Indycar 2022

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

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.

Faugheen wrote: »

Will Power in big trouble here.

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

Some brush of that wall. They're really not pulling the speeds today. Simona looking ok to get through at the moment.

One of the Chip cars I'd think will win it. They're running very well all four of them. I'd say Dixon could win it, but maybe Veejay might give him a run for it.

One More Toy wrote: »

Who do we fancy for the 500?

I think anyone betting outside of Dixon or Herta will be brave those two are on top form, Honda powered cars still have an edge I'd surprised if a Chevy won it despite myself rooting for Rinus and Pato

Race day is always different versus qualifying, weather can always have a big impact on the race day, watch Carb day to get a better feel who may be in contention

Indy's wet.

Carb Day on hold until the window over Terre Haute gets here and allows the place to be dried.

Charlie-Bravo wrote: »

What is Carb day intended to be...or where does the name come from?

It's a relic from the older days when they'd need to tune the engine carburetors before the race, especially since it could have been two and a half weeks since the car was qualified!

Nowadays it's just the final practice session before the race, run with the race engines, to make sure everything is set up properly, practice some hot pit stops (as well as pitting off of 4 rather than the backstretch), get some race stint runs in weather conditions that should be similar to race day itself.

Anyway, the two hour session finally started at 6:35; 75 minutes left, still live on SSF1!

INDY 500 RACE DAY

Fifteen minutes to pre-race coverage on Sky F1.

Two hours to race coverage on either Main Event or F1.

Green flag at around 5:45

Crikey, crashing on pit lane is a new one.
Huge bonus for those that pitted early.

Dixon's car ran out of fuel due to the accident on pit road. He got yo his pit but his car won't refire.
He's going to lose at least a lap.

Both Dixon and Rossi's race ruined by Wilson crashing. It'd be tough to get back to the front for Dixon.

Deleted User wrote:

It's a while since I watched properly, what's the story with people getting their lap back under caution now? Is it only if they're at the head of the field?

No free lap back, you have to make it back.
It'll be something like an early pit stop and hope for a yellow.

For any of you who don't know, Conor Daly is the son of Derek Daly. Derek drove F1 back in the day, once led the Monaco grand prix with two laps to go before his gearbox went. Derek is from Dublin.

Well imo it's the greatest motosports race, flat out all the way.

With a yellow, it took 1 hour 23 minutes for 250 miles.

Relief that nobody was hurt in that. Hopefully whatever damage to Daly's car is limited