2014 IndyCar / Mazda Road to Indy season

Indy500 · 17 May 2014 at 16:52

Day 6 of practice was cut short by inclement weather, but not before Ed Carpenter set a 230.522mph lap. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/05/5-16-Indy-500-qualifying-could-hit-230-mph-average)

Full practice day 6 timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-05-16/INDY 500 practice6.pdf

Day 6 highlights and interviews:

Indy500 · 18 May 2014 at 12:47

The opening day of qualifying saw Ed Carpenter pace the field with a 230.661mph four-lap average. Marco Andretti set a 232.239mph lap in pre-qualifying practice. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/05/5-17-Carpenter-sets-pace-in-Round-1-of-indy-500-qualifying)

Qualifying day 1 highlights and interviews:

Indy500 · 19 May 2014 at 18:45

The second and final day of qualifying saw Ed Carpenter take pole position for the Indy 500, with a four lap average of 231.067mph. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/05/5-18-Verizon-P1-Award-for-Indy-500)

Full qualifying results: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-05-18/Indy 500 starting lineup.pdf

Qualifying day 2 highlights and interviews:

Indy500 · 20 May 2014 at 20:41

Practice day 7 for the Indy 500 saw Josef Newgarden top the speed chart at 227.105mph, as teams worked on race day setups. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/05/5-19-Pole-winner-Carpenter-turns-attention-to-Race-Day)

Full results: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-05-19/INDY 500 practice9.pdf

Combined practice times: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-05-19/INDY 500 combined M19.pdf

Day 7 highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cOT4HWyYf4

Indy500 · 24 May 2014 at 20:40

Final practice for the Indy 500 saw Tony Kanaan set the best lap (227.838mph). (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/05/5-23-Ganassi-duo-tops-Indy-500-final-practice)

Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-05-23/INDY 500 final practice.pdf

Highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQRYuYF9E6Q

Indy500 · 25 May 2014 at 15:14

Starting grid for the 98th Indianapolis 500

1) Ed Carpenter
2) James Hinchcliffe
3) Will Power
4) Helio Castroneves
5) Simon Pagenaud
6) Marco Andretti
7) Carlos Munoz
8) Josef Newgarden
9) John Hildebrand
10) Juan Pablo Montoya
11) Scott Dixon
12) Kurt Busch
13) Jack Hawksworth
14) Justin Wilson
15) Mikhail Aleshin
16) Tony Kanaan
17) Sebastien Bourdais
18) Oriol Servia
19) Ryan Hunter-Reay
20) Graham Rahal
21) Carlos Huertas
22) Pippa Mann
23) Takuma Sato
24) Alex Tagliani
25) Townsend Bell
26) Charlie Kimball
27) Jacques Villeneuve
28) James Davison
29) Martin Plowman
30) Ryan Briscoe
31) Sage Karam
32) Sebastian Saavedra
33) Buddy Lazier

Spotters' guide

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...-spotterguide-race.pdf?vs=1&d=20140523T112500

TV coverage

15:30, BT Sport 2 (1 hour pre-race show, green flag 16:30). Re-runs: 06:30, ESPN, 26th May; 14:00, BT Sport 2, 26th May; 18:30, ESPN, 27th May. Highlights: 21:30, ESPN, 28th May.

Indy500 · 25 May 2014 at 20:48

The SAFER barrier was damaged as well, I think it was understandable to red flag it there.

Congratulations to Hunter-Reay on the win.

Indy500 · 27 May 2014 at 20:00

Indianapolis 500 race results

1. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Honda 2hrs 40mins 48.2305s/200 laps
2. Helio Castroneves Team Penske-Chevrolet +0.0601s
3. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Honda +0.3171s
4. Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport-Honda +0.7795s
5. Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske-Chevrolet +1.3233s
6. Kurt Busch Andretti Autosport-Honda +2.2666s
7. Sebastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +2.6576s
8. Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet +2.8507s
9. Sage Karam Dreyer & Reinbold Racing-Chevrolet +3.2848s
10. John Hildebrand Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet +3.4704s
11. Oriol Servia Rahal-Letterman-Honda +4.1077s
12. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +4.5677s
13. Alex Tagliani Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +7.6179s
14. Jacques Villeneuve Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +8.177s
15. Sebastian Saavedra KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +8.5936s
16. James Davison KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +9.1043s
17. Carlos Huertas Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +12.1541s
18. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi-Chevrolet +13.3143s
19. Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +13.795s
20. Jack Hawksworth Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +13.8391s
21. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +2 laps
22. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +2 laps
23. Martin Plowman AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +4 laps
24. Pippa Mann Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +7 laps

Retirements

Townsend Bell KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +10 laps/Accident
Tony Kanaan Ganassi-Chevrolet + 23 laps/Engine
Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet +25 laps/Collision
James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport Honda +25 laps/Collision
Scott Dixon Ganassi-Chevrolet +33 laps/Accident
Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +44 laps/Collision damage
Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Chevrolet +51 laps/Accident
Buddy Lazier Lazier Partners Racing-Chevrolet +113 laps/Hydraulics
Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +156 laps/Electrical

Fastest lap: Juan Pablo Montoya, 225.191mph/39.9661s on lap 182

Race highlights:

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

Championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

Mazda Road to Indy summary

USF2000 - The sole oval race of the season at Lucas Oil Raceway saw Aaron Telitz comfortably take his first series win. With championship leader Richard Enerson only managing a 16th place finish, the title battle has closed up significantly. Points standings after round 7: Richard Enerson 150, Florian Latorre 141, Jake Eidson 129.

Pro Mazda - Garett Grist notched up his debut win in the series at Lucas Oil Raceway, leading every lap of the race. Championship leader Spencer Pigot finished third, leaving him only 3 points ahead of Scott Hargrove at the half way point of the season. Points standings after round 7: Spencer Pigot 180, Scott Hargrove 177, Kyle Kaiser 127.

Indy Lights - Gabby Chaves prevailed in a close battle at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, edging a front wing ahead of Matthew Brabham. Chaves now leads the championship on a tie-breaker (having scored 3 wins to 2). Points standings after round 7: Gabby Chaves 264, Zach Veach 264, Luiz Razia 257.

Indy500 · 27 May 2014 at 20:46

Skeeter said:
F1 really needs to get those cameras. The onboard footage of IndyCar is in a different league.

Indeed, this highlight reel is a good example of that:

Indy500 · 28 May 2014 at 17:03

2014 Verizon Indycar Series Round 6 & 7 of 18: Chevrolet Indy Dual in Detroit presented by Quicken Loans

Venue: Streets of Belle Isle, Detroit, MI
Track length: 2.385 miles
Race length: 70 laps (166.95 miles)
Lap record: 1:17.4371 (Mike Conway, Dallara IR12-Honda, 2013)

Overview: The Detroit Grand Prix began as a Formula One race in 1982, through the downtown streets surrounding the Renaissance Centre. Ayrton Senna won the last three F1 races held there between 1986-1988. It became an Indycar event under CART sanctioning from 1989 to 2001, moving to Belle Isle in 1992. After a 6 year gap, Indycar returned to Detroit for 2007-8, halting the event subsequently due to economic problems in the city. In 2012 the Detroit race was revived for a third time, despite historical difficulties with the quality of the tarmac surface and paddock\spectator areas. 2014 continues last year's dual 70-lap race format, and will be supported by the United SportsCar Championship, Pirelli World Challenge and Stadium Super Trucks.

Drivers' preview:

Entry list:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net.../indycar-entrylist.pdf?vs=1&d=20140527T154402

Spotters' guide

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...dycar-spotterguide.pdf?vs=1&d=20140528T112124

Schedule:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...ar-weekendschedule.pdf?vs=1&d=20140527T131451

TV coverage:

Race 1: ESPN UK, 20:30 31st May (live); 11:30 2nd June (re-run); 06:00 4th June (re-run)

Race 2: ESPN UK, 20:30 1st June (live); 13:30 2nd June (re-run); 08:00 4th June (re-run)

Indy500 · 31 May 2014 at 11:59

First practice was led by Ryan Hunter-Reay (1:18.8595). Full results: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-05-30/DET practice1.pdf

Simon Pagenaud set the pace in the second practice session (1:17.6502). Full results: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-05-30/DET practice2.pdf

Practice highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20QcxcbVOkw

Visor camera with Simon Pagenaud:

Indy500 · 31 May 2014 at 15:57

Helio Castroneves (1:17.5362) took pole position for race 1. Full qualifying results: http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/2992/2014-05-31/indycar-results-quals.pdf

Qualifying highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBQp-mhxR2A

Starting grid for Detroit race 1

1) Helio Castroneves
2) James Hinchcliffe
3) Jack Hawksworth
4) Mike Conway
5) Ryan Briscoe
6) Juan Pablo Montoya
7) Sebastien Bourdais
8) Tony Kanaan
9) Graham Rahal
10) Scott Dixon
11) Carlos Munoz
12) Carlos Huertas
13) Sebastian Saavedra
14) Josef Newgarden
15) Takuma Sato
16) Will Power
17) Simon Pagenaud
18) Marco Andretti
19) Justin Wilson
20) Charlie Kimball
21) Ryan Hunter-Reay
22) Mikhail Aleshin

Indy500 · 1 Jun 2014 at 13:02

Detroit race 1 results

1. Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet 1hr 49min 29.9323s/70 laps
2. Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +0.3308s
3. Tony Kanaan Ganassi-Chevrolet +5.5096s
4. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +8.5951s
5. Helio Castroneves Team Penske-Chevrolet +10.7365s
6. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Honda +11.5074s
7. Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport-Honda +14.8813s
8. Carlos Huertas Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +26.5965s
9. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Chevrolet +32.5852s
10. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Honda +33.1818s
11. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Chevrolet +33.3522s
12. Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske-Chevrolet +34.0094s
13. Sebastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +36.024s
14. Sebastian Saavedra KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +37.0532s
15. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi-Chevrolet +56.6632s
16. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Honda +1 lap
17. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +2 laps
18. Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +4 laps
19. Jack Hawksworth Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +5 laps

Retirements

Josef Newgarden Fisher Hartman Racing-Honda +34 laps/Accident
Mike Conway Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet +56 laps/Accident
Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +66 laps/Collision

Fastest lap: Graham Rahal, 1:17.6399 on lap 69

Race highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va2iWqyGN3M

Post-race interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj9FYFI7Y4Y

Championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

Indy500 · 1 Jun 2014 at 16:02

Qualifying results for race 2: http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...alresults-r2.pdf?la=en&vs=1&d=20140601T105642

Race 2 qualifying highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7z9fIR2vy0

Starting grid for Detroit race 2

1) Takuma Sato
2) James Hinchcliffe
3) Helio Castroneves
4) Mike Conway
5) Ryan Briscoe
6) Carlos Munoz
7) Simon Pagenaud
8) Will Power
9) Sebastian Saavedra
10) Josef Newgarden
11) Sebastien Bourdais
12) Carlos Huertas
13) Justin Wilson
14) Graham Rahal
15) Juan Pablo Montoya
16) Mikhail Aleshin
17) Tony Kanaan
18) Marco Andretti
19) Jack Hawksworth
20) Charlie Kimball
21) Ryan Hunter-Reay
22) Scott Dixon

Indy500 · 2 Jun 2014 at 11:37

Guerrilla said:
Glad Castroneves won the second too, he did all the hard work and would have been a shame for him to lose it after those late safety cars.

Well it is a tough track that punishes the slightest mistake (as Bourdais discovered).

Guerrilla said:
Poor weekend for Hunter-Reay drops to 3rd in the standings now.

Yup, his weekend never got going once he made the mistake in Saturday qualifying.

Indy500 · 2 Jun 2014 at 19:02

Detroit race 2 results

1. Helio Castroneves Team Penske-Chevrolet 1hr 45min 53.3410s/70 laps
2. Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet +1.6836s
3. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Chevrolet +2.9746s
4. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Chevrolet +3.4290s
5. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Honda +4.6528s
6. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +4.9894s
7. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +5.5279s
8. Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport-Honda +5.6906s
9. Tony Kanaan Ganassi-Chevrolet +6.2501s
10. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi-Chevrolet +6.5923s
11. Mike Conway Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet +7.1114s
12. Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +7.2822s
13. Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske-Chevrolet +7.9649s
14. Jack Hawksworth Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +8.7723s
15. Carlos Huertas Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +9.2906s
16. Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Honda +27.2464s
17. Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +1 lap
18. Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Enterprises-Honda +1 lap

Retirements

Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport-Honda +9 laps/Electrical
Sebastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +12 laps/Accident
Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +27 laps/Accident damage
Sebastian Saavedra KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +61 laps/Accident

Fastest lap: Scott Dixon, 1:16.9192 on lap 9

Race highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J91nTMOluOQ

Post-race interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Bpxy4z_PE

Championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

Indy500 · 4 Jun 2014 at 12:47

2014 Verizon Indycar Series Round 8 of 18: Firestone 600

Venue: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX
Track length: 1.5 miles
Race length: 248 laps (372 miles / 599 km)
Lap record: 22.542s/236.678 mph (Paul Tracy, Reynard 01i-Honda, 2001)

Overview: Indycar first arrived at the Texas Motor Speedway in 1997, under IRL sanctioning. CART followed in 2001, but the race was cancelled due to high vertical and horizontal G-forces causing the drivers to feel ill after a handful of practice laps. The event often features close finishes, with 18 races being won by a margin of under one second. In 2011, the second of the Firestone Twin 275s scheduled at Texas ran caution-free at an average speed of over 206mph. The race will be extended to 600km from 2014 onwards.

Drivers' preview:

Entry list:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net.../indycar-entrylist.pdf?vs=1&d=20140603T152340

Spotters' guide:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...dycar-spotterguide.pdf?vs=1&d=20140603T153656

Schedule:

http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...ar-weekendschedule.pdf?vs=1&d=20140602T173821

TV coverage

BT Sport 2 - 01:30, 8th June (live); 12:15, 8th June (re-run)

ESPN UK - 09:00, 9th June (re-run); 04:00, 11th June (re-run)

Indy500 · 7 Jun 2014 at 13:53

First practice was led by Tony Kanaan (219.382mph). Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/indycar_media/documents/2014-06-06/TEX practice1.pdf

The second practice session saw Scott Dixon set the fastest lap (213.215mph). Full timesheet: http://www.imscdn.com/INDYCAR/Documents/3001/2014-06-06/indycar-results-pf.pdf

Will Power made it two consecutive pole positions at Texas with a 218.896mph two-lap average. Full qualifying results: http://digbza2f4g9qo.cloudfront.net...-qualresults.pdf?la=en&vs=1&d=20140606T170804

Practice and qualifying highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfcethez-ZE

Post-qualifying interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eimj47Tm-50

Starting grid for the Firestone 600

1) Will Power
2) Josef Newgarden
3) Tony Kanaan
4) Juan Pablo Montoya
5) Ed Carpenter
6) Simon Pagenaud
7) Scott Dixon
8) Justin Wilson
9) James Hinchcliffe
10) Carlos Munoz
11) Mikhail Aleshin
12) Ryan Hunter-Reay
13) Ryan Briscoe
14) Helio Castroneves
15) Charlie Kimball
16) Takuma Sato
17) Marco Andretti
18) Sebastien Bourdais
19) Sebastian Saavedra
20) Jack Hawksworth
21) Graham Rahal
22) Carlos Huertas

Indy500 · 9 Jun 2014 at 15:30

Texas race results

1. Ed Carpenter ECR-Chevrolet 2hrs 1min 25.5758s/248 laps
2. Will Power Team Penske-Chevrolet +0.5247s
3. Juan Pablo Montoya Team Penske-Chevrolet +0.5771s
4. Simon Pagenaud Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +1.1514s
5. Scott Dixon Ganassi-Chevrolet +2.1510s
6. Tony Kanaan Ganassi-Chevrolet +2.4464s
7. Mikhail Aleshin Schmidt Motorsports-Honda +1 lap
8. Helio Castroneves Team Penske-Chevrolet +1 lap
9. Ryan Briscoe Ganassi-Chevrolet +1 lap
10. Charlie Kimball Ganassi-Chevrolet +1 lap
11. Josef Newgarden Fisher-Hartman Racing-Honda +1 lap
12. Graham Rahal Rahal-Letterman-Honda +2 laps
13. Carlos Munoz Andretti Autosport-Honda +3 laps
14. Sebastian Saavedra KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +4 laps
15. James Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport-Honda +4 laps
16. Jack Hawksworth Bryan Herta Autosport-Honda +4 laps
17. Carlos Huertas Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +4 laps

Retirements

Takuma Sato AJ Foyt Racing Honda +10 laps/Engine
Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Honda +112 laps/Engine
Sebastien Bourdais KV Racing Technology-Chevrolet +130 laps/Collision
Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Racing-Honda +130 laps/Collision
Marco Andretti Andretti Autosport-Honda + 245 laps/Engine

Fastest lap: Tony Kanaan, 24.3827s (214.824 mph) on lap 138

Race highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFokCCfUU2Y

Post-race interviews: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XwfqSBHC0E

Championship standings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_IndyCar_Series_season#Driver_standings

Indy500 · 10 Jun 2014 at 19:24

Indycar teams will ramp up their in-season testing programme during the three week gap before the next round, with oval track time being the focus. Iowa, Milwaukee, Pocono and Sebring will each host 2 days of testing between June 10 and 20. (http://www.indycar.com/News/2014/06/6-7-On-the-road-again-for-testing-during-break)