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16 Apr 2015, 07:59 (Ref:3527868)
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Round 3: Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach April 17 - 19, 2015
The 2015 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will be the 41st annual running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and the second race of the 2015 IndyCar Series season.
And after last week's slightly underwhelming show, I for one can not wait for the action to get underway on Friday morning The current race circuit is a 1.968-mile (3.167 km) temporary road course carved out of the city streets surrounding the Long Beach Convention Center which actually doubled as the pit paddock during the days of Formula One. Distance 80 laps, 157.44 mi / 253.375 km 2014 Pole position Driver Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport Time 1:07.8219 Fastest lap Driver Brazil Hélio Castroneves Team Penske Time 1:09.0691 (on lap 76 of 80) Podium First Mike Conway Ed Carpenter Racing Second Will Power Team Penske Third Carlos Muñoz Andretti Autosport |
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16 Apr 2015, 12:40 (Ref:3527920)
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Here's hoping for lots of "clean and green" this weekend, with no rain.
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16 Apr 2015, 18:39 (Ref:3528031)
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Hopefull normal service will be resumed without dozens of yellows and bits of carbon fibre scattered everywhere.
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Anyway, I always look forward to Long Beach, as the race usually lives up to its expectations. Now that IndyCar has mandated structural changes to the winglets that marred St. Pete's, hopefully there won't be a repeat, as the series returns to street racing. This season's opener at St. Petersburg saw Sébastien Bourdais' 12 year old lap record finally broken by Will Power. Will Bourdais' 2006 Long Beach lap record also be broken? An interesting bit of trivia regarding Long Beach, Mario Andretti is the only driver to have won the Grand Prix of Long Beach in two different series, 1977 in Formula 1 and 1984 in CART. |
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16 Apr 2015, 19:57 (Ref:3528047)
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Also looking forward to this. I really can't begin to guess who might win. So many strong street circuit drivers, and many with good histories here. If everything works out timing-wise, I ought to be able to watch from my hotel room in Vancouver. If not... it'll be either a re-broadcast if there is one, or PVR once I get home.
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16 Apr 2015, 22:48 (Ref:3528083)
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17 Apr 2015, 17:36 (Ref:3528309)
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Coyne dropped the wrong driver... Who is this Moran Jr guy? Admittedly I'm not all that up to date with drivers in US series, but I've never heard of him at all.
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17 Apr 2015, 20:27 (Ref:3528348)
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If the mystery driver which Coyne is going to put into the #19 car of Dracone from Indy onwards is an experienced driver, this move might scare him away at the last minute. Or maybe he already has and that's why we get to see Rocky Moran, Jr. run the #18 now. This is a team that is capable of winning races. They should have an interest in attracting better drivers to steer their cars than the two they currently have. edit: Moran, Jr. was about 1 sec faster than Dracone in the first practice session. A promising debut. Last edited by Yannick; 17 Apr 2015 at 20:37. |
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I think Dale Coyne is struggling very hard with money...
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Pagenaud has broken Sébastien Bourdais' 2006, nine year trackrecord of 1:06.886, with a lap time of 1:06.7894.
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18 Apr 2015, 14:27 (Ref:3528500)
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Dale Coyne is always struggling for money, a shame because he likely wrings the most value out of what he does have
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18 Apr 2015, 15:42 (Ref:3528521)
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Both Chevy and Honda were told to make changes to their aero-kits before Sunday's race.
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That sounded like Kurt Cobain was singing the national anthem.
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Why didn't Patrick Stewart say, ''Make it so''? He missed a trick there.
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19 Apr 2015, 21:57 (Ref:3529044)
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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.
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It's suddenly coming alive.
Congrats to Dixon. A very good drive, right from the off and a well deserved win. |
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19 Apr 2015, 22:24 (Ref:3529052)
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Well done, Dixie. Good on him!
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19 Apr 2015, 22:32 (Ref:3529055)
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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.
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19 Apr 2015, 22:45 (Ref:3529059)
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I'm not surprised Page couldn't pass Montoya. Good drive from Dixon.
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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 |
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