IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

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Re: IndyCar Series 2012

Post by cformula1 » 10 May 2012, 12:32

The Lotus saga is now fast becoming a multiformula, multinational mess. Deeply embarassing for all involved, particularly Group Lotus.
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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by François » 14 May 2012, 19:06

So apparently Jean Alesi is going to try to qualify for the race, as a "Lotus ambassador". Let's hope this doesn't end in tears.

Excerpt from an interview in french (my translation):
Q: You'd been saying it was a crazy bet. Is the real thing crazier than you imagined?
R: A lot crazier, even! The first few laps I did, I called myself a madman. I said to myself, "you're crazy to have come here. You're a serious madman".
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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by phil1993 » 16 May 2012, 15:00

Back to the 60s

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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by donald29 » 16 May 2012, 19:01

I've always thought Judd was a bad name for an engine manufacturer. Anything that rhymes with dud is not good.

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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by François » 17 May 2012, 12:51

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99644
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99645

At the moment it seems that the Lotus-powered cars are pretty much the HRT of the Indy 500 field. 3.5 seconds down on the leaders... on a 40-second lap!
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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by donald29 » 19 May 2012, 20:15

So Rubens qualifies 10th. Solid effort.

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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by François » 21 May 2012, 21:00

Briscoe on pole, Alesi last, 16 mph down on the leaders! This could be a bit dangerous in the race, he's going to get lapped quite a lot.

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Pos  Driver               Team/Car                      Speed
 1.  Ryan Briscoe         Penske DW12-Chevy             226.484
 2.  James Hinchcliffe    Andretti DW12-Chevy           226.481
 3.  Ryan Hunter-Reay     Andretti DW12-Chevy           226.240
 4.  Marco Andretti       Andretti DW12-Chevy           225.456
 5.  Will Power           Penske DW12-Chevy             225.422
 6.  Helio Castroneves    Penske DW12-Chevy             225.172
 7.  Josef Newgarden      Fisher DW12-Honda             224.037
 8.  Tony Kanaan          KV DW12-Chevy                 224.751
 9.  EJ Viso              KV DW12-Chevy                 224.422
10.  Rubens Barrichello   KV DW12-Chevy                 224.264
11.  Alex Tagliani        Herta DW12-Honda              224.000
12.  Graham Rahal         Ganassi DW12-Honda            223.959
13.  Ana Beatriz          Andretti/Conquest DW12-Chevy  223.920
14.  Charlie Kimball      Ganassi DW12-Honda            223.868
15.  Scott Dixon          Ganassi DW12-Honda            223.684
16.  Dario Franchitti     Ganassi DW12-Honda            223.582
17.  James Jakes          Dale Coyne DW12-Honda         223.482
18.  JR Hildebrand        Panther DW12-Chevy            223.422
19.  Takuma Sato          Rahal DW12-Honda              223.392
20.  Townsend Bell        Schmidt DW12-Honda            223.134
21.  Justin Wilson        Dale Coyne DW12-Honda         222.929
22.  Michel Jourdain Jr   Rahal DW12-Honda              222.893
23.  Simon Pagenaud       Schmidt DW12-Honda            222.891
24.  Sebastian Saavedra   AFS/Andretti DW12-Chevy       222.811
25.  Sebastien Bourdais   Dragon DW12-Chevy             223.760
26.  Wade Cunningham      Foyt DW12-Honda               223.258
27.  Oriol Servia         Panther/DRR DW12-Chevy        222.393
28.  Ed Carpenter         Carpenter DW12-Chevy          222.324
29.  Mike Conway          Foyt DW12-Honda               222.319
30.  Katherine Legge      Dragon DW12-Chevy             221.624
31.  Bryan Clauson        Fisher DW12-Chevy             214.455
32.  Simona de Silvestro  HVM DW12-Lotus                214.393
33.  Jean Alesi           Fan Force DW12-Lotus          210.094
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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by phil1993 » 22 May 2012, 07:16

If they drop below 105% for 5 laps I believe Barfield will park them.

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Re: IndyCar Series 2012 *Indianapolis 500 | May 27*

Post by François » 27 May 2012, 14:43

Indy 500 coming up in a jiffy now. Very high temperatures expected. I'll be looking to watch it live but that'll depend on the availability of reliable streams...
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Re: Grand Prix de Monaco 2012

Post by phil1993 » 27 May 2012, 15:52

Indy time!

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Re: Grand Prix de Monaco 2012

Post by François » 27 May 2012, 16:04

When are they actually starting?
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Re: Grand Prix de Monaco 2012

Post by phil1993 » 27 May 2012, 16:06

6 minutes time

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Re: Grand Prix de Monaco 2012

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