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[jonpollak]

ArchieTech, on 12 Apr 2025 - 12:14, said:

For UK folks qualifying is live on Sky Sports Mix at 7.30pm. It's repeated on Sky Sports F1 at 10pm.

That’s great Archie .. Thanks
Also, Free Practice 2 in on Mix RIGHT NAO !!

Jp

[STRFerrari4Ever]

ArchieTech, on 12 Apr 2025 - 12:14, said:

For UK folks qualifying is live on Sky Sports Mix at 7.30pm. It's repeated on Sky Sports F1 at 10pm.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Disgrace]

Ericsson's head shot in the timing tower is downright demonic.

[FLB]

Dixon may have caught the wall.

[StraightEdge]

It's practice but a rare mistake from Scott Dixon

[jonpollak]

That was not something I’d ever think he would do…!!
Jp

[StraightEdge]

Looks like Scott pushing the limits and found it places it can never go

[ArchieTech]

Thought that was Dixon heading for the wall again when it hopped over a bump there

[jonpollak]

Some WOW moments here in Practice 2
Jp

[FLB]

ArchieTech, on 12 Apr 2025 - 15:59, said:

Thought that was Dixon heading for the wall again when it hopped over a bump there

Yeah. They said on IndyCar Radio the track surface is worse than expected. Lots of teams are being caught by surprise.

[jonpollak]

Qualy Time.
Hope all y’all in the USA have FS 2

Jp

[StraightEdge]

Will Power brushed that wall Scott Dixon hit

[Jim Thurman]

May weather came early. This overcast is common in So Cal in May and June: "May Gray" and "June Gloom"

[StraightEdge]

Herta overpushed it and broke the toelink. Yet he advances

[FLB]

Power OUT.

[StraightEdge]

Both Will Power and Josef Newgarden eliminated after first round of qualifying

[ArchieTech]

Nice compilation of close calls with the wall there

[red stick]

StraightEdge, on 12 Apr 2025 - 18:48, said:

Both Will Power and Josef Newgarden eliminated after first round of qualifying

Shaping up to be a long year.

[Jellyfishcake]

Ahhh forgot to check if it was on another channel, just saw it wasn't on Sky F1 yet.

I'm not sure why Sky need to show a re-run of the qualifying session that literally finished an hour before 

 

Anyway, IndyCar we go 

[jonpollak]

Good job from the Prema’s
Jp

[Afterburner]

Haha, Ferrucci in the runoff area of Turn 9 angrily waving his fist for all to see.

[red stick]

Long Beach getting its own "Wall of Champions."

Edited by red stick, 12 April 2025 - 19:11.

[StraightEdge]

Lundgaard found the tire barriers

[OvDrone]

Everyone: How many races do I want to watch ?

This weekend: Yes.

[red stick]

Very sudden stop for Lundgaard.

[Afterburner]

Why is Siri announcing the Fast Six???

[OvDrone]

Marcus Ericsson - the other Andretti driver.

[FLB]

OvDrone, on 12 Apr 2025 - 19:38, said:

Marcus Ericsson - the other Andretti driver.

And (still) the only one of them who has his likeness on the Borg-Warner.

[StraightEdge]

Andretti starts 1-2 with Kyle Kirkwood on pole with Colton Herta next to him

[FLB]

Andretti front row, followed by Palou and Frozenqvist.

Edited by FLB, 12 April 2025 - 19:49.

[red stick]

Ack! Stop saying "him and I!"

[OvDrone]

Jupiter Man does it. We'll see if he converts it to a win tomorrow - cheers.

[Analog]

So weird that they still have not managed to get some meaningful timing info on the screen during qualifying. 

[jonpollak]

I ignore the tv graphics and use indycar.com
Jp

[jonpollak]

OvDrone, on 12 Apr 2025 - 19:25, said:

Everyone: How many races do I want to watch ?

This weekend: Yes.

IMSA in 1 hour
Jp

[red stick]

Analog, on 12 Apr 2025 - 19:53, said:

So weird that they still have not managed to get some meaningful timing info on the screen during qualifying.

I was thinking the same--got to think at this point it is just not a priority.

[Analog]

red stick, on 12 Apr 2025 - 20:02, said:

I was thinking the same--got to think at this point it is just not a priority.

It should be. A ticking clock is what qualifying is all about.

[Afterburner]

We’ll see how May goes, but I’m starting to get the feeling that a change of scenery would be useful for Newgarden. Maybe to the 9 if it coincides with Dixon calling it a day? Or would he be a better fit at McLaren?

[Jim Thurman]

red stick, on 12 Apr 2025 - 20:02, said:

I was thinking the same--got to think at this point it is just not a priority.

I feel confirmed in my belief that it is a production decision, that they feel it adds "more drama."

 

And, no, I do not agree.

[red stick]

Afterburner, on 12 Apr 2025 - 20:36, said:

We’ll see how May goes, but I’m starting to get the feeling that a change of scenery would be useful for Newgarden. Maybe to the 9 if it coincides with Dixon calling it a day? Or would he be a better fit at McLaren?

No. He's 7th in the championship, in a gaggle that leaves him just 11 points out of second. Why go to Palou's team or Pato's team?

[loki]

I’ll be that guy.  Newgarden to Cadillac…

[SKL]

That "Driver's Eye" camera is pretty cool.  The tech for it is pretty interesting as well-  good article about at racer.com.  

 

I guess he's a nice enough guy   (my son had dinner with him when at COTA a couple years ago for the F1 race and had a great time)  but I actually find Will Buxton even more irritating than Croftie. Just something about his delivery.  Actually think Jack Harvey is doing a good job  as a pit reporter, though I'm sure he'd rather be in a car.  Didn't realize the pit reporters could work for two networks-  was surprised to see Kevin Lee also doing the IMSA race.

 

Busy day tomorrow starting early from the desert!!

Edited by SKL, 13 April 2025 - 03:36.

[Disgrace]

I winced when Lundgaard didn't take his hands off the wheel before hitting the tyre wall, that is the stuff of broken wrists.

[paulb]

Jim Thurman, on 12 Apr 2025 - 18:43, said:

May weather came early. This overcast is common in So Cal in May and June: "May Gray" and "June Gloom"

… but the weather will be lovely for the race, as it always is.

[FLB]

Disgrace, on 13 Apr 2025 - 08:48, said:

I winced when Lundgaard didn't take his hands off the wheel before hitting the tyre wall, that is the stuff of broken wrists.

Alex Rossi broke a thumb that way at Toronto last year.

 

[Jim Thurman]

paulb, on 13 Apr 2025 - 13:36, said:

… but the weather will be lovely for the race, as it always is.

Probably. Personally, I'm rooting for the overcast.

 

It sure caught out Buxton, who was utterly unprepared for what was unexpected to him  

 

During warm-up, he said it was "not what he was promised" "it's cold!" and said it was like Skegness  

 

Locals and long-timers know better  

[Jim Thurman]

To all those complaining about FOX coverage, like lack of clock, etc.

 

Hey, they got "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue, so what do you want from them? 

[FLB]

Jim Thurman, on 13 Apr 2025 - 17:00, said:

To all those complaining about FOX coverage, like lack of clock, etc.

 

Hey, they got "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue, so what do you want from them? 

And the international F1 feed did no better just now. Whatever passed for timing and scoring on screen was a mess.

[FLB]

I just hope Herta got the Hertamania out his system early... 

 

[JHSingo]

Did this race always used to be on so late? Was just looking forward to settling down for the evening and watching this, only to see that according to the IndyCar website, it doesn't start for another five hours?!

Come on IndyCar, think of us UKers who have work on a Monday morning.