Motorsport.com has learned that James Hinchcliffe’s new-for-2018 race engineer Leena Gade has parted ways with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports after just five IndyCar races. Gade, who has three Le Mans 24 Hour victories as an Audi race engineer on her résumé, joined Schmidt Peterson in January, replacing the Ed Carpenter Racing-bound Allen McDonald as Hinchcliffe’s race engineer. Hinchcliffe lies fifth in the championship at the moment having scored a third-place finish at Barber Motorsports Park, while SPM has become arguably the pre-eminent Honda-powered team in the series, under the technical directorship of Todd Malloy, and with the arrival of Robert Wickens as Hinchcliffe’s...
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