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Indianapolis Star
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Indianapolis Star
Arrow McLaren prepping Linus Lundqvist as potential replacement for Nolan Siegel at Toronto
Arrow McLaren has signed ex-Chip Ganassi Racing driver Linus Lundqvist as a reserve driver for this weekend's Ontario Honda Dealers Indy Toronto street race, the team announced Monday. Practice begins Friday afternoon, but Nolan Siegel might not be cleared to return to the cockpit after suffering a minor concussion in a late-race crash Saturday at Iowa Speedway. Siegel was not cleared for Sunday's race by IndyCar medical officials that morning. Given the short break between the races and belief late Saturday that Siegel would be cleared, Arrow McLaren team principal Tony Kanaan opted not to run Siegel's No. 6 car Sunday. Doing so would've required requesting from IndyCar a special 15-minute shakedown session with a substitute driver on Saturday night, Kanaan said. And given the car repair time in the wake of Siegel's crash — one so hard that the SAFER barrier required repairs — the team principal didn't want the team scrambling with so much uncertainty. 'I missed it': Ex-Team Penske IndyCar leader relishing new chapter with Arrow McLaren Arrow McLaren briefly explored the possibility of Kanaan starting Sunday's race and parking immediately after the green flag, but IndyCar wouldn't approve such a move because Kanaan hadn't taken part in an on-track session during the weekend. An emergency on-track session wasn't available Sunday morning. Lundqvist was at Iowa Speedway on Sunday. The 26-year-old Swedish driver with 20 IndyCar starts will ready himself this week for what could amount to his first time inside an IndyCar cockpit since the 2024 season finale at Nashville Superspeedway. As Kanaan told select media Sunday morning ahead of that day's race, Lundqvist will be in the team's shop throughout this week as Siegel is put through a regimented recovery plan that includes light workouts, time on a racing simulator and evaluation by Ryan Harber, the team's head of human performance, health and wellness. Siegel will be reevaluated by IndyCar's medical team Thursday morning to determine his ability to drive in Toronto. How close was Tony Kanaan to driving?: Nolan Siegel's status, possible backup drivers for Toronto Lundqvist will be with the team all weekend and available should Siegel experience any discomfort in his return or if he isn't cleared. Lundqvist finished 13th in his lone start at Toronto a year ago. He finished 16th in points in his lone full-time IndyCar season in 2024 with five top-10s, a pair of podiums (Barber and World Wide Technology Raceway) and a pole (Road America), but he entered this season without a ride after CGR scaled back from five full-time cars to three as IndyCar launched its charter system that caps teams at three full-time entries guaranteed to start each race (minus the Indy 500).
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
McLaughlin, Newgarden to test Penske Porsche at Sebring
NTT IndyCar Series drivers Scott McLaughlin and Josef Newgarden will test the Porsche Penske Motorsport 963s in next week's IMSA-sanctioned test at Sebring International Raceway. 37 cars will attend the test from Tuesday to Thursday, Feb. 11-13. Fresh off his run with Trackhouse by TF Sport at Daytona, McLaughlin will drive the No. 6 Penske Porsche for the first time in an IMSA sanctioned test. His Penske IndyCar teammate Newgarden will be back aboard the No. 7 Porsche for the first time since he joined the winning team at the 2024 Rolex 24 At Daytona. The two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and IndyCar Series champion also raced at the 2023 Petit Le Mans in a Porsche Penske Motorsport GTP car, but only drove short stints in either race versus the full-time Porsche factory drivers. The new Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR-LMH will also be testing ahead of its IMSA debut at the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring next month. Ross Gunn and Roman De Angelis were already announced as the full-time drivers of the No. 23 Aston Martin THOR Team Valkyrie, and they'll be joined at the Sebring test by Alex Riberas, who has a full-time ride in one of the FIA WEC Aston Martins. JDC-Miller MotorSports will also give 29-year-old English driver Sennan Fielding his first test in a Porsche 963. Fielding won the 2022 British GT Championship GT4 title and has spent the last two years driving LMP3s in the Michelin Le Mans Cup, for Steller Motorsport. Ten GTP cars are entered, with the absence of the No. 40 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac V-Series.R due to accident damage sustained at Daytona, and the No. 63 Lamborghini Squadra Corse SC63. In LMP2, Honda factory driver Kaku Ohta will test the No. 18 Era Motorsport ORECA 07. Ohta tested with Era Motorsport in preparation for his GTP debut with Acura Meyer Shank Racing, and is expected to add select LMP2 races to his busy 2025 schedule. After making his VP Racing SportsCar Challenge debut at Daytona, Matias Perez Companc will test the No. 88 AF Corse ORECA alongside his father Luis. Jonny Edgar will test both AO Racing's 'Spike' and 'Rexy' cars, turning laps in the No. 77 Porsche 911 GT3 R in GTD PRO as well as the No. 99 ORECA LMP2. Provisionally, Ben Barker is expected to return to the cockpit of the No. 64 Ford Multimatic Motorsports Mustang GT3, after a collarbone injury sidelined him from Daytona. GT classes will run on Tuesday, then all four classes will run on Wednesday before closing with prototype-only tests on Thursday. Story originally appeared on Racer
