Drama in iRacing as IndyCar champ wrecks F1 star on purpose

The finale of IndyCar’s iRacing challenge was more action-packed than most races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here, with nine laps to go, Simon Pagenaud of Team Penske (left), Graham Rahal of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (middle), and Lando Norris of Arrow McLaren (right) all vie for the lead. This would end badly for Pagenaud a couple of corners later.

Pagenaud’s car got nudged up into the wall, dropping him from contention.

That set up this incident (seen on the left), with three laps remaining. As Pagenaud circulated much slower than racing speed, he tried to impede Norris’ progress.

The crash saw Pagenaud get airborne, and Norris get wrecked.

The drama wasn’t done. On the last lap, Marcus Ericsson of Chip Ganassi Racing went for the lead and was hit by Arrow McLaren driver Pato O’Ward going through the final turn.

A few hundred yards later, Santino Ferruci of Dale Coyne Racing intentionally took out the final Arrow McLaren driver, Oliver Askew, allowing another visitor, Scott McLaughlin, to win the race for Team Penske.

The action was pretty messy throughout the race, which saw the cars run in a pack for much of the

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