2013 IndyCar Series / Mazda Road to Indy discussion

Takuma Sato wins at Long Beach, his first victory in the Indycar series and the first for AJ Foyt Enterprises since 2002. An uncharacteristically measured drive from the man with a kamikaze reputation. Graham Rahal and Justin Wilson complete the podium.
 
Indy500 said:
Takuma Sato wins at Long Beach, his first victory in the Indycar series and the first for AJ Foyt Enterprises since 2002. An uncharacteristically measured drive from the man with a kamikaze reputation. Graham Rahal and Justin Wilson complete the podium.
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Only just caught up with the race, really chuffed for Sato and AJ Foyt.

Good to see Wilson have a great finish after starting so far down.

A lot of the championship contenders/leaders struggling for a decent finish too, could have a bearing on the future.
 
Guerrilla said:
Good to see Wilson have a great finish after starting so far down.
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He'd be leading the points if he was in a half-decent team. A real shame he was scapegoated for Jaguar's terrible reliability in F1.

Guerrilla said:
A lot of the championship contenders/leaders struggling for a decent finish too, could have a bearing on the future.
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Yeah, high attrition, like F1 races at Monaco - but then LB is a tough street circuit.
 
Long Beach race highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxO-6cvJUgY

Post-race interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpyjIY16LvM

Race results

Pos Driver Team Time/Gap
1. Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda 80 laps/1:50:08.7155
2. Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda + 5.3612s
3. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda + 8.2386s
4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi-Honda + 12.3573s
5. John Hildebrand Panther-Chevrolet + 28.2402s
6. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet + 30.2703s
7. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda + 31.8674s
8. Simona de Silvestro KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet + 33.1224s
9. Helio Castroneves Penske-Chevrolet + 33.4118s
10. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Honda + 33.6278s
11. James Jakes Rahal-Letterman-Honda + 35.0645s
12. Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda + 35.8945s
13. Ana Beatriz Dale Coyne Racing-Honda + 36.3442s
14. Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Racing-Chevrolet + 36.5936s
15. Will Power Penske-Chevrolet + 43.0022s
16. Tristan Vautier Schmidt Motorsports-Chevrolet + 51.7961s
17. Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet + 56.4533s
18. Oriol Servia* Dreyer & Reinbold Racing-Chevrolet + 59.4683s
19. Alex Tagliani Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda + 1 laps
20. Tony Kanaan KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet + 2 laps/Collision
21. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Honda + 2 laps
22. Ernesto Viso HVM\Team Venezuela-Chevrolet + 27 laps

*30 second penalty for avoidable contact

Fastest lap: Ernesto Viso - 1:09.0401, lap 45

Retirements:

Anthony Allmendinger Penske-Chevrolet 51 laps/Engine
Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet 49 laps/Accident
Mike Conway Rahal-Letterman-Honda 38 laps/Electrical
James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Chevrolet 34 laps/Collision damage
Sebastian Saavedra Dragon Racing-Chevrolet 1 lap/Accident

Edit: Oriol Servia's penalty was appealed and lifted. He receives credit for his original 6th place finish.
 
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Indycar Series Round 4 of 19: Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300

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Venue: Streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Track length: 2.535 miles
Race length: 75 laps (190.2 miles)
Lap record: 1:21.4045 (Will Power, Dallara DW12-Chevrolet, 2012)

Overview: Indycar returned to Brazil in 2010 after a ten year absence on a new street circuit in the Santana district of Sao Paulo, birthplace of the late Ayrton Senna. Unlike the majority of Indycar circuits, the pit lane is not adjacent to the start\finish line but instead begins on the Mars Straight and cuts inside the Anhembi corner (turn 5). Will Power has won all three races held here, two of which were in wet weather.

Drivers preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V813GMCfR7E

Entry list: http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...-BRA/indycar-entrylist?vs=1&d=20130429T162452

Schedule: http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...ndycar-weekendschedule?vs=1&d=20130430T135805

TV coverage: Live on ESPN UK, 16:00 on 5th May. Re-run at 00:30 on 9th May.
 
Mike306 said:
Is this only shown on ESPN here?
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Yeah, I'll see if I can find a stream since it's unclear what BT will do with the rights over here in future.

Edit: Will Power was fastest in first practice (1:21.8517), followed by Josef Newgarden (1:21.8976) and Sebastien Bourdais (1:22.0495).

Practice 2 highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h94pbOgis_A

Power went quickest again (1:20.9264), with Ryan Hunter-Reay second (1:21.0022) and Ernesto Viso (1:21.2222).

Graham Rahal was fastest in the morning warm-up (1:21.2494) followed by Ernesto Viso (1:21.2920) and Scott Dixon (1:21.3284).

Post-qualifying interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm1hThomoHo

Ryan Hunter-Reay continues to show strong form by taking another pole position (1:20.4312), while Ernesto Viso took a surprise second place (1:20.7380). Dario Franchitti lines up 3rd (1:20.8922) and Tony Kanaan will be alongside him in 4th (1:20.9812) for his 200th Indycar start.

Full starting grid:

1) Ryan Hunter-Reay
2) Ernesto Viso
3) Dario Franchitti
4) Tony Kanaan
5) James Hinchcliffe
6) Scott Dixon
7) Sebastien Bourdais
8) Simona de Silvestro
9) Justin Wilson
10) Marco Andretti
11) John Hildebrand
12) Takuma Sato
13) Oriol Servia
14) Ed Carpenter
15) Alex Tagliani
16) Ana Beatriz
17) Charlie Kimball
18) Helio Castroneves
19) Graham Rahal
20) Sebastian Saavedra
21) Tristan Vautier
22) Will Power
23) Simon Pagenaud
24) James Jakes
25) Josef Newgarden
 
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Considering they can get up over 190mph on that straight there doesn't seem to be a massive amount of protection... Wouldn't fancy getting it into those walls at speed.
 
Ana Beatriz already sidelined with a mechanical issue (yet again). Strike another one for Dale Coyne Racing quality control.

Edit: Tony Kanaan to the lead, that'll liven up the crowd :)
 
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