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26 Mar 2015, 00:18 (Ref:3519594)
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Round 1: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, March 27 - 29, 2015
Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.
The waiting and the long off season are almost over, with this Sunday's 2015 season opener nearly upon us. It will be the 12th running of the race on the current course and the 11th as an IndyCar event. It will also feature the first running of Chevrolet's and Honda's road-street/short oval aero-kits in a race. The dominant aero-kit package appears to be Chevrolet's and Power pipped Dixon in pre-season testing at Barber, so can Power take back to back wins on Sunday? The event was first held as part of the SCCA Trans-Am Series, on the downtown waterfront circuit, from 1985-1990 but when local residents and businesses complained about the noise the event was cancelled. It returned from 1996-1997 on a new course around Tropicana Field. After a second hiatus, the event returned again in 2003 but as a Champ Car race, using a modified layout of the original 1985–90 waterfront circuit. In 2004, the event was cancelled due to a dispute between the promoters but returned in 2005, this time as part of the IRL IndyCar Series, marking the first non-oval event for the Indy Racing League.  Length: 1.8 Miles (2.9 Km) Turns: 14 Lap record: Sébastien Bourdais, Feb 22, 2003. 1:00.928, 106.710 mph - 171.733 kph. Lola B03/00-Ford Cosworth, Champ Car World Series. Last year's winner: Will Power Team Penske, Dallara-Chevrolet Laps 110 Distance 198 Miles, (318.65km) Race Time 2:06:58 Average Speed 93.572 mph, 150.59 kmh TV Coverage: ABC Sunday, March 29. Green flag at 3:00p.m. ET. |
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Circuit record to go on Sunday. Its great to have Indycar back!
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Qualifying in will start in under 30 min.
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28 Mar 2015, 20:21 (Ref:3521159)
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28 Mar 2015, 21:03 (Ref:3521176)
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Power's just set a best lap time of 1:00.6509, in Round 2 of qualifying. Bourdais' lap record of 2003 is 1:00.928
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28 Mar 2015, 21:22 (Ref:3521181)
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Penske 1-2-3-4. Ugh.
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Penske 1-2-3-4. Wow. Happy that Sato and Bourdais are up there.
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Power on pole, 1:00.6931. Penske top four(!): Power, Pagenaud, Castroneves, Montoya.
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1 Will Power, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.6931s
2 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.7252s 3 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.8356s 4 Juan Pablo Montoya, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.8532s 5 Takuma Sato, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.1496s 6 Sebastien Bourdais, KVSH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.1545s 7 Tony Kanaan, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.1182s 8 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.1670s 9 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.2285s 10 Josef Newgarden, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.2478s 11 Simona de Silvestro, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.3657s 12 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.4765s 13 Charlie Kimball, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.5727s 14 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.4890s 15 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.5742s 16 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.5780s 17 Stefano Coletti, KV Racing Technology, Dallara/Chevrolet, 1m01.6727s 18 Sage Karam, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.8011s 19 Luca Filippi, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.6736s 20 James Jakes, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.8323s 21 Jack Hawksworth, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 1m02.0095s 22 Gabby Chaves, Bryan Herta Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.9705s 23 Francesco Dracone, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 1m04.2654s 24 Carlos Huertas, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.9716s I wonder if Dale Coyne is ruing the day Francesco Dracone was signed instead of Justin Wilson? Last edited by bjohnsonsmith; 28 Mar 2015 at 22:46. |
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Rather Alexander Rossi than Wilson. Rossi was Coyne's prime candidate for that seat before he signed for GP2 again.
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Wilson took a part-time ride with Andretti Autosport over being at DCR again. I don't blame him, he's running out of time in his open wheel career and has wasted many years in weak teams already.
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I kid you not, that's an impressive crowd in the stands.
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Amazingly a clean start,
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Cheezy aero bits all over the place.
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Time for the first debris collection fcy
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I worry there will be a lot of debris cautions this year. However on a positive note, I think the cars look better with the aero kits than last year now that I've seen them in racing
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Alright, time to settle in now. Good start aside from debris.
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