![]() Newgarden and Ericsson were followed by Santino Ferrucci, who gave 88-year-old A.J. I think I did everything I could,” he added. I don’t think it’s a right way to end the race. “I don’t think it’s a fair way to end the race. I don’t think it’s safe to go out of the pits on cold tires for a restart when half the field is sort of still trying to get out on track when we go green,” Ericsson said. “I think it wasn’t enough laps to go to do what we did. The Swede believed the race should have ended under caution, with him the winner, rather than having the green flag fly on the first lap out of the pits. I knew I could.”Įricsson finished second in a Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing, and he immediately criticized Ind圜ar’s decision to hold a one-lap shootout to the checkered flag. “Everyone kept asking why I hadn’t won this race, and they look at you like you’re a failure if you haven’t won it. I started out as a fan in the crowd, and this place is amazing, regardless of where you’re sitting,” Newgarden said after pouring a bottle of whole milk over his head. Ben Hanley: 227.“I’m just so thankful to be here. “I really consider a lot of his opinion.” Here are the full results from Friday's practice:ģ3. “He's part of my life,” Castroneves said. And then maybe he'll know where to move on. Whenever they are both able, Castroneves hopes that he could sit down and have an extended talk with Penske. But it also gives a lot of opportunities to look back at all the wins, the success. ![]() In Ind圜ar, Castroneves hasn’t been in an environment without Team Penske. Over the years, Castroneves said they’ve become friends. Penske and Castroneves were connected by that mutual love of racing which almost immediately became a partnership. His fear is that he leaves racing with a “bad taste.” He’s open to joining a team of any size, but wants assurance that a small team can grow or that a large team can maintain its upward trajectory. When picking a future team, he emphasizes potential. So that I can accomplish the goals that I want." "I feel that at this point, I still got a lot to learn. "I don't want to just go and jump on any opportunity, I want to make sure that it's good so that I can have this desire," Castroneves said. But he hasn’t yet hit the point where racing is a nuisance. He’s spoken to former drivers who don’t even desire to visit a racetrack. He said he doesn’t have the experience to be an owner. He doesn’t think he’d be good at coaching. Though he is entering a time in his career where many drivers decide to retire, Castroneves doesn’t even consider that. ![]() Yet in recent years, he’s taken a step back from the Ind圜ar series and has raced with Team Penske’s Sports Car program. Though he’s never won the series title, he’s finished in the top three six times, including four second-place finishes in the end-of-year standings. He won the Indy 500 in each of his first two years in the series and secured the pole position in qualifying the next year. ![]() “But, obviously, I do believe that (I) could have an opportunity in another team.”Ĭastroneves has been a Team Penske member since before his career started in the NTT Ind圜ar series. The most pressing aspect of any future decision he makes is a scenario that allows him to maintain that passion. ![]() He doesn’t think this will be the last Indy 500. He’s focused on what he can control: the last Indianapolis 500 he’s guaranteed on Aug. He doesn’t want to think about that now, though. And the legendary driver said he doesn’t know where he’ll go next. But after Acura Motorsports announced it would conclude its Sports Car partnership with Team Penske on July 21, Castroneves made it clear this would be his last season with Team Penske. He’s one of just nine drivers in the history of IMS to win the 500 three times, the last in 2009. With no certainty about his future, the three-time Indianapolis 500 winner has reached a crossroads. ![]()
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