A violent crash during Saturday's qualifying session for the Indianapolis 500 had resulted in several fractures for Sebastian Bourdais. A small correction of oversteer sent him straight into the wall, badly damaging his car that immediately burst in flames as well.
Well, the tires last more than half a lap so drivers can actually get after each other rather than going into conservation mode as soon as they leave the pits...cossie wrote:it's spec racing what do u expect f1, series is a joke cars are pigs
Well it's not exactly spec as there's two engine manufacturers, the Honda has a twin turbo while the Chevy has one larger turbo charger.cossie wrote:it's spec racing what do u expect f1, series is a joke cars are pigs
Nice to see some optimism especially towards a series that has... quite frankly, been in the dumps for the majority of the 2000s. As an early open wheel fan, I would have gladly watch Schumacher era F1 than those early IRL races that's how boring they used to be. Honestly the 2012 car can really upset some traditional tastes but I strongly suggest any open wheel fan to check out the first round.Sombrero wrote:I agree there's some good old racing flat out in America. IndyCar has a much better show than F-1 but that's not very difficult now. The 500 miles of Indianapolis will be for me one of the motorsport highlight of the year with the 24 hours of Le Mans and only then F-1 with Monaco, Spa and Monza. I really miss the Safari Rally with was a great event in the past.
How is it possible that the DW12 is less interesting than that poor IR03 car? Honestly, it kinda sounds to me like you're going off of sentiments than actually what's been happening on track since 2012. Especially since I can't really remember many races where the IR03 actually induced passing on the road races of 2000s indy. Barber and Sonoma are good examples as they both livened up because of how much more agile the DW12 is compared to that horrible IR03. Whether those fenders are ugly is almost irrelevant compared to how much better the cars performed on trackBoomBoom wrote:IndyCar is less and less interesting for me every year.
IndyCar had 3 engine manufacturer and two chassis suplier beetween 2003 and 2005. Now we have a fugly and slow spec dallara and 2 manufacturer. The racing is less interesting because the calendar is full of crappy street wreckfests. IndyCar is dead for me.lizardfolk wrote:BoomBoom wrote: Also the current DW12 is less spec than the mid 2000s IR03 when there was literally only one engine manufacturer for all teams, and the new Indy streets has been pretty fun to watch. Sao Paolo is literally one of the best street tracks I've ever seen it lends itself to a lot of passing especially on that massive straight.
I agree I prefer watching a sport where the most exiting thing to happen is someone breaking teamorders.BoomBoom wrote:IndyCar had 3 engine manufacturer and two chassis suplier beetween 2003 and 2005. Now we have a fugly and slow spec dallara and 2 manufacturer. The racing is less interesting because the calendar is full of crappy street wreckfests. IndyCar is dead for me.lizardfolk wrote:BoomBoom wrote: Also the current DW12 is less spec than the mid 2000s IR03 when there was literally only one engine manufacturer for all teams, and the new Indy streets has been pretty fun to watch. Sao Paolo is literally one of the best street tracks I've ever seen it lends itself to a lot of passing especially on that massive straight.
Because the dp01 "backbreaker" is not able to run on ovals, and from safety standpoint it's a step back to 80s.WilliamsF1 wrote:Why didn't they just bring in the DP01 rather than the new car tender
