Oval racing should not be underestimated. They are racing flat out in heavy traffic. One mistake and you end up in the wall at over 220mph. Besides, IndyCar is mixed with track circuits so those drivers are skilled as an F1 driver. Also, i'm not really sure an F1 car is harder to drive with all those electronics inside.
I never understood Indy as a challenge compared to F1 tbh.
"If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari" - Gilles Villeneuve
Move this thread to motorsport forum ?!
If Alonso don't want to compete in Monaco, the race McLaren has best chances to make decent points he is tuning out of F1, for now at least.
It will be interesting to see how he fares with those underdeveloped cars. I am sure he would do great if he had more time.
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Timo Glock for a "seat" fit......making a comeback to F1...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BT1lVtKDJYY/?hl=en"realglocktimoHappy to announce after a positive start in to 2017 @dtm_motorsport season i got straight a call from F1 Team for a seat fit! Will let you know soon which one will be the first race! Still in talks #F1 #f1comeback #comebackstronger"
Carpenter tops Day 3 practice, Alonso jumps up to fourth
Ed Carpenter topped the third day of Indianapolis 500 practice, but all eyes were on Fernando Alonso as he leapt to fourth fastest late in the day.
Strong winds meant that far fewer laps were turned on Wednesday than on previous days – and speeds were slower than usual too.
Carpenter set the fastest lap of the day in his Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet with an hour remaining, lapping at 222.894mph.
He said: "I'm happy with the car, happy with the handling and I'm feeling comfortable. We knew it was going to be challenging to go out there with all the wind, but that's why I thought it would be a good idea. We could have these conditions on raceday."
Scott Dixon was second quickest for Chip Ganassi Racing, and top Honda runner, with a speed of 222.599mph – his laptime just 0.0536s down on Carpenter. JR Hildebrand was third fastest in ECR’s second entry.
McLaren Honda Andretti’s Alonso began to move up the speed charts with 40 minutes to go, a 218.375mph effort that put him seventh, eight tenths off Carpenter’s fastest lap.
He then ran again, 10 minutes later, and found another two tenths to leap up to fourth fastest at 219.533mph.
AJ Foyt Racing's trio, Conor Daly, Carlos Munoz and rookie Zach Veach grabbed fifth, seventh and eighth fastest, with Max Chilton sixth in the second-fastest Ganassi entry. Teammate Charlie Kimball was ninth and Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda's one-off third car for Jay Howard was 10th.
Veach turned 46 laps, more than anyone bar the ECR duo.
Only 14 cars turned meaningful laps with Tony Kanaan, Graham Rahal, Mikhail Aleshin and James Hinchcliffe completing fewer than 10 each.
CAVALLINO RAMPANTE PER SEMPRE
What an UGLY car!!!!
Takuma Sato side by side...
Engine boost issue cost Fernando Alonso shot at Indy 500 pole
http://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/19...-indy-500-pole
New images of 'NEXT' car for Verizon IndyCar Series unveiled ------ 2018
http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/05/...ar-images-2018
Rain looks to be in the forecast today for todays race.
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I'm really excited for this!!
Going backwards already!!!
Indy500 security...one of several snipers
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Come on Alonso !!
wow, Alonso leading...
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