11 May 2014

No joy for Dixon at Indy

11:56 am on 11 May 2014

New Zealand's IndyCar champion Scott Dixon has finished 15th at the the Indianapolis GP following a crash midway through the race.

Dixon was turned around after a tangle with current series Will Power, the Australian finishing eighth.

Frenchman Simon Pagenaut won ahead of American Ryan Hunter-Reay and Brazil's Helio Castroneves.

Dixon's fifth overall but just 47 points behind Power, with four different drivers winning the four races so far this season.