IndyCar 2012

Just caught up with the race this morning.

Was looking to be a nice easy drive for Power until that caution. Was a big incident too.:eek:

Bourdais was looking good before that too, what a difference that engine seems to make :p

Was a lot of minor contacts throughout the race.

Really pleased for Barrichello, great result :)
 
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what a difference that engine seems to make :p
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Speaking of engines, for once Simona de Silvestro didn't finish last :p (though the chaos in front of her helped somewhat).

Will Power's on 422 points now, followed by Ryan Hunter-Reay on 386, Helio Castroneves with 381, and Scott Dixon is 4th on 368 points. Simon Pagenaud leads the rookie class by far in 5th.
 
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Here's hoping we won't have any more engine nonsense next season, hopefully Simona will have done enough to secure a different powered drive.
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She's only had five top 10s in almost 3 full seasons at HVM so far. At Sao Paulo 2010, which was the first race for both de Silvestro and Ana Beatriz, Ana finished 3 places ahead in a third Dreyer & Reinbold car. Either Simona's not all that fast or the team is just poor regardless of what engine supplier they're using.

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Official highlights -


Post-race interviews:


Race results:

1. Ryan Briscoe 2:07:02.8248s (85 laps)
2. Will Power + 0.4408s
3. Dario Franchitti + 1.0497s
4. Rubens Barrichello + 8.8529s
5. Graham Rahal + 9.4667s
6. Helio Castroneves + 11.2575s
7. Simon Pagenaud + 12.3087s
8. John Hildebrand + 22.8121s
9. Alex Tagliani + 39.6868s
10. Tony Kanaan + 1 lap
11. Justin Wilson + 1 lap
12. James Jakes + 1 lap
13. Scott Dixon + 1 lap
14. Mike Conway + 1 lap
15. Sebastian Saavedra + 1 lap
16. Ernesto Viso + 1 lap
17. Simona de Silvestro + 1 lap
18. Ryan Hunter-Reay + 1 lap
19. Oriol Servia + 1 lap
20. Ed Carpenter + 1 lap
21. Charlie Kimball + 3 laps
22. Sebastien Bourdais + 22 laps Collision
23. Josef Newgarden + 23 laps Collision
24. Katherine Legge + 37 laps Gearbox
25. Marco Andretti + 39 laps Mechanical
26. James Hinchcliffe + 50 laps Oil pressure
27. Takuma Sato + 83 laps Spun off

Fastest lap: Ryan Hunter-Reay, 1:19.1848s (108.430mph) on lap 82
 
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Following his injury from a collision with Bourdais at Sonoma, Josef Newgarden will be replaced for Baltimore by Bruno Junqueira:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...dc8446-f166-11e1-b74c-84ed55e0300b_story.html

Junqueira has 21 career starts in IndyCar [2008 and several Indy 500s], but ran 101 races in CART [from 2001-2007]. He has eight career victories and finished second in the CART championship three times.

“It is lucky that we were able to call on Bruno for this weekend’s race,” team co-owner Sarah Fisher said. “He has had great results prior to climbing into the No. 67 car, and I hope we can give him the right platform to bring home a solid finish this weekend in Baltimore. I know Josef is disappointed in the circumstances, as we all are, but this team is being built around him and his seat will be ready for him when he’s ready. We look forward to a healthy and speedy recovery for Josef.”

Junqueira is running full-time in the American Le Mans Series and won at Mosport Park in Canada. He’ll be running both the ALMS race on Saturday for Rocketsports Racing and the IndyCar race on Sunday at Baltimore.
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It's time for Indycar race 14 on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. ALMS and the Indycar feeder series will also be racing at the temporary street circuit this weekend.

After a truncated first practice session at Baltimore and feedback from teams\drivers, a chicane will be added where the track crosses a rail line due to destabilising bumps.

http://www.indycar.com/en/News/2012/08-August/8-31-Chicane-to-be-installed-at-Baltimore

Drivers' preview of the race:


Track map and overview:

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Track length: 2.04 miles
Race length: 75 laps
Lap record: 1:20.0473 (Will Power, 2011)

Full schedule for racing events at Baltimore this weekend:

Friday, 31st August

8.00-8.30: US Formula 2000 practice
8.40-9.10: Star Mazda practice
9.30-10.30: Indycar practice 1
10.50-11.50: ALMS practice 1
12.10-12.55: Indy Lights practice 1
13.15-13.45: US Formula 2000 qualifying
13.55-14.25: Star Mazda qualifying
14.45-15.45: Indycar practice 2
16.05-17.05: ALMS practice 2
17.10-17.40: ALMS qualifying (GT/GTC classes)
17.50-18.20: ALMS qualifying (LMP/LMP1/LMP2 classes)

Saturday, 1st September

8.00-8.40: Indy Lights practice 2
9.00-10.00: Indycar practice 3
10.20-10.45: ALMS warm-up
11.05-11.45: Indy Lights qualifying
12.05-13.20: Indycar qualifying
13.40-14.15: US Formula 2000 race 1
14.30-15.05: Star Mazda race 1
16:30-18.30: ALMS race

Sunday, 2nd September

9.45-10.15: Indycar warm-up
10.35-11.15: US Formula 2000 race 2
11.35-12.15: Star Mazda race 2
12.40-13.45: Indy Lights race
14.40: Indycar race start

Times are local to Maryland (GMT -5).

UK race coverage will be on Sky Sports 4 (red button) at 7.30pm on Sunday.
 
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Practice session highlights:




Second and third practice were largely uneventful, other than John Hildebrand kerb-hopping and crashing into the wall after the improvised chicane on the back straight.

Tomorrow's race will be Scott Dixon's 200th Indycar start. The New Zealander's career began in karts at the age of 7, and within a few years he had begun racing tintops. He progressed to Formula Vee and Formula Ford, winning both championships.

After taking the Australian Formula Holden title in 1998, he began racing in the US, entering Indy Lights with PacWest and winning the series in 2000. He was offered a seat in the PacWest CART team in 2001, winning one race in his debut season. After his 2003 IRL championship won with Chip Ganassi Racing, the Williams F1 team offered Dixon two test sessions in 2004, but these did not lead to a race seat.

Following re-unification of CART and IRL, he won his second Indycar championship in 2008. Since joining Chip Ganassi, he has been on the podium 48 times from the 90 races he has completed, and has 21 Indycar race victories.
 
sr4470 said:
UK race coverage will be on Sky Sports 4 at 7.30pm on Sunday.
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Really? Says Live PGA Tour Golf on my box...

Unless they're not showing it on the channel, but on the red button instead.

Not showing the live indycar race at all, I can get the replay on monday.
 
Qualifying highlights:


Championship contenders Power and Hunter-Reay discuss qualifying:


Will Power once again takes pole position, 1:17.9750. Mike Conway crashed on a fast lap, but had already secured 2nd place with 1:18:5509 - unfortunately he will drop 10 places for an engine change. Scott Dixon was third with a 1:18.6017 lap. Sebastien Bourdais picked up 4th place. Bruno Junqueira, filling in for Josef Newgarden, qualified 10th but Sarah Fisher-Hartman Racing have exceeded their engine allocation which will drop him back to 20th.

Further back, rookie of the year Simon Pagenaud will start 9th alongside Ryan Hunter-Reay, Justin Wilson starts 7th and Ed Carpenter 8th (unusually strong result for the oval-oriented driver). Helio Castroneves will have his work cut out to stay in contention for the title with 15th on the grid, and fellow Brazilian Rubens Barrichello is just 16th. Takuma Sato starts 24th after an engine penalty - he'll be hoping for a better run in the race here. Katherine Legge will not be participating, presumably due to engine conservation at Dragon Racing.

Full starting grid for today's race at Baltimore:

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

*10 place grid drop for engine change
 
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Power leads from pole, opening up a lead over Bourdais in second. Weather seems to be getting worse, if it rains the tyre rules are rescinded so any compound may be used (rather than both soft\hard compounds being required).

Ed Carpenter crashed, caution. Several drivers pitting.

Edit: Teams bringing out treaded tyres, it's started raining. Takuma Sato switches to wets.
 
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Restart is clean. Hunter-Reay very close to taking out his teammate Hinchcliffe.

Junqueira in trouble, he's asking for assistance from the marshalls. Seems he spun and stalled the car. Conway also spun out.

Seems Franchitti pitted for wets. Other drivers including Ryan Hunter-Reay following suit. Bruno Junqueira makes it in for wet tyres as well.

Edit: Hildebrand pits for a new front nosecone\wing. Spray is getting heavy on the start/finish line. Kanaan passes Pagenaud for 4th.

Castroneves and Viso make contact, stewards say they're reviewing an incident earlier with Conway. Seems Servia nudged Kimball which took Castroneves and Viso off-track on the outside.

Marco Andretti has just crashed, another caution. More drivers pitting.
 
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sr4470 said:
Restart is clean. Hunter-Reay very close to taking out his teammate Hinchcliffe.

Junqueira in trouble, he's asking for assistance from the marshalls. Seems he spun and stalled the car. Conway also spun out.

Seems Franchitti pitted for wets. Other drivers including Ryan Hunter-Reay following suit. Bruno Junqueira makes it in for wet tyres as well.
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I thought Franchitti stopped for prime slicks?

Brave.
 
Oh thats properly wet. :D

And damn entertaining it is.

Is it me, or is the Andretti family racing ability getting diluted with each generation?
 
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