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2012 Honda Indy Toronto
Tomorrow is the Honda Indy Toronto, the 26th edition of the classic race.
Qualifying results: Round 1 - Group A 1. Simon Pagenaud 59.4684 2. Justin Wilson 59.5046 (+0.0362) 3. Graham Rahal 59.6279 (+0.1595) 4. Helio Castroneves 59.6649 (+0.1965) 5. Takuma Sato 59.9572 (+0.4888) 6. Sebastien Bourdais 59.9597 (+0.4913) 7. Mike Conway 1'00.0718 (+0.6034) 8. Charlie Kimball 1'00.1557 (+0.6873) 9. JR Hildebrand 1'00.4508 (+0.9824) 10. James Jakes 1'00.5440 (+1.0756) 11. Simona de Silvestro 1'00.6709 (+1.2025) 12. Ed Carpenter 1'01.0333 (+1.5649) Round 1 - Group B 1. Dario Franchitti 59.5274 2. Scott Dixon 59.5724 (+0.0450) 3. Alex Tagliani 59.6144 (+0.0870) 4. Ryan Hunter-Reay 59.6816 (+0.1542) 5. James Hinchcliffe 59.8516 (+0.3242) 6. Will Power 59.8620 (+0.3346) 7. Ryan Briscoe 59.9888 (+0.4614) 8. Oriol Servia 1'00.0004 (+0.4730) 9. Tony Kanaan 1'00.1207 (+0.5933) 10. Rubens Barrichello 1'00.2043 (+0.6769) 11. Josef Newgarden 1'00.2199 (+0.6925) 12. Marco Andretti 1'00.6145 (+1.0871) 13. E.J. Viso 1'02.5280 (+3.0006) Round 2 1. Justin Wilson 59.0663 2. Scott Dixon 59.1978 (+0.1315) 3. Will Power 59.2829 (+0.2166) 4. Sebastien Bourdais 59.3212 (+0.2549) 5. Alex Tagliani 59.3554 (+0.2891) 6. Dario Franchitti 59.4145 (+0.3482) 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 59.4829 (+0.4166) 8. Helio Castroneves 59.5476 (+0.4813) 9. James Hinchcliffe 59.5958 (+0.5295) 10. Simon Pagenaud 59.6650 (+0.5987) 11. Takuma Sato 59.8197 (+0.7534) 12. Graham Rahal 59.8966 (+0.8303) Round 3 1. Dario Franchitti 59.3510 2. Will Power 59.3757 (+0.0247) 3. Justin Wilson 59.4506 (+0.0996) 4. Sebastien Bourdais 59.4721 (+0.1211) 5. Scott Dixon 59.5140 (+0.1630) 6. Alex Tagliani 59.5616 (+0.2106) Qualifying results: 1. Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) 2. Will Power (Penske) 3. Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne) 4. Sebastien Bourdais (Dragon) 5. Scott Dixon (Ganassi) 6. Alex Tagliani (Herta) 7. Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti) 8. Helio Castroneves (Penske) 9. James Hinchcliffe (Andretti) 10. Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt) 11. Takuma Sato (Rahal) 12. Graham Rahal (Ganassi) 13. Mike Conway (Foyt) 14. Ryan Briscoe (Penske) 15. Charlie Kimball (Ganassi) 16. Oriol Servia (Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold) 17. JR Hildebrand (Panther) 18. Tony Kanaan (KV) 19. James Jakes (Dale Coyne) 20. Rubens Barrichello (KV) 21. Simona de Silvestro (HVM) 22. Josef Newgarden (Fisher) 23. Ed Carpenter (Carpente) 24. Marco Andretti (Andretti) 25. E.J. Viso (KV Racing) The front row is nor surprise. But the Seabass is back! Pagenaud and Tagliani are close too. There's lots of French accent in Ontario this year. Hinchcliffe didn't do bad, but has a 10-place penalty for changing the engine. Briscoe, ServiÃ* and Kanaan will have a tough day tomorrow. |
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8 Jul 2012, 12:35 (Ref:3103721) | #2 | ||
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Going to have to be satisfied with watching this one online. Thought I had the day free, but a customer issue has got us working all weekned
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I missed quite a bit of the race because the World Clock doesn't allow for daylight saving.
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That was bad luck for Power, losing part of the front wing and getting a puncture. Nasty cheap DW12.
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Newgarden completely messed that up.
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8 Jul 2012, 18:34 (Ref:3103869) | #6 | ||
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Good race, embarrassing finish.
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That went crazy at the end! Good race up til then
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Congrats to RHR. Bad luck for Power and really bad luck for Rubens. He was running 5th up until the restart. At least Sato finished in one piece.
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8 Jul 2012, 18:45 (Ref:3103883) | #9 | ||
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Pagenaud threw a bit of a block so I wouldn't entirely lay it on Newgarden, but definitely a rookie move, too late really, should have waited one more lap
Kimball definitely had the move of the race to go 4th to 2nd at turn 3 during the Newgarden/Pagenaud battle |
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8 Jul 2012, 19:09 (Ref:3103895) | #10 | ||
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I tried to follow the race online. But I couldn't find a decent streaming, so I barely watched anything. What a chaos!
I wouldn't like the green-white-chechered rule. I don't like races getting extended beyond the scheduled distance / time. |
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No green-yellow-checked thingamiggjig please. Indycar haven't been bad at keeping out the NASCAR gimmicks. Stop the race if you need a green flag finish.
I thought it was a good race. Pity about Bourdais, Pagenaud, Power and Newgarden. I would've liked to have seen Franchitti and Power at it. Great race from Kimball and of course RHR. |
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Good race, shame about the finish.
The TV networks really need to learn how to broadcast races. It was almost impossible to follow at times. Also, whenever a situation or move was brewing, the director would cut away just in time... It makes you realise how spoiled we are with F1 coverage. Everything is just there on your lap making it possible for even a casual fan to read a race. That is what Indycar desperately needs. |
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The ALMS race coverage at LRP was even worse, we missed spins, incidents, crtical overtaking and they had two ultra-annoying commentators in the ESPN2 booth including one former Corvette driver and current Corvette shill that sounds like Porky Pig. One of the key moments of the race, the then-leading Dyson car going two laps down due to a puncture was not only missed, but never talked about it again throughout the broadcast. On a major network it made the ALMS look like an amateur club racing series.
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No sorry, not in the US so no ESPN3 and nobody even bothered to upload anything to Youtube, not even highlights or start/finish, guess that shows the current interest level in that series.
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Keeping us off topic for a moment, the broadcast technology was buggered all weekend. I was initially watching the race on the stream, but switched to TV (at about the time TV was coming on) because my stream was beginning to enter a permanent state of buffering. Pretty embarrassing that they missed some crucial events in the race, but this has been the case since before the ALMS took over producing their own content and on the Grand-Am side things aren't any better. As far as the Honda Indy goes, the race was highly entertaining. I remarked early on in the race "Wow, RHR is third, no way he wins three in a row, so I won't bother getting my hopes up!" Good things aren't supposed to happen in the AOWR post-1995, but alas, things are really good in between the white lines. Exciting races, an intriguing championship battle, and finally a personality that I really identify with. Miller's SPEED.com story "Hunter-Reay's finally getting his due" is on point from how I look at things. He was somebody I immediately rooted for in Champ Car and thought he could be the next Jimmy Vasser (not saying that his successes are on Jimmy's level). It is about time that he starts winning races consistently and vying for the title. RHR could be the first really great American driver since Al Jr., Michael, Jimmy and Herta faded out. Sam Hornish Jr. was a great IRL driver and a deserving 500 Champion and a deserving three-time series champ but there is no denying that even his 2006 title was aided by a lack of schedule diversity and real need to show an ability to really shoe a race car. Furthermore, he jumped ship right when I started caring about guys from the IRL side, I only watched one full season with Hornish competing wherein he had a second at Watkins Glen. His invisibility in NASCAR also furthers my bias against him. But take what I say about Hornish with a grain of salt. He was in a series I didn't watch regularly and am generally biased against for the slow, high-downforce formula, and all-oval schedule. Perhaps Hornish is another victim of his era. With that digression done, go RHR! I really want to see him succeed and (knock on wood) win the championship. Chris |
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Q&A with BB on Toronto officiating - Even if you don't agree with all his decisions, it's refreshing to hear the reasoning behind them
http://www.racer.com/qa-beaux-barfie...rticle/249520/ |
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0.9 Overnight Rating on ABC, no NASCAR, NFL, Tiger Woods, oh wait, it was F1's fault. NASCAR with it's 3.8 rating at Daytona on TNT is doomed, Indycar has momentum!
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