This weekend the NTT IndyCar series raced on the streets of Detroit in the Detroit Grand Prix. Some drivers were competitively pushing there cars during practice and qualifying, while some were rubbing the walls and crashing. There was one driver in particular who was causing a bit of drama on and off the racing surface. Santino Ferucci has been a hot topic this year, maybe you can say for his aggressive driving style.
This weekend Romain Grosjean, Kyle Kirkwood, Colton Herta, Josef Newgarden, and Helio Castroneves have had a run in with Ferucci. The conflict between Kirkwood and Ferucci was even handsy! The two later texted eachother Saturday night talking about their issues and the situation and put the differences to the side. Indycar has a huge following and some fans have taken the driver (Ferucci) to Indycar's Instagram saying "He needs to be parked." and "He needs to be suspended and or dropped." There is still a lot more to be explained which will be at a later date.
Moving on to the drop of the green flag of the Detroit GP, we all know in racing that cautions breed cautions. Who knew we would see a total of 8 cautions? A total of 47 laps under yellow. That's almost half of the 100 lap race! The start of the race had a 7 car pileup. Will Power spun on Lap 1 and would ultimately spin later in the race. Turn 3 was a problem for a lot of the race with drivers diving in to block and getting turned. Christian Rasmussen suffered a failing engine causing him to retire from the race. Rosenqvist and Vautier among the 7 drivers that needed to pit due to punctured tires. Alex Palou fought his car very early in the race which showed as he went from P2-P8 in a single lap. The reasoning was the team thought it was a good strategy to start off on used alternate tires because they have already been worn in but that was not the case. Palou later would crash into Newgarden both causing a FCY in the infamous Turn 3. Ferucci was given a drive through penalty for an avoidable crash causing Kyffin Simpson and Helio Castroneves to crash into eachother.
Scott Dixon was in mid pack for about half of the race and then started charging towards the front past halfway. He started tire saving and fuel saving which we all know he is the king of fuel saving strategies. Dixon won the caution filled raced and is already focusing on Road America next week June 9. Scott Dixon has taken over the Championship points standings by 18 points.
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