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Post by racechick on May 21, 2017 2:14:35 GMT
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Post by racechick on May 21, 2017 4:01:54 GMT
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Post by dogued on May 21, 2017 6:03:50 GMT
I was going to start a thread, didn't know if anyone else was interested, so just posted how Alonso was doing under Alonso  Qualifying was boring now that there's only 33 cars. Used to be great when they had "bump" day because of too many entries. Much has been said about how Bourdais was "the fastest by a clear margin" for this first 2 laps, but his accident just showed that his car was too far to the extreme. They run so little downforce there, go too far and you're running a thread. He's extremely lucky not to have done more damage, but the "wall" is specifically engineered to absorb impact and certainly helped. F1 could look at using it instead of armco and tyres. Alonso drove well... really well. Considering the amount of time he's had on the track, he was getting almost as close to the wall as seasoned drivers. He showed 4th fastest on Friday and realistically would have placed higher today if he'd had a later run. Still, strange looking at a lineup that includes F1 names like Sato, Montoya, Rossi, Chilton, Alonso, and Bourdais. I actually saw a great comment; F1 is the English Premier League, Indy is the Scottish Premier League. |
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Post by racechick on May 21, 2017 14:55:14 GMT
I'm interested in it! Especially know I know JPM is in there. ( megaphone smilie thingie) C'mon on Juan, you are the one! I do believe he's already won it twice!!
Alonso has done well so far I have to admit. New category, still learning and all that. But Graham Hill did it, and Jim Clark.
What I didn't know was that Alonso's team were fielding 6 drivers, two of them are still ahead of him. Still a good showing though
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Post by Wß on May 21, 2017 15:28:57 GMT
I've fallen asleep watching qualifying. About as exciting as watching paint dry. What's funny to me is that in Europe they're so critical of F1, INDY has just as many issues on track, even more so, it's all bout fuel strategy and there's ZERO in the way of innovation the cars are all the same, and yet you get nothing in the way of criticism from fans. Culture? Don't know. But the tickets for race day are $40 dollars and as you've witness over the last week, they pretty much allow anything and everything online and on social media.
Lessons learned.
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Post by Hammer on May 21, 2017 16:08:41 GMT
If the Fonz wins, I'll slice my d!ck off.
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Post by Wß on May 21, 2017 16:44:19 GMT
I mean come on, Alexander Rossi won last year.
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Post by Hammer on May 21, 2017 18:06:11 GMT
I'm sure there'd be at least 5 veterans more qualified and experienced with these cars. If the Fonz has a lot of experience with ovals, I'd buy it...but he's only doing this because his F1 career is shot.
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Post by dogued on May 22, 2017 5:55:21 GMT
racechick JPM is currently 2 from 4 at Indy. He won as a rookie in 2000 before moving to F1 in 2001. he placed 5th at his return to Indy in 2014 before winning in 2015. He was the first to crash out last year, finishing last. Hammer There are 3 other rookies this year, so yes, 28 drivers with more experience. Rookie winners include 2016 Rossi, 2001 Castroneves, and 2000 Montoya, however there are many years where rookies have been "green" drivers and failed due to not understanding tyre management and fuel management properly; something we can all agree Alonso knows all too well from F1. Alonso has as good a shot as any at winning. His experience with the physicality of F1 and the use of tyre management and fuel management probably place him in a group of about 10 drivers that you'd bank on. Luck plays a major role in Indy, you have no control over what the cars around you are doing and many great drivers have failed here due to others mistakes. Some INDY fun stats for you all: * No Spanish driver has ever won. * 19 of the last 28 winners have been non-Americans. * 2010 was the last time a driver from the front row won. * #29 (Alonso's number) has never won at Indy
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Post by dogued on May 22, 2017 9:16:25 GMT
Interview with Alonso after qualifying:
(The team had to change the engine in the morning and were rushing to get it ready for checking prior to qualifying)
Reporter: Fernando, at any point during the engine change, were you nervous or worried?
Alonso: I'm very used to changing engines before qualifying and races so, not nervous!
Rossi: It's your specialty isn't it?
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Post by Wß on May 23, 2017 1:32:17 GMT
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Post by Wß on May 28, 2017 19:40:06 GMT
Honda engines dropping like flies, who'd have thunk it? That's a long way to go for the same old same old Alonso. My heart goes out to you.
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Post by Liam Catterson on May 28, 2017 19:45:44 GMT
Freaking tragic stuff there. Alonso skips Monaco and his worst nightmares still plague him. Fucking Honda.
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Post by Wß on May 28, 2017 20:27:10 GMT
Honestly the Indy 500 is hype. 25% of the race is watching laps done under yellow, and like a basketball game the only thing you need to watch are the last five minutes. Congrats to Sato though. Old F1 driver never die, they just move over the Indy.
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Post by dogued on May 29, 2017 8:31:31 GMT
How lucky was Dixon! A typical Indy 500, but was great to see the job done by the ex-F1 crew! Chilton (4th), Alonso, Rossi (7th), Montoya (6th), and of course Sato's win. Alonso's post race interview seemed very cagey.... when asked about coming back. I also enjoyed his little slip "I'm never happy when Ferrari win err when McLaren don't finish a race." On a side note... check around the 6:20 mark in the video... that looks like someone who's just slipped his number to a lady in the audience  |
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