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Indycar 2022

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  • #32
    Infoanon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,618 ✭✭✭Infoanon


    Conor Daly on pole for race 1 at Iowa later tonight / Saturday morning


  • #33
    deafroadrunner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭deafroadrunner


    Actually thought this was tomorrow night. Might wait up and watch it and see how he gets on. Is it a delayed start on sky again


  • #34
    Infoanon
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    deafroadrunner wrote: »
    Actually thought this was tomorrow night. Might wait up and watch it and see how he gets on. Is it a delayed start on sky again

    Live in a short while on Sky


  • #35
    deafroadrunner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭deafroadrunner


    Race didn't start till half 2. Fell asleep during race. Daly started well. Built a 2 second lead by lap 4. Then was losing pace, finish 8th. Peagnaud won the race after starting last. He starts last again tonight.


  • #36
    Infoanon
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    deafroadrunner wrote: »
    Race didn't start till half 2. Fell asleep during race. Daly started well. Built a 2 second lead by lap 4. Then was losing pace, finish 8th. Peagnaud won the race after starting last. He starts last again tonight.

    Yellows fell his way - scary moment when Will Powers front wheel came off after a pit stop.
    Colton Hertas accident was the moment the cockpit aeroscreen silenced any doubters - Veekays aeroscreen was 'destroyed ' according to Veekay while Ericssons cockpit screen took a direct debris hit.

    Race 2 later tonight


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  • #37
    deafroadrunner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭deafroadrunner


    Newgarden won from pole last night. Daly unlucky not get a podium finish. Yellows came out and hampered him again. Ironically the car that caused the first one was the car he'd been driving the previous races. Rahal and pagnuad had good races. Both started 19th and 23rd finished 3rd and 3th or 4th.


  • #38
    Infoanon
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    Penske 3 cars in the top 4 - Ganassis off the pace this weekend - winning pace !

    The pictures of Rinus Veekays cockpit from race one are scary


  • #39
    deafroadrunner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭deafroadrunner


    O ward was unlucky with his pitstop yesterday too. Could of been in with a shout to win the race.

    Yeah goes to show the areoscreen is doing the job. Actually prefer the areoscreen then the halo. Looks nicer I think.


  • #40
    Infoanon
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    Next week's Mid Ohio race has just been cancelled due to the increasing cases of Covid - that makes 3 races cancelled this week.

    Next scheduled race is now Indy on the 23rd.


  • #41
    Charlie-Bravo
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    Alonso had a shunt on Day 2 of indy 500 practice. He touched the concrete kerb which unbalanced the car. These rookies eh?!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia8v4CLM4wQ

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  • #42
    deafroadrunner
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    He's lucky he didn't go sideways into the pit barrier. Could of needed up worse. I wonder what the odds are for em to win Indy.


  • #43
    Charlie-Bravo
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    104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 - TODAY!!
    AUG 23, 6:00PM

    Looking forward to watching the Rookies perform today so far up the field.

    Alonso is down in 26th. It'll take some driving for him to move to the front. I don't think he has enough experience in Indycar to be able to beat the more experience guys today.

    Pos. Car No. Driver
    1. 98 Marco Andretti
    2. 9 Scott Dixon
    3. 30 Takuma Sato
    4. 21 Rinus VeeKay
    5. 28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
    6. 29 James Hinchcliffe
    7. 55 Alex Palau
    8. 15 Graham Rahal
    9. 27 Alexander Rossi
    10. 88 Colton Herta
    11. 8 Marcus Ericsson
    12. 45 Spencer Pigot
    13. 1 Josef Newgarden
    14. 10 Felix Rosenqvist
    15. 5 Pato O’Ward
    16. 20 Ed Carpenter
    17. 26 Zach Veach
    18. 47 Conor Daly
    19. 18 Santino Ferruchi
    20. 60 Jack Harvey
    21. 7 Oliver Askew
    22. 12 Will Power
    23. 14 Tony Kanaan
    24. 41 Dalton Kellett
    25. 22 Simon Pagenaud
    26. 66 Fernando Alonso
    27. 51 James Davison
    28. 3 Helio Castroneves
    29. 4 Charlie Kimball
    30. 59 Max Chilton
    31. 24 Sage Karam
    32. 67 JR Hildebrand
    33. 81 Ben Hanley

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  • #44
    Infoanon
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    Alonso showed enough guile in his first attempt at Indy so starting 26th is not a huge problem. He says his car is good in traffic.
    Honda have a clear advantage on top speed over Chevrolet which favours the Ganassis and Andrettis

    First 150 laps tend to be survival - avoid the walls , avoid other incidences.
    Expect though the Penskes and the McLarens to be near the front but a repeat winner today seems most likely.


  • #45
    deafroadrunner
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    I'd of been rooting for an Alonso win but just think it's too much work where he's starting.
    Im gunna say Dixon wins.


  • #46
    tipp_tipp_tipp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 407 ✭✭tipp_tipp_tipp


    Looking forward to the race! I don't watch much indycar these days (kinda drifted away from it as they moved more and more away from the ovals) but always watch the Indy 500. Really great race. Shame to see the grandstands empty though. Would be a great story if Alonso could win it.


  • #47
    TheChrisD
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    Broadcast starts on Sky F1 or Sky Main Event (suck it PGA Tour!) at 6pm.
    There's a lot of pre-race tradition and ceremony, so the green flag isn't until 7:30.
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  • #48
    [Deleted User]
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    Gonna try to avoid the result and watch late tonight/early tomorrow if I can.


  • #49
    Charlie-Bravo
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    I'm digging this driver introduction. Setting up to be a great one.

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  • #50
    2011
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    I’ve never watched it before. No idea how this “works” in terms of strategy. Anything I should know??? :)


  • #51
    donspeekinglesh
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    2011 wrote: »
    I’ve never watched it before. No idea how this “works” in terms of strategy. Anything I should know??? :)

    It's an endurance race, not a sprint. Cars are aiming to be on the lead lap after the final round of stops with a well sorted car. The first half is about trying to set that up.


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  • #52
    2011
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    What do you mean “we’ll sorted car” ? Thanks


  • #53
    Infoanon
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    2011 wrote: »
    What do you mean “we’ll sorted car” ? Thanks

    Watch the changes made at the pit stops wing adjustments to get the car sorted - the perfect car at the beginning of the race will often become loose mid race.

    Yellows and fuel will come into play - it's all about the last 50 laps


  • #54
    ctrl-alt-delete
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    The cars look great,

    Is that a new addition though, the sort of F1 Halo looking screen?


  • #55
    2011
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    ^^^ Thank you.

    Last question, what are “yellows” ? Flags ?


  • #56
    Cool_CM
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    2011 wrote: »
    I’ve never watched it before. No idea how this “works” in terms of strategy. Anything I should know??? :)

    It isn't over until the last lap :pac:


  • #57
    deafroadrunner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭deafroadrunner


    ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »
    The cars look great,

    Is that a new addition though, the sort of F1 Halo looking screen?

    Yeah added this year. Actually think there better looking then f1 helos


  • #58
    deafroadrunner
    Registered Users Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭deafroadrunner


    2011 wrote: »
    ^^^ Thank you.

    Last question, what are “yellows” ? Flags ?

    Yep. Yellow flags


  • #59
    donspeekinglesh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭donspeekinglesh


    ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »
    The cars look great,

    Is that a new addition though, the sort of F1 Halo looking screen?

    Yeah, the aeroscreen.


  • #60
    donspeekinglesh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭donspeekinglesh


    Cool_CM wrote: »
    It isn't over until the last lap :pac:

    Last corner!


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  • #61
    ctrl-alt-delete
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    That wheel is fairly lit!


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