Rounds 7 and 8. Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, June 11-13

[bjohnsonsmith]

Rounds 7 and 8. Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix, June 11-13

After being cancelled last year because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the double header at Detroit is back on the calendar.

Detroit was originally the venue for the F1 Detroit Grand Prix, held from 1982-1988. It was dropped from the F1 calendar after 1988, when F1's governing body FISA declared the temporary pit area sub standard and because of the drivers dislike of the event due to track disintegration, which was particularly bad that year.

It had been planned to move the F1 Grand Prix to Belle Isle in 1989 but no agreement was finalised, so F1 went to Phoenix from 1989-1991 and Detroit became a CART event, with the race held on a slightly modified version of the F1 track.

In 1992, the event finally moved to Belle Isle, where it became a fixture on the CART calendar being held up to and including 2001, with the track extended from 2.1 mi (3.4 km), to 2.36 mi (3.80 km) in 1998.

The race was revived from 2007-2008 and held as a double-header, as part of the IRL's IndyCar Series, using the original CART layout, with Turn 8 tightened. However, it was cancelled from 2009-2011, due to the downturn in Detroit's automotive industry and the city's economic problems.

The race was revived again in 2012 and since 2013, the track has reverted to the 1998-2001 CART layout, with changes to Turn 3 and 7 and The Strand.

Some Trivia:
Hélio Castroneves got his first CART win at Detroit in 2000, driving a Reynard 2Ki-Honda HR-0 V8t, for Marlboro Team Penske

Driver with the most wins, 3
Hélio Castroneves 2000, 200, 2014.
Scott Dixon 2012, 2018, 2019

The team with the most wins, 10.
Team Penske: 1991, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2014 Race 1 and 2, 2016, 2018, 2019


1982-1988 F1 track layout:



1992-1997 Original CART track layout:



1998-2001 CART track layout:



Current track layout:



Length: 2.35 Mile (3.78 km)
Turns: 14

Lap record:
Takuma Sato, 4 Jun 2017. 1:13.6732, 114.831 mph (184.802 kmh).
Andretti Autosport,
Dallara DW12-Honda HI17TT Indy V6,
Verizon IndyCar Series.


Previous races.
Race 1
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/n...Bvalue%5D=2243

Pole:
Alexander Rossi, 1:14.1989, 114.018 Mph (183.494 km/h).
Andretti Autosport.
Dallara IR18-Honda HI19R Indy-V-6.

Winner:
Josef Newgarden,
Team Penske
Dallara IR18-Chevy IndyCar V6.

Laps: 43
Distance: 101.05 Miles (162.624 km)
Race Time: 1:15:30.5932
Average Speed: 99.285 mph (159.783 kmh)
Fastest lap: Josef Newgarden, Team Penske, lap 43. 76.5266 sec, 110.550 mph (177.912 km/h)

Caution periods: 4
Laps 14: 2-4, 18-21, 24-27, 30-32.


Race 2
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/n...Bvalue%5D=2243

Pole:
Josef Newgarden, 1:14.8607, 113.01 mph (181.871 km/h)
Andretti Autosport,
Dallara IR18-Chevy IndyCar V6

Winner:
Scott Dixon,
Chip Gannasi Racing.
Dallara IR18-Honda HI19R Indy-V-6

Laps: 70
Distance: 164.5 Miles (264.737 km)
Race Time: 1:52:18.9365
Average Speed: 87.877 mph (141.424 km/h)
Fastest lap: Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, lap 41. 75.1096 sec, 112.635 mph (181.268 km/h)

Caution periods: 5
Laps 23: 1-6, 15-19, 33-38, 55-58, 65-66.


Race broadcast:
NBC.
Race 1 June 12, 2:00pm ET, 7:00pm BST, 6:00pm UTC
Sky Sports F1, 7:00pm BST

Race 2 June 13, 12:00pm ET, 5:00pm BST, 4:00pm UTC
Sky Sports F1, 6:00pm BST

[gomick]

F1 Circuit had a tunnel didnt it? Indy Car through a tunnel would be pretty cool.

Hoping Scott McLaughlin qualifies up front and runs well...

[mstets]

McLaughlin was going well early in practice before he drove the right front into the tire barrier and broke the A-arms. Power did his usual trick of turning the fastest lap of the session in the last minute or so. Nice to see Bourdais near the top of the time sheet. Not sure these screen shots will be readable even though they look fine on my screen.

[joeb]

Originally Posted by mstets

McLaughlin was going well early in practice before he drove the right front into the tire barrier and broke the A-arms. Power did his usual trick of turning the fastest lap of the session in the last minute or so. Nice to see Bourdais near the top of the time sheet. Not sure these screen shots will be readable even though they look fine on my screen.

The images were readable just fine. Hoping there isnt too much carnage in the race.

[fieldodreams79]

Excellent opening post, bjs!

Enjoying q'ing for R1, atm. This place is so much fun to watch.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Excellent opening post, bjs!

Enjoying q'ing for R1, atm. This place is so much fun to watch.

[RWill2073]

I'm at the track, have grandstand seats at a race for the first time ever. Limited viewing thanks to crowd restrictions that were lifted a week or two too late. No access to turn 3-6. Still great to be at a race!

[RWill2073]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

I'm at the track, have grandstand seats at a race for the first time ever. Limited viewing thanks to crowd restrictions that were lifted a week or two too late. No access to turn 3-6. Still great to be at a race!

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[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

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Thanks. Keep 'em coming.

[RWill2073]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Thanks. Keep 'em coming.

You asked for it, haha.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

You asked for it, haha.

[broadrun96]

Just caught up and WOW, that on board was scary. And the cockpit shots he looks like that hurt him from top to bottom

Man, the shots about 10 min back with the Jersey barriers broken free and over 2 or 3 in each direction is insane

[broadrun96]

Well that's a good update from Indy medical, gonna be seriously bruised but sounds like other than that ok. Fingers crossed of course that the MRI and imagining look clear too

[fieldodreams79]

Sounds like Felix is no worse for wear, which is good...

Now, fix the wall!!

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

Sounds like Felix is no worse for wear, which is good...

Now, fix the wall!!

They're getting out the zip ties and bits of wire as we speak, it will look factree in 20 min

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

They're getting out the zip ties and bits of wire as we speak, it will look factree in 20 min

And dang! Those are the thick ones!! He hit that a ton!!

[RWill2073]

Any idea on whether they are going to shorten this race or imsa race afterward? They have time to get them both in, just wondering for tv purposes.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by RWill2073

Any idea on whether they are going to shorten this race or imsa race afterward? They have time to get them both in, just wondering for tv purposes.

They've not mentioned anything on the TV broadcast yet.

[fieldodreams79]

Man. That's awful.

[tux]

Lol, no way this ends under green

[bjohnsonsmith]

Considering what little time the race was red flagged for, was it really worth a red flag?

[bjohnsonsmith]

Congrats to Ericsson on his first IndyCar win. I'm off to the pub.

[broadrun96]

Trying to wedge those blocks in line looked like me with new fence boards fighting the bow of old and new

[broadrun96]

That was GREAT with Mike Shank, they mentioned IMSA race starts at 5 in NBCSN and he immediately looked at his watch with a raised eyebrow

[broadrun96]

Well the forklifts are leaving so guess that's a good thing. You think maybe just 10 min of commercials and then we could go long NBC? Oh wait, the money guys won't like that

Guess they were leaving to get more tires cause they're back