Indycar News & Rumors.

[Bob Baldwin]

I guess so far this is a 1 race deal . Has anyone heard any news this week on Hinch's overall condition out for a month ? out for the season ? Prognosis ?

[10TENTHS]

Originally Posted by Bob Baldwin

I guess so far this is a 1 race deal . Has anyone heard any news this week on Hinch's overall condition out for a month ? out for the season ? Prognosis ?

https://instagram.com/p/2_3jt1u4vG/?taken-by=hinchtown

[icemachine]

Coverage in the Toronto Star suggests he could be back for the series finale

http://www.thestar.com/autos/2015/05...g-at-home.html

Hinchcliffe owns a home in the Indianapolis suburb of Zionsville and will allow the surgical wound to heal there. An operation of the type performed on him normally takes a recovery period of six to eight weeks after which he would resume physical training for an eventual return to the cockpit.

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports team co-owner Sam Schmidt has been quoted as saying he expects Hinchcliffe to be back in a race for the team in August. The 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season ends on Labour Day weekend.

[Wild Dog]

Autosport reports that he has been released from the hospital.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119191

[rwintle]

Yet another sponsor on board for Toronto: Cooper Tires this time.

http://www.hondaindytoronto.com/more...th-cooper-tire

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Bob Baldwin

Tax-A -Chusetts will probably be selling Beers for $20 a pop

they wont.

[Bob Baldwin]

Matt : Well $20 per beer may have been an overstatement . Lets just say Including Tax $19.99 per pop

Certainly hope they don't charge for Bumps and Potholes .

[10TENTHS]

Originally Posted by Bob Baldwin

Matt : Well $20 per beer may have been an overstatement . Lets just say Including Tax $19.99 per pop

Certainly hope they don't charge for Bumps and Potholes .

The state spent over $4 million on repaving Belle Isle, and the kink in the backstretch is gone.

[Bob Baldwin]

10tenths : I was referring to the Proposed Indy race in Boston Mass.

[10TENTHS]

Originally Posted by Bob Baldwin

10tenths : I was referring to the Proposed Indy race in Boston Mass.

The Boston mayor appears to be backing the event, so why wouldn't he arrange for the repaving and the removal of the disused railroad tracks?

[rwintle]

Originally Posted by 10TENTHS

The Boston mayor appears to be backing the event, so why wouldn't he arrange for the repaving and the removal of the disused railroad tracks?

$$$. But if this race happens I do hope they learn from Baltimore and deal with the pavement and railway tracks properly.

[10TENTHS]

Originally Posted by rwintle

$$$. But if this race happens I do hope they learn from Baltimore and deal with the pavement and railway tracks properly.

There are a lot of major corporations in the Boston area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater...ajor_companies

Whether they sponsor the race directly is another matter, but the city itself has a thriving economy. Also the GP organiser states the funding is from private sources.

[bjohnsonsmith]

There have been some changes, to both Chevrolet's and Honda's aero-kits.

http://www.indycar.com/News/2015/05/...nda-front-wing

[bjohnsonsmith]

It's now half way through the season and the driver's points table looks like this.

1 Juan Pablo Montoya 315
2 Will Power 294
3 Scott Dixon 252
4 Graham Rahal 246
5 Hélio Castroneves 245
6 Sébastien Bourdais 228
7 Marco Andretti 224
8 Josef Newgarden 206
9 Pagenaud 193
10 Charlie Kimball 187
11 Carlos Muñoz 180
12 Tony Kanaan 174
13 Ryan Hunter-Reay 171
14 Takuma Sato 166
15 Gabby Chaves 133
16 James Jakes 132
17 James Hinchcliffe 129
18 Jack Hawksworth 128
19 Luca Filippi 120
20 Stefano Coletti 104
21 Sage Karam 77
22 Simona de Silvestro 66
23 Conor Daly 63
24 J.R. Hildebrand 57
25 Tristan Vautier 55
26 Sebastián Saavedra 47
27 Francesco Dracone 38
28 Ryan Briscoe 36
29 Townsend Bell 32
30 Carlos Huertas 31
31 Alex Tagliani 27
32 Rodolfo González 27
33 Justin Wilson 25
34 Pippa Mann 16
35 James Davison 10
36 Oriol ServiÃ* 10
37 Ed Carpenter 10
38 Bryan Clauson 10
39 Buddy Lazier 10

[bjohnsonsmith]

Changes to Oval Aero-Kits.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119281

[Burp]

Won't that create more drag? Like parachutes behind each wheel. I'm sure they know what they're doing

[bjohnsonsmith]

An interesting article, with Chevrolet saying there's no quick fix to the aero-kit problems that occurred at this year's Indy 500.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119288

[wnut]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

It's now half way through the season and the driver's points table looks like this.

1 Juan Pablo Montoya 315
2 Will Power 294
3 Scott Dixon 252
4 Graham Rahal 246
5 Hélio Castroneves 245
6 Sébastien Bourdais 228
7 Marco Andretti 224
8 Josef Newgarden 206
9 Pagenaud 193
10 Charlie Kimball 187
11 Carlos Muñoz 180
12 Tony Kanaan 174
13 Ryan Hunter-Reay 171
14 Takuma Sato 166
15 Gabby Chaves 133
16 James Jakes 132
17 James Hinchcliffe 129
18 Jack Hawksworth 128
19 Luca Filippi 120
20 Stefano Coletti 104
21 Sage Karam 77
22 Simona de Silvestro 66
23 Conor Daly 63
24 J.R. Hildebrand 57
25 Tristan Vautier 55
26 Sebastián Saavedra 47
27 Francesco Dracone 38
28 Ryan Briscoe 36
29 Townsend Bell 32
30 Carlos Huertas 31
31 Alex Tagliani 27
32 Rodolfo González 27
33 Justin Wilson 25
34 Pippa Mann 16
35 James Davison 10
36 Oriol ServiÃ* 10
37 Ed Carpenter 10
38 Bryan Clauson 10
39 Buddy Lazier 10

Great to see Juan competitive winning Indy and leading a championship again!

Wonder how long it is since he has lead a championship?

[10TENTHS]

Originally Posted by wnut

Great to see Juan competitive winning Indy and leading a championship again!

Wonder how long it is since he has lead a championship?

Maybe F1 2003? Montoya did have a strong run that season. His results don't reflect how well he drove - his car broke on him at the A1-Ring and Suzuka while leading.

[S griffin]

No he didn't lead the title that year. Certainly what also hurt him was the late season rule change that favoured Bridgestone.

Watched both Detroit races, exciting and taught F1 a thing or two

[bjohnsonsmith]

The aero-kit saga continues, as Chevrolet say there's no proof of cars crashing and becoming airborne is linked to their aero-kit.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119302

[Salamus]

http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints...e-for-rule-9-3

Marshall Pruett posted this article talking about Honda struggles. Teams want mid-season changes to be made to the aero kits to make them more competitive.

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

The aero-kit saga continues, as Chevrolet say there's no proof of cars crashing and becoming airborne is linked to their aero-kit.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/119302

Why did Honda have to make changes? I know they agreed to the changes but there was nothing to say that the Honda kits had a problem.

[10TENTHS]

They were told they'd have to qualify what they raced (in the 500), actually.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Salamus

http://www.racer.com/more/viewpoints...e-for-rule-9-3

Marshall Pruett posted this article talking about Honda struggles. Teams want mid-season changes to be made to the aero kits to make them more competitive.

That's an excellent article, though somewhat pessimistic but what I think has been forgotten, is there is a competition between Chevy and Honda and Chevy are winning it and that needs to be accepted. However, I think it was very short sighted of IndyCar and Derrick Walker, as head of racing operations, to allow only a limited amount of testing prior to homologation.

Between the end of last season and the beginning of this, was the longest off season in the history of AOWR, why couldn't this time have been used more effectively, to design and thoroughly test the aero-kits?

It seems to me the IRL didn't get started soon enough and did a rush job with the aero-kits. Don't forget they weren't going to be used at the original season opener at Brasilia.

Originally Posted by Salamus

Why did Honda have to make changes? I know they agreed to the changes but there was nothing to say that the Honda kits had a problem.

Both Chevy and Honda were required to qualify in race trim.

[Salamus]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

That's an excellent article, though somewhat pessimistic but what I think has been forgotten, is there is a competition between Chevy and Honda and Chevy are winning it and that needs to be accepted. However, I think it was very short sighted of IndyCar and Derrick Walker, as head of racing operations, to allow only a limited amount of testing prior to homologation.

Between the end of last season and the beginning of this, was the longest off season in the history of AOWR, why couldn't this time have been used more effectively, to design and thoroughly test the aero-kits?

It seems to me the IRL didn't get started soon enough and did a rush job with the aero-kits. Don't forget they weren't going to be used at the original season opener at Brasilia.

My view on this topic is if Indycar (or any other body) wants manufacturer involvement, then they also have to allow those manufacturers to make upgrades throughout the season. At least give manufacturers one or two accepted updates per year. If they completely freeze the aero kits at the beginning of the season then they get into the mess they are in now. You also bring up a good point regarding testing. As for money...that ship sailed a while ago with the announcement of the aero kits.

But now, Indycar are in trouble. If they don't do anything, the Honda teams will get angry. If they allow Honda to upgrade their kits, Chevy will get angry.