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Pagenaud: Phoenix IndyCar race will be “very different” with 2018 car

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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