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JJLehto

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Posted: April 27 2014 at 17:04

Well not to be a dick/elitist but that's a bit of bullsh*t. I love the idea personally.

Yeah I was miffed because I know Indy runs in rain, but it was indeed really heavy. It's a very hilly track which is something I never thought about...lots of the track was covered in pools, rivers were running across it. Was quite bad.

Well then I shall refrain from saying much, but I will just say after jumping out to a large lead Will Power went off track and handed the lead over to RHR, the track is drying off. Cmon Ryan!

Edited by JJLehto - April 27 2014 at 17:04

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Posted: April 27 2014 at 17:20

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I take it the rains pretty bad? I'm deliberately avoiding the race now until it ends up on Youtube in a few days.There's a lot of people not happy about the Indy Road Course race being held a couple of weeks before the 500, they're worried about it confusing casual fans who don't follow the series.

Yeah...that's pretty much the stupidest reason to worry about anything.

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Posted: April 27 2014 at 18:19

sleeper wrote:

I take it the rains pretty bad? I'm deliberately avoiding the race now until it ends up on Youtube in a few days.

There's a lot of people not happy about the Indy Road Course race being held a couple of weeks before the 500, they're worried about it confusing casual fans who don't follow the series.

They should instead race at IRP. It would probably be a better race. LOL

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Posted: April 27 2014 at 18:21

Well...race was a bit of a snoozer honestly. There was some very cautious driving in between lots of yellows early on while wet...the track did dry off but RHR was dominant by then. It's to be expected, the race started in drying conditions so they had to do the whole avoid dry lines (while being cautious of course) and when they switched to slick tires things really got slow as they had to then dodge wet spots on the dry's LOL

He was given a gift with Power's error, but he was reeling him in at the time anyway, and once in the lead was clearly the fastest all day long. Nice win RHR! Clap

Congrats to Marco Andretti on second, he made some good progress and passed Power for 2nd and never relinquished.

Dixon finishes the podium in third.

Power finishes 5th which will keep the points title a little tighter and drive of the day has to go to Kanaan who nabbed 9th place! Shame for Munoz and JPM who both spun off and killed good days.

Edited by JJLehto - April 27 2014 at 18:27

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Posted: April 27 2014 at 18:29

I will take some credit for Marco's great finish, clearly my blessing at the NY Auto Show led to his podium

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Posted: April 28 2014 at 08:47

On board from De Silvestro's first test with a 2012 Sauber at the weekend, best colour scheme Sauber have run for since before BMW bought them. I wish this camera got used at GP weekends, you get a real sense of speed from it.

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

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Posted: April 28 2014 at 12:56

Yeah that is some nutty stuff!

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Posted: April 29 2014 at 04:34

Kurt Busch's Andretti Autosport Indy 500 car was revealed today, with the sponsor being Suretone Entertainment. I'm just hoping he can complete all 1100 miles that day. If he can, I believe he'll be the first to do it since Tony Stewart in '01. I also hope this picks the trend back up of NASCAR drivers attempting the double.

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Posted: April 29 2014 at 06:37

Nice livery.

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Posted: April 30 2014 at 10:59

No one has ever won both of course. In fact I'm not sure if anyone attempting the double has won either that day.

It's a helluva lot of racing, and I recall commentators saying they thought the prep needed for the Indy 500, as well as doing a NASCAR race kind of held both back.

I'd love to see someone manage it though!

Like how many used to do the Daytona Double of Busch and Cup series, in the vidya games I always did the triple with trucks LOL

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Posted: May 01 2014 at 06:27

Todays the 20th Anniversary of Senna's death, amazing to think 2 decades have already gone by.

I understand Imola has a massive weekend of events on to celebrate his life this weekend, at least both Alonso and Raikkonen will be in attendance.

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Posted: May 04 2014 at 16:50

JJLehto wrote:

Like how many used to do the Daytona Double of Busch and Cup series, in the vidya games I always did the triple with trucks LOL

Kyle Busch still attempts that every once in a while, when possible, although not as much as he used to. A few years ago, at the Bristol fall race, he won all three races in the same weekend.

And for anyone who watched the Talladega race today, here's a prime example of an idiotic move. Not so much him losing control (seems like he had a tire going down or just got aero loose), but the fact that he was six laps down and trying to race in the pack.

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Posted: May 08 2014 at 20:21

20 years indeed.

Crazy, I remember seeing the 10th anniversary of the race, where the hell does the time go??

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Posted: May 09 2014 at 06:13

First Practice times from Spain, Vettel had an electrical problem and will miss FP2 as they found that the wiring loom's damaged and will take forever to replace.

Pos Driver                Team                  Time       Gap    Laps
 1. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1:27.023s           17
 2. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1:27.891s  +0.868s  26
 3. Daniel Ricciardo      Red Bull-Renault      1:27.973s  +0.950s  21
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1:28.128s  +1.105s  23
 5. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1:28.168s  +1.145s   9
 6. Kimi Raikkonen        Ferrari               1:28.337s  +1.314s  19
 7. Kevin Magnussen       McLaren-Mercedes      1:28.423s  +1.400s  27
 8. Pastor Maldonado      Lotus-Renault         1:28.744s  +1.721s  34
 9. Sergio Perez          Force India-Mercedes  1:28.779s  +1.756s  18
10. Felipe Massa          Williams-Mercedes     1:28.791s  +1.768s  13
11. Daniil Kvyat          Toro Rosso-Renault    1:28.792s  +1.769s  24
12. Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1:28.828s  +1.805s  17
13. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Renault    1:28.859s  +1.836s  24
14. Felipe Nasr           Williams-Mercedes     1:29.272s  +2.249s  15
15. Adrian Sutil          Sauber-Ferrari        1:29.688s  +2.665s  16
16. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Ferrari      1:29.820s  +2.797s  22
17. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1:29.444s  +2.421s  21
18. Giedo van der Garde   Sauber-Ferrari        1:30.440s  +3.417s  21
19. Max Chilton           Marussia-Ferrari      1:30.748s  +3.725s  19
20. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault      1:30.942s  +3.919s   4
21. Kamui Kobayashi       Caterham-Renault      1:30.997s  +3.974s  22
22. Marcus Ericsson       Caterham-Renault      1:31.421s  +4.398s  22

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Posted: May 10 2014 at 08:38

Another Hamilton pole, looked like Rosberg was on top but Lewis pulled it out in Q3. Excellent job by Grosjean to get 5th, the car looked difficult but clearly they've found some speed, though Maldonado stuffed it into the wall at the exit of turn 3 on his first timed lap of Q1. Vergne has a 10 place penalty for his wheel falling off during practice and Vettel lost drive as he came out of the pits at the start of Q3.

Pos  Driver                Team/Car              Time       Gap
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes              1m25.232s
 2.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes              1m25.400s  +0.168s
 3.  Daniel Ricciardo      Red Bull-Renault      1m26.285s  +1.053s
 4.  Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Mercedes     1m26.632s  +1.400s
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault         1m26.960s  +1.728s
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen        Ferrari               1m27.104s  +1.872s
 7.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari               1m27.140s  +1.908s
 8.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes      1m27.335s  +2.103s
 9.  Felipe Massa          Williams-Mercedes     1m27.402s  +2.170s
10.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault                 
                           Q3 cut-off time:      1m27.602s  **
11.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes  1m27.685s  +1.597s
12.  Sergio Perez          Force India-Mercedes  1m28.002s  +1.914s
13.  Daniil Kvyat          Toro Rosso-Renault    1m28.039s  +1.951s
14.  Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.280s  +2.192s
15.  Kevin Magnussen       McLaren-Mercedes
16.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Renault
                           Q2 cut-off time:      1m28.472s  *
17.  Adrian Sutil          Sauber-Ferrari        1m28.563s  +1.799s
18.  Max Chilton           Marussia-Ferrari      1m29.586s  +2.822s
19.  Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Ferrari      1m30.177s  +3.413s
20.  Marcus Ericsson       Caterham-Renault      1m30.312s  +3.548s
21.  Kamui Kobayashi       Caterham-Renault      1m30.375s  +3.611s
22.  Pastor Maldonado      Lotus-Renault

     107 per cent time:    1m32.837s

* Gap to fastest in Q1
** Gap to fastest in Q2

Indycar tonight from the Indianapolis road course, which has a much faster and more flowing layout now, surprisingly Sebastian Saavedra is on pole.

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Posted: May 10 2014 at 17:01

Congrats to Simon Pagenaud. What crazy race though.

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Posted: May 10 2014 at 17:04

I'll watch it when it's up on Youtube during the week, nice to hear Pagenaud got the win, it's been a long time coming and I've been a fan of his since he rocked up in Champ Car in 07 and gave Will Power a hard time.

Final grid for tomorrows race, Vettel gets a 5 place penalty for a gearbox change.

Pos  Driver                Team/Car            
 1.  Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes            
 2.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes            
 3.  Daniel Ricciardo      Red Bull-Renault    
 4.  Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Mercedes   
 5.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault       
 6.  Kimi Raikkonen        Ferrari             
 7.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari             
 8.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes    
 9.  Felipe Massa          Williams-Mercedes   
10.  Nico Hulkenberg       Force India-Mercedes
11.  Sergio Perez          Force India-Mercedes
12.  Daniil Kvyat          Toro Rosso-Renault  
13.  Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari      
14.  Kevin Magnussen       McLaren-Mercedes    
15.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault    
16.  Adrian Sutil          Sauber-Ferrari      
17.  Max Chilton           Marussia-Ferrari    
18.  Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Ferrari    
19.  Marcus Ericsson       Caterham-Renault    
20.  Kamui Kobayashi       Caterham-Renault    
21.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Renault  
22.  Pastor Maldonado      Lotus-Renault

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Posted: May 10 2014 at 18:37

Doh! I missed it. I assumed the race was on Sunday first of all LOL

RHR has closed up the gap, just one point behind Power!

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Posted: May 10 2014 at 19:14

I missed it, too. Heard it was a crazy crashfest that started with Saavedra not going at the start and getting plowed pretty hard.

Edited by MillsLayne - May 10 2014 at 19:14

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Posted: May 10 2014 at 19:38

^ Yikes...crazy way to begin the event.

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