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[prommer]

The radio commentator just said that it's fitting they get a bottle of champagne for winning because Simon Pagenaud is French!

 

Wont' they all be disappointed when it ends up being Korbel. 

[djparky]

What an excellent race, even with Rossi not in the picture. Weird to think I'll be there in 2 weeks time ( without the rain hopefully)

5 different winners from 4 teams in the last 5 races....its nice not knowing who will win each week

[Risil]

Wont' they all be disappointed when it ends up being Korbel. 

Cold Duck!

[ThadGreen]

What's not to like about this race, it pretty much had everything and for me it started at 12.30pm so I saw it live.

Best race of the weekend so far.

[ANF]

Lhude, sing cuccu?

I wish I hadn't looked up that reference.

[paulb]

Other than the fact I swapped him out for Rahal less then an hour before the start of the race, i'm really happy for Pagenaud!

I swapped Pags for Power.

[JHSingo]

2nd, 7th, 9th, Herta for me in fantasy. Semi decent? Probably my best score so far this season.

[red stick]

What's not to like about this race, it pretty much had everything and for me it started at 12.30pm so I saw it live.

Best race of the weekend so far.

 

Mercedes front row lockout.  Better than half-second gap to their nearest competitor.  And all the passing opportunities provided by the Circuit de Catalunya?  I think we can reliably conclude, even at this early date, and without a crystal ball, time machine, or the assistance of OvDrone, that we have witnessed this weekend's finest racing.  

[paulb]

2nd, 7th, 9th, Herta for me in fantasy. Semi decent? Probably my best score so far this season.

Same for me except I had Bourdais instead of Rahal.

[prommer]

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Victoire! Assurément une de mes plus accomplie de ma carrière! Tout s’est aligné parfaitement et aujourd’hui gagner à Indy pour la 3e fois est un moment vraiment particulier. Je suis heureux de dire que nous avons gardé les victoires du GP dans la famille Penske avec Will Power

[Muppetmad]

I intentionally didn't pick Pagenaud to give him some good luck. You're welcome, Simon 

 

A cracking, cracking drive though, and a very well deserved win. It's been a tough couple of years, so it's nice to see him with the sort of pace he showed in his title winning year.

[prommer]

I picked a plethora of Penskes, and even after their terrible qualy, I stuck with them out of honor.

 

Probably be better off with pickled peppers...

 

For the record, my Penske loyalty got me 2nd place in the fantasy, behind Gforce.  Picking Helio at 15 paid off but not because of anything Helio did!

[messy]

I'm happy for Pagenaud because I really didn't think we'd see this again for a while.

Feels a bit like Jimmy Vasser, Houston 2000. Welcome back champ. And your wife is lovely.

[Silberpfeil]

Unfortunately I had to skip the last part of the race after the final restart because I was dead tired and live in an unforgiving time zone… so do we have any explanation on what in the world happened to Hinchcliffe? He lost seven positions from when I last tuned in.

Very well done to Harvey btw. Next to Pagenaud that’s the best story of the race for me.

[Nonesuch]

Big thumbs up to Indycar for not spoiling the result on the thumbnail image of their Youtube highlights videos, as they did at the start of the season.

Bit of a chaotic start in which it was unsurprising to see Dixon emerge on top. Unfortunate to see Newgarden had pitstop problems.

Great comeback by Pagenaud - I imagine it'd have been good fun to see the gaps come down live.
 

Mercedes front row lockout.  Better than half-second gap to their nearest competitor.  And all the passing opportunities provided by the Circuit de Catalunya?  I think we can reliably conclude, even at this early date, and without a crystal ball, time machine, or the assistance of OvDrone, that we have witnessed this weekend's finest racing.  

Turn your gaze to Monza and be pleasantly surprised.

Edited by Nonesuch, 12 May 2019 - 07:49.

[Disgrace]

Great race. What a weekend from Harvey, that came from nowhere. And someone please retire Kanaan, he isn't going to do it himself.

[B Squared]

Ohoh,Good race I enjoyed but I have the feeling I'm not gonna like the winner....
 
Incredible, All Indy GP's up til now won by Team Penske already ....
Looks as if the string will be continued

Pagenaud won the first Indy GP with Schmidt

[Frood]

Seen the highlights. Looking forward to seeing the longer highlights when IndyCar uploads it. Looks like I missed a cracker! Yay Pag! Yay Harvey! 

[Henri Greuter]

Pagenaud won the first Indy GP with Schmidt

 

 

Thanks for correcting me, had entireliy forgotten that!

When I think Pagenaud I only have visions of my eyse being hurt because of Menard sponsored bright yellow #22's

Happy to see that it is the case and that team Penske had lost an Indy GP after all.

Given the fact how Indy appears to be not only rewarding efforts but also maintis traditions and strings: Might give us hope for the future...

 

But yesterday was deserved and brilliant, no doubt about that.

[FLB]

 

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Victoire! Assurément une de mes plus accomplie de ma carrière! Tout s’est aligné parfaitement et aujourd’hui gagner à Indy pour la 3e fois est un moment vraiment particulier. Je suis heureux de dire que nous avons gardé les victoires du GP dans la famille Penske avec Will Power

 

Translation:

 

The win! Assuredly one of the most accomplished of my career. Everything was perfectly aligned and to win at Indy today for the third time is a really special moment. I am happy to say we have kept the wins of the GP within the Penske family with Will Power

[maximilian]

So happy for Simon!  What a race! 

[Afterburner]

Wow wow wow wow WOW!

Robin Miller had a column on Racer last week asking his readers what their idea of a good race was. Well, my answer would simply be yesterday's race. It had everything.

• Great start (but that's always a given on this track)
• Bizarre incidents (not what made the start great; Helio beaching it after all that work was )
• Five-dimensional strategy (three separate viable strategies)
• Pit-lane chaos (particularly Newgarden and Rosenqvist, and in the latter's case I didn't realise the pit speed limit was 88 miles per hour)
• Weather (perfect for a wet race)
• Passing EVERYWHERE (somewhat due to the above, but still)
• Great race craft from everyone involved (even freakin' FERRUCCI)
• Winner uncertain until the last lap (for the right reasons; not a pass/repass festival or BS yellows)

That was a textbook example of a classic. Easily the best Indycar race I've seen since Fontana 2015, and that list includes Barber, Mid-Ohio, and Gateway last year and every trip they've made to Texas since then. What an absolute stunner.

[jonpollak]

Well well well... Indycar delivers yet again. (Quelle Surprise)
My boys at Team Pags will be SO relieved as will the man himself.

So... the inevitable question now is...
Who’s starting the 500 build up thread ?

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 13 May 2019 - 03:05.

[Atreiu]

I just watched the 30 minutes version on youtube.

 

What a race.

[jonpollak]

Also, the ads on American television are just unbearably frequent

You wouldn’t be new to American television broadcasts would you?

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 13 May 2019 - 01:28.

[Ben1445]

• Great race craft from everyone involved (even freakin' FERRUCCI)

It was a pleasure to see. Such respect through the field. 

[paulb]

Well well well... Indycar delivers yet again. (Quelle Surprise)
My boys at Team Pags will be SO relieved as will the man himself.

So... the inevitable question now is...
Who’s starting the 500 build up thread ?

Jp

OMG, jp changed his ava! What madness next befalls us?

[Henri Greuter]

OMG, jp changed his ava! What madness next befalls us?

Alonso failing to qualify????

[FLB]

And it could actually happen. That's the beauty of it. 

[HistoryFan]

Pippa Mann will definitly fail to qualify unfortunately.

[PayasYouRace]

What does Pippa do from June to April anyway?

[noriaki]

What does Pippa do from June to April anyway?

Raise money, I gather. She's got to be very good at it or else she wouldn't be there every May.
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Anyone noticed it looks to be the first AOWR season of this decade without Oriol Servia?

[jonpollak]

 

https://youtu.be/qz_OQE1PJuE?t=3060

 

 

Thanks to Maximillian for laboring through the night to invent my month of May avatar..

And why not?

 

As Ross Stonefeld always said "Changes of avatar should reflect moments of gravity"

 

Jp

Edited by jonpollak, 13 May 2019 - 13:22.

[Henri Greuter]

 
https://youtu.be/qz_OQE1PJuE?t=3060
 
 
Thanks to Maximillian for laboring through the night to invent my month of May avatar..
And why not?
 
As Ross Stonefeld always said "Changes of avatar should reflect moments of gravity"
 
Jp

The "Redshirt" is you in your earlier\better\glorious days????

"Snake pit" in the 70s I presume????

[Frood]

Raise money, I gather. She's got to be very good at it or else she wouldn't be there every May.
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Anyone noticed it looks to be the first AOWR season of this decade without Oriol Servia?

I heard he’s on the official program as an entry.

[Silberpfeil]

What does Pippa do from June to April anyway?

I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that she also works as a performance driving instructor these days.

[prommer]

1 million viewers for NBC -- highest ratings for the Indycar Grand Prix in 5 years.

 

Best of all, there was a peak of 1.4 million viewers for the final laps.

[Myrvold]

Anyone noticed it looks to be the first AOWR season of this decade without Oriol Servia?

Uh?

He is on the entry list, no?

[stewie]

Uh?

He is on the entry list, no?

He's definitely on it now, in the confirmed SPM 77 car (in conjunction with some random small time NASCAR team based out of Chicago).

[Peat]

in conjunction with some random small time NASCAR team based out of Chicago

 

You could say "strange". Agugugugug.

[noriaki]

Uh?

He is on the entry list, no?

 

In my defence, the Servia announcement came only after I posted!

 

Maybe the people at Stange were blissfully reading the forum, only to notice my post and think "s***, we have forgotten something". 

[Peat]

I'm still reveling in how good that race was. One for the ages. Great. 

[Myrvold]

In my defence, the Servia announcement came only after I posted!

 

Maybe the people at Stange were blissfully reading the forum, only to notice my post and think "s***, we have forgotten something". 

 

I honestly thought I read it last week or something