Simon Pagenaud, who scored his first ever oval win at Phoenix’s ISM Raceway last year, says the radical change in the 2018 aerokit should ensure a very different race in two weeks’ time and one that emphasizes a wider range of a driver’s talents. The 2016 IndyCar champion said that the improved feel and the higher tire degradation on the 1.022-mile oval, as he experienced six weeks ago in Spring Training, have thrown up a far greater challenge to the drivers, both in practice and the race. Pagenaud told Motorsport.com: “Phoenix is the only oval I’ve driven with the new car but I felt like the car behavior was really good. “I felt more tire degradation, but in a reasonable,...
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