🔥Who’s hot and who’s not for the Indy 500

[Forward to a friend]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [RSS]( Running the Indianapolis 500 in August is hardly traditional, but Friday’s Carb Day is always your best barometer of who’ll be hot or not in Sunday’s belated 104th running. Who’s hot? Former winners Alexander Rossi, Scott Dixon and Takuma Sato were in the top five in final practice and all appeared to have excellently balanced cars in race trim. Pato O’Ward set the pace overall, which bodes well for his McLaren SP teammate Fernando Alonso despite his 26th starting spot – although Fernando was outside the top 20 again today. Who’s not? Marco Andretti will start from the pole on Sunday but did not like his car’s race setup at all today and was only 28th fastest. Apart from Josef Newgarden – a “cautiously optimistic” seventh today – the rest of the Penske quartet again struggled for speed. It’s such a super-competitive field, you’ve got to bring your 225mph A-game on Sunday or you’ll be nowhere. Charles Bradley, Global Editor in Chief Motorsport.com E D I T O R ' S C H O I C E [Indy 500 Carb Day: O’Ward leads Dixon in final practice]( Pato O’Ward put Arrow McLaren SP-Chevrolet at the top of the speed charts in the last on-track session before the 104th running of the Indianapolis 500. D A V I D M A L S H E R - L O P E Z [Why Alonso’s latest McLaren reunion has cause for optimism]( After a promising debut in 2017 was followed by last year's disaster, Fernando Alonso returns to the Indianapolis 500 for a third time. Despite a hefty practice crash... L U K E S M I T H [Williams F1 team sold to private investment firm]( Williams has announced that its Formula 1 team has been sold to American private investment firm Dorilton Capital, but will retain its identity and name. A D A M C O O P E R [F1 engine mode restriction postponed until Italian GP]( The FIA clampdown on the use of Formula 1 engine modes has been postponed until the Italian Grand Prix, which means that teams can continue to run as normal at Spa. L U K E S I T H [Ferrari wants "clarity and transparency" on car copying]( Ferrari hopes to gain “clarity and transparency” from the FIA over the rules on Formula 1 car copying after formalising its appeal in the Racing Point brake duct case. Download the new Motorsport app today! Get all the lates news, photos, live coverage, insights and stats from your favorite racing series: Formula 1, MotoGP, WRC, Formula E, WEC, Indycar NASCAR and many more. Available on L E W I S D U N C A N [Styria MotoGP: Espargaro sets FP2 pace for KTM]( KTM’s Pol Espargaro led the second MotoGP practice for the Styrian Grand Prix, with LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami trailing him at the Red Bull Ring. F I L I P C L E E R E N [Raikkonen, Ricciardo expect Vettel to bounce back at Ferrari]( Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Riccardo are expecting their former teammate Sebastian Vettel to bounce back after a tough start to the 2020 Formula 1 season with Ferrari. J A K E B O X A L L - L E G G E [The inside story of F1 2010's lost teams, #1: Prodrive]( Before the 2010 season, the FIA sought to add to the Formula 1 grid's depleting numbers, in which many teams tried and failed to get an entry. In this first instalment... Received this email from a friend? Sign up to receive the INSIDER Newsletter from Motorsport.com which includes the latest news and inside views, direct from the experts. [Subscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [RSS]( Copyright © 2020 Motorsport.com, Inc., All rights reserved. Top news of the week. Our mailing address is: Motorsport.com, Inc. 5972 NE 4th AvenueMiami, FL 33137 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © MOTORSPORT NETWORK. All rights reserved.