Indycar 2022

johnnysmack · 23-08-2020 10:45pm

Delighted for Sato, congrats!!

Charlie-Bravo · 23-08-2020 10:52pm

tipp_tipp_tipp wrote: »

Absolute disaster for Alonso, barely saw him all day. Will we see him race here again I wonder.

Alonso would need to do a couple of full seasons in order to try properly for the Indy 500.

Delighted for Sato. Had a great race. Was super in qualifying too. Overall, a great team and excellent car package with skilled driver.

donspeekinglesh · 23-08-2020 10:53pm

tipp_tipp_tipp wrote: »

Absolute disaster for Alonso, barely saw him all day. Will we see him race here again I wonder.

Possibly not. Won't be doing the next two years anyway, and while he could try after that he won't have nearly the same experience that others in their 40s will.

Infoanon · 23-08-2020 11:11pm

Precedence was to red flag it and then a dash to the flag - thought Dixon would do it but a big win for Sato

Lots of teams didn't show up today

Ghost Train · 23-08-2020 11:27pm

Always liked Sato glad to see him win again, although would have been good to see racing to the finish line. Repairing the tyre barrier maybe would have taken a long time. Two heavy crashes on the the inside of the track, lucky they both seemed reasonably ok after

TheChrisD · 24-08-2020 12:27am

Well, that sure was a long day. I even forcibly changed the Sky box in the other room over to the end after the CL was over, and it was pretty much right before Spencer's wreck. Oh well.

Taku-san now the twentieth multiple-500 winner.

Harika · 24-08-2020 1:36pm

astrofluff wrote: »

Alonso would need to do a couple of full seasons in order to try properly for the Indy 500.

Delighted for Sato. Had a great race. Was super in qualifying too. Overall, a great team and excellent car package with skilled driver.

Something was off, first I thought with his team or whatever but his two rookie team mates were at least in punching distance to the victory. Alonso was nowhere

deafroadrunner · 24-08-2020 1:38pm

Harika wrote: »

Something was off, first I thought with his team or whatever but his two rookie team mates were at least in punching distance to the victory. Alonso was nowhere

Think he struggled with the set up. Seemed to run better by third stint. But then he started having clutch issues.

Infoanon · 29-08-2020 8:42pm

First lap collision at Gateway race 1

Possibly Tony Kananns last weekend of racing.

Charlie-Bravo · 29-08-2020 8:43pm

Hahaha, what a calamity of a start.

Rossi is not happy.

Infoanon · 29-08-2020 9:38pm

astrofluff wrote: »

Hahaha, what a calamity of a start.

Rossi is not happy.

3 Andretti cars out... ouch

Rain has brought out the yellow flags at the half way point

Charlie-Bravo · 30-08-2020 9:08pm

This is going to be the better race to watch today. Race 2 now on.

Charlie-Bravo · 30-08-2020 9:45pm

Pato doing a great job so far. Sato dropping the ball at the first round of pitstops. Veekay being impressive again. Hope he keeps a clean race with no mistakes.

Infoanon · 30-08-2020 9:59pm

Dixie,Power and Newgarden looking well along with Pato (very distant Irish Heritage)

Charlie-Bravo · 30-08-2020 10:07pm

Yeah, a couple of hundred years Irish decent!

Hard to know who's going to win this. Last stop and finding a gap to drive fast laps will be key.

Infoanon · 31-08-2020 12:02am

Darn Yellows

TheChrisD · 09-09-2020 9:30pm

Mid-Ohio doubleheader this weekend.

All coverage Sky F1.
Race 1, Saturday 9:30pm (green around 10pm)
Race 2, Sunday 6pm (green pretty much straight away)

Infoanon · 09-09-2020 9:55pm

Jimmy Johnson and Ganassi officially working towards a 2 year indycar deal

Infoanon · 12-09-2020 10:12pm

Great racing at Mid Ohio - race one live at the moment

As an aside McLaren have offered Sergio Perez a drive next season in a 3rd car

TheChrisD · 14-09-2020 11:40pm

Infoanon wrote: »

As an aside McLaren have offered Sergio Perez a drive next season in a 3rd car

Wait what. That would be news even to me, and I run the bloody IndyCar sub!

As far as I am aware, it's not gone any further than AMSP having stated they would be interested in Perez being in a third car.

Infoanon · 15-09-2020 12:00am

TheChrisD wrote: »

Wait what. That would be news even to me, and I run the bloody IndyCar sub!

As far as I am aware, it's not gone any further than AMSP having stated they would be interested in Perez being in a third car.

You are correct - not offered in the literal sense of a contract.can't see Perez leaving F1 anytime soon.

How did AMSP let Jimmy Johnson slip through their hands especially after acquiring the #48 ?

Infoanon · 23-09-2020 9:53pm

Zach Veach out of Andretti with immediate effect !

Bourdais has signed with AJ Foyt (!) For 2021

Infoanon · 24-09-2020 10:50pm

Helio Castroneves in at McLaren for an unwell Oliver Askew this weekend

TheChrisD · 24-09-2020 11:05pm

Infoanon wrote: »

Helio Castroneves in at McLaren for an unwell Oliver Askew this weekend

Next weekend :pac:

Thursday 1st
19:25 - Practice
23:20 - Race 1 Quali - live on Sky F1

Friday 2nd
20:30 - Race 1 - live on Sky F1

Saturday 3rd
15:20 - Race 2 Quali - delayed on Sky F1 (17:20)
19:30 - Race 2 - live on Sky F1

Charlie-Bravo · 02-10-2020 3:01pm

We have a race tonight at 8.30pm. it's Race 1.

More qualy tomorrow, Sat. At 3.20pm, with the race later on Saturday at 7.30pm.

Infoanon · 02-10-2020 9:24pm

Great battle between Hertas and Veekays.

Great having racing on a Friday night in October.

Dissapointed to see the 2021 calendar has a September end date

Charlie-Bravo · 02-10-2020 9:34pm

This is great racing. Drivers having good respect for each other (Ferruci not included :pac:). No, seriously, Friday night racing going down a treat!!

Infoanon · 03-10-2020 4:27pm

Well that was an interesting qualifying.

Dixon looked to have this championship done and dusted months ago but now Newgarden is making serious inroads into Dixies lead.

Btw if you haven't seen it Will Powers 'save' yesterday is,as the commentary team said,real Dukes of Hazard stuff.

Infoanon · 03-10-2020 7:35pm

Great opening laps at Indy race 2

Charlie-Bravo · 03-10-2020 7:53pm

Dixon with damage currently running in 11th, 4 places behind Newgarden. Dixon may be losing his grip on the championship!!

Infoanon · 03-10-2020 8:13pm

As an aside - Liberty (owners of F1) have made an investment in the MSR (Meyer Shank Racing) Indy and IMSA team

TheChrisD · 03-10-2020 9:31pm

Sky, what the fùck. Cut the broadcast at twenty past, skipping some post-race analysis; just to show Martin Brundle's grid walk from France 2018.

TheChrisD · 24-10-2020 9:44pm

Well that was a complete and utter fúcking shambles of broadcasting the St. Pete qualifying from Sky F1...

Race broadcast starts at 18:30 tomorrow, with green flag basically immediately. I half expect Sky to miss the race start now :mad:

Infoanon · 24-10-2020 9:54pm

Sky's coverage has been dissapointing all season long .

Sky's endless repeats of F1 and yet not a single repeated Indy car race no matter what hour of the night the race was is a particular bugbear of mine.

Fingers crossed for Scott Dixon to be crowned champion.

Infoanon · 25-10-2020 8:48pm

45 laps to go - nerve wracking to watch - some questionable moves by Jack Harvey there - Newgarden took a huge risk in diving under Power who after all said he would help Newgarden today !

deafroadrunner · 25-10-2020 9:17pm

The amount of restarts so far. I can't call the winner at all.

Infoanon · 26-10-2020 12:16pm

That was a nail biter !

Spoilers:

Rossi must be still wondering how he crashed - a race with many in the mix for the win.

4th for Bourdais was as good as a win in that it brings the Foyt team into all important leaders circle ie $$

O Ward had another strong race and made a good attempt to pass Newgarden on the last restart alas another second place .

Askew unfortunately crashed in his last race for McLaren,teammate, O Ward will be a title contender in the future.

Newgarden did all he could but ,despite the best attempts of Jack Harvey, Scott Dixon avoided trouble and got 3rd and a very deserved championship.

Roll on 2021 - Jimmy Johnson and Scott Mc Laughlin joining the fray ! If only they could sort out the calendar...

Infoanon · 09-12-2020 4:59pm

Juan Pablo Montoya confirmed as doing the Indy 500 in a third McLaren.

TheChrisD · 08-04-2021 6:32pm

Oh, whoops, forgot to share it here. This year's Open Test is taking place at Indy and they're testing all day today and tomorrow! (well, when the Indiana weather doesn't get in the way)

Today's testing is from 4pm to 11pm:

Tomorrow's testing is from 3pm to 9pm.

TheChrisD · 09-04-2021 1:30am

Update: following the massive rain delay today, tomorrow's session start has been moved up to 2pm Irish time.

TheChrisD · 09-04-2021 1:55pm

Today's stream link:

TheChrisD · 11-04-2021 7:57pm

Season starts properly this week, heading to Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama for the first of three straight weekends of racing!

Broadcast schedule for this weekend:

Sunday:

Race: 8-11pm

And that's it.

Sky in their infinite wisdom have decided that Saturday's action of first practice at 4pm, second practice at 7:40pm, and qualifying at 10:55pm are nowhere near as important as F1 P3 highlights, a lookback at the 1995 Italian GP, and the second repeats of F1 quali highlights and Ted's notebook.

TheChrisD · 13-04-2021 9:30am

Yay, Twitter shaming them worked! FP2 at 7:40, quali at 10:55!

Infoanon · 16-04-2021 3:49pm

Getting excited now as the first race of the season is almost here, so many questions to be answered?

How will Grosjean perform on his return to single seater (possibly why Sky have increased coverage ) ,
How will Nascar ace Jimmy Johnson perform in his Ganassis,
And Penske have a rookie in the line up ! Tin top ace Scott Mc Laughin.

It's going to be an exciting season , McLaren first win is sure to come soon while the usual Dixon,Power,Newgarden, Rossi etc etc etc will be there or there abouts.

One combination that could surprise is Bourdais at Foyt - roll on Saturday and Sunday.

johnnysmack · 17-04-2021 7:57pm

Grosjean currently fastest in practice. Practice or not, fair play to him and hope he goes well!

Charlie-Bravo · 17-04-2021 11:49pm

Decent effort by Grosjean in Round 2 of qualifying but did not progress. It's strange seeing the rookie symbol beside his name.

johnnysmack · 17-04-2021 11:49pm

Grosjean narrowly misses out on top 6 shoot out by half a tenth. Starts row 4 tomorrow. Commentators seem impressed by the rookie! Didn't realise he was 35 years old!

Ohmeha · 18-04-2021 8:39pm

This race is starting shortly. Really looking forward to this season, I think this season has the strongest indycar driver lineup since CART in the early 00's

Charlie-Bravo · 18-04-2021 8:40pm

I thought it would start earlier. I want to watch Line of Duty at 9pm!! :pac:

Ohmeha · 18-04-2021 8:46pm

What a mess!

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