Marcus Ericsson’s new career as an IndyCar driver with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will commence next week, just nine days after his final Formula 1 race for the Sauber team.The Swede will trade the billion-dollar opulence of Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina F1 circuit for the rustic, retro charms of Sebring’s short...

Robert Wickens has secured the IndyCar Series’ Rookie of the Year honors despite missing the last two rounds and the upcoming double-points season finale at Sonoma due to injury.The Canadian and his No. 6 Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team also lost out on a meaningful points haul at Pocono, where Wickens...

Friday, August 24: IndyCar has provided another update on the recovery of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports driver Robert Wickens from injuries suffered in a crash at Pocono last Sunday."Surgeries were performed late this week on his right arm and lower extremities without complication. The extent of the spinal cord injury remains...

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports technical director Todd Malloy will step in to engineer James Hinchcliffe’s No. 5 Honda this weekend in Mid-Ohio. The temporary change comes as a result of SPM’s Will Anderson returning to engineer Jack Harvey in the No.60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda.With former SPM engineer Leena Gade overseeing...

Le Mans-winning race engineer Leena Gade is no longer part of the Schmidt Peterson Motorsports IndyCar team.The Briton, who joined the Indianapolis-based outfit during the offseason, left the team on Wednesday morning.Her exit comes after five events as James Hinchcliffe’s engineer on the No. 5 Honda. Gade’s experience, forged primarily...

In stick and ball terms, Mikhail Aleshin has been benched for a game.Aleshin watched IndyCar practice from the SPM pits on Friday, where Sebastian Saavedra was at the wheel of the No. 7 Honda that the Russian has been driving the past two years, but it's expected that he will...