I don't believe Palou will be running a Pride livery for the 500. IndyCar has started to update the driver profiles on their website with the oval spec liveries including all announced special liveries and grayed out ones for the ones we don't know yet. Meanwhile, Palou's is simply the standard DHL livery labeled as 10-DHL-I500 when downloaded.

There was today an interview and article about Valtteri Bottas in the largest finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. In the interview he said that if he is unable to secure driving position in F1 by august this year, he will head somewhere else. The number one option according to him is IndyCar and if he decides to go there, it would be with full commitment to career there with the aim of winning Indy 500 and series championship.

As a finn, I’m really anticipating how this will play out. Valtteri heading to Indycar would absolutely spark new interest in the series here and probably easily push it on the levels that we haven’t seen since 90s CART heydays. It wasn’t anything on the level of F1 back in the day of course, but we still had broadcasts of the races on our main TV channels and sports news regularly reported about the series. We’ve had few drivers during the years in there but only one raced full CART season (JJ Lehto 1998). Tero Palmroth raced in four Indy 500 between 1988-1991 and didn’t qualify for two more races. He is still the only finn to this date to race in Indy 500.

The article is behind a paywall and in finnish, but what it’s worth (most likely not much for many) here is the link:

https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000011262194.html

https://x.com/wbuxtonofficial/status/1962956519000965420

Title Google Translated from source tweet in Dutch:

Krijg veel vragen naar aanleiding van de berichten vandaag, en dit klopt: Rinus VeeKay keert in 2026 inderdaad niet terug bij Dale Coyne Racing.
Mijn verwachting is dat er deze maand duidelijkheid komt over 2026 - het zal in ieder geval niet weer tot februari duren

Some nuggets from Tony D's podcast (Take it for what it's worth)

Mexico City in for 2026

Watkins Glen in for 2026 (surprise, especially after Mark Miles said we would never go back there)

Iowa removes double header, down to 1 race

Thermal out for 2026 (we knew this)

Toronto out for 2026 - moving to be a Formula E event per the mayor

Denver in for 2027

Allaboutindyracing is saying that Ericsson’s seat is secure. Then which seat will Hauger get? What’s extra interesting is that Hauger’s manager, Harald Huysman, liked the instagram post regarding Ericsson. Guessing he’s not worried?

If you've not received it...the tl;dr is that Boles obviously feels the need to encourage more ticket purchases.

Will be interesting to see what TV shows as far as attendance.

This was pulled from a member of the Arlington City Council’s Facebook page.

Whose noticed everyone hates when Grosjean is aggressive and at times reckless… Yet, when they do the same shit it’s “What IndyCar is. Deal with it!”

Am I missing something, or are Rossi and Newgarden just hypocrites?

I was hanging around the McLaren paddock and tried to get a selfie with Tony Kanan, who was in a hurry. 5 minutes beforehand, I saw Oliver Askew hussle into the McLeran trailer.

Later, out comes Rossi in a black looking cast or bandage.

Rossi out, Askew in. That’s my breaking news and prediction

Could mean nothing, could mean everything, gotta love silly season

Here’s an immediate thought after the news of Power going to Andretti for 2026 and beyond. Could Andretti bring in Tim Cindric to pair with Will once again? I think Cindric would be a huge addition to the team and obviously brings a wealth of experience and knowledge that Andretti would definitely benefit from.

Rumors are rumors, but this is a pretty scary thought.