Rain held off on Tuesday to allow a full day of practice for the IZOD IndyCar Series, in preparation for The Greatest Spectacle In Racing. But it did have a little bearing on today’s procedures as they didn’t go green until shortly after 1:00 PM EST since the track was drying from earlier rain. Scott Dixon put up quick time today, which isn’t much of a surprise given his affiliation with one of the big dog teams. But the results sheet behind him was an appealing surprise and hopefully a…
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IndyCar – Green For Practice At Indy
This was the scene earlier this morning as track crew worked to dry out the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in time for practice. With rain washing out yesterday’s activities and rain threatening for most of the remaining week, practice time is at a premium as everybody prepares for qualifying this weekend. Throw in the fact that the schedule this month is severely compressed and qualifying has been shortened from four days to two. That said, at 1:07 PM EST and the track went green. Ambient temperature is only 55F and there is a…
Read MoreF1 – Mercedes GP Statement on Appeal
Below is the statement released by Mercedes GP in regards to their withdraw of an appeal lodged against the FiA over the events that occurred during the end of the Monaco GP. While I believe the penalty was ridiculous given the track conditions were contrary to how the regulation was supposed to work, I do appreciate the FiA admitting that this regulation was untested and that they could see how the reg could be interpreted the way it was. On the final lap of the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix, MERCEDES…
Read MoreRally – Wilson Opposes Mixed Surface
Stobart driver Matthew Wilson has come out with opposition to the mixed surface rallies that the WRC has instituted. The British driver for the Ford satellite team even issued this statement regarding the events to Autosport: “To me, it just doesn’t make any sense, it’s spoiling the character of some great rallies. It’s not like an event like Rally New Zealand needs to add to the spectacle, is it?” Wilson believes that the way mixed surface rallies used to be tackled was better. This method saw a day of gravel…
Read MoreRally – Oregon Trail Wrap-up
PRESS RELEASE from Rally America Mitsubishis Sweep The Podium At Oregon Trail Rally The Dalles, OR (May 16, 2010) — The NOS Energy Mitsubishi team of Andrew Comrie-Picard and Jeremy Wimpey took a decisive win on the 2010 Oregon Trail Rally, round 4 of the Rally America National Championship. Comrie-Picard held a comfortable lead over the Mitsubishi crew of Bill Bacon and Peter Watt at the start of the final day and managed to increase his advantage by the final stage. Bacon focused more on maintaining his position by staying…
Read MoreIndyCar – Pole Speed Predictions: We Set the Line
For the past three years, the race at the Kansas Speedway has preceded the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. I started to notice a trend, and thought I’d explore it further. Yes, I hear you statisticians out there, three data points does not make a statistically significant sample. Well, I’m running with it anyway. I thought I’d look back at the races since 2001 and see if there was a relationship between the speeds we see at Kansas and the speeds we see at Indianapolis. Sure enough, after deftly applying various…
Read MoreOp-Ed – The Rules Are Clear! …clear as the Muddy Mo.
The crown jewel of Formula 1, the historic Monaco Grand Prix, took place this past weekend and as usual the race was filled with lots of interesting happenings except for actual racing. …ok, there was Alonzo who was simply brilliant, but that’s only a single data point, not a trend. You can hear Shaun and Mike dissect the race later this week in Podcast Ep 39, but I want to take some time to analyze the mayhem that happened at the end of the race. With just a handful of…
Read MoreF1 – Grand Prix of Monaco
This weekend Formula 1 was on its grandest stage of all with the Monaco Grand Prix. Red Bull Racing was able to take yet another pole position with Mark Webber carrying momentum from the Spanish Grand Prix. However, we all know that Monaco can yield some surprising results and nothing would be a guarantee. Those surprises would not creep up this weekend as Mark Webber dominated his second event in a row. The Australian led flag to flag in what would be a Red Bull Racing 1-2. The result would…
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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJoin me and Doug as we discuss last weeks motorsports and look ahead to this weekend. IndyCar, F1 and Rally news for you to digest. So as always, sit back with your favorite and enjoy!
Read MoreInnovation, Spec Racing & GP2 Cars Outclassing Their Big Brothers
GP2 Cars Faster than the Cosworth End of the F1 Grid A curious thing happened today in Monaco. Several of the GP2 cars put in faster laps than some of the new F1 teams. F1 is the undisputed pinnacle of modern motorsport with fantastically large budgets, while GP2 is a spec feeder series. As eloquently put by Flavio Briatorre, “There are teams in F1 who are only two seconds quicker compared to GP2 teams and they are spending 60-70 million while GP2 costs three million. Something’s wrong there.” Just imagine…
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