NTT IndyCar Series 2019 - Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

This year's IndyCar season is now named the NTT IndyCar Series with Japanese company NTT named as their title sponsor and expect this season to be the biggest IndyCar to date because of COTA and Laguna Seca included. But first, this year's IndyCar series began at the streets of St. Petersburg, Florida, for the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg race.

In the 2019 season opener of this newly named series, Will Power leads the start of the race but behind him, newcomer Felix Rosenqvist and Ryan Hunter-Reay nudged each other until the former Formula E driver guns against Josef Newgarden for 2nd. Last year's Firestone Grand Prix winner Sebastien Bourdais faces some mechanical failures at Lap 12 and he was therefore out of the race while smoke's poured at the back of Hunter-Reay's vehicle, triggering caution. When the race restarted, Rosenqvist, Will Power, and Josef Newgarden kept up the pressure while Ed Jones crashed on Turn 8 at Lap 26 as well as Matheus Leist.

Halfway through the race, Newgarden blitzes through the race and despite Scott Dixon's going all out to overtake Newgarden, that wasn't enough, therefore the driver of the #2 car representing Team Penske is named the winner. Will Power's placed 3rd.

Highlights: https://www.indycar.com/Videos/2019/03/03-10-St-Pete-race-highlights

The next race of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series will be at the brand new location of the series, the Circuit of the Americas, for the INDYCAR Classic on the 24th of March.