IndyCar stars are left annoyed that they were on fuel-save mode in Sunday’s Toyota GP of Long Beach, as all teams aimed for a two-stop strategy for the 80-lap race which went caution-free for the first time since 1989. Tony Kanaan ran fourth in the first stint, behind the Penske-Chevrolets of Helio Castroneves and eventual winner Simon Pagenaud, and his own Chip Ganassi Racing-Chevy teammate Scott Dixon. He would drop to sixth at the checkers, as he encountered gearbox issues, with inconsistent upshifts. Kanaan told Motorsport.com: “Once our tires were warmed up, the order stopped changing, right? I know I wasn’t going to try a risky move on my teammate. So I was fuel saving from...
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