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[DanicaFan]

Well, its finally here, the IndyCar season kicks off this week. I am so excited! My first IndyCar race thread of the year..

Race 1 of 17

Race - Honda Grand Prix Of St. Petersburg

Location - Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida

Date - Sunday, March 27th

Time & TV Schedule - 12:00PM Eastern -Green Flag -12:30PM Eastern -ABC

Course Type - 1.8 Mile Street Course

Distance - 100 Laps / 180 Miles

Practice Sessions - Friday, March 25th -10:15AM-11:15AM Eastern & 3:00PM-4:00PM Eastern / Saturday, March 26th - 10:10AM -11:10AM Eastern / Warm-Up Session - Sunday, March 27th -8:40AM-9:10AM Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, March 26th -2:30PM -3:50PM Eastern

2010 Pole Sitter - Will Power - Lap Time -1:01.6026 / Speed -105.190

2010 Winner - Will Power

Edited by DanicaFan, 20 March 2011 - 22:52.

[DanicaFan]

Map of the track layout..

[Buxbaum]

And there I thought they would run in Russia.
Stupid Europeans right.
Love IndyCar too bad they axed it from TV over here.

[NZX_Lorne]

Did Paul Tracy end up getting a full time ride for this season?

Btw, the race Date in the first post needs to be corrected (should be Sunday, not Saturday).

[chdphd]

Is it on Sky in the UK? It's not in their TV guide.

[domhnall]

I fancy a Honda powered car for the championship this year.

[Risil]

I fancy a Honda powered car for the championship this year.

I think the Dallara chassis is looking pretty well sorted this year. Could be one to watch out for in the championship running.

[PayasYouRace]

I fancy a Honda powered car for the championship this year.

No chance. It's the weakest engine in the series

[domhnall]

What are the odds on those jokes being relevant again this time next year?

[sblick]

Honda will be relevent, but Dallara may have little chance when it comes to Aero kits.

Nice to see that these dinosaurs will soon be buried and "crap wagon" will be a thing of the past.

Excited for beginning of the season. The talent is there and it should be a fun year. No Tracy hasn't siged anything yet.

[Bloggsworth]

In the UK Live Indycar is being shown on Sky Sports 3 @ 5PM on Sunday evening - I've just set the timer for series record...

[Risil]

What are the odds on those jokes being relevant again this time next year?

Still relevant, but hopefully they won't be jokes anymore.

[chdphd]

In the UK Live Indycar is being shown on Sky Sports 3 @ 5PM on Sunday evening - I've just set the timer for series record...

Thanks. I search for "indycar" and got no results

I went to that time and it's on Sky Sports 3 HD as well.

http://tv.sky.com/tv.....ndycar Series

I enjoy being able to remote record from work. It's very clever

[domhnall]

Still relevant, but hopefully they won't be jokes anymore.

Nicely put

Hopefully we wont see any repeat of the rain from last year.

[DanicaFan]

Did Paul Tracy end up getting a full time ride for this season?

Btw, the race Date in the first post needs to be corrected (should be Sunday, not Saturday).

It was corrected. No, Paul Tracy this far is only schedule to run with Dreyer & Reinbold for the Indianapolis 500.

[Ross Stonefeld]

This isn't as bad as I thought it would be.

http://s3.amazonaws......1FF2EQ71No5E=

[molive]

Tony has secured a deal with KV.

And with Jim Clark''s 82 number and Lotus livery

[DanicaFan]

Here is the entry list for the race..

[PayasYouRace]

Nice entry. Happy to see a continuing strong British contingent.

[Bloggsworth]

Will Power to lead nearly all the way with Castroneves or Franchitti to snatch it at the death...

[billm99uk]

James Jakes is sponsored by Acorn Stairlifts

[PayasYouRace]

James Jakes is sponsored by Acorn Stairlifts

Looks like a quality manufacturer http://www.acornstairlifts.com/

[Ross Stonefeld]

Founded/run by a Mr John Jakes.

[DanicaFan]

Practice Session 1 Results..

[DanicaFan]

Practice Session 2 Results..

Rank / Car# & Driver / Lap Time / Speed / Difference

1. #12 Will Power / 01:03.3759 / 102.247 / --
2. #10 Dario Franchitti / 01:03.5180 / 102.018 / 0.1421
3. #27 Mike Conway / 01:03.6660 / 101.781 / 0.2901
4. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 01:03.7214 / 101.693 / 0.3455
5. #9 Scott Dixon / 01:03.8734 / 101.451 / 0.4975
6. #3 Helio Castroneves / 01:03.9049 / 101.401 / 0.5290
7. #26 Marco Andretti / 01:04.0400 / 101.187 / 0.6641
8. #19 Sebastien Bourdais / 01:04.0672 / 101.144 / 0.6913
9. #82 Tony Kanaan / 01:04.0698 / 101.140 / 0.6939
10. #7 Danica Patrick / 01:04.1039 / 101.086 / 0.7280
11. #22 Justin Wilson / 01:04.1353 / 101.036 / 0.7594
12. #02 Oriol Servia / 01:04.1476 / 101.017 / 0.7717
13. #77 Alex Tagliani / 01:04.2355 / 100.879 / 0.8596
14. #34 Sebastian Saavedra / 01:04.2414 / 100.870 / 0.8655
15. #5 Takuma Sato / 01:04.2429 / 100.867 / 0.8670
16. #38 Graham Rahal / 01:04.3127 / 100.758 / 0.9368
17. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay / 01:04.3313 / 100.729 / 0.9554
18. #17 Raphael Matos / 01:04.3873 / 100.641 / 1.0114
19. #83 Charlie Kimball / 01:04.4961 / 100.471 / 1.1202
20. #14 Vitor Meira / 01:04.9544 / 99.762 / 1.5785
21. #4 JR Hildebrand / 01:05.0510 / 99.614 / 1.6751
22. #59 EJ Viso / 01:05.0727 / 99.581 / 1.6968
23. #78 Simona De Silvestro / 01:05.1105 / 99.523 / 1.7346
24. #18 James Jakes / 01:05.6427 / 98.716 / 2.2668
25. #24 Ana Beatriz / 01:05.7036 / 98.625 / 2.3277

[DanicaFan]

Here are your qualifying groups for tomorrow.

Group 1

#3 Helio Castroneves
#4 JR Hildebrand
#5 Takuma Sato
#7 Danica Patrick
#10 Dario Franchitti
#14 Vitor Meira
#22 Justin Wilson
#26 Marco Andretti
#38 Graham Rahal
#59 EJ Viso
#78 Simona De Silvestro
#83 Charlie Kimball
#02 Oriol Servia

Group 2

#6 Ryan Briscoe
#9 Scott Dixon
#12 Will Power
#17 Raphael Matos
#18 James Jakes
#19 Sebastien Bourdais
#24 Ana Beatriz
#27 Mike Conway
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#34 Sebastian Saavedra
#77 Alex Tagliani
#82 Tony Kanaan

[Risil]

Conway's quick. Good luck to him for his return. And Bourdais finds nearly a second.

[Ross Stonefeld]

Took pole on his CART debut there, by a decent margin I recall.

[PNSD]

Conway?! Nice!
Good to see him back racing, a great British racer ! nice to see some strength in the Indycar field, and nice to see Bourdais adjusting well.

[BiH]

Bourdais is going to surprise people

i think he will be very quick in quali and race

[gm914]

Power, Briscoe, Dixon, Bourdais, SATO!!, Conway, Patrick and Ana Beatriz are all great enough reasons to enjoy this season

[DankBank]

Bourdais is going to surprise people

i think he will be very quick in quali and race

It won't surprise me.

[Slyder]

It won't surprise me.

Me neither. I know what he's perfectly capable of...

[DLaw]

Go Kanaan !!!!!

[whitewaterMkII]

I'll take the distaff trifecta on quallys for 10 bucks.
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[Rob29]

Is it on Sky in the UK? It's not in their TV guide.

Just received Skysports mag for April/May-still no mention of motorsport
However,Radio Times' confirms live coverage 5pm SS4.

[Ross Stonefeld]

I used to work on Sky Sports mag and it's done almost two months in advance. In the sense that the March TV listings will have gone to print end of Jan/early Feb, so end of the month stuff will be a lucky dip at the best of times. And the listings did change so often we frequently did two magazine's worth of work each month.

[PayasYouRace]

Online TV listings say SS3 http://tv.sky.com/tvlistings

[Vitesse2]

In the UK Live Indycar is being shown on Sky Sports 3 @ 5PM on Sunday evening - I've just set the timer for series record...

Easiest way, as it will probably jump around between Sky Sports 3 and 4. Maybe even 1 or 2 for the Indy 500 and Japan. And unlike Eurosport, Motors and Channel 4 Sky continually update the EPG if timings or channels change. (For the last two Sundays, C4 have changed their early evening schedule but didn't update the EPG - my timer for Time Team came up at 5.29 and I then discovered it had started at 5.00: luckily there's C4+1)

[MattPete]

EJ Viso is worthless. Why does he still have sponsorship?

[Rob G]

EJ Viso is worthless. Why does he still have sponsorship?

Because Milka Duno is the Venezuelan alternative.

[MattPete]

Because Milka Duno is the Venezuelan alternative.

I guess when you put it that way...

[The Jim Clark Five]

does anyone know if IRL races are still being streamed live on the official website?

Edited by The Jim Clark Five, 26 March 2011 - 16:45.

[jonpollak]

Nope...
Comcast killed it.


Jp

[The Jim Clark Five]

Nope...
Comcast killed it.


Jp

ah, that's a pity. Cheers for the update

[DanicaFan]

The 6 moving on from Group 1 are..

Dario Franchitti
Helio Castroneves
Justin Wilson
Marco Andretti
Takuma Sato
Graham Rahal

[DanicaFan]

The 6 moving from Group 2 are..

Will Power
Ryan Briscoe
Scott Dixon
Mike Conway
Tony Kanaan
Alex Tagliani

[Crazy Canuck]

The fast 6 are:

Briscoe, Dixon, Franchitti, Power, Wilson, Conway

CC

[DanicaFan]

The Firestone Fast 6 are..

#6 Ryan Briscoe
#12 Will Power
#9 Scott Dixon
#10 Dario Franchitti
#22 Justin Wilson
#27 Mike Conway

[DanicaFan]

Congratulations to Will Power for winning the pole.