Indycar 2019

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This year's schedule




And the provisional entry list

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First open test underway at COTA ( video and laptimes here http://racecontrol.indycar.com/ )

Top times currently around the 1m50s mark - early days yet but well off the 1m37s record from last year's F1 race

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1st session finished - Colton Herta topping the timesheets with a 1:48.7, narrowly pipping Indycar debutante Marcus Ericsson on 1:48.8

Second session starts at 20:30 GMT

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Top times from second session

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Smollet said:

I can't help but think Wickens racing is somewhat hopeful but I see he has an entry

I hope he manages it, though I do doubt he'll race this year

https://eu.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2019/02...

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Bugger - looks like I'll be cancelling BT TV then

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Eric Mc said:

Yep - not good for me. I'm not paying Sky to watch the Indy series. Indycar were pretty good last season in putting the races on You Tube. Hopefully, I can follow the series that way.

Likewise

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funkyrobot said:

Will be interesting to see how much of the race is on Youtube considering the fact Sky have their teeth into it now.

Fingers crossed - though I suspect it will be several days before the full race is uploaded if last year's coverage is any guide

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Short highlights clip for today's practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duxn9OXMX0M

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Alonso preparing to go out

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2fast748 said:

Judging by the comments on twitter a lot of people don't think this track is suitable or IndyCar but to me just looks like another superspeedway.

The harsh reality is pack racing in superfast single seaters is asking for trouble anywhere.

Combination of track length, width, corner bank angles, and corner radii - some speedways tend to force the cars together into a pack whereas others spread them out into a line