Auto Racing Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 14,954]

Nice try by Lundgaard to go for medium compound tyres at the end, but eventually it just made him go from 2nd back to 2nd  

[Federer91 2,728]

It's going to be a manic weekend for motorsport fans.  We have:

- F1 and it's support series at Silverstone

- MotoGP and it's support series at Brno

- Formula E in Berlin

- Superbike/Supersport at Portimao 

- Motocross returns in Latvia

- European Le Mans Series at Spa

- GT World Challenge (former Blancpain) at Misano

[Vektor 3,326]

Alonso should have stayed with Honda for Indy, the Chevy cars are getting decimated by Honda at the Indy 500 qualy, only 1 driver with a Chevy engine in the Top10. 

[heywoodu 14,954]

20 minutes ago, Vektor said:

Alonso should have stayed with Honda for Indy, the Chevy cars are getting decimated by Honda at the Indy 500 qualy, only 1 driver with a Chevy engine in the Top10. 

And that's young rookie Rinus van Kalmthout  

 

He could have been up even higher if he kept his warmup lap a bit slower, he was 15-30 km/h faster there than most guys around him, meaning his last laps could have been a bit faster.

[heywoodu 14,954]

And Van Kalmthout ends up being the only Chevy in the Fast Nine, wow

[heywoodu 14,954]

Fast Nine Shootout coming up

[Sindo 1,504]

16 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Fast Nine Shootout coming up

 

What is it ? Is it part of any racing series ?

[heywoodu 14,954]

45 minutes ago, Sindo said:

 

What is it ? Is it part of any racing series ?

 

It's part of the posts of @Vektor and myself above it, IndyCar Series (the Indianapolis 500 to be specific, one of the races in said Series).

[Sindo 1,504]

31 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

It's part of the posts of @Vektor and myself above it, IndyCar Series (the Indianapolis 500 to be specific, one of the races in said Series).

 

But it is not listed here Is it today ?

[heywoodu 14,954]

Just now, Sindo said:

 

But it is not listed here Is it today ?

It started shortly after my post, and finished 50 minutes ago or so  

 

It's the Fast Nine Shootout, that's what it's called. The last part of qualifying, deciding the first three starting rows.