ROUND BY ROUND

Barber Mspts Park

1 Alex Palou

2 Will Power

3 Scott Dixon

O’Ward carries strong off-season testing momentum through to qualifying to deliver pole ahead of Rossi. But O’Ward uses his tyres too swiftly, and Rossi starts on half-tanks to keep up, so both fall backward after their first stops. That leaves Palou to score his first IndyCar win in his first race for Ganassi, holding off old masters Power and Dixon.

St Petersburg

1 Colton Herta

2 Josef Newgarden

3 Simon Pagenaud

Herta, as if making up for his errors at the same track the previous year, dominates the event, pursued doggedly by Newgarden. Harvey starts his Meyer Shank Racing car from