Sao Paulo Indy 300 - Page 5

JagtechOhio · 14 Mar 2010, 04:48 (Ref:2651427)

We'll hope the end justifies the means, and it's grooved concrete and lots of dust right now. Tweets Briscoe, while work was still underway:

RyanBriscoe6: ...the work in progress! Texture feels perfect, great news! Big clean up for 8am practice though.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 14 Mar 2010, 05:35 (Ref:2651432)

8am practice, qualifying and the race itself all on the same day; the drivers/teams have certainly got their work cut out. Makes Bahrain look like a breeze.

Juarez Jed · 14 Mar 2010, 06:43 (Ref:2651448)

Oh well, at least the race will be run in one shape or form.
Lucky it didn't rain or that concrete would have been a real ice rink.
We all knew they were cutting it fine for this year with track preparation, at least it will be fixable for the future.
What happened to the support categories , or weren't there any scheduled ?

JagtechOhio · 14 Mar 2010, 08:02 (Ref:2651480)

Howdy Jed,

There had been talk of support races some time ago, but I'd guess the condensed schedule made that impossible. In the endm nothing was planned.

Below is an excerpt from an article by Doug Boles, published Saturday but written before cars has taken to the track...probably Friday.

Boles is former owner of Panther Racing, and is a driver/ sponsor rep. Apparently some folks walked the track and were concerned about the problems that were soon to become evident. This isn't an effort to ride Cotman like a rented mule, but not everyone looked at the layout as acceptable.

"Some of the teams are voicing concern about what appears to be a bumpy race surface, asphalt work that might come apart under the significant downforce created by IndyCars, and concrete areas of the track that might be lacking some grip that could cause cars to lose control. Currently that is all speculation because nobody has driven the track yet. The portion of the track uses an extremely busy roadway that was not scheduled to be shut down until late Friday night after the traffic in the city had subsided."

Franchitti's quotes are always the best:

Defending series champion Dario Franchitti also complained.
“We knew it was going to be bumpy,” he said. “But this is kind of crazy.”

He said they were grabbing air at one point in 5th gear, maybe it's that transition point at the middle of the back straight?

marcostraz · 14 Mar 2010, 09:28 (Ref:2651507)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

8am practice, qualifying and the race itself all on the same day; the drivers/teams have certainly got their work cut out. Makes Bahrain look like a breeze.

8am local time, right?

marcostraz · 14 Mar 2010, 11:27 (Ref:2651551)

It seems that today the situation is much better...of course, with so little time available, it will be a very uncertain race where, even more than usual, everything can happen...

ptclaus98 · 14 Mar 2010, 13:22 (Ref:2651655)

Dario's just mad wifey won't be there to cheer him on.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 14 Mar 2010, 13:28 (Ref:2651663)

Has she recently gone mad?

icemachine · 14 Mar 2010, 13:31 (Ref:2651667)

Qualy report not up yet, but its Dario on the Pole, Tags in 2nd.

And in the all important ladies comp its Simona in 11th, Danica in 13th

DanicaFan · 14 Mar 2010, 14:47 (Ref:2651780)

Well, qualifications are in the books finally. Dario Franchitti earns the pole.

Here is the starting grid..

Row 1

#10 Dario Franchitti
#77 Alex Tagliani

Row 2

#22 Justin Wilson
#37 Ryan Hunter-Reay

Row 3

#12 Will Power
#11 Tony Kanaan

Row 4

#9 Scott Dixon
#6 Ryan Briscoe

Row 5

#3 Helio Castroneves
#5 Takuma Sato

Row 6

#78 Simona De Silvestro
#2 Raphael Matos

Row 7

#7 Danica Patrick
#06 Hideki Mutoh

Row 8

#19 Alex Lloyd
#14 Vitor Meira

Row 9

#8 EJ Viso
#4 Dan Wheldon

Row 10

#24 Mike Conway
#34 Mario Romancini

Row 11

#26 Marco Andretti
#23 Ana Beatriz

Row 12

#32 Mario Moraes
#18 Milka Duno

JagtechOhio · 14 Mar 2010, 14:59 (Ref:2651793)

IndyCar.com streaming starts at the top of the hour (in two minutes)

Apparently a great job was done fixing the track, the dust has settled, time to raise some more!

Dario doesn't think the tire wear will be a problem.

Silk Cut Jaguar · 14 Mar 2010, 15:09 (Ref:2651801)

It's a shame Milka doesn't have the same sense that Sarah Fisher does when it comes to road courses. Either put someone else in the car or stay home as being nearly 10 seconds off the pace is an embarrassment for everyone involved.

DanicaFan · 14 Mar 2010, 15:13 (Ref:2651809)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silk Cut Jaguar

It's a shame Milka doesn't have the same sense that Sarah Fisher does when it comes to road courses. Either put someone else in the car or stay home as being nearly 10 seconds off the pace is an embarrassment for everyone involved.

Dont worry, she will take herself out in a crash or they will blackflag her pretty quick.

Silk Cut Jaguar · 14 Mar 2010, 15:32 (Ref:2651829)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanicaFan

Dont worry, she will take herself out in a crash or they will blackflag her pretty quick.

Harsh but so very true. I wonder if the bookies are guessing which leap lap car she'll punt into the wall first.

marcostraz · 14 Mar 2010, 15:55 (Ref:2651843)

It's raining...

nickyf1 · 14 Mar 2010, 16:09 (Ref:2651852)

carnage at Turn 1

I hope he is not resting on Andretti's head.

Stefvh · 14 Mar 2010, 16:10 (Ref:2651853)

ouch

Peat · 14 Mar 2010, 16:12 (Ref:2651857)

nasty

Peat · 14 Mar 2010, 16:15 (Ref:2651860)

He's out of the car, thank god for that

nickyf1 · 14 Mar 2010, 16:16 (Ref:2651861)

Marco is now out, thank god.

icemachine · 14 Mar 2010, 16:16 (Ref:2651862)

Marco moving under his own power

marcostraz · 14 Mar 2010, 16:28 (Ref:2651871)

What's happened? Why did Power, Briscoe, Dixon and Castroneves go to the pit? I lost first three laps...

Peat · 14 Mar 2010, 16:29 (Ref:2651872)

Lots.

Very Dusty S/F straight.

Sato got in teh back of a few people at turn one.

Chain reaction launched Moraes onto Andretti.

Slow clean up, were on lap 7. All under caution.

Green about to fly.

icemachine · 14 Mar 2010, 16:42 (Ref:2651879)

Is this a street race or a moguls competition?

Peat · 14 Mar 2010, 16:51 (Ref:2651889)

ffs. Why do they let Duno on a race track?

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