Indycar 2022

Charlie-Bravo · 18-04-2021 8:46pm

A fine mess indeed.

18-04-2021 8:59pm

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

Charlie-Bravo · 18-04-2021 10:01pm

Avoiding the wrecks!!

Ohmeha · 19-04-2021 9:06pm

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 · 22-04-2021 9:58pm

St. Pete this weekend. SkyF1 schedule:

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

Charlie-Bravo · 25-04-2021 5:39pm

St Pete race starting now.

TheChrisD · 28-04-2021 3:27pm

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

29-04-2021 1:05am

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

Charlie-Bravo · 01-05-2021 9:13pm

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

johnnysmack · 01-05-2021 9:27pm

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 · 02-05-2021 12:10am

Cars on track for first race of the weekend!

johnnysmack · 02-05-2021 12:12am

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 · 02-05-2021 12:29am

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 · 02-05-2021 12:29am

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 · 02-05-2021 12:35am

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

johnnysmack · 02-05-2021 12:49am

That's some restart from Dixon!

deafroadrunner · 02-05-2021 1:14am

Mclaughlin having a very good race so far.

Ohmeha · 02-05-2021 1:32am

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

Charlie-Bravo · 02-05-2021 12:41pm

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 · 02-05-2021 6:10pm

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 · 02-05-2021 10:04pm

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

One More Toy · 02-05-2021 10:16pm

Jesus what a smash..

Ohmeha · 02-05-2021 10:22pm

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 · 02-05-2021 10:26pm

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 · 02-05-2021 10:37pm

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 · 03-05-2021 12:23am

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

Ohmeha · 03-05-2021 12:23am

Gwan Pato roll on McLaren F1 test

johnnysmack · 03-05-2021 12:24am

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 · 03-05-2021 12:26am

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 · 03-05-2021 12:29am

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

Used to love that race.

TheChrisD · 03-05-2021 12:37am

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. ðŸ˜›

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

ebbsy · 03-05-2021 12:25pm

TheChrisD wrote: »

Which one? There's been several airport courses. &#55357;&#56859;

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 · 03-05-2021 1:17pm

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 · 03-05-2021 1:18pm

O Ward, does he have any Irish heritage?

donspeekinglesh · 03-05-2021 2:33pm

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 · 03-05-2021 4:16pm

One More Toy wrote: »

O Ward, does he have any Irish heritage?

As much as Tim O'Glock does :pac:

Joeseph Balls · 03-05-2021 4:31pm

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 · 03-05-2021 4:59pm

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

donspeekinglesh · 03-05-2021 5:07pm

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 · 11-05-2021 1:33am

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 · 12-05-2021 2:52pm

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 · 13-05-2021 12:27am

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 · 14-05-2021 10:33pm

Grosjean takes pole!!

TheChrisD · 15-05-2021 2:48am

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 · 15-05-2021 9:52am

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 · 15-05-2021 10:18am

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 · 15-05-2021 5:47pm

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 · 15-05-2021 5:49pm

Burkie1203 wrote: »

What time is this race on at

Green flag scheduled to drop around 7.40pm

Burkie1203 · 15-05-2021 5:54pm

Ohmeha wrote: »

Green flag scheduled to drop around 7.40pm

Thanks

Charlie-Bravo · 15-05-2021 9:04pm

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

Indycar 2022

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