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Crews are likely to Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon (9) and A.J. Foyt Enterprises driver Caio Collet (4) within the first flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Crews are likely to Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon (9) and A.J. Foyt Enterprises driver Caio Collet (4) within the first flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Crews are likely to Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon (9) and A.J. Foyt Enterprises driver Caio Collet (4) within the first flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Juncos Hollinger Racing driver Rinus Veekay (76) drives a broken automotive after contact on the primary lap Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Crews are likely to Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon (9) and A.J. Foyt Enterprises driver Caio Collet (4) within the first flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Vehicles spin and collide as they enter the primary flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Smoke rises from the automobiles of Chip Ganassi Racing driver Scott Dixon (9) and A.J. Foyt Enterprises driver Caio Collet (4) within the first flip Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Accident in flip 1 after the beginning of the race Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Accident in flip 1 after the beginning of the race Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Harm is seen on Ed Carpenter Racing driver Christian Rasmussen’s (21) automotive Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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A crew member carries Juncos Hollinger Racing driver Rinus Veekay’s (76) entrance wing Saturday, Could 9, 2026, in the course of the Sonsio Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
INDIANAPOLIS – ‘s day at IndyCar’s Sonsio Grand Prix ended after simply 20 laps. Rossi’s No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet got here to a whole cease after a hybrid failure.
When approached by Fox after stepping out of his automotive, Rossi didn’t maintain again on his ideas on , which was launched in the midst of the 2024 season.
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“I imply, it is fairly annoying to have a failure within the automotive due to a product that we did not ask for that does not enhance the racing,” Rossi stated. “In order that’s irritating.”
The hybrid is an digital propulsion addition that may present as much as 60 further horsepower to drivers when deployed. IndyCar started utilizing it in June 2024, and plenty of drivers have criticized it for each its performance and its influence on the standard of racing. That is the second race in a row that the hybrid has pressured a driver to finish his day early, as Andretti International’s Marcus Ericsson additionally had a hybrid failure on the Grand Prix of Lengthy Seaside.
When Rossi’s automotive stalled, IndyCar race management initially opted to not enact a full-course warning, as an alternative simply waving a yellow flag within the space of Rossi’s automotive. Rossi was supposed to stay within the automotive, however with it being proper subsequent to the wall of pit lane, he exited the automotive and walked again to his pit. IndyCar then made it a full-course warning.
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“Second of all, the truth that it took lengthy to throw a full-course yellow, when a automotive’s on the entrance straight and persons are going by at 170 miles an hour, additionally appears insane, once they do not allow us to drive within the moist yesterday,” Rossi added. “So, I do not actually know the place the priorities lie. So fairly pissed off.”
That is the second race in a row at IMS that Rossi will not end. Rossi exited the 2025 Indianapolis 500 on Lap 73 after his automotive caught hearth within the pits. The 2016 Indy 500 champion started Saturday at eleventh within the IndyCar standings via 5 races. Rossi, who’s in his second yr with ECR, has not gained a race since 2022.
