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Scott McLaughlin has identified his main goal for his fifth season in IndyCar - and it's not the championship title

Scott McLaughlin has identified his main goal for his fifth season in IndyCar - and it's not the championship title

21 January 2025

The 31-year-old heads into the new season - beginning early March - having finished third the past two years.

And while winning the championship would be amazing, McLaughlin says there's one prize he wants to win more than anything.

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03 Feb: Former Red Bull driver David Coulthard feels opportunity knocks for Liam Lawson during the looming new Formula One season

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31 Jan: American driver Ugo Ugochukwu has closed in on the overall title with victory in the Saturday race in the Castrol Toyota Formula Regional Oceania Trophy series at Highlands

27 Jan: Liam Lawson admits there's plenty to learn after his first drive of the new generation Formula One car

26 Jan: Hayden Paddon has finished sixth in his class and 11th overall at Monte Carlo, the opening event of the World Rally Championship

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23 Jan: Hayden Paddon is up two places to seventh after day two of the World Rally Championship's season-opening event in Monte Carlo

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