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Dixon and McLaughlin rack up laps in post-season test

by Zane Shackleton
November 3, 2020
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Kiwi IndyCar duo Scott Dixon and Scott Mclaughlin have kicked off the 2021 pre-season just a week after the two made history of their own at St. Petersburg.

The official post-season test at Barber Motorsport Park had rookies and team newbies get their first taste of IndyCar action.

Six-time series champion Dixon ended the test ninth fastest overall, six-tenths adrift of pace-setter Rinus Veekay.

Dixon was just one place behind Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson but spent a majority of his time working with his team’s latest additions Alex Palou and Jimmie Johnson.

Palou finished 11th with the seven-time NASCAR champion last of the field, but he did set a respectable 100 tours of the 3.8km circuit.

Mindblown. @BarberMotorPark is known for being a very intense track but the amount of commitment level to drive a lap in an @IndyCar is insane.@CarvanaRacing pic.twitter.com/kQMfXQ78L6

— Jimmie Johnson (@JimmieJohnson) November 3, 2020

Reigning Formula E champion Antonio Felix da Costa was a notable entry in the test, finishing 12th overall and setting the third-highest number of laps on his IndyCar debut.

McLaughlin turned 73 laps of his own as the newest Penske driver continued to rack up more mileage in his new machinery.

Last week, McLaughlin drove his first laps of the hallowed Indianapolis Motor Speedway in what he described as having him feeling ‘on top of the world’.

Today, the Kiwi was only five-tenths off the Penske pace-setter Josef Newgarden who ended up 13th fastest. Will Power and Simon Pagenaud ended the test 16th and 17th respectively.

While full 2021 packages remain under wraps, several teams used the opportunity to experiment with aerodynamic tweaks. The improvements were evident with 15 cars breaking the unofficial lap record.

Dixon and McLaughlin will have their final test of the year at Laguna Seca in California on November 10.

PosDriverGap
1Rinus VeeKay1:05.6148
2Colton Herta0.1236
3Pato O’Ward0.2911
4Alexander Rossi0.4031
5Jack Harvey0.4845
6Conor Daly0.5193
7Ryan Hunter-Reay0.5753
8Marcus Ericsson0.6420
9Scott Dixon0.6431
10Sebastien Bourdais0.7430
11Alex Palou0.7498
12Antonio Felix da Costa0.7606
13Josef Newgarden0.7955
14James Hinchcliffe0.8264
15Felix Rosenqvist0.8863
16Will Power1.0047
17Simon Pagenaud1.0199
18Dalton Kellett1.0323
19Scott McLaughlin1.3261
20Marco Andretti1.4742
21Jimmie Johnson2.7836

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