Indianapolis 500 this Sunday

[FourWheelDrift]

To carry on from the Jean Alesi thread.

Final practice was today, traditionally Carburetion day.

Honda's quickest but Chevrolet sand bagging, Alesi's Lotus engined car 18mph down in ave lap speed, likely to be greater down the straights.

1. #50 Dario Franchitti (H) 222.360mph 40.4749s (42 laps)
2. #9 Scott Dixon (H) 222.274mph 40.4906s + 0.0157s (51 laps)
3. #26 Marco Andretti (C) 221.702mph 40.5950s + 0.1201s (47 laps)
4. #15 Takuma Sato (H) 221.078mph 40.7097s + 0.2348s (43 laps)
5. #2 Ryan Briscoe (C) 221.025mph 40.7194s + 0.2445s (53 laps)
6. #18 Justin Wilson (H) 220.915mph 40.7396s + 0.2647s (42 laps)
7. #12 Will Power (C) 220.394mph 40.8359s + 0.3610s (38 laps)
8. #27 James Hinchcliffe (C) 220.309mph 40.8517s + 0.3768s (46 laps)
9. #11 Tony Kanaan (C) 220.193mph 40.8733s + 0.3984s (42 laps)
10. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay (C) 219.912mph 40.9255s + 0.4506s (44 laps)
11. #3 Helio Castroneves (C) 219.832mph 40.9403s + 0.4654s (39 laps)
12. #4 JR Hildebrand (C) 219.771mph 40.9517s + 0.4768s (46 laps)
13. #67 Josef Newgarden (H) 219.571mph 40.9890s + 0.5141s (40 laps)
14. #83 Charlie Kimball (H) 219.507mph 41.0009s + 0.5260s (44 laps)
15. #38 Graham Rahal (H) 219.410mph 41.0191s + 0.5442s (51 laps)
16. #98 Alex Tagliani (H) 219.288mph 41.0419s + 0.5670s (43 laps)
17. #8 Rubens Barrichello (C) 219.022mph 41.0917s + 0.6168s (39 laps)
18. #22 Oriol Servia (C) 218.846mph 41.1249s + 0.6500s (49 laps)
19. #14 Mike Conway (H) 218.664mph 41.1591s + 0.6842s (37 laps)
20. #20 Ed Carpenter (C) 218.386mph 41.2115s + 0.7366s (20 laps)
21. #17 Sebastian Saavedra (C) 218.382mph 41.2121s + 0.7372s (31 laps)
22. #5 EJ Viso (C) 218.308mph 41.2262s + 0.7513s (36 laps)
23. #77 Simon Pagenaud (H) 217.797mph 41.3229s + 0.8480s (42 laps)
24. #39 Bryan Clauson (H) 217.796mph 41.3230s + 0.8481s (31 laps)
25. #7 Sebastien Bourdais (C) 217.738mph 41.3341s + 0.8592s (35 laps)
26. #6 Katherine Legge (C) 217.599mph 41.3605s + 0.8856s (40 laps)
27. #41 Wade Cunningham (H) 217.477mph 41.3836s + 0.9087s (40 laps)
28. #30 Michel Jourdain (H) 216.190mph 41.6300s + 1.1551s (38 laps)
29. #99 Townsend Bell (H) 215.699mph 41.7248s + 1.2499s (31 laps)
30. #19 James Jakes (H) 213.086mph 42.2364s + 1.7615s (9 laps)
31. #78 Simona de Silvestro (L) 206.643mph 43.5534s + 3.0785s (33 laps)
32. #64 Jean Alesi (L) 204.452mph 44.0202s + 3.5453s (8 laps)

[Stuck In A Lift]

I can't wait for the race. It's the first oval since the tragic events of Vegas, which makes me nervous though.

It should just be a wild ride with a crazy finish. Not sure they will top last years shocker...

[Altrezia]

Is it on telly or streamed? What time?

[Truckosaurus]

Altrezia said:

Is it on telly or streamed? What time?

Yes, Sky Sports 4, 16:30-21:00 Sunday.

[realjv]

Looking forward to it. i like TV for the pictures but you cant beat the IMS Radio Network for the commentary. The best broadcast team in all motorsport IMHO

[thatsprettyshady]

I was there last year and watched Dan Weldon snatch the victory on the final corner of the final lap, it was a cracking race.

[Mini1275]

Just about to start .

[Stu R]

Blimey, thought there'd be more chat about this.

Looking forward to a great race, huge shame that DW won't be there of course. Looks like they've got some great weather for it too (or not, if you're the driver )

Anyone else tuned in?

[fatboy69]

Any link anywhere as don't have the Sky Sports channels.

[LoudV8]

Only in America - balloons blowing across the track.

FFS

[Stu R]

Had a look but couldn't find any stable ones that didn't look gash on a 50 inch plasma. Caved in and added the sports channels in the end

Fecks me off that I pay for ESPN and still need to pay for Sky Sports to see an ESPN broadcast. Ho hum.

[LoudV8]

http://racecontrol.indycar.com/

[MonkeyHanger]

I still don't like the new cars...

[anonymous-user]

Nice Dan Wheldon tributes today.

[stephen300o]

MonkeyHanger said:

I still don't like the new cars...

Take some getting used to, they remind me of the cars for kids at the seaside.

[LoudV8]

Looks like Alesi's going to get lapped very soon.

[Stu R]

Lucky to avoid eating some wall there.

Alesi's been black flagged.

[MonkeyHanger]

LoudV8 said:

Looks like Alesi's going to get lapped very soon.

Black flagged. Game over.

[anonymous-user]

Good to see application of the rules, your'e too slow, your'e in everyone's way, your'e out.

Shame HRT keep getting away with it in F1.

[Stu R]

Stupid place to boot someone up the chute, lucky pit chaps! Suppose there's worse places it could have happened from a racing POV.