Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”
Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”
Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”
Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”
Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”
Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”
Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”
Sadly for Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon, the six-time champion was the lone driver — the one one out of the 27 — to be struck by an ERS challenge on Sunday at Mid-Ohio, and it got here on the parade laps as the sphere ready to take the inexperienced flag for the 80-lap contest.
Parked on the circuit with a stalled and powerless No. 9 Honda, Dixon was towed again to the paddock because the race obtained below method with out him. He’d climb from the automotive as his crew and his Honda Racing Company US powertrain technician looked for the reason for the issue.
He’d be a part of the remainder of the drivers on lap 22, pulling away from the pits the place a race-long effort to remain out of the best way allowed the New Zealander to show 40 laps earlier than retiring when it grew to become unimaginable to enhance his place of twenty seventh and final.
Having entered the race holding third within the championship with a 32-point deficit to teammate Alex Palou, being the hybrid casualty got here with a worth as he fell to fourth within the standings and had his hole to Palou greater than double to 71 factors.
“Form of bizarre,” Dixon stated. “There was no alarm. However once I seemed down, as a result of the crew stated, ‘You’ve obtained to enter recharge,’ one thing began discharging the capacitor instantly, like at an extreme charge. So some type of failure there with the ability aspect of the hybrid, which is unquestionably not a good way to begin it for the primary time.”