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Simona De Silvestro has suggested she is rediscovering her touch in IndyCar after a drive up to 18th in the Mid-Ohio race.

“I think in ’13 I finished in front of Josef in the championship,” she also noted ahead of this year’s Road America event. “If I look at my career, I think in 2013 I was really kind of at the top where I should be,” she remarked. “I felt like I was strong again, doing things I used to do and moving forward,” said De Silvestro.

Scott McLaughlin, whose results had suffered earlier in 2022, returns to the podium at Mid-Ohio, with Alex Palou and Will Power.

19. (12) Alexander Rossi, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 17. (20) Devlin DeFrancesco, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 16. (27) Jimmie Johnson, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 15. (3) Colton Herta, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 10. (6) Simon Pagenaud, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 9. (8) David Malukas, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 8. (15) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 6. (13) Marcus Ericsson, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 5. (5) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. 2. (7) Alex Palou, Dallara-Honda, 80, Running. Because points leader Marcus Ericsson also carved his way through the mid-field after starting 13th up to 6th, Power remains 2nd in points, 20 behind Ericsson. Behind McLaughlin, sparks flew all over the place with five full-course cautions.

Team Penske's Scott McLaughlin held off IndyCar champion Alex Palou to score his second win of the season at Mid-Ohio.

At the restart Palou pressured McLaughlin, and Power passed VeeKay for fourth at Turn 4, while team-mates Rossi and Grosjean came together at Turn 2 and brought out yet another yellow. The next restart on Lap 40, saw Dixon defending fifth so hard from Newgarden through Turn 4, that the pair of them didn’t notice VeeKay carrying so much more momentum into Turn 5, and the bold ECR driver drove around the outside of both Newgarden and Dixon at Turn 6 to gain fifth. To cover off the potential undercut, and in response to an imminent yellow flag for Tatiana Calderon going off track at Turn 4, the rest of the frontrunners pitted, too. With 10 laps to go, the top three were one second apart, with VeeKay a further 3sec back. Newgarden and VeeKay pitted at the end of Lap 23, and emerged in 23rd and 24th, while Romain Grosjean pitted his Andretti Autosport on the following lap. Also making strong progress was Power who demoted Malukas, Pagenaud and Rossi to move into ninth. After 29 laps, O’Ward and Dixon pitted, with McLaughlin and Marcus Ericsson and Power stopping next time by. In ninth ran Alexander Rossi, pressing Kirkwood, with Callum Ilott completing the Top 10 ahead of Josef Newgarden and Rinus VeeKay who were both on primaries. But the caution flew again as Harvey ran AJ Foyt Racing’s Dalton Kellett off the track at the Keyhole. That didn’t happen before Rossi had passed Malukas for 10th. Up front, O’Ward was only 0.77s ahead of McLaughlin, with Dixon only 1.1s further back, and Herta only 0.9s behind the Ganassi driver. At the restart, Power would pass Rahal and Jimmie Johnson. Under the subsequent caution, Graham Rahal, Power and Jack Harvey pitted, the two RLL cars took on Firestone alternates, while Power fitted primaries.

Team Penske-Chevrolet's Scott McLaughlin led 45 of the 80 laps at Mid-Ohio to hold off Alex Palou and score his second win of the season, while teammate ...

At the restart Palou pressured McLaughlin, and Power passed VeeKay for fourth at Turn 4, while teammates Rossi and Grosjean came together at Turn 2 and brought out yet another yellow. The next restart on Lap 40, saw Dixon defending fifth so hard from Newgarden through Turn 4, that the pair of them didn’t notice VeeKay carrying so much more momentum into Turn 5, and the bold ECR-Chevy driver drove around the outside of both Newgarden and Dixon at Turn 6 to gain fifth. To cover off the potential undercut, and in response to an imminent yellow flag for Tatiana Calderon going off track at Turn 4, the rest of the frontrunners pitted, too. With 10 laps to go, the top three were one second apart, with VeeKay a further 3sec back. Also making strong progress was Power who following the most recent restart had demoted Malukas, Pagenaud and Rossi to move into ninth. Following the restart, he’d be nudged off at Turn 2 by Grosjean, who was then affronted when Rossi dived up his inside again. After 29 laps, O’Ward and Dixon pitted, with McLaughlin and Marcus Ericsson and Power stopping next time by. In ninth ran Alexander Rossi, pressing Kirkwood, with Callum Ilott completing the Top 10 ahead of Josef Newgarden and Rinus VeeKay who were both on primaries. Up front, O’Ward was only 0.77sec ahead of McLaughlin, with Dixon only 1.1sec further back, and Herta only 0.9sec behind the Ganassi driver. At the restart, Power would pass Rahal and Jimmie Johnson. Up front, O’Ward wasn’t escaping from McLaughlin, running just 1sec clear by Lap 8, while teammate Rosenqvist was doing a fine job in third on his primary tires, 0.8sec hehind McLaughlin, 0.8sec ahead of Herta. However, the following lap, the immensely unlucky Swede’s car suddenly slowed off Turn 2 and the #7 AMSP-Chevy expired, and although he crept it down to Turn 4, the car stopped there, with his visibly and audibly gutted driver posting the first DNF of the day. Next time by, Palou was threatening Pagenaud, while Kyle Kirkwood moved his AJ Foyt Racing-Chevy past David Malukas of Dale Coyne Racing w/ HMD-Honda, despite being on primary tires.

Three-time Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin has won his second IndyCar race. McLaughlin, who won in St. Petersburg earlier this year, beat Alex Palou and ...

This is a modal window. This is a modal window. The 2022 IndyCar season will resume in Toronto in a fortnight. "I really wanted to get a win here with mom and dad for the first time. "I’ve just got to to keep making the most of the situation that I’ve got. McLaughlin, the 2019 Bathurst 1000 winner, still believes he is in with a shout for the 2022 title.

Scott McLaughlin has scored his second career IndyCar Series victory to move back into the title fight in what was a chaotic day at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car ...

After starting 21st and spinning at Turn 9 on the opening lap he carved his way through the field to finish in third! McLaughlin led 45 of the final 52 laps. “Our #10 car was fast. I would love to make it a little bit easier for myself, but I’m super proud of them. “I’m really proud of the (Team Penske crew). The car they gave me was a little hard to drive toward the end. McLaughlin got the lead back on Lap 60 and never looked back, keeping Palou in his mirror through a series of cautions and restarts.

A wild and chaotic day at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course wasn't enough to derail Scott McLaughlin, who scored his second NTT INDYCAR SERIES victory of the ...

McLaughlin’s third podium of the season and Palou’s fourth allowed them to close in on the NTT INDYCAR SERIES championship. While McLaughlin’s surge in the championship standings will be beneficial down the road, the three-time Australian V8 Supercars champion was basking in the glory of scoring his first NTT INDYCAR SERIES win with his parents, Wayne and Diane, in attendance. This was the first race they’ve seen him win in this series. The Honda Indy Toronto will take place Sunday, July 17 at 3 p.m. (ET), live on Peacock Premium and the INDYCAR Radio Network. Palou rose to fourth in the standings, just 35 points back. The 80-lap race was a treacherous affair compared to past NTT INDYCAR SERIES races on the permanent road course in Lexington, Ohio. Amid wheel-to-wheel contact aplenty, there were six cautions for 17 laps, which is more than the last five Mid-Ohio NTT INDYCAR SERIES races combined. O'Ward's misfortunate allowed McLaughlin, who started second, to inherit the lead during a round of green flag pit stop cycles on Lap 31. McLaughlin led 45 of the final 52 laps. Colton Herta led seven laps after not pitting under caution on Lap 53 while the rest of the leaders pitted. By Lap 54, O’Ward’s car had completely lost power as it stalled at the end of pit lane. “I’m really proud of the (Team Penske crew). The car they gave me was a little hard to drive toward the end. I would love to make it a little bit easier for myself, but I’m super proud of them.

Scott McLaughlin insists he is still in the championship hunt after winning the Mid-Ohio IndyCar race, and we are throwing that question to you also, ...

Cast your vote in this week’s Pirtek Poll. As for McLaughlin himself, he has now won on a road course as well as a street circuit, and is capable of victory on an oval given he came up only a corner shy at Texas. He is also still 69 points in arrears of leader Marcus Ericsson, with eight races to go and as many as 54 points on offer to any driver (50 for a win, one for leading a lap, two for leading the most laps, one for pole position) in each of those.

Will Power says his IndyCar Mid-Ohio recovery drive from a disastrous qualifying and first lap spin is the kind of performance that “makes you want to keep ...

I was up three tenths and the throttle broke, and then obviously in qualifying we had our issue. “I'm not doing anything crazy different,” said the 2014 champion. I enjoy qualifying, putting it all together over a whole race weekend. That relegated the #12 Verizon Team Penske-Chevrolet to 21st on the grid. He then looked after his reds over the last stint, rather than wear them out trying to pass runner-up Alex Palou. "I enjoy it a lot.

The ninth race of the season had the potential to shake up the series standings after qualifying left an unusual-looking grid. Along with Power's debacle, his ...

“As you see every week, so much happens. He was thus the odd one out again, as the only driver of those five to lose position in the series standings, with Palou taking over fourth position. However, the 2014 champion was already back to 12th position at the completion of the first pit cycle, and in the same situation as the two-stoppers.

Scott McLaughlin said he always believed he had another IndyCar win in him this season, after ending a run of inconsistent results with victory at Mid-Ohio.

But it's good – good to be back here, good to fight until the end. “It’s all about having the belief, the belief in the guys. “I think we’ve had great pace to be in the top five.

In motorsports, drivers can encounter all sorts of difficulties. Hazardous spins. Various penalties, which, if issued can cause a racer to lose their place.

If you just hang in there, you’re going to end up in a good spot.” “You’ve got to make the most of everything,” he said. Only adding to these obstacles, Power also spun the No. 12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet in Turn 9 on the first lap, and even dropped all the way to the back of the drivers as well. “You can’t get too desperate – like the first lap, that was just being in the wrong spot sort of where I spun. “I think the lesson is that even if you don’t pass any cars today, you’re still making positions,” he said. The spin was the result of getting on the right-side curb as he tried to complete passes on rookie Christian Lundgaard and Takuma Sato.

Scott McLaughlin says the feel he has for his car is “night and day” compared to his rookie IndyCar season, last year. The three-time Supercars champion ...

“I’m a lot more assertive with where I’m going to go. I’m a lot more assertive now with what I want. About turning his form around, he remarked, “I think it’s just all about just belief, believing in what you can do, going back to the basics and just trusting your feel, trusting what got me here.

All 4 Andretti Autosport cars traded contact over the last 25 laps of Sunday's Mid-Ohio race, a symptom, Michael Andretti said, of private infighting.

“I had some under-steer, and obviously, that’s unfortunate to happen to a teammate, but that’s the way it goes.” With 10 laps to go, Rossi drove straight through the apex of Turn 6 on the inside, side-by-side with DeFrancesco and ran the rookie off-course. Somewhere around that sequence, Edwards, who calls strategy on DeFrancesco’s No. 29, could be heard on the radio telling his driver to steer away from jockeying for track position with Grosjean, who of course was a lap down. “It’s not just today, but it all came to a head today. Looking back at the incident post-race, Hinchcliffe, a new member of the NBC broadcast booth as well as Rossi’s close friend and podcast co-host, said, “Obviously, Alex slid into him. When asked whether he’d race his teammates any differently, having announced a month ago his plans to leave for Arrow McLaren SP at the end of the year after seven seasons with Andretti, Rossi said, “No, of course not. (Grosjean) was on the softer tire and was probably going to get around me, and he likes to do it fast and early,” he said. From battling in 10th and 11th, the pair dropped all the way down to 19th and 21st, with Grosjean a lap down, where they’d both eventually finish. After Rossi had already begun walking back, Andretti rolled up to his veteran driver’s pit box and could be heard exclaiming, “Where is he?” before scootering off to the team meeting he had called. Normally, he'd cross the start-finish line, take a cooldown lap and then head to the transporter. There was a private hospitality space a few steps behind Andretti, Thormann and Rossi had they wanted to ensure such an emotional conversation took place out of sight and earshot. “And I’m done.”