About damn time Herta got another win. He was absolutely dominant this weekend; first time in series history a driver ever led every single session they said, right? Speed has never been his issue, it’s just not burning his tires off and trying not to do too much.
Team Penske debrief will be spirited, I imagine. Will pretty much took Scottie out of championship contention and damaged his own chances quite a bit as well. Outside of maybe three weekends this year, Newgarden has looked like an absolute shell of himself. I wonder if he’s still reeling from the all the vitriol directed at him in the wake of the P2P scandal.
Pretty bummed that Pato pretty similarly screwed himself with that spin, but at least he’s okay after those wicked hits he took. A big WTF as to how half the field plowed in there at speed almost ten seconds after he first spun. Blind corner, sure, but no excuse to react so slowly to a stalled car there.
Pretty good race overall. For an event with lot of heritage and history on the IndyCar calendar, it sucks that it hasn’t been on proper TV since 2019 and I’m glad the next contract will rectify that.