2013 IndyCar Series / Mazda Road to Indy discussion

Practice 3 highlights:


Takuma Sato set the quickest time in final practice with 1:01.5293. Practice 1 and 2 highlights are currently unavailable due to a technical issue, Ryan Hunter-Reay and Will Power were fastest respectively. Full practice results available here: http://www.indycar.com/en/Stats

Warm-up highlights:


Ryan Hunter-Reay went fastest in the Sunday morning warm-up session.

Qualifying highlights:


Will Power took pole position for the Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg (1:01.2070), Takuma Sato joins him on the front row (1:01.5776). Simona de Silvestro was an impressive third (1:01.7670). Tristan Vautier lines up 6th for his first Indycar start. Ganassi had a disappointing qualifying session with their cars placing 10th, 14th and 20th, along with Bourdais in 21st.

Full grid:

1) Will Power
2) Takuma Sato
3) Simona de Silvestro
4) James Hinchcliffe
5) Helio Castroneves
6) Tristan Vautier
7) Marco Andretti
8) Ryan Hunter-Reay
9) Sebastian Saavedra
10) Dario Franchitti
11) Tony Kanaan
12) Oriol Servia
13) Justin Wilson
14) Charlie Kimball
15) Graham Rahal
16) Josef Newgarden
17) Alex Tagliani
18) James Jakes
19) Simon Pagenaud
20) Scott Dixon
21) Sebastien Bourdais
22) Ernesto Viso
23) Ed Carpenter
24) John Hildebrand
25) Ana Beatriz

The race is live on ESPN with coverage starting at approximately 4:15pm today.
 
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Haha usual amateur hour now in the indy race, JR Hildebrand crashes over the top of Will Power during a full course caution :D

Seriously there seems to have been about 5 racing laps in the last 45 minutes!
 
Nice to see the Mayor of Hinchtown get a win!

Lol'd at the woman coming up to him on victory lane with an A4 pad with everyone he should thank in the interview written on it!

Maybe Horner should do that after an F1 race :p
 
Missed the race, sounds like it was exciting (though looking at the results those cautions were far too long). Shame to see Vautier let down by a car problem.

Edit: Hildebrand's drive will be under threat if he has another race like that. Been largely anonymous since the 2011 Indy 500.

Race highlights:


Results:

1. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet 2hrs 22mins 12.5502s / 110 laps
2. Helio Castroneves Team Penske-Chevrolet +1.0982s
3. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +16.3664s
4. Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +19.6083s
5. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Honda +20.7627s
6. Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +20.7890s
7. Ernesto Viso HVM Team Venezuela-Chevrolet +20.8229s
8. Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +21.1878s
9. Justin Wilson Coyne-Honda +21.6832s
10. Alex Tagliani Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +22.5569s
11. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon-Chevrolet +22.7354s
12. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Honda +24.5429s
13. Graham Rahal Rahal-Honda +37.5324s
14. Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet +45.2054s
15. James Jakes Rahal-Honda +45.7793s
16. Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet +3 laps

Fastest lap: 1:02.7279 - Will Power on lap 3

Retirements

17. Oriol Servià Dreyer & Reinbold-Chevrolet +6 laps Mechanical
18. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet +31 laps Mechanical
19. John Hildebrand Panther-Chevrolet +32 laps Contact
20. Sebastian Saavedra Dragon-Chevrolet +38 laps Contact
21. Tristan Vautier Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +41 laps Mechanical
22. Ana Beatriz Coyne-Honda +55 laps Mechanical
23. Josef Newgarden Fisher Hartman Racing-Honda +60 laps Mechanical
24. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +84 laps Mechanical
25. Dario Franchitti Ganassi-Honda +92 laps Contact
 
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Time for a quick update on the US junior racing series that make up the Mazda Road to Indy ladder:

Scott Hargrove continued his domination of the USF2000 series by winning rounds 3 and 4 at St Petersburg, bringing his championship lead to 43 points. Wyatt Gooden moved up to second in the standings on 79 points after finishing runner-up in both races. Further details available at the official series website: http://www.usf2000.com/Home.aspx

Matthew Brabham took two dominant wins in rounds 3 and 4 of the Pro Mazda championship to increase his points advantage. Brabham is currently on 118 points, 13 ahead of Diego Ferreira who is the only other driver to finish on the podium in all races run so far. Details here: http://www.starmazda.com/results/2013-schedule.htm

The opening round of the 2013 Indy Lights championship saw the reigning Pro Mazda champion Jack Hawksworth take the victory in his first start in the series, followed by Peter Dempsey and fellow rookie Sage Karam. Round 2 will take place at Barber Motorsports Park as support to the Indycar race on April 5-7, details here: http://www.indycar.com/RoadToIndy/Schedule
 
The 2013 season's initial oval testing and rookie orientation took place at Texas Motor Speedway this week, with Tristan Vautier, AJ Allmendinger and Carlos Munoz getting their oval bearings in an Indycar for the first time.

http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2013/03/3-26-Rookie-test-at-Texas

http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2013/03/3-27-Speed-impresses-Vautier-at-Texas

Several other drivers also participated in a private test on the same day, in preparation for the oval-heavy mid-season that starts with the Indy 500 in May.

Testing footage and interviews with Graham Rahal and Allmendinger:


In other news, Simona de Silvestro returned to her homeland of Italy and visited Dallara's facilities:

 
Indycar Series Round 2 of 19: Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

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Venue: Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL
Track length: 2.38 miles
Race length: 90 laps (214.2 miles)
Lap record: 1:07.129 (Will Power, Dallara IR12-Chevrolet, 2013 Barber Open Test)

Overview: Barber Motorsports Park opened in 2003, initially hosting Grand-Am events, but later adding AMA Superbikes and Indycar (along with its MRTI ladder series). The circuit contains a number of elevation changes amid its long sweeping corners and occasional chicane or hairpin. Its layout can best be described as "Barcelona's F1 circuit done right".

Drivers' preview


Entry list

http://www.indycar.com/~/media//Files/2013/IZOD-IndyCar-Series/02-ALA/02-ALA-EntryList

The second entry from DCR is expected to be Stefan Wilson, but Dale Coyne has not yet confirmed who will be in the race seat this weekend. Edit: Ana Beatriz is in the #18 for DCR.

Schedule

http://www.indycar.com/~/media//Files/2013/IZOD-IndyCar-Series/02-ALA/02-ALA-WeekendSchedule

TV coverage

http://indycaruk.weebly.com/2013-indycar-schedule--uk-tv.html
 
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First practice is underway, timing and scoring here: http://racecontrol.indycar.com/

Highlights:


Tristan Vautier was fastest (1:09.0120) followed by Scott Dixon (1:09.0646) and Ryan Hunter-Reay (1:09.1917).

Second practice is now complete, highlights here:


Helio Castroneves set the pace in practice 2, followed by Alex Tagliani and Tristan Vautier.
 
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Third practice highlights:


Simona de Silvestro went fastest (1:07.4073), Simon Pagenaud second (1:07.4986) and Scott Dixon third (1:07.5343).

Qualifying is underway, timing and scoring here: http://racecontrol.indycar.com/

Drivers advancing to Q2: Takuma Sato, Helio Castroneves, Scott Dixon, Charlie Kimball, Ryan Hunter-Reay, AJ Allmendinger, Sebastian Saavedra, Will Power, James Jakes, Justin Wilson, Marco Andetti, Tristan Vautier.

The current session will determine the 6 drivers that advance to Q3 (aka the Firestone Fast Six).

Edit: drivers advancing to Q3: Scott Dixon, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Charlie Kimball, Takuma Sato, Will Power, Helio Castroneves.

Edit 2: Sato penalised for blocking, he will lose his Q2 time. Tristan Vautier advances to Q3 in his place.
 
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Qualifying highlights:


Post-qualifying interviews:


Ryan Hunter-Reay took pole position for the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama, by setting a 1:07.0871 lap in the closing seconds of qualifying. Will Power (1:07.3304) will line up alongside him, and rookie Tristan Vautier took an excellent third (1:07.3616), having also reached Q3 at the season opener in St Petersburg. Scott Dixon was fourth and Charlie Kimball qualified a career-best fifth.

Full grid for tomorrow's race:

1) Ryan Hunter-Reay
2) Will Power
3) Tristan Vautier
4) Scott Dixon
5) Charlie Kimball
6) Helio Castroneves
7) Marco Andretti
8) Justin Wilson
9) Sebastian Saavedra
10) Anthony Allmendinger
11) James Jakes
12) Takuma Sato
13) Simon Pagenaud
14) Simona de Silvestro
15) Alex Tagliani
16) Ernesto Viso
17) Dario Franchitti
18) Oriol Servia
19) Tony Kanaan
20) James Hinchcliffe
21) Graham Rahal
22) Josef Newgarden
23) Sebastian Bourdais
24) John Hildebrand
25) Ana Beatriz
26) Ed Carpenter
 
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