Scott McLaughlin rounds out the Team Penske lineup. This year, the 32-time race winner will be as motivated as ever to score both his first Indy 500 win and his third series title. He won the series championship in 20 and finished runner-up to Power in the final standings. Last year, Newgarden led all of INDYCAR with five wins, with his victories coming on ovals, permanent road courses and street circuits. But his stiffest challenge may come from within his own team. Power, a 41-time race winner and the 2018 Indianapolis 500 champion is one of the early favorites for the series title once again. The first-place qualifying effort was the 68th of his career, moving him into first all-time in the category.
Then, Power qualified on the pole for the series’ final race of the year at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca.
Fittingly, he did it in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix in the shadow of the General Motors’ Renaissance Center. Along the way he achieved two historic feats.įirst, Power scored the 100th victory for Chevrolet since the brand returned as an engine supplier for the 2012 season. In 2022, Will Power took home one win on the way to his second series title and first since 2014.
Until proven otherwise, however, the entire INDYCAR paddock will be chasing the stout Team Penske organization and its trio of decorated drivers: Australian Will Power, American Josef Negarden and Scott McLaughlin from New Zealand. It's early days for me, but I'm very excited to be able to call McLaren home and look forward to pretty cool things we're going to be able to accomplish together.” There's a huge privilege that comes with that, but also responsibility. “For us as individuals that are a part of it, it's up to us to raise our game on and off the track to represent the brand. “There's a huge amount of performance that's synonymous with the team,” he said. The McLaren name is one of the most famous in all of motorsports, and the pressure to perform is not lost on Rossi as he joins the famous organization. The Mexican driver O’Ward has won four races, while Sweden’s Rosenqvist has scored one win and was named the 2019 series Rookie of the Year. Rossi joins Pato O’Ward and Felix Rosenqvist as the team’s full-time drivers – each of whom has found plenty of success in their young careers. The American driver Rossi brings immense speed to the Chevrolet-powered team, which was already loaded with talent before his arrival. In 2023, the principal players are set to return to the Chevy fold, while a former Indianapolis 500 winner has been added to the manufacturer’s full-time attack.ĭuring the middle of last season, 2016 Indy 500 winner and eight-time INDYCAR victor Alexander Rossi announced that he would move to the newly rebranded Arrow McLaren team for 2023 and beyond.
0 kommentar(er)
