Pre season testing

nic.v814 · 24 Feb 2009, 23:20 (Ref:2403576)

The pre season testing is on now live at http://www.indycar.com

Robert doornbos is doing extremely well for a oval beginner and Scott dixon is leading like usual

DanicaFan · 25 Feb 2009, 05:15 (Ref:2403651)

Here are the results of Practice Session 1.

Position / Car# & Driver / Time / Speed

1. #9 Scott Dixon / 00:25.2919 / 211.372
2. #6 Ryan Briscoe / 00:25.3614 / 210.793
3. #10 Dario Franchitti / 00:25.3842 / 210.603
4. #5 Mario Moraes / 00:25.4389 / 210.151
5. #3 Will Power / 00:25.4404 / 210.138
6. #26 Marco Andretti / 00:25.4940 / 209.696
7. #06 Robert Doornbos / 00:25.5077 / 209.584
8. #3 Ryan Briscoe / 00:25.5479 / 209.254
9. #11 Tony Kanaan / 00:25.5707 / 209.067
10. #02 Graham Rahal / 00:25.6032 / 208.802
11. #7 Danica Patrick / 00:25.6133 / 208.720
12. #12 Raphael Matos / 00:25.6165 / 208.694
13. #20 Ed Carpenter / 00:25.6192 / 208.672
14. #13 EJ Viso / 00:25.6235 / 208.637
15. #24 Mike Conway / 00:25.6319 / 208.568
16. #27 Hideki Mutoh / 00:25.6984 / 208.029
17. #23 Milka Duno / 00:25.7759 / 207.403
18. #34 Jaime Camara / 00:25.7790 / 207.378
19. #14 Vitor Meira / 00:25.8032 / 207.184
20. #18 Justin Wilson / 00:25.8457 / 206.843
21. #98 Stanton Barrett / 00:25.9724 / 205.834

Aloysius · 25 Feb 2009, 14:49 (Ref:2403934)

Looks good. Bobby D certainly got up to speed fast. Wilson going to have a challenge ahead of him to get the Coyne car up t speed, but it should be a little better on road courses. Not surprised to see Barrett at the bottom. He could be a bit of an embarrassment this year.

AX lover · 25 Feb 2009, 16:35 (Ref:2403986)

Not really an Indycar fan (yet), but am I right when I say that Bobby D is the fastest rookie? And when I look at the times they are all pretty close together, how difficult is it to be just a few hundreths or thousandths of a second quicker?

I assume it is very difficult to improve your time?

RichardRenes · 25 Feb 2009, 20:49 (Ref:2404155)

The trick in oval racing is to lose as little speed possible in the corners. While this is also true in other forms of racing, here 1 mph less in a corner pays even more, as the engines are not actually all that powerfull (680 hp or so) compared to F1.

anthonyvop · 26 Feb 2009, 04:18 (Ref:2404314)

Too bad not many will know about it.

There was hardly any media there for Tuesday's media day and even less today.

DanicaFan · 26 Feb 2009, 05:13 (Ref:2404329)

I was wanting to post the 2nd of practice results here but the report file is corrupt and I was unable to. But here are the combined results of both practice sessions. The driver's best time is shown in order of speed along with which practice session that speed was obtained. Danica didnt fare out as well in the 2nd session. She was 14th today so she fell to 15th overall.

Here are the Combined Practice Session Results..

Rank / Car# & Driver / Session of Best Speed / Time / Speed

1. #6 Ryan Briscoe / Practice 2 / 00:25.1984 / 212.156
2. #9 Scott Dixon / Practice 2 / 00:25.2378 / 211.825
3. #26 Marco Andretti / Practice 2 / 00:25.3036 / 211.274
4. #11 Tony Kanaan / Practice 2 / 00:25.3582 / 210.819
5. #10 Dario Franchitti / Practice 1 / 00:25.3842 / 210.603
6. #5 Mario Moraes / Practice 2 / 00:25.3842 / 210.603
7. #3 Will Power / Practice 2 / 00:25.3914 / 210.544
8. #4 Dan Wheldon / Practice 2 / 00:25.4085 / 210.402
9. #24 Mike Conway / Practice 2 / 00:25.4299 / 210.225
10. #02 Graham Rahal / Practice 2 / 00:25.4465 / 210.088
11. #27 Hideki Mutoh / Practice 2 / 00:25.4578 / 209.995
12. #06 Robert Doornbos / Practice 1 / 00:25.5077 / 209.584
13. #14 Vitor Meira / Practice 2 / 00:25.5210 / 209.475
14. #13 EJ Viso / Practice 2 / 00:25.5356 / 209.355
15. #7 Danica Patrick / Practice 2 / 00:25.5383 / 209.333
16. #3 Ryan Briscoe / Practice 1 / 00:25.5479 / 209.254
17. #23 Milka Duno / Practice 1 / 00:25.5809 / 208.894
18. #20 Ed Carpenter / Practice 2 / 00:25.5881 / 208.925
19. #12 Raphael Matos / Practice 1 / 00:25.6165 / 208.694
20. #18 Justin Wilson / Practice 2 / 00:25.6886 / 208.108
21. #34 Jaime Camara / Practice 1 / 00:25.7790 / 207.378
22. #98 Stanton Barrett / Practice 2 / 00:25.9180 / 206.266

**Note Ryan Briscoe (16th place) drove the #3 Penske machine for the first 90 minutes of Practice Session 1.

Taprobane · 26 Feb 2009, 09:35 (Ref:2404416)

Danica beaten by Mike Conway who you didn't think deserved to be in the series? Surely not...

DanicaFan · 26 Feb 2009, 09:52 (Ref:2404428)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taprobane

Danica beaten by Mike Conway who you didn't think deserved to be in the series? Surely not...

You know what they say about a blind squirrel..

Wait until the open test at Barber Motorsports Park next month. She will be on top then.

Stefvh · 26 Feb 2009, 10:14 (Ref:2404434)

So you think she'll be in a better position on a road course ?

nic.v814 · 26 Feb 2009, 12:20 (Ref:2404522)

Id say the top 5 on the combined session times list will be the top 5 chasing the championship and i think it will come down to Dixon,Briscoe and TK

F3L · 26 Feb 2009, 13:30 (Ref:2404591)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nic.v814

Id say the top 5 on the combined session times list will be the top 5 chasing the championship and i think it will come down to Dixon,Briscoe and TK

My reservation to that is Marco who I cannot get too excited about. He needs to drive faster on street and road courses.

cds_uk · 26 Feb 2009, 21:08 (Ref:2404907)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taprobane

Danica beaten by Mike Conway who you didn't think deserved to be in the series? Surely not...

You beat me to it Taprobane, i will say it again DanicaFan, i think Mike will suprise you this year, he is very good.

**gomick** · 27 Feb 2009, 07:32 (Ref:2405157)

Mike is more than worthy - his junior formulae record is far better than Danica's

DanicaFan · 27 Feb 2009, 09:07 (Ref:2405203)

Mike will not finish one race in a higher position than Danica will this year.

nic.v814 · 27 Feb 2009, 09:22 (Ref:2405209)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanicaFan

Mike will not finish one race in a higher position than Danica will this year.

I would love to make a bet on that

DanicaFan · 27 Feb 2009, 09:48 (Ref:2405233)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nic.v814

I would love to make a bet on that

If you were here, we would shake on that for sure.

Stefvh · 27 Feb 2009, 09:49 (Ref:2405236)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanicaFan

Mike will not finish one race in a higher position than Danica will this year.

You're joking.

DanicaFan · 27 Feb 2009, 09:52 (Ref:2405243)

No, Im serious. This kid is a rookie. Danica is a proven talent. She will smoke this kid on the ovals and beat him on the road courses.

Stefvh · 27 Feb 2009, 10:22 (Ref:2405265)

Live the dream.

cds_uk · 27 Feb 2009, 19:28 (Ref:2405599)

DanicaFan, please dont take this the wrong way mate but you are deluded, i would be quite happy to put a huge wager on Mike beating Danica for pace by mid season, she might well finish the season higher than Mike but that would be down to the teams rather than outright ability. I know she is your fav driver but all you have to do is look at his record in lower formulae, he is head and shoulders above her in ability.

Taprobane · 27 Feb 2009, 22:33 (Ref:2405726)

Mike conway has won both the British Formula Renault and F3 championshipps and has a race win in GP2 with one of the less fancied teams whereas Danica has one win due to fuel strategy ever in her car racing career, where is the evidence to suggest he doesn't have the talent to beat her, especially on road courses...

cds_uk · 28 Feb 2009, 00:01 (Ref:2405774)

Add the Macau F3 race to that list as well.

D.R.T. · 28 Feb 2009, 05:18 (Ref:2405888)

Add me to Mike Conways list.

Conway will beat Patrick atleast once this season, atleast.

Danica is a proven talent but not in the tiers of Dixon, Franchitti, Briscoe, TK, Power, RHR, Wilson, etc

Her performance at Surfers last year spoke louder than any debate here.

gert · 28 Feb 2009, 20:01 (Ref:2406148)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanicaFan

Mike will not finish one race in a higher position than Danica will this year.

What a stupid thing to say. I only takes 1 mechanical failure, or an incident involving her car (her fault or not doesn't even matter) for her to finish behind Mike.

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