/indy/ - IndyCar General

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Who is she?

>>77167812
>not including the 1080 Viasat ace

Viasat 1080
7d4c1120e93f11b3863b75682989e138f000803

>press B to change audio track to English

Hey lads I just got into Formula 1, so I decided to check out IndyCar. What's the difference between the two? Which one do you like better, and why?

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First for Sato

>>77167884
IndyCar has been more exciting than F1 in the last seasons
I've been watching since 2006, but i really got into it after HWL in 2014

>>77167884

F1 is more pure engineering.
Indycar is more rock n roll racing.

Saavedra and Hinch will crash out

>>77167899
dubs have spoken, sato gonna win it

>>77167812
I just realized i copypasted the same Ace code for both streams

BT Sports 1 HD
>e502c197dde3921551957ef2ec08fc6bbdc663ae

And the great Besweeet

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqqZgZwXgbw

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>Helio is such a fag that he's sponsored by a vibrator.

>be australian
>cant even post in the right thread

STREAM
STREAM
STREAM
ctrl+f ace stream

Viasat 1080
7d4c1120e93f11b3863b75682989e138f000803
>press B to change audio track to English

Viasat 576p
7cd1df464b44a4abf967ced8bbe15bd3adb2292d
>press B to change audio track to English

BT Sport 1080
e502c197dde3921551957ef2ec08fc6bbdc663ae

Besweeet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqqZgZwXgbw

HOLY FUCK KANNAN'S KID IS RETARDED

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LMAO based Viasat

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>>77168150

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>>77168198

Do your rain dance, lads

Give your energy to the rain clouds!

>>77168198
>canadian_man_drinkingwater_at_hihgspeed.jpg

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>>77167812
>this crapwagon

Hello fellas.

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>>77168012
Scott Dixon is the true power bottom you prisoner island faggot

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>>77168098
What did you say about my wife's son, bro?

>>77168322
Hello
Engines are fired up, here we go

audio problems on the feed or just me

Toronto looks like a nice city

>The orange Penske is back
good shit

>>77168361
The 576p Viasat works fine for now
I have both my TV and Acestream on, so, when ads come up, i'll enjoy the engine sounds

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>>77168379

>POWERLESS AND DICK-SON
>Based Helio
What a start

ahahahahah yesss kill em all

Helio's year la

>tfw my fantasy picks were Power and Dixon

>Power
>Dick's Son

kino

NIGGER POWER AND POO PEE LAND BTFO.

LOL AUSSIE ON AUSSIE!

Good, fuck Dixon. Power is a true bro.

all of australasia btfo

kek I love it when aussies are cunts

Do people only watch indy car because it's got courses like F1 but with all the crashing of NASCAR?

keeeekkkkkkk

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LOLOLOL

HIGH SPEED CRASH

>>77168575
>Plus no niggers.

>>>/pol/
fucking cancer

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If we get rain this race will be top meme

>Rahal sponsored by a man whos been dead for 240 years
Desperate, tbqh desu

>>77168532
Its like F1 except everyone races like the Red Bull drivers.

>>77168607
>Not being at least a little bit racist

>>77168643
Thanks, Leafbro. Nice capital city btw. It looks gorgeous.

>>77168635
Toro Rosso

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IndyCar newfag here who should I root for?

That Jay Leno show looks fun

>>77168656
Kek

>>77168656
>Capital
Kek

>ESPN shows ads for the Renault Captur
Looks very nice desu

>>77168694
Lol. I had to keep the satire. No one even knows where Ottawa is unless you're from Canada or the Northern U.S.

>>77168660
Sato

>>77168627

This is a thread about Indycar, not identity politics.
Ranting about niggers is no different than a feminist coming in to the thread and sperging out about how there are too many straight white male drivers.

Both are equally cancerous.

Gold car has the best paint job

>>77168748
<3

>>77168748
I like the blue car :^)

>penalty for doing more work than you're allowed to do

Sounds like a good place to work

>it's another Dixon wins by using an alt fuel saving strategy after fucking up on lap 1 episode

pls no

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what the fuck is this road sign?

>Marco not dead last
Is 2018 going to be his breakthrough year?

>>77168815
It's a temporary sign to draw more attention to a new addition such as a crosswalk. Makes people more likely to notice

>showing leaders parading instead of the passing back in the field
At least show replays, cmon nbc

>>77168831
>breakthrough

Literally.
Tony Renna style.

>>77168831
At this race he will be a top contender in 2032

Do you guys prefer NASCAR oval racing or Indy oval racing?

>>77168873

I prefer Hanford device lolslingshot oval racing

Hinch is holding everyone up

>leaf ruining the race
Figures

>>77168908
like a leaf clogging a gutter

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>the conductor of the train to slowtown

>>77168962
full course caution incoming

Pigot is really making Hildebrand look shit

Who's ready for a pileup?

>>77168976
Haha nice prediction

>>77169004

>implying that's hard to do

TK ded

TK WHAT THE FUCK

This is already better than the British GP
>CAN-AAN

AYO
*smacks lips*
HOL UP WHITE BOI
*picks out afro*
YOU WANTED GREEN FLAG PIT STOPS?

Lol Kanaan

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Loser

Is this TK getting Penske back for the Power stunt at the beginning of the race?

This is why i respect power. He took 100% accountability for that crash.

>All the fast drivers on the back
This is going to be very fun

>>77169111
>not behaving like a real racecar driver and blaming literally anything other than yourself

Disgusting.

hi where are the rain

>>77169122
except Newgarden has already guaranteed victory

>>77169134
>not behaving like a real racecar driver and blaming literally anything other than yourself
That would be Rahal

>>77169140
Is your GP going to be better than British GP?

>>77169164
Couldn't be worse

Has Dixon taken his penalty yet?

>>77169164
>>77169193
It's one of Hamilton's strongest tracks, and there is pretty much no passing allowed unless it's raining, just for a couple of facts if you want to know about the Hungarian GP.

GIVE YOUR ENERGY TO THE RAIN CLOUDS LADS

>>77169200
Yeah. He did it pretty much immediately.

Why did Pigot pit again?

>>77169208
Hungary has objectively been one of the best races each year since the turbo engines were introduced.

RAIN RAIN RAIN

>Can't spam ALOTION MOTION now

IT'S NOT FAIR.

REEEEEEE FOR RAIN

tfw no Edmonton, Vancouver or Montreal indy

>>77169398

Thanks Tony.
You really "fixed" openwheel.

>>77169398
Montreal indy would be great on circuit Gilles Villeneuve

>>77169398
>more street circuits
No thanks.

Debris. Throw it

>>77169398
needs halifax again

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da brees

>tfw it gets left out there for 20 laps, then when the race is dull it's suddenly too dangerous to leave there

wait why is there suddenly cunny

>>77169478

For the /tv/ niggers.

>>77169431
Edmonton was an airport circuit and Montreal would be on the f1 circuit.

>>77169449
Yup, this.

>>77169478
what was it?

>The leaf might win at home

Justin Trudeau's check went through.

Goddamn Sato ruining my boy Pigot's race

>>77169552
I had my sound off but it was helio reading something and then a video of a girl practicing ballet or dance

>>77169566
Goddamn Sato ruining my boy Sato's race

>>77169566

>Pidgeotto

>>77169590
nice

>>77169398
Vancouver was awesome

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>>77169449
>American Indycar Series

RAIN IN FIVE!

>CHILL-TON

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just tuned in

what the fuck happened to /myguy/ power

/Our frog/ is back in the lead.

>>77169728
He made contact with Dick's son on the first lap

>Rahal wearing Sunoco gloves

>That faggot Dixon is also back in 1st

>>77169677
Indycar reusing stale F1 memes

>Bourdais will be back

Yay, no more Memexico.

>tfw saw sebastian bourdais sign autographs and talk to fans on the verge of a heat stroke

>>77169930
my understanding is coyne'll have 3 cars

>to let his dixon out
eyy commentator this is a family show

Wasn't that a massively obvious block?

>>77169966
Yeah, they desperately need Gutierrez's money after Indy and Texas. Can't afford to let him go yet

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>>77169449
They should use this as the track if it were to come back.

>>77170031
If that's the case, why not have 3 cars permanently?

So if I'm Red Bull fan who's /myguy/ here?

>my stream just switched to nascar

come on guy

FFS, this is no race broadcast but commercials with occasional re-caps sprinkled in

>>77170104
Aleshin

>>77170104
The leaf

>>77170117
same, i'm ok with it.

Where did the Americans go

>Newgarden might win

C'mon Posse. I don't really care for Newgarden.

Once I asked for a large double double but all I got was diabetes

Fucking newgarden gets gifted wins.

>>77170119
Watch a BTSport stream, it has British commentating showing on-car views during NBC's ads. Stream 3 on FirstRowSports has it.

>JONES

>Jones

>>77170058
I guess that it would raise the costs too much compared to running 3 cars for the next 5 races or so, to the point where it doesn't pay off anymore. Seabass and Jones can get decent results but Gutierrez is essentially deadweight to carry around for a whole season, even if he brings in money

RAIN PLEASE

>Andretti being gifted a top 5 finish because of how shit he is

>penske indycar series

Rossi did better than /ourguy/
I'm joining the Posse now

>This is going to be Rossi's first podium finish since his 500 win

Boooo you scrub.

>Helio has a great chance to capitalize on dixon's bad race
>instead he only finishes 2 spots ahead and gains no momentum

his career in a nutshell

>Rossi
>hinch
>marco
ok


>>77170409
fucking tk being a retard and bringing out a yellow fucked up his race.

Can't wait for Justin Trudeau's speech.

>>77170159
I'm here, literally haven't posted because I've been watching the whole time.

>entire race is decided by Tony Kanaan running into the tires like a retard and sending the fast cars to the rear
I'm not sure this semen-slurping series is for me

>>77170179
thanks m8

normally I'm ok with besweeets yt stream but this time the American broadcast felt more ad-ridden than usually

>pigot 18th

the fuck happened

Standings please ?

>>77170422
TK is Dixon's henchman. Setup guinea pig, bringer of yellow flags, you name it.

A FUCKING LEAF IS BEING INTERVIEWED.

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>>77170494

>>77170493
Fucking Tony Kanaan.

Where is TK hating anon, I feel like hating TK right now.

>>77170523
He is a fucking cunt thats what he is.

Holy shit show me Katie Osborne and not Hargitt.

Jeb McGill?

>Gutierrez and his garbled spic English

HOLY KEK.

>another race
>another Ganassi driver leaves the track and is unwilling to own up to his fuckery in interviews

>2 weeks until the next race

>>77169398
>tfw no Edmonton, Vancouver or Montreal indy
Edmonton didn't make any money so the city said "we're spending how many millions per year for what?" and that, much like all the other city circuit races that happened for like 3 years and disappeared, was that.
Same thing probably happened in Van, but they called it 'redevelopment priorities' or whatever when they cancelled it.
Montreal is pretty much cucked by F1, and not by some stupid Berniemagic contractshit - if F1 is in town at all in a year, Indycar has zero chance of being event #1. Here's Alex Tagliani in a Champ Car at Mont-Tremblant in 2007 for no reason at all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT3xR_79gok

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>>77171466
Can't Indycar list a Vancouver race as a 2BR teardown and get some chink to buy it in 20 min for $5M?

>Nude Gabben
>Winning a Race

Fuck this gay earth.

>sub 1-minute pole time
what kind of meme street course is this? they couldn't make the track any longer?

>>77170639
There's more than one, but idk how hes a fan FAVORITE

>>77174717
>idk how TK is a fan favorite

This commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DyII5IFBq8

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Wew lads
What a race for /ourguys/... except for Hinch, fucking leaf.
Josef could conceivably win the championship. Dixon had his first run of bad luck this season finally, he still managed a top ten despite this because he's kind of a god.

What do we think?


Also
Project Cars 2 - Indycar at Texas Motors Speedway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUdx-qnQWs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPfY1De9xBU

Now we can recreate our own wreckfests.

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>>77174468

Speaking of sub 1 minute lap times.

I present Portland International Raceway, a 1.9 mile road course.
There are some obstacles keeping Indycar from there, the facility needs upgrades, but the track is great yet.
Track record:
0:57.597 (Justin Wilson, RuSPORT, 2005, Champ Car)

>>77175509

The biggest issues with Indycar going back to Portland are noise restrictions (Seriously, Formula E might be too loud to race there at present time) and the fact that a lot of the facilities would need to be trucked in and set up like a street course.

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>>77175252
>that VR gameplay
time to get a vive and a wheel

>>77175794
>noise restrictions
Fucking Oregon.

>>77175509
Portland is one of several tracks currently working on a proposal for a race either next year or the one after. Several other tracks are also in the mix:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_IndyCar_Series

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/china-mexico-among-four-possible-new-indycar-races-903145/

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Nobody here seriously believed that Josef won't have a ride with Roger next year right?
I don't think that was ever a possibility unless he walled the car every weekend.
Even without the Helio to Sports Car news, that wasn't a very believable possibility.

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>>77179235
Fuck Newgarden he can suck a dick.
Also fuck Pagenaud he can suck double dick

#bringbackJuanHelioPower

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>>77181014
Juan got booted from his seat because he decided to get fat and slow his 3rd season in for Roger.
Josef placed 4th in the championship the same year with a much smaller team. He deserved that seat.
Helio is past his prime and given the sponsorship cut back, I'm not certain a championship win could save his Indycar career.

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/rosenqvist-to-test-a-ganassi-indycar-again-932245/amp/

Felix Rosenqvist will be testing an Indycar with Ganassi soon.
He has tested before, but I'll be honest when I say I know basically nothing about him.

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Points standings as of Toronto.
Any of the top 4 could clinch the championship.

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2018-indycar-universal-aerokit-chris-beatty
Some words from the designer of the 2018 aero which we'll see here in the near future as testing will be happening in 1 week.
Juan Fireball Montoya and Oriol Servia will be the test drivers.
Indycar has specific criteria they are checking for rather than putting thousands of test miles on these cars.

>>77191639
They better stream it or at least release some photos

You've always wondered what an oval would be like if driven in the snow right?
I haven't, it would be a cold, shitty experience I think. We've seen how it looks in the rain, but here it is anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP5DwLKtM7M
Al Unser Jr has actually done it.
http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/103352-beast-the-top-secret-ilmor-penske-engine-that-shocked-the-racing-world-at-the-indy-500?

Highly recommend that book too, read the whole article.

>>77191963
From what I understand, Indycar was considering making some of them public.
I agree, there should at least be photos.
Chris Beatty has seen a few photos of the real thing and said it looks better in real life than renders.

>>77191963
I doubt they'll want to stream a Tony Renna situation

>>77193231
Color me doubtful.
Indycar has learned a lot from various incidents.
I believe the new catch fence that was installed in 2016 is a lot stronger.

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https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2017/07/18/indycar-to-sit-down-with-title-sponsor-verizon.amp.html

A brief look and a bit of insight into the relationship between Verizon and Indycar and its future.
Some mention of their relationship with Penske here as well.

#Posse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWCGjr9iwEI

He has asperger's doesn't he?

Crazy Silly Season Shit from Robin Miller.
http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints/item/142417-miller-a-million-moving-parts
>As Silly Season starts, Hinch sits atop the Most Wanted list. At 30 the popular Canadian is a winner, a good qualifier and sponsor's dream. He's in his third season with Schmidt/Peterson Motorsports and it's his team, so to speak, if he wants it to be.
>It also possible that SPM could field three cars if Mikhail Aleshin returns or another paid driver surfaces.
>If Michael Andretti is persuaded by Chevrolet's checkbook to switch engine manufacturers, there will likely be two seats opening up...
Rossi is pretty attached to Honda and Sato will never cut that umbilical cord because it's the only reason he has a ride.
>Could Hinch return to Andretti?
>Rossi to Ganassi or SPM sounds logical. About the only sure thing for CGR in 2018 is that Dixon will be back, and will likely have NTT Data as his sponsor.
>Max CHilton keeps getting more comfortable at CGR, but there remains a chance he could help Trevor Carlin launch his IndyCar effort since his father, Grahame Chilton (CEO of Gallagher Insurance) is also the majority investor in Chilton Racing.
>Kanaan made his intentions clear last weekend. "I'm a free agent on August 1st, I probably won't be back with Chip but I still want to run IndyCars," said the 2013 Indy 500 winner.
>Pigot may be full time, loyal to ECR's team, Ed may step out of the car and do Indy only while Pigot goes full time

No matter what, the 2018 Paddock will look very different.

>>77195049
Ed's finally realized he's shit? It'd be a shame if Sato didn't have a ride next year after winning the 500

>>77195195
Hopefully.
I appreciate Special Ed the teamowner who only hires white males and particularly likes Blond Haired Blue eyed men, but I'm not a fan of Ed the driver.

>>77176337
>China
>Mexico

Yeah, that's always worked well in the past.

>>77197579
Mexico has had several successful GP in the past.
Just need a trustworthy promoter.

China is an untapped market for Indycar, but if a promoter wants to make it happen?
Then they may as well.

>>77195049
>Hinch sits atop the Most Wanted list

I really don't get it. He wins once every season and averages 11th place finishes the rest of the season. He hasn't really shown himself to be all that talented outside of street circuits. I don't see any big teams actually wanting him.

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>>77198048
I agree that's a bit of a weird sentiment.
He did have a really good season in 2013 when he won 3 times... then he went to SPM... and had middling results.

He may be a better driver than he lets on due to Sam's team being mid pack most of the time or in the case of the #7, near last.

>>77199781
>or in the case of the #7, near last.

a lotion is being sabotaged in some deep state plot ok ?!don't talk shit about our guy

>>77200330
I wasn't, the Arrow Car gets clear preferential treatment from Sam's team.

>>77205031
Gross

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>>77208679
Looks better than McLaren's current livery which I think is really gross.
If you're talking about the car itself being hideous, I agree. F1 hasn't had an attractive year for a long time.

Neither have we though since Champ Car folded in 2008.

Marshall and Miller's week in review.
http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/142439-podcast-the-week-in-indycar-silly-season-edition

>>77193231
>I doubt they'll want to stream a Tony Renna situation
Indycar is probably on the fence about it.

>>77217588
Better to be dancing on top of the fence like Mario Andretti than to be going through it I suppose.

The test at IMS is open to the public, they said they may do a small Facebook live stream of it, nothing as extravagant as Fernando's test.

http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/142457-indycar-on-track-for-cockpit-safety-device-test

Indycar will be testing options soon in light of F1's stupid looking HALO option.

>>77224158
I think a windshield isn't too bad, much better than the bar looking things. Reminds me of 70's cars

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>>77224203
Yep, the bars would be impossible to use on ovals too.

Boy those things are fugly.
F1 BTFO.

>>77224398
>tfw driving a flip flop

Never mind that the HALO only solves the problem of large debris. Any small suspension piece could easily hit a drivers head.
I'm interested to see Indycar's solution because apparently they'll be once again taking the initiative in safety innovation.
F1's entire methodology to arrive at their solution has been really strange.
Who did they partner with to develop their aero screen/shield?
They drop it after one field test by one driver rather than getting the opinion of many?
Instead of engineering the problems out of the shield they proceed to go back the their first solution(Halo) which is not only hideous, but probably not helpful either. What if it deflects some smaller debris down into the cockpit?


Vettel was complaining of being dizzy and yet we never hear this issue from fighter pilots or LMP drivers, was it due to the buffeting?

It's all suspect.

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>>77227538

Gateway has been completely repaved now.

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Penske's Tim Cindric talks about how great their new driver, Josef Newgarden, is.
http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/142471-newgarden-has-shown-he-can-win-anywhere-cindric

In seriousness, the article is fluff on a slow news week, but Josef began in Indycar with Sarah Fisher-Hartman racing. SFH racing was a new team and would not be a strong contender for anything despite the helpful backing from Hartman Oil. Josef had to develop, set-up, and make changes alone with his one car team for 3 years between 2012-2014.
In 2015 SFH racing folded in to Ed Carpenter's team where Josef became Ed's teammate alongside Luca Filippe on road courses.
Josef would score two wins that year with this new, powerful team. One win at Barber and the other at Toronto, kind of mirrors this years results actually.
2016 was another strong year for Josef where he scored 1 dominant win at Iowa and finished 4th in the Championship. Hartman Oil pulled out due to international sanctions hurting his business and as a result Sarah's team was no more. Ed Carpenter Racing continues to run two cars.
Josef was signed to Team Penske this year, may seem like an easy choice, but the pay was actually a little better in 2016 at ECR and Josef values loyalty.
In 2017, Josef has won at both Barber and Toronto.

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http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/142465-new-in-car-cameras-part-of-indycar-s-2018-kit
New onboard camera angles will accompany the 2018 bodywork.
Indycar also wants to have helmet cams installed on every driver, but they may not be able to do that as soon as next year.

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/rosenqvist-impresses-again-in-second-ganassi-indycar-test-933322/amp/
>“But Felix’s pedigree and the races he’s won over here and in Europe, we all know he’s super-talented and personally I’d love to have him on the team. I think if he came to IndyCar, he’d be one of the top drivers in a relatively short period of time.” t. Scott Dixon's race engineer.
The kid is very good, he has made waves everywhere he has gone and this article gives him high praise.
He could be one of the seats at Ganassi in 2018. That fills possibly 1/3 seats potentially open, though I suspect that Ganassi will be dropping down to 3 cars.
One with Dixon, one with Felix, and one more(Chilton perhaps)

>>77237667
Chip needs his diabeetus checks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_J4qfNGZug
Will Power gets pissed at Dixon after the contact on lap 1 of Toronto. "I think the car's fucked." And "Fucking Dixon..."
>>77238327
Fucking Charlie Pinball.
From what I understand, there's some question marks about his Wilford Brimely checks continuing, so I anticipate he'll be out of a ride assuming they don't clear.

you now remember Fernando Alonso

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>>77239998
Who?
He did that thing once right?

Here's a picture of Tony Kanaan.

>>77239998
Just like Alonso, you done JUST

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>fan favorite

>>77242762
Rossi and TK are building some bad blood

>>77242762
>Oh fuck, it's a ri-

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Mid Ohio this weekend.
you gotta love that Indycar schedule with a race every weekend. F1's going to be the same way when Chase Carey expands the schedule to 30 races.

>>77243373
>Mid Ohio this weekend.
this weekend? schedule says 28-30

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>>77243454
I saw a commercial today on TV I must've read it wrong. normally they don't advertise so early before the race.

>>77243373
Next weekend brother.
This coming tuesday will be the 2018 aero tests at IMS the 25-26th.
That will give us something to enjoy, should be some news there and some video on it.

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>>77243373
point and laugh

https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/monster-energy-series-news/39031-busch-close-to-running-indy-500-but-halted-by-boss

>>77246565
>blaming Gibbs
lel. but his brother Kurt got to do the double so why not Kyle? stop being a pussy.

Kyle Larson once again reiterated his desire to do the Indy 500.
I think he has had a good season, I don't follow stock cars, but I heard he won a few races.

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http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/142502-rosenqvist-deserves-an-indycar-ride-hull

Funding seems to be the only thing holding Felix Rosenqvist from a seat right now.
When Ganassi wants someone though, he's going to try hard and locate some funding. This being the second test for Ganassi Felix has done, I'm sure Chip wants him.
Kid definitely doesn't look like the new breed of cuck swede.

>>77255362
-kimball's weakening betus money
+maldonado's strong shadybux

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>>77255453
>Maldonado in Indycar
>Maldonado in Texas
Oh yes, oh so much yes.

>>77256582
Pls no
Let the Maldonator remain a recent F1 nightmare.
If people thought the monetary damage Tony Kanaan could cause in 1 race was significant, the Maldonator could bankrupt Penske in a few races.

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>>77256818
Maldonado would bankrupt indycar as a whole but the year would be remembered as the most hilarious year in racing ever.

>>77257498
>>77256582
>Maldonado taking out not only the entire field, but a bunch of cars in the parking lot and an unsuspecting pizza delivery driver a couple miles from the track

Kyle Busch managed to qualify 187 mph.
Pretty stark comparison when examining Scott Dixon's 232mph Indycar pole lap.

http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/07/07-22-Foyt-MidOhio-test

Foyt has said neither driver in his current lineup has impressed him.
Not sure what the old codger wants out of his two shitbox cars. It wouldn't matter who they put in, Paul Tracy drove a one off race for AJ Foyt once and it was basically "undriveable" so AJ Foyt walked up to his engineer and said "Boy, I'd like to take that computer and smack you upside the head."

Maybe something will happen for Foyt's team in the last 5 races, but I'd doubt it.

>>77265457
the best thing to happen would be AJ signing away the team to someone who isn't Larry

>>RACER Comment Policy
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when did this happen. will the comments no longer be a treasure trove of hilarity?

>>77265457
Munoz is too good for that team. He was the best driver Andretti's had in years. Maybe Penske will hire him for the sports car team

The incredible thing is that both Foyt drivers retired at Iowa. While Daly's car was repairable, Conor simply said there was no way to hang onto it.
I'd have loved to see a helmet cam of his day, I'm sure he had to save the car every single turn.
>>77266428
The team wasn't good before Larry either.
>>77266503
I suppose it just means fewer track forum tier posts.

>>77266503
the comments weren't funny they were just retarded

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Was this guy any good?
I understand Sauber is not a place to demonstrate a driver's skill so much as bleed their funds dry to be able to say "I drove in F1" as Sauber is like the 2015 Dale Coyne/Today's Foyt equivalent.

>>77271776
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/130887
Here's that article.

>>77271776
I wouldn't really expect him to go higher than the middle of the pack in your series.

>>77273997
I don't generally expect that of any F1 driver outside of WDC's.

To life.
Testing begins Tuesday fo the 2018 aero, would rather have this thread to dump stuff about it

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For why?

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Would halo shield have saved Dixon?

>>77281165
Don't think anything could have saved dear Scott from such an accident.
RIP in peace.

>>77280348
ghost of renna

>>77282437
It's simply not going to happen.
I'm not sure what IMS and Indycar learned from the Renna incident given its secrecy and tall tales about it, but I'm sure they did something to prevent it when they installed new catch fencing.

>>77281165
Dixon lifting up his visor before he even stops spinning will always be funny.

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>>77271776
I heard Pastor Maldanado was close to getting into Indycar. Guess all of that Venezuelan oil money dried up.

>>77284626
All of Venezuela's money dried up desu senpai.

https://mobile.twitter.com/IndyCar/status/889500499770212352
Indycar will be revealing the test car at 3:30pm ET.

>>77287868
neat

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God Bless Oriol Servia.

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Honda, that's lewd.

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Daylight through the roll hoop, good to see it back after a long absence.

These are all teaser images.

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30 minutes.
I'll post all the pictures when they come.

>>77290204
just enough time to watch an anime episode

Somewhat Indycar related.
http://www.racer.com/international/item/142547-mercedes-to-quit-dtm-enter-formula-e

Mercedes is quitting DTM, I haven't been genuinely surprised in a while. I'm sure there where rumors, but I don't follow DTM or sports car much in general.

Robert Wickens test may have been more of a test to see where he'd want to go after DTM.
The guy was incredible in the ladder formulas, narrowly missing F1, so I expect he would do well.

https://mobile.twitter.com/IndyCar/status/889568527958646785/video/1

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http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/07/07-24-New-car-unveil

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>>77290707

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Nice

These angles are cancerous, we need a video of it moving

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>>77290745

>>77290810
already looks like a huge improvement over the current aero kits.

wish they went back to pointy dart noses

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>>77290853
Some angles are really great...

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>>77290882
...but others...
>>77290853
Needs to be a foot shorter. Looks like a roadster at this angle, kek.

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>>77291602

Are they only revealing the oval config today?

>>77290707
I think they forgot something... there is a hole in the middle of it.

http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/142552-frye-hopes-2018-aero-lures-new-teams-manufacturers
Racer asking the important questions.
The 2018 aero must be able to lure another engine manufacturer or it hasn't done all of its job.
>>77291680
That is correct.

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Imagine being so cucked that you think that a whale budget cosplaying as an Indy car a beautiful race car

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I actually loathe to admit that the 2012 speedway car may have been unironically more attractive besides that stupid fucking airbox notch, just because those new wheel ramps are such a disaster.

why is it always a leaf

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>>77294171
Your confirmation bias from dicksucking Ontario and Quebec fucks.

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/new-indycar-crash-injuries-safety-934228/amp/
The re-outfitted DW12 chassis features improved side impact protection that would have helpd Seb's pelvis not be ground to dust(fractured in 5 places).
>>77294171
They compete with Sweden to see who can take Tyrone's dick harder. You can't expect much from them.

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>>77290707
>Side impact protection has been significantly improved in a variety of ways, including the sidepod leading edge and induct duct joined with two bulkheads to create a proper crushable structure ahead of the radiator. The unitary construction is designed to absorb loads from all directions, and the structure is 8 to 10 inches wider at the driver’s hips.
>The top of the sidepod has been designed to exceed FIA side impact tests. The inlet duct, sidepod side and bottom have been constructed in hybrid carbon/dyneema fibers for improved penetration protection. Oil and water radiators have been moved forward, adding cushioning on the driver’s side.
>Simulations show the new car meets all of INDYCAR’s targets for not going airborne in spins at 90, 135 or 180 degrees yaw. The rear wing and front wing main plane are smaller and the centerline wicker from the nose of the car to the cockpit is tapered to provide protection against the car lifting when it spins.

>>77296118
In seriousness though, most safety parts of the car likely exceed FIA standards since those standards are usually measured by F1, which does not race on ovals and does not commonly see crashes recording over 100G's of force.
Innovation usually comes out of necessity.

“It looks like a real race car,”
t. Alexander Rossi

There you have it, the posse seal of approval.

>>77297283
Rossi upon first seeing an oval track "It looks like a circle"

Hope you lads check in with us for a bit tomorrow, testing begins early tomorrow and goes until 5pm ET.
It won't be streamed, but expect videos and updates throughout the day.
>>77297525
Rossi upon winning the 500: "Looks like I won."

>>77297568
I hope we get to see at least one lap.

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/889839726601097218
Already looks orgasmic just being able to see it go by like that

>people are actually mad the new car has no halo
fuck this shit REEEEEEEEEEEEEEe

>>77296118

Just noticed, are they gonna keep the position indicator on the roll hoop?

Would be a shame to lose it

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The Spaniard slows on the stretch, Honda's engine has done something.
>>77300761
People are retarded.
They haven't paid attention and saw that F1 adopted the deficient piece of shit known as the Halo. They don't know that it is an impossible solution for Indycar and that Indycar has been working with Lockheed Martin to develop an aeroscreen.

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Montoya's laps are going fine though.
>>77300809
Yep, an updated version will be introduced.

>>77300761
They're the same people that posted gp2 in the chat

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Montoya doing a slow fly by.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ShizzClintSays/status/889854550844289024

>>77300816
Servia is back out apparently.
Must have not been a huge problem, didn't see any smoke in that picture.

MINI LIVESTREAM BY INDYCAR GENTS, just started.
https://www.pscp.tv/w/bEYH9DE3ODg5NnwxZGp4WExqVll3UHha2AMqK1Z0hZEAx_nX-C7HMXcOu_I2FgsxmO7xJ0iyyDY=

By some stop watch clocks from bystanders, Oriol Servia is turning laps at about 217-218mph.
A good sign for the cars initial test as the original DW12 struggled to get up past 215mph (due to the rear weight bias from what I remember).

>>77301009
Another one, this video is of Servia actually doing his flyers.
https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BRJjyDmApoGw
Apparently they're just going to have their employees stream this for a couple minutes at a time throughout the day.

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Check out how big the tunnels in the undertray are.
That's some serious DF.

>>77300909
Thats cool

>>77301147
THICC

>>77301147
Almost forgot what the rear tires looked like.