You just have to do what you know and that’s what I’ve been doing. “(Consistency) was the goal from the very beginning, to play the long game and we’ve been doing that,” Power told NBC. Using the same formula he has all season, one of consistency and trying to get the best finishes out of his car even when he can’t win, Will Power’s third-place finish at Indy allowed him to take over the points lead from Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson.
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With four races remaining, the Ind圜ar driver standings remain close, with six drivers still in contention and a seventh mathematically still having an outside chance. Is the driver he replaced, Ryan Hunter-Reay, still available? Just askin’. In his last nine starts, the Swiss driver has finished 16 th or worse six times, and has dropped from sixth to 14 th. Perhaps Grosjean should be grateful he finished 16 th and not lower. Among the plethora of problems Grosjean encountered: a defective throttle sensor Friday, brake issues, a power issue earlier in Saturday’s race, and he also stalled while exiting pit lane. But it was the 27’s turn, so that’s awesome.”Īnother Andretti teammate, Romain Grosjean, had nothing but trouble Friday during practice and qualifying, as well as in Saturday’s race, ultimately finishing 16th. I don’t want to take anything away from him and what he did to come from ninth to that position, it was incredible. “I think he was definitely strong,” Rossi said of Herta before the mechanical problems ended his day. He’s also just the second Andretti driver to win this season (Colton Herta won in the earlier edition of the Indianapolis Grand Prix in May). “To come back to Indianapolis and (win again) at home is really pretty amazing,” said Rossi, who becomes the eighth different winner in the first 13 races on the Ind圜ar circuit this season.
Not only did Saturday’s victory snap a 49-race winless streak for Rossi, it also was his eighth career Ind圜ar win and the second time he’s won at IMS, having captured the 2016 Indianapolis 500 as a rookie. … There’s just been so much belief for so long and I’m just so glad to finally accomplish it.” Rather, as Rossi said after earning his first win in over three years (June 23, 2019, to be exact), it was all about “relief and belief.” Five driving disciplines, more than 100 routes in 22 locations, online gaming, customization.You’ve heard the expression “R & D”? Well, for Alexander Rossi, Saturday’s Gallagher Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway was a matter of “R & B.” Delivery of the well-known GRID speed series that responds to the name of Autosport, and which comes loaded with news in what Codemasters promises the most content-filled episode to date.
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