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    2008 champion Scott Dixon's still getting his head around how a rookie driver in a new team pulled off pole position for the Indy 500

    2008 champion Scott Dixon's still getting his head around how a rookie driver in a new team pulled off pole position for the Indy 500


    Having never driven in an oval track race - 25-year-old Israeli Robert Shwartzman stunned the motorsport world by qualifying fastest for Monday morning's race at The Brickyard.

    Dixon admits it a shock to see - given Shwartzman was no better than 28th fastest out of 34 drivers on the opening three days of practice.



    Dixon will start the best of the Kiwi drivers in fourth.

    Listen to the full interview from 7 tonight on SportsTalk.

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     06 Jul: Liam Lawson has failed to reach the end of the first lap of Formula One's British Grand Prix at Silverstone due to an accident - McLaren's Lando Norris won the race
     05 Jul: Kiwi driver Liam Lawson is trying to keep a lid on his expectations heading into tomorrow morning's qualifying for the British Formula One Grand Prix
     04 Jul: Previous success on the Silverstone track means nothing to Kiwi Formula One driver Liam Lawson heading into this weekend's British Grand Prix
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