Indycar 2017

Charlie-Bravo

The Grand Prix of Indianapolis this evening. The lead up GP to the 500 in two week's time.

Montoya, Chilton, Rossi, Bourdais, Sato... Los of very familiar ex-F1 drivers. Should be a good first corner.

Ghost Train

Beats watching Eurovision

Wonder will f1 ever race there again

Car99

Ghost Train wrote: »

Beats watching Eurovision

Wonder will f1 ever race there again

Is this on any of the satellite channels or Internet stream.?

donspeekinglesh

Is this the same track they use use for MotoGP? It doesn't use the oval turn 1 the way F1 did.

Ghost Train

Car99 wrote: »

Is this on any of the satellite channels or Internet stream.?

Btsport2 have it, could probably find a stream if you knew where to look

Reddit indycar race thread have link to YouTube stream

Ghost Train

Montoya not painting his helmet to save 8oz weight, make it a bit easier on his neck, hard to imagine it would make any big difference, bit silly

Charlie-Bravo

That was bit uneventful with a full green course to the chequer. Decent speed by Power all the same and fair play to Dixon for making the overtakes.

Frank Bullitt

Live practise, have it on here in work in the background.

Charlie-Bravo

Thanks for the link. Chrome-casting to TV is sweet-as!!!

Harika

Seems like Alonso can drive the car, quickest in rookie and refresher test.

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/alonso-tops-rookie-and-refreshers-test-for-indy-500-906516/

Charlie-Bravo

I really like the number 29. Ooh and check out Helios No. 3 - the livery is of the classic Miller gold theme. This time round it's sponsorship from Shell (not sure if Shell were involved in the last livery?). I'll post a pic when the media have caught up.

Here's the entry list for The 500.

ENTRY LIST

No. Driver Team Engine
1 Simon Pagenaud Team Penske Chevrolet
2 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
3 Helio Castroneves Team Penske Chevrolet
4 Conor Daly AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet
5 James Hinchcliffe Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
7 Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
8 Max Chilton Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
10 Tony Kanaan Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
11 Spencer Pigot Juncos Racing Chevrolet
12 Will Power Team Penske Chevrolet
14 Carlos Munoz AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet
15 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
16 Oriol Servia Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
17 Sebastian Saavedra Juncos/AFS Racing Chevrolet
18 Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne Racing Honda
19 Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing Honda
20 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
21 JR Hildebrand Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
22 Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske Chevrolet
24 Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold/Kingdom Racing Chevrolet
26 Takuma Sato Andretti Autosport Honda
27 Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport Honda
28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda
29 Fernando Alonso McLaren Honda Andretti Autosport Honda
40 Zach Veach AJ Foyt Racing Honda
49 Buddy Lazier Lazier Partners Racing Chevrolet
50 Jack Harvey Andretti Autosport/Mike Shank Racing Honda
63 Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing Honda
77 Jay Howard Schmidt Peterson Motorsports Honda
83 Charlie Kimball Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
88 Gabby Chaves Harding Racing Chevrolet
98 Alexander Rossi Andretti-Herta Autosport

Andrew76

Just caught the end of the practice session there, Alonso was 17th in the top speed list. Just over 0.5s slower than Marco. Not too shabby. Although Chilton was 10th I think.

Harika

those are the results: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2017-05-15/05-15-17%20Indy%20practice%201.pdf

HigginsJ

Harika wrote: »

those are the results: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2017-05-15/05-15-17%20Indy%20practice%201.pdf

Why did Fernando get in so few laps in practise? You'd think he'd need as many as possible.

donspeekinglesh

He had suspension issues.

acquiescefc

Ghost Train wrote: »

Btsport2 have it, could probably find a stream if you knew where to look

Reddit indycar race thread have link to YouTube stream

fyi The Canadian Streamer has been my go to guy this season.

Andrew76

Practice 2 live now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEhssKUgWbg

Good laugh this practice session.

Christ though, YouTube comments.

Faugheen

Marco at 18/1 has to be worth a punt? He's been close a few times...

Alonso 13/2fav. What a joke.

TheChrisD

astrofluff wrote: »

Ooh and check out Helios No. 3 - the livery is of the classic Miller gold theme. This time round it's sponsorship from Shell (not sure if Shell were involved in the last livery?).

Helio's had Shell on the car at Indy in some form since 2011. This year, the gold is indeed a throwback to the Miller one - which was a Penske car for Danny Sullivan - to promote their fuel rewards program.

Faugheen wrote: »

Alonso 13/2fav. What a joke.

Joke indeed. I'd say he's more of a 25/1 or higher shot. While he has the car control and expertise, how he handles the traffic on race day might be an issue. He'll probably end up finishing well, but the day as a whole will be uneventful, just like when Kurt Busch did it in 2014.

Where are yous getting odds? Can't find any myself. Alonso is hilariously under-priced which means I'm definitely having a nibble at someone else if I can get prices.

TheChrisD

So, peeps who have been watching on BT all this year - have these blokes on the commentary been there all year, or is this just for Indy? Really weird not having Bestwick/Cheever/Goodyear (as terrible as they are)

Charlie-Bravo

Savage Alonso, just savage. So close to the wall. Hope he'll be in the top 9 by the end of qualifying.

Charlie-Bravo

Massive smash for Bourdais during qualy.

Grim.

astrofluff wrote: »

Massive smash for Bourdais during qualy.

scary crash must have hit at 180Mph+, lucky he hit the safer barrier too

TheChrisD

Grim. wrote: »

scary crash must have hit at 180Mph+

At least 225.

TheChrisD

https://twitter.com/_Lassana_/status/866044310780858369

Notice some sparks from the left-side before going into 2.

Charlie-Bravo

Graphic has him doing 230mph. Such an​ awful angle to hit the wall.

Grim.

great run from Rossi

Grim.

Taku!!!

Andrew76

Grim. wrote: »

Taku!!!

Mighty few laps from him.

Fingers crossed Alonso can hold on to a top 9 spot.

acquiescefc

Cant believe nobody tipped Carpenter, he always manages to nail the 4 lap quali but seems to get bad luck in the race.

Hoping SeaBass is ok, heart sank a bit watching that.

Nothing but impressed by how Alonso has fast tracked into Indy formula. Being favourite if so is ridiculous.

I think Power might do it this year, since becoming a dad he seems to be racing more consistently, although it can all be the luck of the fuel/yellow draw.

TheChrisD

That reads season-ender to me.

donspeekinglesh

IndyCar career ending possibly. He's​ never been the biggest fan of ovals. Think he might switch to sports cars full time.

I was gonna stick some money on him for the win this year., glad I couldn't find odds now. :pac:

**** injuries to get but a few years ago without either HANS or SAFER it could easily have been fatal.

Cool_CM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

**** injuries to get but a few years ago without either HANS or SAFER it could easily have been fatal.

Thought the exact same, especially going in at that speed/angle. He's a lucky boy.

mickdw

Just shows how dangerous it is. F1 looks like a kids formula in comparison though still not a fan at all of oval.

AMKC

astrofluff wrote: »

Massive smash for Bourdais during qualy.

Only seen it today on the news. He is very lucky that was a big crash. Hope he makes a full recovery and can get back to racing but for now I think he will have to take a year out of it.

Is there a YouTube stream for qualifying? I'm just getting an error at the moment.

TheChrisD

AMKC wrote: »

Only seen it today on the news. He is very lucky that was a big crash. Hope he makes a full recovery and can get back to racing but for now I think he will have to take a year out of it.

He's definitely out for the season. During morning practice Coyne himself was on the radio broadcast for a bit and said that in the hospital this morning SeaBass was joking with him that he wanted to be back in the car for Sonoma, and Dale was saying hello no, he'll need the extra off-seasons months for more recovery.

Meanwhile, the Aussie James Davison has been announced as the replacement for the 500.

Deleted User wrote: »

Is there a YouTube stream for qualifying? I'm just getting an error at the moment.

Nope. ESPN3 only in the States until 9, then the world feed starts on BT ESPN.

donspeekinglesh

There's a YouTube stream for pre-qualifying practice, but that's over now and the stream is just freezing.
Actual qualifying isn't on YouTube I think. Although I did find a stream yesterday on YouTube that was in Spanish.

TheChrisD

TheChrisD wrote: »

He's definitely out for the season. During morning practice Coyne himself was on the radio broadcast for a bit and said that in the hospital this morning SeaBass was joking with him that he wanted to be back in the car for Sonoma, and Dale was saying hello no, he'll need the extra off-seasons months for more recovery.

Meanwhile, the Aussie James Davison has been announced as the replacement for the 500.



Nope. ESPN3 only in the States until 9, then the world feed starts on BT ESPN.

Damnit, thanks.

Ah Honda. :P

I wonder how much difference the wobble at the end of the first lap made. Outstanding stuff though it has to be said.

Grim.

that "poor" first lap could cost Alonso

Alonso starts 5th, fair play to him. It was close as well, he was closer to 2nd than 6th time-wise.

TheChrisD

Alonso went and we thought "might have a shot".
Then Rossi went and we thought "ooh, this is gonna be tight at the top".

Then Dixon went and we all just went holy sh?t.

H3llR4iser

Setting up to be an interesting race - Sunday will be a full afternoon after the Monaco GP.

Alonso definitely has a shot, although this is the Indy 500 - we've seen crazy and more in the past, like last year's Rossi win with no fuel whatsoever remaining, and cars coming back from being a lap down to take the flag.

ScumLord

ESPN player seems to be available in Ireland, Irelands on the list anyway.

I have to wait until tomorrow before I can buy, but its €6 for the race. Seems like a good deal.

https://www.espnplayer.com/espnplayer/indycar

acquiescefc

ScumLord wrote: »

ESPN player seems to be available in Ireland, Irelands on the list anyway.

I have to wait until tomorrow before I can buy, but its €6 for the race. Seems like a good deal.

https://www.espnplayer.com/espnplayer/indycar

just bought this and got it running on ipad.
although seen a review saying they dont do side by side for ad breaks which is disappointing.
Big benefit is on demand, just watched the Indy Lights race, during ad breaks you could watch and hear the race sound without the comms. Presume its not same live though.
Funny at the end. They just put the mic down and left it on.

Joeseph Balls

So the Indy 500 is tonight? Anyone staying up?