Round 3: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach April 17 - 19, 2015 - Page 2

BudLightJaguar · 19 Apr 2015, 20:49 (Ref:3529021)

And now cleaning up the track from some Honda aero-debris.

fieldodreams79 · 19 Apr 2015, 20:52 (Ref:3529022)

Tight course, fragile aero kits, drivers stalling entering pit road....

Looking like last week already, in the dry.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 19 Apr 2015, 20:52 (Ref:3529023)

Chaves loses his left front Honda winglet and there's the first caution of the day. They were supposed to have fixed this but I thought it was too good to be true.

Chevrolet were required to remove their winglets. I think Honda are going to have to redesign their's as I'm sure this won't be the first caution caused by winglet loss in this race.

FLGTFAN · 19 Apr 2015, 21:01 (Ref:3529025)

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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Chevrolet were required to remove their winglets.

Ah, I see. Aaaand, there's another bit of wing on course.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 19 Apr 2015, 21:14 (Ref:3529028)

Still early on in the race but not looking good for Power, who's already a lap down and with Castroneves catching him.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 19 Apr 2015, 21:23 (Ref:3529034)

That pit release was close.

fieldodreams79 · 19 Apr 2015, 21:45 (Ref:3529042)

This race is going by fast. Amazing when you get some green racing, how fast it goes.

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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

That pit release was close.

The "hand man" did well there.

FormulaFox · 19 Apr 2015, 21:57 (Ref:3529044)

Dracone's not fast, but if he always drove like this people might be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Been wonderfully clean.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 19 Apr 2015, 22:17 (Ref:3529051)

It's suddenly coming alive.

Congrats to Dixon. A very good drive, right from the off and a well deserved win.

fieldodreams79 · 19 Apr 2015, 22:24 (Ref:3529052)

Well done, Dixie. Good on him!

**bjohnsonsmith** · 19 Apr 2015, 22:32 (Ref:3529055)

It was an ok race but I thought the last couple of years produced closer racing but that's the price you pay with aero-kits. They produce more downforce but also a stream of dirty air for the car following to deal with.

Who would have thought Power would finish 20th?

Paradise City · 19 Apr 2015, 22:45 (Ref:3529059)

I'm not surprised Page couldn't pass Montoya. Good drive from Dixon.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 19 Apr 2015, 23:29 (Ref:3529085)

Result:

1 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 1h37m35.2353s
2 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 2.2221s
3 Juan Pablo Montoya, Team Penske, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 13.4862s
4 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 13.7382s
5 Tony Kanaan, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 14.6249s
6 Sebastien Bourdais, KVSH Racing, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 15.0829s
7 Josef Newgarden, CFH Racing, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 18.8398s
8 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Dallara DW12/Honda. 33.9476s
9 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport, Dallara DW12/Honda. 34.9599s
10 Sebastian Saavedra, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 35.5359s
11 Graham Rahal, Rahal/Letterman/Lanigan, Dallara DW12/Honda. 37.4628s
12 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara DW12/Honda. 38.7713s
13 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Dallara DW12/Honda. 40.3347s
14 Jack Hawksworth, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara DW12/Honda. 41.2744s
15 Charlie Kimball, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 44.3872s
16 Gabby Chaves, Bryan Herta Autosport, Dallara DW12/Honda. 46.6589s
17 Conor Daly, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara DW12/Honda. 50.0574s
18 Takuma Sato, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara DW12/Honda. 53.8043s
19 James Jakes, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara DW12/Honda. 1m39.7966s
20 Will Power, Team Penske, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 1 Lap
21 Francesco Dracone, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara DW12/Honda. 2 Laps
22 Luca Filippi, CFH Racing, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 3 Laps
23 Stefano Coletti, KV Racing Technology, Dallara DW12/Chevrolet. 11 Laps

Salamus · 20 Apr 2015, 01:51 (Ref:3529159)

Without the double file restarts, the races are much cleaner. I thought it was a good race and the battle for 3-4-5-6 was good. I wish we had 10 more laps to see what would have happened there.

Dracone doesn't belong in this series. The TV commentators, especially PT, weren't very happy with him and Seabass wasn't thrilled either.

As dominant as Penske has been so far, I'm glad the other teams are still challenging for wins.

NaBUru38 · 20 Apr 2015, 02:35 (Ref:3529169)

I got bored. Perhaps it was the dirtier air in Los Angeles metro, I mean the new bodykits. Perhaps it was Andrés Agulla's replacement on ESPN, who talked like he had never seen a horse and like he was reading from a poorly handwritten paper.

So Dixon and Kanaan drivers are capable of fighting the Penske quartet.

D.R.T. · 20 Apr 2015, 07:57 (Ref:3529232)

A good race all round. Great to see so much green running after last week.

3 races and 3 different winners so the season is looking good.

Paradise City · 20 Apr 2015, 10:33 (Ref:3529257)

Those Chevys are strong. Lot's of Honda's at the back there. Wonder will Hinch be their only winner this year......

tux · 20 Apr 2015, 11:30 (Ref:3529262)

Conor Daly drove well considering he was called up on Saturday morning.

RWill2073 · 20 Apr 2015, 13:26 (Ref:3529290)

Why was Sage Karam replaced? Was that planned, or because of last week?

Peat · 20 Apr 2015, 13:35 (Ref:3529295)

$$$ as always.

Saavedra's sugar-daddy (Mr. AFS) always comes up trumps.

Good race i thought. Pleasing to see it go green for so long, it reminded me of a later 90's F1 race. Proper.

I have a feeling the dirty air will be at it's worst at Barber, but we'll see.

Paradise City · 20 Apr 2015, 13:44 (Ref:3529302)

I think the cars also look far, far better in action than they do in any still photo shot.

Some optical illusion at work there...

**joeb** · 20 Apr 2015, 13:45 (Ref:3529303)

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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Chaves loses his left front Honda winglet and there's the first caution of the day. They were supposed to have fixed this but I thought it was too good to be true.

That was really a weird wing failure. Was there some earlier contact that I missed that may have stressed the part?

First Honda in 8th place.....Yikes!

**bjohnsonsmith** · 20 Apr 2015, 14:13 (Ref:3529314)

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Originally Posted by joeb

That was really a weird wing failure. Was there some earlier contact that I missed that may have stressed the part?

First Honda in 8th place.....Yikes!

Chaves' left front winglet clipped Hawksworth's right rear Nerf bar at Turn 9, as Chaves attempted to go down the inside.

https://youtu.be/1BirCxQtUa4 0.32/1.45

BudLightJaguar · 20 Apr 2015, 15:12 (Ref:3529328)

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Originally Posted by joeb

First Honda in 8th place.....Yikes!

As a current owner of a Civic, I feel disappointed. They make so much better road cars than GM. That's my coloured opinion...

**joeb** · 20 Apr 2015, 17:46 (Ref:3529388)

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeb

That was really a weird wing failure. Was there some earlier contact that I missed that may have stressed the part?

Quote:

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Chaves' left front winglet clipped Hawksworth's right rear Nerf bar at Turn 9, as Chaves attempted to go down the inside.

https://youtu.be/1BirCxQtUa4 0.32/1.45

I seem to have confused myself. Was that the incident that caused the yellow? I thought when I was watching last night that I saw Kimball lose half his front wing with nobody around him. I did have some gin in me, but I don't think I was imagining it!

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