All seems very strange, can understand why Grosjean is annoyed after that.
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All seems very strange, can understand why Grosjean is annoyed after that.
Yeah; most of the time its of his own making but Dixon totally culpable there
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Basically I think this weekend was added to the calendar to fill an otherwise 6 week gap between races in the calendar (believe they lost a race in Texas they wanted in the slot), it's really a glorified Test weekend with a bit of a race thing tacked on.
The final is 20 laps with a halftime break after 10 laps lol. Going by the heats Palou is gonna win it Verstappen style with his pipe and slippers on unless he gets involved in a crash!
The final is 20 laps with a halftime break after 10 laps lol. Going by the heats Palou is gonna win it Verstappen style with his pipe and slippers on unless he gets involved in a crash!
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Indycar love soulless events at crap venues for big money prizes
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Interesting strategies at play due to this mid race "Break".
Herta just trundling along during the first half which is worth nothing. Saving fuel and tyres, other drivers following suit. Why push when not needed?
Not been thought through this has it haha.
Herta just trundling along during the first half which is worth nothing. Saving fuel and tyres, other drivers following suit. Why push when not needed?
Not been thought through this has it haha.
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Who thought this was a good idea?! Yeah split the race up into 2 sections where the first section means nothing and we bunch the field back up for the second, what did they expect to happen?!
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Well that was an absolutely awful and pointless event. Thank god NASCAR at COTA is on now, usually delivers.
Hoping SVG can go one better than his second place finish in the xfinity race yesterday.
Hoping SVG can go one better than his second place finish in the xfinity race yesterday.
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A really poor spectacle; as others have said felt like an ad for the "Thermal Club" a lot of the time. Seems to me like it was effectively a test session (they've had about 8 hours of testing across Friday and Sat) with an exhibition race tacked on the end.
Ah well a month until Long Beach; at least that should be a proper race!
Ah well a month until Long Beach; at least that should be a proper race!
Grand Prix of Long Beach this weekend, usually a decent race!
Forgot that Theo Pourchaire was making his Indycar debut this weekend for Arrow McLaren; replacing the injured (still) David Malukas.
Calum Illott had been standing in but he's on WEC duty at Imola this weekend
Calum Illott had been standing in but he's on WEC duty at Imola this weekend
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Should be a good race today, proper decent circuit. See who ends up going gardening by the fountain 
Watching the anthem and wonder how long it'll be before F1 starts having the girlfriends and wives on the grid with the drivers! I guess most of them don't do the circuit round the world like these races all being in the States.
Watching the anthem and wonder how long it'll be before F1 starts having the girlfriends and wives on the grid with the drivers! I guess most of them don't do the circuit round the world like these races all being in the States.
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Should be a good race today, proper decent circuit. See who ends up going gardening by the fountain
Watching the anthem and wonder how long it'll be before F1 starts having the girlfriends and wives on the grid with the drivers! I guess most of them don't do the circuit round the world like these races all being in the States.
Give it until Miami!
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Dixon doing Dixon things, impossible win number 1 of the season for him. Probably won't be the last!
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I had to give up watching it. The 10 second or so offset between the audio and video made it unwatchable.
I want to enjoy IndyCar, but I also want the quality of the program not be rubbish.
I want to enjoy IndyCar, but I also want the quality of the program not be rubbish.
Lol I actually thought the audio delay was down to how I was watching it; didn't realise it was like that on Sky as well!
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It was fine to start off with, but it glitched when Rossi came into the pit with the puncture. From then on there was a big offset. I believe it got fixed at some point but I'd given up by then.
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Drama at Team Penske.
Josef Newgarden & Scott McLaughlin have been disqualified from St. Petersburg & Will Power has been docked 10 points for push to pass infringements. Pato O'Ward picks up the win.
Newgarden and McLaughlin used push to pass when it wasn't allowed, Will Power didn't use it hence the lesser penalty. I can see this one rumbling on for a while.
Josef Newgarden & Scott McLaughlin have been disqualified from St. Petersburg & Will Power has been docked 10 points for push to pass infringements. Pato O'Ward picks up the win.
Newgarden and McLaughlin used push to pass when it wasn't allowed, Will Power didn't use it hence the lesser penalty. I can see this one rumbling on for a while.
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Interesting that they were also charged with manipulating data, presumably to hide the use from the telemetry, though the use also shows up on the dash which would have been picked up by the cameras.
The use was only discovered during the first practice session for Long Beach when the Push to Pass kill switch was engaged but the Penske cars still had it available.
The use was only discovered during the first practice session for Long Beach when the Push to Pass kill switch was engaged but the Penske cars still had it available.