Indycar 2022

Charlie-Bravo

A fine mess indeed.

Clearly I wasn't paying much attention over the winter, what the hell is Jimmie Johnson doing in IndyCar? :L

Charlie-Bravo

Avoiding the wrecks!!

Ohmeha

Decent race more for strategy than all out overtaking action. Some drive by Palou didn't see him pulling off such a impressive performance to win this early with Ganassi. Solid drive by Grosjean on his debut to finish 10th

Deleted User wrote: »

Clearly I wasn't paying much attention over the winter, what the hell is Jimmie Johnson doing in IndyCar? :L

Unfortunately he's not doing the ovals sounds like the wife decided that. Some Nascar drivers including him over the years said they would like to do Indycar races and with the exception of Kurt Busch doing Indy in 2014 none have stepped up but Johnson really meant his words. Huge learning curve for him in this tough field but he did well to get the laps in and finish the race yesterday, maybe 10 years ago in his prime this venture into Indycar might have been easier for him

TheChrisD

St. Pete this weekend. SkyF1 schedule:

• FP1 - Friday 9:15pm
• FP2 - Saturday 2:45pm
• Qualifying - Saturday 6:45pm
• Race - Sunday 5pm

Charlie-Bravo

St Pete race starting now.

TheChrisD

Texas doubleheader this weekend.

• Practice - NO COVERAGE (Saturday 5:45pm)
• Qualifying - NO COVERAGE (Saturday 9pm)
• Race 1 Genesys 300 - SS Main Event Saturday midnight
• Race 2 XPEL 375 - SSF1 Sunday 10pm

Ah ****e. Favorite race of the season and I'll not be able to watch it.

Charlie-Bravo

Any idea what's happening. Nothing on screen yet for qualifying.

johnnysmack

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

Any idea what's happening. Nothing on screen yet for qualifying.

Cancelled due to weather apparently. Grid set according to championship standings. That's weird as they showed the track earlier and looked like a nice sunny day there.

Charlie-Bravo

Cars on track for first race of the weekend!

johnnysmack

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

Cars on track for first race of the weekend!

Imagine an F1 race like that, be brilliant!

Is Grosjean not doing oval tracks!?

deafroadrunner

johnnysmack wrote: »

Imagine an F1 race like that, be brilliant!

Is Grosjean not doing oval tracks!?

He's just doing track and street races this year. Think fittipaldi replaces him on ovals.

Charlie-Bravo

I understand he's only doing road courses this year. I think the ovals would be risky for him considering the speeds. I'm not sure why I said that!?

Charlie-Bravo

Hefty hit for Bourdais. Newgarden gave him a little punt inadvertently as cars were checking up.

johnnysmack

That's some restart from Dixon!

deafroadrunner

Mclaughlin having a very good race so far.

Ohmeha

This Texas surface is beyond a joke, genuinely a danger for these drivers aswell as crap racing

Charlie-Bravo

Are you talking about the traction compound for NASCAR. I agree, no benefit for Indycar if there's no extra grip up high leaving only one racing line.

Dixon had a strong race. Managed it very well without any risks being taken. The Hondas seemed to have better high speed throughout.

TheChrisD

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

Any idea what's happening. Nothing on screen yet for qualifying.

Oh, right, yea, kinda forgot you guys here might not have been in the loop. So it pissed it down overnight Friday and took forever to dry the track on Saturday (Texas humidity not helping), so practice was delayed by two hours and qualifying was cancelled; meaning both races are set by entrant points - however, race 2 tonight is based on those points after last night.

One More Toy

Watching for the first time this year! Need something to supplement f1!

One More Toy

Jesus what a smash..

Ohmeha

I wouldn't entirely blame Fittipaldi's inexperience for that, they were too bunched up at the start for last nights race, do it again and there's the risk you'll get a mess like this

Ohmeha

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

Are you talking about the traction compound for NASCAR. I agree, no benefit for Indycar if there's no extra grip up high leaving only one racing line

It didn't even make the Nascar races any better, I'm astounded Texas Motor Speedway didn't bother to clear it off for two Indycar races can't see today's race being any better than last nights procession, they are probably not bothered about Indycar returning with the mediocre attendances

johnnysmack

I'm a relative new comer to indycar if someone could answer this for me please. Last few races Herta has been in a Gainbridge car. Tonight he's in a Capstone. Is this purely a sponsor change for this particular race or whats the story!?

Nevermind, 100 laps later and he's finally on camera still in the yellow and black gainbridge. I must have misheard the commentary when they were talking about it earlier.

Joeseph Balls

So O'Ward will be testing the McLaren F1 car at the end of the season

Ohmeha

Gwan Pato roll on McLaren F1 test

johnnysmack

Great win for O'Ward! I know other people have called the races boring but I throughly enjoyed Portugal and the 2 in Texas.

Ohmeha

johnnysmack wrote: »

I'm a relative new comer to indycar if someone could answer this for me please. Last few races Herta has been in a Gainbridge car. Tonight he's in a Capstone. Is this purely a sponsor change for this particular race or whats the story!?

Nevermind, 100 laps later and he's finally on camera still in the yellow and black gainbridge. I must have misheard the commentary when they were talking about it earlier.

Alot of the cars are rotating different sponsors nowadays in US racing, same in NASCAR. Capstone were his sponsors under the Harding/Steinbrenner team for the previous two seasons so probably an associate sponsor this season

ebbsy

Can I ask do they still race on that airport runway somewhere ?

Used to love that race.