Winner and losers of 2025 Indycar season opener in St. Peat

The NAT Indycar series finally returned to life in St. Petersburg, Florida, from the end of the 2024 season in Nashville, the end of the 2024 season. Amidst the beginning of a new era with Fox Sports and a strategy-Havi Street Race, there was a lot to discuss the weekend.

Some Indycar names landed on the positive side of things, keeping themselves in position for future success. Others were abandoned with early holes to excavate after an initial accident and pit crisis.

There is a look at the winners and losers except Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg here.

Los: Scott Dixon

Leave it to the ican Find out your own strategy and still win almostDixon drove the wholesale of the Sunday race without a radio, with which he was checking his fuel gauge and when stopping, “a little flying blind”. He was on a winning strategy and was ahead of Palu, but the pit missed a call and stuck behind a lapted traffic. It opened the door for a Palu undercut, which placed Dixon with a Saint Peat win a elusive first.

Winner: Former champs put themselves into controversy

Any new fans tuning for their first Indycar race on Fox were treated in front of some best drivers of the game. Podium finisher – Alex Palu, Joseph Newgarden And Scott dixon – 11 series titles and alliances for 101 race win. With a strong run in the initial race, they have once again deployed each to become the contenders for the championship. No surprise here.

Los: Scooty Mac’s day is undone by untimely yellow

Scott mcaloglin Was everything right to bring himself into a position for a second Saint Peat victory. New Zealand Ika EligibleClean through the initial corners and ran away with strong speed throughout the day. Unfortunately, for him, sometimes fate and strategy is important for victory in indycar. He started on hard primary tires, which meant that he could not pits and could be done with quick-shredding soft tires after the lap 1 accident. McLaglin did what he could do to close the difference on them, but was injured in fourth place at the end of the race.

Los: Harta and O’Ard are suffering in St. Pete

Pato o’Ward And Colon horta Each has been won in St. Peat in the last five years, but did not go to plan in the 2025 race of their weekend tracks. The O’Ward qualified at a distant 23rd position, pushed off-Strategi with a lap 1 puncture and had to rally to finish 11th. Harta made a strong start, but derailed from the issues of Pit Road, made it to 16th place. In a series where the consistency is paramount, the star driver of Arrow McLaren will have a razor-split margin for error.

Winner: Fox Indycar gives pomp for opener

Fox Sports played their cards in the leading weeks for their first Indycar broadcasting. This brought NFL Legend Tom Brady to a crossover appeal and to broadcast advertisements during the super bowl, showing its early advertisements – three stars. The company was introduced to its broadcasting team, which includes fan-psandida formula 1 presenter Will Buxton.

The publicity was made sufficiently. All this had to be done at the end of this week. And thankfully, Fox closes it to a great extent. There was space for improvement – the driver intro has a strange rhythm, more data can be provided and the manufacturers went on replays a few times in the wrong car. But the company largely presented Indycar with reverence, intelligence and honor. To make something.

Said that…

Lost: Fox Sports Sticks with Superhero theme

soccer. NASCAR. Indycar. This does not matter with sports or chain. These superhero headshots look terrible.

Winner: VK, Rossi got success in new homes

Rinsus wake Saint Peat had a cool early weekend, but ended it with a strong ninth place for del coin racing. One of the drivers going to his old house, Ed Carpenter racing also had a slight success. Alexander Rossi Number 20 came to a solid 10th position in their first race with the team. To make something.

Loss: Power, Seagal and Foster quickly accident

Will-Power Came to celebrate his 44th birthday in St. Peat. He left after a change in two hybrid units, one of his worst qualifying performances on the track and an accident for just a few seconds in the race.

Power naked in a check-up Nolan seagal Since the ground was rolled through the opening corners, setting up an accident that also eliminated the miscreants Lewis fosterFinal result? The end of 25th, 26th and 27th.

The trio waited for months to take action for Indycar. They will have to catch for another three weeks for the (expected) race at the thermal club.

Winners: Chip Gani Racing Score A Big AI Partner

It is rare for a partnership to catch their eye in modern motorsports, when the liveris change according to the week and the teams are constantly hunting for the next partner. But Chip Ganasi Racing made waves on Friday with his “strategic research cooperation” with Artificial Intelligence Frontner Openai. The team says it will “create advanced efficiency as they can help automated knowledge-based tasks that were impossible earlier or at least take time.”

Love it or hate it (as a writer, it is not well for me), AI system continues to improve and matters will be used in every industry. An Indycar team was only a matter of time before participating with one of these companies. Now we wait to see how much time it takes by anthropic before Google Gemini, Amazon Alexa or Cloud.

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