Indycar 2022

TheChrisD

ebbsy wrote: »

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

Used to love that race.

Which one? There's been several airport courses. 😛

StPete still runs (airport front stretch), but Cleveland and Edmonton don't anymore.

ebbsy

TheChrisD wrote: »

Which one? There's been several airport courses. ��

StPete still runs (airport front stretch), but Cleveland and Edmonton don't anymore.

Thank you, it was Cleveland


Overtaking was great and they had a mad close finish one year.

Infoanon

ebbsy wrote: »

Thank you, it was Cleveland


Overtaking was great and they had a mad close finish one year.

Cleveland - fantastic track , wide allowing multiple racing lines

I remember Alex Zanardi coming through from the back of the grid after being penalised,to win - probably the greatest open wheel race I have ever watched.

Great to see Pato and McLaren getting their first win, looking good for Indy , chevys seem to have a fuel advantage over the Hondas.

One More Toy

O Ward, does he have any Irish heritage?

donspeekinglesh

Infoanon wrote: »

Cleveland - fantastic track , wide allowing multiple racing lines

I remember Alex Zanardi coming through from the back of the grid after being penalised,to win - probably the greatest open wheel race I have ever watched.

Great to see Pato and McLaren getting their first win, looking good for Indy , chevys seem to have a fuel advantage over the Hondas.

Was that 1997? Loved that track. And that was a great season of racing.
You used to be able to see the track layout on Google Earth.

TheChrisD

One More Toy wrote: »

O Ward, does he have any Irish heritage?

As much as Tim O'Glock does :pac:

Joeseph Balls

One More Toy wrote: »

O Ward, does he have any Irish heritage?

Just googled there and is listed on a few articles as Irish- Mexican. Theres also a podcast where he explains his second name but I didn't listen to it.
There would be areas in Mexico that would hold a few Irish second names due to Los Patricios or 'Those of St Patrick' who went over from Ireland to fight for Mexico and ended up staying there.

donspeekinglesh

Uncle Bobby had died, aged 87. His stories were brilliant.

donspeekinglesh

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Just googled there and is listed on a few articles as Irish- Mexican. Theres also a podcast where he explains his second name but I didn't listen to it.
There would be areas in Mexico that would hold a few Irish second names due to Los Patricios or 'Those of St Patrick' who went over from Ireland to fight for Mexico and ended up staying there.

Three podcast is an episode of the Marshall Pruitt podcast from early 2019. My podcast player says I listened to it, but I've no memory of it at all...

Anyway, this link says his great grandfather on his father’s side is Irish: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.presstelegram.com/2019/04/10/grand-prix-of-long-beach-patricio-oward-uses-boxing-to-punch-up-his-endurance/amp/

TheChrisD

Indy GP this weekend.

FP1 Friday 2:30pm, FP2 Friday 6pm
Quali Friday 9:30pm. Race Saturday 7:30pm.

And then into Indy 500 practice next Tuesday week. Early signs are... no Sky coverage...

TheChrisD

Okay, it's probably not due to my passive-aggressive tweeting at them, but I'm going to take credit for it anyway: SSF1 have added live practice coverage.

TheChrisD

Sky listings are updating with Indy 500 practice!

Tuesday 18th

• Practice 1 & Rookie Orientation — 3-7pm
• Practice 2 — 8-11pm

Wednesday 19th

• Practice 3 — 8:30-11pm

Unfortunately the start of that day's session (5-8:30) is being bumped off for the F1 show, the Monaco driver's press conference, and a repeat of the F1 show :rolleyes:

Thursday 20th

• Practice 4 — 5-11pm

Friday 21st

• Practice 4 — 5-11pm

Saturday 22nd

• Quali 1 — 6-11pm

Missing the first hour of qualifying due to F2 feature race and Ted's notebook.

Sunday unavailable yet.

johnnysmack

Grosjean takes pole!!

TheChrisD

Ran out of edit time on the previous post :rolleyes:
Full 500 practice and qualifying listings now that all days are available:

Tuesday 18th

• Practice 1 & Rookie Orientation — 3-7pm
• Practice 2 — 8-11pm

Wednesday 19th

• Practice 3 — 8:30-11pm (start of session from 5pm bumped off for the F1 show, the Monaco driver's press conference, and a repeat of the F1 show :rolleyes:)

Thursday 20th

• Practice 4 — 5-11pm

Friday 21st

• Practice 5 — 5-11pm

Saturday 22nd

• Practice 6 — no coverage (2:30-3:30, honestly who needs to know Lewis is going to pole anyway)
• Quali 1 — 6-11pm (missing first hour from 5pm due to F2 feature race and Ted's notebook)

Sunday 23rd

• Practice 7 — no coverage (some little Monaco car race debrief show taking the 4-5pm slot)
• Quali 2 — 6-9:30pm
• Practice 8 — no coverage (should be right after quali 9:30pm-12am, instead it's all fluff)

Now back to this weekend's race and the rise of the phoenix...

Charlie-Bravo

johnnysmack wrote: »

Grosjean takes pole!!

Brilliant! Hope he does well. Each of his times in Qualy were getting faster and faster. He's getting a handle on the car's performance.

Stallingrad

Delighted for Grosjean, he is such a likeable chap. After everything he's been through between the ridicule and the accident, this is an incredible response.

Burkie1203

Stallingrad wrote: »

Delighted for Grosjean, he is such a likeable chap. After everything he's been through between the ridicule and the accident, this is an incredible response.

What time is this race on at

Ohmeha

Burkie1203 wrote: »

What time is this race on at

Green flag scheduled to drop around 7.40pm

Burkie1203

Ohmeha wrote: »

Green flag scheduled to drop around 7.40pm

Thanks

Charlie-Bravo

Interesting race so far. Hard to know who's going to win this, and now the weather might make it more interesting.

Joeseph Balls

Was really looking forward to this tonight with grosjean on pole. Somehow got mixed up with times and thought it was at 9.30 :mad:

One More Toy

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

Was really looking forward to this tonight with grosjean on pole. Somehow got mixed up with times and thought it was at 9.30 :mad:

11 interesting laps coming up so that's something!

Charlie-Bravo

Nice result all round really. I like to see first time events!

One More Toy

Gutted for Grojean but fair play to Veekay

Charlie-Bravo

Grosjean still learning but great job done otherwise. Hard tyres were a struggle for him but was turning great laps all race weekend on reds.

Joeseph Balls

One More Toy wrote: »

11 interesting laps coming up so that's something!

If he could've got by the lapped car it would have made things very interesting, especially with Veekay running low on fuel

One More Toy

Joeseph Balls wrote: »

If he could've got by the lapped car it would have made things very interesting, especially with Veekay running low on fuel

Yes a lot of coasting towards the end, i was hoping rain would come into play.

Roll on the indy 500

TheChrisD

Qualifying starts at 5. Sky won't be live until 6, and the missing hour won't be on the red button.

Initial qualifying order:
1 9 🇳🇿 Scott Dixon (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
2 98 🇺🇸 Marco Andretti Andretti Herta-Haupert Autosport Honda
3 28 🇺🇸 Ryan Hunter-Reay (W) Andretti Autosport Honda
4 06 🇧🇷 Hélio Castroneves (W) Meyer Shank Racing Honda
5 18 🇦🇪 Ed Jones Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda
6 29 🇨🇦 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport Honda
7 25 🇬🇧 Stefan Wilson Andretti Autosport Honda
8 48 🇧🇷 Tony Kanaan (W) Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
9 2 🇺🇸 Josef Newgarden Team Penske Chevrolet
10 21 🇳🇱 Rinus VeeKay Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
11 3 🇳🇿 Scott McLaughlin (R) Team Penske Chevrolet
12 30 🇯🇵 Takuma Sato (W) Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
13 45 🇺🇸 Santino Ferrucci Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
14 24 🇺🇸 Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Chevrolet
15 51 🇧🇷 Pietro Fittipaldi (R) Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda
16 86 🇨🇴 Juan Pablo Montoya (W) Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
17 1 🇺🇸 J. R. Hildebrand A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
18 12 🇦🇺 Will Power (W) Team Penske Chevrolet
19 20 🇺🇸 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
20 5 🇲🇽 Pato O'Ward Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
21 7 🇸🇪 Felix Rosenqvist Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet
22 59 🇬🇧 Max Chilton Carlin Chevrolet
23 4 🇨🇦 Dalton Kellett A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
24 47 🇺🇸 Conor Daly Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet
25 15 🇺🇸 Graham Rahal Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Honda
26 60 🇬🇧 Jack Harvey Meyer Shank Racing Honda
27 75 🇺🇸 R. C. Enerson (R) Top Gun Racing Chevrolet
28 10 🇪🇸 Álex Palou Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
29 22 🇫🇷 Simon Pagenaud (W) Team Penske Chevrolet
30 26 🇺🇸 Colton Herta Andretti Autosport w/Curb-Agajanian Honda
31 27 🇺🇸 Alexander Rossi (W) Andretti Autosport Honda
32 8 🇸🇪 Marcus Ericsson Chip Ganassi Racing Honda
33 16 🇨🇭 Simona de Silvestro Paretta Autosport Chevrolet
34 11 🇺🇸 Charlie Kimball A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet
35 14 🇫🇷 Sébastien Bourdais A. J. Foyt Enterprises Chevrolet

Earlier initial runs will be better as they will avoid the heat of the middle of the afternoon. Later initial runs will likely have to go again later on to try make the Top 9/30.

After everyone gets their first run, it's a free-for-all for further runs. There will be two queues on pit lane - Line 1 gets priority before Line 2, but costs you your previous time to do so. Gun goes off at 10:50pm. Car on track at that point can complete the run.

Top 30 are locked into the race. Top 9 go again tomorrow at 7:30pm for the pole.

Bottom 5 go again at 6pm tomorrow in a 75-minute session. Unlimited runs are allowed, but you give up your previous time on every go. Best 3 make it into the race as the last row.

Infoanon

Looking forward to quali - Penske struggling again , Ganassi and fellow Honda teams - Rahal and Andretti looking good.

I have enjoyed Sky's coverage of qualifying during the week but missing the first hour of quali is dissapointing.

Faugheen

Will Power in big trouble here.

He's in the bottom five, and his first run was a stinker.