Five things we learnt from the Indianapolis Grand Prix

Indianapolis marks the end of our North American tour of the VFC 2025. Time to review the last of the three Grand Prix!

Razor vs Optiminal - the Duel is heating up

Something is happening among the teams fighting for the top spot: since the Canadian race at the latest, it is no longer Razor vs Schubert vs Falcon but Razor vs Optiminal. And this was proven once again in Indianapolis; Bastian Paisler was determined to get past Sven Schubert and Heiko Kolvenbach and took the lead before turn 1, only to lose it due to a small driving error and then a racing accident. Heiko Kolvenbach lost a wheel and Bastian Paisler probably lost his chance of victory. The way Paisler takes up the fight with Schubert and Kolvenbach, just like Fabian Walter, who seems to have put on less soft gloves, clearly shows that the two top teams are now going for all-out victory. And that's good for the excitement.

Yellow Arrow Racing - Roehn as a Surprise

‘A Yellow Arrow in Q2 and in the top 6? No problem!’ Louis Roehn probably thought to himself the morning before the Indianapolis race. Like Tim Brendel a week earlier, the German surprised everyone by first making it into Q2 as a super-sub and then spending a long time in second place in the race. In the end, Roehn's extremely strong drive ended in 6th place, where he kept strong drivers like Jan Wiegels and Jörn Dicks at distance for a considerable time. Roehn surprised everyone and was able to score further important points for the bright yellow team after Stefan Core's success in Canada. Some asked themselves one thing in particular: ‘Why isn't he a regular in the VFC?’

Jan Wiegels - a Podium as a balm

Jan Wiegels' start to the season was anything but rosy. The German has been plagued by misfortune and mishaps in every race, both on and off the track. All the more reason why this podium should be balm for the soul. With a calmer environment, Wiegels finally seems to be able to deliver, as well as finally getting to grips with tyre consumption and pit stops. Thanks to all these positive changes in the short time after Canada, the Falcon driver was finally able to climb onto the podium. And he is probably also hoping that his season will finally really get going.

Blue Horns - Consistency on one side only

Alongside Optiminal Esport, Blue Horns is the second team where there is light and shade between the two drivers: Jörn Dicks showed the best start to the season of his VFC career despite a few slip-ups in the first races and is on course to consolidate 4th place in the drivers' championship. Dicks is just as solid on and off the track: although he still shows his nervousness in duels from time to time, his role as leader at Blue Horns has allowed him to mature. At the other Blue Horns, things look a little gloomier; Magnus Okkenhaug once again made a series of mistakes in Indianapolis, so that the team has now pulled the emergency stop and cancelled the Norwegian's contract by mutual agreement. New to Blue Horns from the Spanish GP onwards is the Finn Juho Sopanen, who scored points in his substitute driver appearances.

The North American Tour - a complete success

Three races in North America within four weeks - from Texas to Montreal and then back to Indiana. And these three races had it all. COTA was unrivalled in the dominance of the top riders. Canada delivered a chaotic thriller with rain, a drying track and a first victory in over five years. And Indianapolis saw an escalating battle for the top with a dominant finish and extremely tough duels in the midfield. This North American tour offered everything a VFC spectator and rider could wish for. And made a good advert to repeat this in 2026! Now it's off to Europe, where everyone is hoping that this excitement will continue.