Will Power claimed Roger Penske’s 200th IndyCar win at the 2018 edition of the Indianapolis Grand Prix, which is being celebrated during this weekend’s running of the event when David Malukas drives the No. 12 Verizon Chevy in a throwback silver livery from Power’s achievement in the same car eight...

Simon Pagenaud has been a busy man for the past year.As RACER revealed in May, the 2016 IndyCar Series champion and 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner was hired by General Motors to play a major role in the development of its Team Chevy IndyCar Series program through frequent visits to its...

A social media follow has evolved into a more structured mentoring relationship between 2016 IndyCar champion and 2019 Indy 500 winner Simon Pagenaud, and emerging talent Theo Pourchaire."This collaboration was born from a first contact on social networks," said Pourchaire, whose resume includes the 2023 FIA Formula 2 title, a...

Simon Pagenaud put on his racing suit and helmet, just as he’d done a thousand times before. But this time was different. The 2016 IndyCar Series champion and 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner was in an uncomfortable intersection where nervousness and excitement and anxiety came together and clashed.The battle for dominance...

Scott McLaughlin will reunite with Simon Pagenaud for another attempt to win the Indianapolis 500. The Team Penske driver from New Zealand and Team Penske alumni from France who won the great race in 2019 came together last May at McLaughlin’s request. Based on the fruits of their collaboration with...

The section of Mid-Ohio’s road course nicknamed 'China Beach', where Simon Pagenaud launched off the track in 2023 due to brake failure and barrel rolled through the recessed gravel trap, has been replaced.Owned by Green Savoree Race Promotions, which puts on Mid-Ohio’s annual calendar of events plus IndyCar’s stops at...

The last time Team Penske had two drivers delivering oval wins in the same season, it was 2020 with Josef Newgarden and former teammate Simon Pagenaud. The Frenchman’s oval victory -- the last of his IndyCar career so far -- came at Race 1 of the Iowa doubleheader.Fast forward to...

We haven’t seen Simon Pagenaud on track for almost a year, but that doesn’t mean we’ve missed his influence being applied to NTT IndyCar Series.As the Frenchman continues to recover from the frightening crash last year at Mid-Ohio, the 2016 IndyCar Series champion and 2019 Indianapolis 500 winner has found...

Simon Pagenaud talks with RACER's Marshall Pruett about his emotional return to the cockpit at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where he will drive his mentor Gil de Ferran’s 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner in honor of the late Brazilian during pre-race ceremonies.https://youtu.be/nk7Eo1WolmsPresented byRACER’s Indy 500 Trackside Report is presented by The American...

Simon Pagenaud hasn’t been in a race car since the brake failure and heavy crash that ensued last year at Mid-Ohio, but he’ll make a tearful return to the cockpit on Sunday when he drives his mentor Gil de Ferran’s 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner in honor of the late Brazilian...