Indy Car

[zsdom]

Its a bit silly now

I’m cheering for Romain though but he’ll have to pit again

[df76]

Now a complete farce.

[paulguitar]

What's going on in this race?

(I'm watching the tennis).

[Muzzer79]

Go Ilott though

[Mammasaid]

paulguitar said:

What's going on in this race?

(I'm watching the tennis).

P.S. Grosjean has been leading!

[Leithen]

And people have been criticising Chadwick’s ability.

[df76]

Muzzer79 said:

Go Ilott though

How is he third?? He spent half a lap backwards in the pitlane!!

[Muzzer79]

df76 said:

Muzzer79 said:

Go Ilott though

How is he third?? He spent half a lap backwards in the pitlane!!

Dixon has had a drive through and he’s leading and McLaughlin has had at least 2 incidents and is second.

One of them races!

[Muzzer79]

Feel for Canapino - great two thirds of a race.

[Muzzer79]

Ilott!

[500TORQUES]

Well that was daft.

[Speed Badger]

Surely there's only so many rabbits Dixon can keep pulling out of his arse?! Was an entertaining race in between all the safety cars.

[paua]

Muzzer79 said:

Dixon has had a drive through and he’s leading and McLaughlin has had at least 2 incidents and is second.

One of them races!

Great Scotts

[Castellet]

Chaotic but entertaining race.

I’m quite enjoying the spectacle of IndyCar. Unlike F1, where the racing can be mundane and the results are fairly predictable, with IndyCar anything can happen - and often does

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Great show put on for the final race. Can't believe it's all over for the season!

[Mikey G]

I quite enjoyed the Indycar as well, much closer racing, need to sort out the restarts though as last night was painfull to watch. Some of it was caused by people getting a jump on the last corner before the straight and passing them. Maybe a rule should be put in no passing until you reach the start/finish line or any other line after the last corner.

Its funny how Indycar can do without tyre warmers and get no issues with refuelling yet F1 cant do either.

[Muzzer79]

Mikey G said:

Its funny how Indycar can do without tyre warmers and get no issues with refuelling yet F1 cant do either.

F1 could still do refueling. But it didn't really add much to the show - the strategists sussed it out to the point where everyone was doing pretty much the same thing and F1 didn't have the jeopardy of full-circuit yellow flags and safety cars, like Indycar does. Perhaps they should

Tyre warmers, fully agree with you - no reason why F1 can't follow this - they just don't want to.

[MissChief]

Muzzer79 said:

Mikey G said:

Its funny how Indycar can do without tyre warmers and get no issues with refuelling yet F1 cant do either.

F1 could still do refueling. But it didn't really add much to the show - the strategists sussed it out to the point where everyone was doing pretty much the same thing and F1 didn't have the jeopardy of full-circuit yellow flags and safety cars, like Indycar does. Perhaps they should

Tyre warmers, fully agree with you - no reason why F1 can't follow this - they just don't want to.

The Firestone tyres in Indycar are designed to give somewhat decent grip from cold. F1 tyres, or at least the current ones from Pirelli are designed to require pre-heating and only really give good grip above a certain temperature. No doubt they (or anyone else if they win the tender) could design a tyre that works well enough without being heated but F1 seem deathly afraid of losing their tyre blankets despite then sucking up so much power. Heating anything electrically is an awful way of doing things and you have up to 40 sets of tyres per team all sitting in blankets pretty much the whole weekend it's terrible for F1's optics of being sustainable and trying for net zero.

Edited by MissChief on Monday 11th September 18:27

[Leithen]

The cold/hot tyre undercut/overcut is entertainment worth having. The tyres in F1 have to be able to cope with baltic wet weather though, which is a small problem for any manufacturer.

The other biggest difference apart from refuelling is the automatic closed pits on full course yellows. I still can't get my head around whether that's a good thing or not - possibly an oval hangover that is a bit odd on normal circuits?

[Castellet]

Yesterday’s action packed race just about to be repeated on Sky 406