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He fixes the cable?
Another GP, another variant of Max, Lando, or Piastri in some order.
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Open Wheel Racing 2021, anyone there to watch?
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Spartanforlife4
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Besides trying to manufacture competitiveness, it made no sense going for Bearman's breakdown having a VSC while Antonelli's was a full safety car when they broke down on the exact same spot of the track. Also not sure why it took so long to get Kimi's car off the track.
MichVandal
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Was it the same spot? Perhaps the Merc could not be rolled?
Kepler
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That first turn move by Max was amazing. Dammit.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
According to a photo of the car taken at Indy’s museum today, Josef Newgarden’s 2024 winning car has the same filled in seams that this year’s car failed tech inspection on.
Russell Jaslow
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Kimi's car was further down the track which meant they had to put more equipment on the track to get to it. That's also why it took longer.
Russell Jaslow
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Well, well, well...
Jimjamesak
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Newgarden and Power also sent to the back of the starting grid as a penalty.
I’m sure Power will take it well…
Jimjamesak
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The Penske drama continues as Penske fired the top management of the IndyCar team including Team President Tim Cindric.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Truly, the greatest spectacle in racing.
The European mind cannot comprehend the Oscar Meyer Wienie 500…
The European mind cannot comprehend the Oscar Meyer Wienie 500…
Spartanforlife4
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Monaco will have a mandatory two-stopper tomorrow. Adds some more variation into the race and it'll become really important on timing when to bring people in as getting into a situation of having to wait for a safe release will definitely make a difference on a track with no overtakes.
Didn't realize until yesterday the Coca Cola 600 is on Amazon. Wild that NASCAR would put one of their crown jewels not just off OTA, but on streaming. But I'm sure Amazon threw a pretty penny into the package to get a better race.
Didn't realize until yesterday the Coca Cola 600 is on Amazon. Wild that NASCAR would put one of their crown jewels not just off OTA, but on streaming. But I'm sure Amazon threw a pretty penny into the package to get a better race.
MichVandal
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The one thing that it might help at is that cars will want to tear off really quick so that they can be dropped into a decent gap. If everyone starts on the same rubber, that won't mean too much as they will all pit at the same time, so the gap won't be super important.
Otherwise it will be about which teams takes one or two seconds too long to change a tire.
Spartanforlife4
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With Mercedes starting P14 and 15, the commentators did bring up the possibility of having one or both get the pit stops out of the way early, like within the first five laps, and see how far the hards can take them the rest of the race.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Williams drivers holding up half the field to try and stay in point positions. Both Russell and Antonelli leave the track to get around them. They were likely hoping for a ten second penalty, got hit with drive throughs instead. Effectively disqualifying them.
MichVandal
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But what Williams did was very legal, as opposed to passing by cutting the corner. Basically, Williams clearly showed how pointless this two stop rule is. If they wanted to prevent what happened last year, just not count the tire change under a red flag as being the required change. Easy.
Just saw that Mercedes did that to keep George in 11th place.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Max won’t get a safety car bail out today. Made sense for him to sit out there though as he would end up fourth regardless.
MichVandal
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He would have needed a red flag. An SC would have still cost him 10 seconds, which he didn't have, except to Piastri.
Again, don't count tire changes under a red flag, and all of this issue goes away. Of all the "lucky stops"- that's the worst one.
Spartanforlife4
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Never good when your most famous race has commentators talking about how to make it an actual race again midway through. If it wasn't for the vibes there's no way this would stay on the calendar. It just doesn't work with the modern car. But has it ever truly worked as a race? I think they said 64 of the last 65 were won by the top three starters.
state of hockey
He fixes the cable?
Start of Indy delayed by weather, threatening to end Kyle Larson’s bid to do the 1100 mile double AGAIN.
Craziest thing is if he calls it and leaves for Charlotte, TONY KANAAN is the relief driver.
Craziest thing is if he calls it and leaves for Charlotte, TONY KANAAN is the relief driver.
MichVandal
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Not a great start for the race- one Penske crashes while on early pace laps, Dixon's car catches on fire (it went out) and the race didn't even finish one corner before a caution.