St Petersburg
1 Marcus Ericsson
2 Pato O’Ward
3 Scott Dixon
Grosjean and McLaughlin crash out together after lead duel explodes straight after final pitstops. Leader O’Ward suffers a plenum issue that causes his Chevy engine to hesitate, handing victory to Ericsson. Palou a subdued eighth; Newgarden blows up with five laps to go.
Texas
1 Josef Newgarden
2 Pato O’Ward
3 Alex Palou
A brilliantly frantic oval race ends under yellow following a superb lead battle between Newgarden and O’Ward, who even bang wheels at north of 200mph at one point, with Palou also in the mix. Grosjean’s late crash, after
