2013 São Paulo Indy 300

[NaBUru38]

This weekend it;s the 2013 São Paulo Indy 300, the fourth round of the 2013 IndyCar season.

2.536 miles - 4.080 meters
75 lap = 190 miles

Practice 1: Saturday 7:30 Eastern
Practice 2: Saturday 11:05 Eastern
Qualifying: Saturday 13:35 Eastern
Race broadcast: 11:00 Eastern

Just 25 drivers are entered, including Ana Beatriz Figueiredo and Oriol Serviá, but not Mike Conway or AJ Allmendinger.

Hélio is driving the black/white Hitachi car. Dario will run a black Lexar car. Kannan will return to the red Itaipava car, and Bia will drive a blue/yellow/red car sponsored by Ipiranga and Itaipava.

Standings after 3 races:

1. BRA Hélio Castroneves (Penske), 99
2. JAP Takuma Sato (Foyt), 93
3. NZL Scott Dixon (Ganassi), 89
4. USA Marco Andretti (Andretti), 87
5. GBR Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne), 81
6. USA Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti), 73
7. USA Graham Rahal (Rahal), 66
8. AUS Will Power (Penske), 62
9. SUI Simona de Silvestro (KV), 62
10. CAN James Hinchcliffe (Andretti), 61

[NaBUru38]

Brazilian journalists are spinning the race insanely fast

Após o sucesso dos últimos três anos, a Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 Nestlé já é considerada a segunda melhor etapa da temporada, perdendo apenas para as 500 Milhas de Indianápolis, uma das provas mais tradicionais do automobilismo mundial. O evento brasileiro é tido como modelo para todas as provas disputadas em circuitos de rua do campeonato mundial.

After the success of the last three years, the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 Nestlé is already considered the second best round of the [IndyCar] season, losing only to the Indianapolis 500, one of the most traditional races of worldwide motorsport. The Brazilian event is taken as model for all races held at street courses of the world championship.

[JHamilton]

I do enjoy this round, but it is like finishing second in a spelling bee. "We don't suck as much as some".

[bjohnsonsmith]

RHR gets pole. Bad luck for Power, who starts 22nd after getting caught out by the red flag incident involving the No. 16 Acorn Stairlifts Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car.

It's not been his season so far.

[Beetle]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

RHR gets pole. Bad luck for Power, who starts 22nd after getting caught out by the red flag incident involving the No. 16 Acorn Stairlifts Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing car.

It's not been his season so far.

And I wish he'd stop moaning about it. But I'm sure he'll be climbing his way through the field as usual.

I wonder if Sato can continue a streak. Confidence I'm sure will play a big key and this one, and winning on a track that has a similar feel to it (Long Beach) should boost Takuma's confidence level. Of course, he's starting 12th. :/

[gomick]

Power does have a moaning voice - still, hope for a change of luck & good rum for him. Same with Sato, think he could become a lot of people's favorite if he is a serious title threat...

[bjohnsonsmith]

Qualifying results:

1 Ryan Hunter-Reay 1:20.4312 Firestone Fast Six
2 EJ Viso 1:20.7380 Firestone Fast Six
3 Dario Franchitti 1:20.8922 Firestone Fast Six
4 Tony Kanaan 1:20.9812 Firestone Fast Six
5 James Hinchcliffe 1:20.9893 Firestone Fast Six
6 Scott Dixon 1:21.1183 Firestone Fast Six
7 Sebastien Bourdais 1:20.8210 Round 2 / Top 12
8 Simona de Silvestro 1:20.9390 Round 2 / Top 12
9 Justin Wilson 1:21.0570 Round 2 / Top 12
10 Marco Andretti 1:21.1716 Round 2 / Top 12
11 JR Hildebrand 1:21.2961 Round 2 / Top 12
12 Takuma Sato 1:21.3618 Round 2 / Top 12
13 Oriol Servia 1:21.7963 Round 1 / Group 1
14 Ed Carpenter 1:24:0203 Round 1 / Group 2
15 Alex Tagliani 1:21.8636 Round 1 / Group 1
16 Ana Beatriz 1:24:8864 Round 1 / Group 2
17 Charlie Kimball 1:22.2482 Round 1 / Group 1
18 Helio Castroneves 1:25:1734 Round 1 / Group 2
19 Graham Rahal 1:22.2998 Round 1 / Group 1
20 Sebastian Saavedra 4:00.2612 Round 1 / Group 2
21 Tristan Vautier 3:20.5417 Round 1 / Group 1
22 Will Power 4:05.5886 Round 1 / Group 2
23 Josef Newgarden No Time Round 1 / Group 1
24 Simon Pagenaud 4:23.1097 Round 1 / Group 2
25 James Jakes No Time Round 1 / Group 2

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by Beetle

And I wish he'd stop moaning about it. But I'm sure he'll be climbing his way through the field as usual.

I wonder if Sato can continue a streak. Confidence I'm sure will play a big key and this one, and winning on a track that has a similar feel to it (Long Beach) should boost Takuma's confidence level. Of course, he's starting 12th. :/

To be fair, he has had more than his fair share of bad luck.

[bjohnsonsmith]

I just missed the start by 7 laps and there is already an FCY. What happened?

[Stagger Lee]

Kanaan is on fire :O

EDIT: Power is also on fire. Quite literally

[bjohnsonsmith]

That's Power out, after what looked like quite a good charge.

[Stefvh]

Not his year.

And we only had road course so far.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Stefvh

Not his year.

And we only had road course so far.

Who knows, maybe he'll win the 500 !

[bjohnsonsmith]

Sort of good restart by Bourdais but Helio blew it but another FCY.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Nice move by TK on RHR and great move by Marco on TK.

[Speedblood]

What an absoloute stonking race at the end there!

[bjohnsonsmith]

What an amazing win for Hinchcliffe. Great overtake and no p to p left for either Hinchcliffe or Sato.

[Stefvh]

What a race

[JagtechOhio]

What a great street circuit. Very entertaining race.

[broadrun96]

May have been a decent race but the coverage from the booth SUCKED beyond anything I'v heard before, and I listened to MRN try to call a GA race at Road Atlanta. If you want to hate on Sato that's fine but don't make up the blocking rules as you go along, especially when Beau proves all three to be completely WRONG. If anything Hinch made the most aggressive and egregious move and couldn't completely clear Sato off the corner. Go back and watch, Sato's nose DIVES and kicks left as Hinch chops to the wall. Personally think Beekus should retire and go watch croquet if he is so opposed to what EVERY driver interviewed called clean fun racing. Gave them another try but damn I can't stand his revision of rules to suit what he wants, not the ACTUAL rules.

[JagtechOhio]

You didn't see anything you would have called blocking?
Either did I. Good stuff, that.

[bjohnsonsmith]

There was an excellent crowd at São Paulo. If IndyCar wants to expand they could look to South America.

[JHamilton]

After the initial demo derby it turned into a great race!

[fieldodreams79]

The last 20 laps were great. The first 55 were absolutely painful to watch. Please get rid of double file restarts on street courses. Drivers did as well as they could and am glad that the battles at the end were deemed clean by the stewards as it was all good and clean IMO.

Leigh Duffy needs to be shocked every time he says " The Mayor of Hinchtown" from this point forward. Massive!

[Lizardfolk]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

There was an excellent crowd at São Paulo. If IndyCar wants to expand they could look to South America.

I second that! I'd like to see a second race in Brazil or another race in Argentina