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  1. Nembo1777

    Nembo1777 F1 World Champ

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    I am not the person to ask about who broadcasts what, sorry. I do believe it is a complex patchwork of networks depending on the many EU and beyond countries.

    Agree on the rest.
     
  2. pilotoCS

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  4. steved033

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    is that other car....Bryan Herta?

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  5. GuyIncognito

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    yep!

    Colton bought his dad's old car and they restored it. they ran it the other day

    Colton is running a tribute livery this weekend



     
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  6. amerikalei

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    Track Limits!

    Actually I can see it either way, but it was certainly a gutsy moment of well executed racecraft.
     
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  7. GuyIncognito

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    Malukas to McLaren, did not see that coming

     
  8. pilotoCS

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    Colton Herta doesn't advance out of his qualy group. That's a bit of a shock.
     
  9. pilotoCS

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    Rosenqvist snags pole on his Arrow-McLaren swan song!
     
  10. pilotoCS

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    Now that was a classic first lap/first corner schlamazol.
     
  11. GuyIncognito

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    dumpster fire of a race today
     
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    I never used to think Laguna Seca would produce such mayhem.
     
  13. mdrums

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    Scott Dixon….always has a chance…amazing. Chip Ganassi loves winners!
     
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  14. GuyIncognito

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    chaos at Laguna Seca is a time honored tradition

     
  15. DGS

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    I can describe that race in one word:

    Sloppy

    Before the race, the commentators were gushing about the "new pavement" and how "fast" it was.
    Seems the drivers forget that the "fast" pavement is only helpful if you're driving ON the pavement. :p
    Every time they cut a corner or ran wide, they covered their tires with sand .... and no more traction.

    It was most obvious when Rosenquist pitted around lap 33, cut the corner, and you could SEE the left rear tire instantly fog with dirt .... and then he lost the rear in the pits.

    Seems LaGoony-Psycho is a place where track limits really mean something. :p
     
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  16. Gatorrari

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    Scott Dixon may be the smartest Indycar driver of all time. And his teammate Alex Palou is pretty good as well, though I think that today both of them were at least a bit lucky. And teammate Marcus Armstrong won Rookie of the Year. (With Scott McLaughlin finishing second, it was also a banner day for New Zealand.)
     
  17. Adrian Thompson

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    I call it 'Dixon luck', yes Dixon and Palou frequently appear to be 'lucky', but I think it's all preparation and reading the race. Yes, they catch lucky breaks, but so do others, the difference is they are always ready to respond and capitalize on those breaks. Other people who catch those same breaks are frequently not in the mindset to capitalize on them. Neither driver loses his **** when things go wrong, instead they get back in the race as fast as possible and start working on how to capitalize on the changing situation with the pit wall. I mean how many come back drives does Dixon have (and Palou is notching up)? It appears way more than others, but I think that's just the level they as drivers, and CGR as a team plans and practices for.

    One thing I wish they would change is either fuel tank size or race length. We see too many races where there's just enough yellow for someone to try the two stop (or one less than theoretical) and goes on (an admittedly amazing) drive at 80-90% and eaks out enough distance that they are ahead on those going flat out, but needing the extra 25+ seconds total lost time for a pit stop. Now, yesterday's race had so many yellows it wouldn't have changed that, but I think they should aim for 15 % of laps under yellows still equals three stops (or whatever) so the drivers need to be on it all the time, and not in fuel save for 40-50-60% of the race.
     
  18. Devilsolsi

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    Very sloppy race.

    I hate that they let the cars go on restarts before they have even gotten to the final corner.
     
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    6 cars below track record in final qualifying. New asphalt fast online. 15 cautions. Sand on new asphalt very slick offline. And certainly the last race of the year has a "Nothing to lose" kind of approach to it.
     
  20. Nembo1777

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    Just watched the race highlights; what were they thinking or what did they smoke?!:eek::D... certainly not boring but total nonsense...
     
  21. Gatorrari

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    I still think that Colton Herta went too early on that last big restart, but they decided not to penalize him. I thought that passing was not allowed until across the start-finish line.
     
  22. Devilsolsi

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    I think that is true for the race start but not the restarts.
     
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  24. Gatorrari

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    Did Brian actually drive his old car or is this a computer fabrication?
     
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