Indycar 2018

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Heads up - the 2018 Indycar season starts this weekend at StPetersburg - shown live from 16:00 Sunday on BT Sport ESPN



List of drivers here https://www.indycar.com/Drivers

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Nick_Johnson said:

Very much looking forward to the new Indycar Season, followed it now for the last 3 years after becoming a little fed up with all the politics within the F1 paddock.

Me too. When it comes to deciding at the end of this year whether to keep BT Sport to watch Indycar or get Sky to watch F1 with no free-to-air coverage next year, I suspect I'll decide in favour of indycar - something which would have surprised me only a couple of years ago !

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The arrival of rain halfway through qualy did mix things up a bit

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https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/st-pete-in...

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Yup - Rossi should have been penalised for taking Wickens out at the very least

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DplS4LzMmhc ( sorry - French commentary, only clip I could find so far )

Edited by MartG on Sunday 11th March 19:52

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chevronb37 said:

Really intriguing race with an epic climax. Awful for Wickens - he was masterful all day; his only mistake was letting Rossi get a bit close on that last restart. The 2018 cars race really nicely but hopefully the series grabs the opportunity to turn the boost up in the future. Another 150bhp will really liven things up!

Did anyone else suddenly realise that the race was a week before Sebring? I've got an agreement-in-principle with the wife that we'll do Sebring next year for the combined Weathertech / WEC event. To tag St Pete onto the front end of the trip will be perfect. Image PWC, IMSA, WEC and IndyCar in the space of eight days!

If it helps to persuade her, a friend of mine was sunbathing on the beach at St Petes yesterday

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Yes - more power than grip means they have to actually drive the cars

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A tad damp in Alabama - red flag

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at Hinchcliffe's interview, just after he'd urinated in the car

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Tyre Smoke said:

Bring me up to speed please.

All have the same chassis and bodywork (one manufacturer?)
Different engine suppliers and what spec? Capacity, configuration and hybrid?
Anything else?

Full car specs here https://www.indycar.com/Fan-Info/INDYCAR-101/The-C...

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Indycar off season...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnNKqU5xXmE

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Race abandoned - they have scheduled the restart for 11:30ET tomorrow - BT Sport guide is showing coverage as being from 1:30 pm BST

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MartG said:

at Hinchcliffe's interview, just after he'd urinated in the car

Here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVRXSCSDM1o

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May be a spare seat going...

https://www.indycar.com/News/2018/05/05-04-Fittipa...

Update - seems he may have broken both legs

https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/135795/fittipal...

Edited by MartG on Friday 4th May 21:06

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Is it just me, or does Zack Veach look more like he's 13 not 23

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Indy 500 practice yellow flagged due to a bloody big storm approaching, even though the sun is still shining at the circuit - everyone rushing to get the cars under cover

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And we have our first car to wall contact !

JR Hildebrand just brushed the wall exiting a corner - no injuries and just minor damage to the car

Oddly, although the right side of the car hit the wall, most damage appeared to be the front left

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Four cars over 230mph so far today

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James Davidson in the wall