James Hinchcliffe and Robert Wickens are proving that Schmidt Peterson Motorsports is a revived force that can mix it with the best teams in 2018. Can SPM sustain its momentum? Technical director Todd Malloy spoke to David Malsher. It was easy to be dazzled by Wickens’ performance at the season-opening race in St. Petersburg: the only other Indy car drivers in recent memory to have grabbed pole position on their debuts were Nigel Mansell in 1993 and Sebastien Bourdais in 2003. But the fact that “Wicky Bobby” – as James Hinchcliffe christened him almost a dozen years ago – then retained his composure and led the majority of laps on his debut just confirmed his potential,...
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