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McLaughlin finished third in St. Petersburg and team-mate Josef Newgarden took the win, but both drivers were stripped of their results for illegally being able to use push-to-pass on the restarts.

Team Penske's manipulation of push-to-pass system leads to disqualification at IndyCar's St. Petersburg race, emphasizing the sport's commitment to fair play.

After starting eighth, the 43-year-old New Zealander took advantage of the race's only caution, that temporarily neutralised the 85-lap contest, and switched to an alternate strategy. The outcome cycled him to the lead but forced him into fuel conservation mode.

The defending race winner, Kirkwood delivered a flying lap of 1m06.4731s (106.581 mph) in the final seconds to lead the session on a chilly morning at the 11-turn, 1.968-mile temporary street circuit.

The Mexican delivered a quick run of 1m06.6874s in Group 1 running on a set of softer alternate tires to set the day’s best time.

Although six hours of testing was expected to resume at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday at 10am local time, IndyCar already called off any activities after lingering showers and an unpromising forecast have forced an early end to the two-day event.Rain also put an early end to Wednesday’s on-track…

Before rain cut test running short, the 2021 NASCAR Cup champion completed 47 laps – with 43 logged in the morning’s two-hour session – around the 2.5-mile superspeedway for the Arrow McLaren team.

Despite a rain-shortened day, Larson was still able to complete 47 laps – with 43 logged in the morning’s two-hour session – around the 2.5-mile superspeedway. In the end, he was able to put down a best lap of 226.384 mph to vault the No. 17 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet to second…

The challenging 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit saw the bow-tie brand put together a 1-2-3-4 sweep, led by Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden, who led 92 of 100 laps from pole to seize the victory.