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NDYCAR announced today a multiyear dealwith NBC Sports Group, which will include the 103rd Indianapolis 500.
This is an increase from five races on broadcast television this year, with the rest of next year’s races airing on NBCSN, https://www.indycar.com/News/2018/03...ts-rights-deal |
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That's very good news!
Non-TV track sessions will air on NBC Sports Gold. |
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Apparently, Reynard are working with some IndyCar teams.
http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/134969 If only IndyCar would open up the rules and allow other chassis manufacturers. Maybe with the possibility of a new chassis in 2021, that could happen? |
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30 Mar 2018, 13:29 (Ref:3811922) | #3681 | |
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IndyCar thinks it deserves for ticket prices let alone a title sponsor it will be hard to replace IZOD and please the replacement.
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IZOD stopped being the series sponsor at the end of the 2013 season. Verizon are the current sponsors until the end of this season. A new series sponsor, from 2019 onwards is yet to be announced.
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Open testing at IMS starts today at 10:00am ET and 1:00pm ET today and at 10:00am ET and 2:00pm ET, tomorrow.
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Let's hope they can get another chassis manufacturer in. If not, try and get some differentiation between Chevy and Honda but nothing as drastic as last time.
Alternatively, buy up a load of old Reynards and Lolas, . |
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The latest on the future of Belle Isle Indycar race: No decision has been made yet. From the Detroit Free Press:
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It should stay, certainly one of the most exciting street circuits
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Here's a more detailed story on the future of the Belle Isle race from the Detroit News. The key points:
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Two time CART Champion 2000-2001 and 2003 Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran, is undertaking an advisory role for McLaren, that covers both Formula 1 and a potential IndyCar project.
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24 May 2018, 14:42 (Ref:3824404) | #3692 | ||
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Gil de Ferran was director of BAR Honda in 2005-2007.
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24 May 2018, 15:04 (Ref:3824411) | #3693 | |
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Yes, so he has some experience of being in F1
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And Leena Gade's gone:
https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/n...races-1040946/ I guess despite Arrow Electronics' "oh well that's racing" approach, SPM decided the axe had to fall somewhere. Seems shortsighted to me, only five races in to the season. Hope she ends up somewhere good, she has so much experience engineering cars that are way more complex than today's IndyCars. Bummed we won't see her in Toronto. |
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On what basis do you think she’s any good?
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You're apprently forgetting the work she did with Audi Sport in LMP1 and Bentley in GT3 as far as race engineer (Audi) and head of the management for the GT3 program (Bentley).
Different discipline and environment, but winning Le Mans several times overall as a race engineer can't be overlooked. Marshall Pruett seems to be suggesting that it was a personality clash and problems during the month of May leading up to Hinch's DNQ is why she was forced to resign. |
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Her leaving SPM sounds mutual. She says in that article: "With our different backgrounds in motorsport, it was like two differing worlds working towards the creation of a strong base for a young, dynamic team, and in this situation, the two worlds didn’t quite work out."
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