This week’s The Race IndyCar Podcast ranks the top five teams by driver line-up, and wraps up IndyCar’s first pre-season test at the $270 million Thermal Club track in Palm Springs.

Co-hosts JR Hildebrand and Jack Benyon use The Race’s recent feature ranking the IndyCar team’s by driver line-up to assess the top five in greater detail. 

Who was number one? Why has one of IndyCar’s ‘big three’ fallen to fourth, and who got the top spot between Penske and Ganassi? Tune in to find out.

Standout performances from the Thermal test are also analysed, with Kyle Kirkwood on the pace in his new seat at Andretti, rookie Agustin Canapino surprising onlookers and Marcus Armstrong matching the pace of his new Ganassi team-mates.

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