Indy Car

[Muzzer79]

Kyle Kirkwood confirmed for 2023 in the No. 27 Andretti Autosport car.

This means Alexander Rossi is on the move, surely to Arrow McLaren?

[FourWheelDrift]

I hope not, he's too abrasive a character like Power or Rahal.

[JonChalk]

FourWheelDrift said:

I hope not, he's too abrasive a character like Power or Rahal.

What he needs is a few years in F1 to knock that out of him……oh, wait……

[FourWheelDrift]

Oh fk - https://www.racefans.net/2022/06/02/rossi-to-join-...

[Tyre Smoke]

Can't imagine Zak will take any rubbish from him though.

[ajprice]

carl_w said:

https://racer.com/2022/05/14/rain-poses-new-challe...

Surely some time in a wind tunnel would fix this, rather than wipers?

New article on the Indy road course wet race.

https://www.autosport.com/indycar/news/why-indycar...

Testing the screen never went as far as driving 20+ cars at speed together in the rain, so this was the first time it's happened. There are suggestions for running without the glass in the wet, effectively making it an F1 halo, and some asking whether the same would have happened with no screen because of the amount of water getting kicked up.

[JonChalk]

I must have missed something; why is the little knobhead Ferrucci in the Juncos-Hollinger car and not Ilott?

Edit: found it - Ilott's still not cleared to race after his Indy 500 accident

Edited by JonChalk on Sunday 5th June 19:16

[Speed Badger]

Haha. Ilott sustained a hand injury in the Indy 500 and wasn't cleared to race. Hence said knobhead.

[ralphrj]

JonChalk said:

I must have missed something; why is the little knobhead Ferrucci in the Juncos-Hollinger car and not Ilott?

Ilott was injured in a crash during the Indy 500.

[JonChalk]

Thanks Badger & ralph - a bit more digging has found that he's broken some bones in his hand, and was hoping to race in a brace (like Johnso did earlier in season), but breaks have been ruled to bad for that.

He took his hands off the wheel before the crash, but the impact threw his hand into the cockpit side so hard, it broke bones.

[Speed Badger]

I love how angry Will Power gets, better than the robotic PR schooled F1 drivers sometimes.

[FourWheelDrift]

guy next to the woman singing the Canadian??? National Anthem is freaking huge, he's a small planetoid.

[FourWheelDrift]

FourWheelDrift said:

guy next to the woman singing the Canadian??? National Anthem is freaking huge, he's a small planetoid.

Here he goes, deep voice, no surprise.

[em177]

Well that’s the worst 2 national anthem attempts I’ve ever heard.

[FourWheelDrift]

em177 said:

Well that’s the worst 2 national anthem attempts I’ve ever heard.

I thought he was going to break out and sing "Chocolate Salty Balls"

[Tyre Smoke]

Wtf has happened to Scot Mclaughlin? He was right behind Scot Dixon?

Don't answer, just seen he's trying to make reds last and has head butted the barrier.

I could do a better job than his strategist.

[Speed Badger]

Funny how Rossi has stopped being st now he has a new team to go to...

[FourWheelDrift]

Amazing isn't it, wait until it goes bad at Arrow McLaren.

[em177]

If it rains does that throw all tyre requirements out the window like F1?

[Tyre Smoke]

em177 said:

If it rains does that throw all tyre requirements out the window like F1?

Yeah but they only have wets. No inters.