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Old 26 Mar 2015, 00:18 (Ref:3519594)   #1
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Round 1: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, March 27 - 29, 2015

Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg.

The waiting and the long off season are almost over, with this Sunday's 2015 season opener nearly upon us. It will be the 12th running of the race on the current course and the 11th as an IndyCar event. It will also feature the first running of Chevrolet's and Honda's road-street/short oval aero-kits in a race.

The dominant aero-kit package appears to be Chevrolet's and Power pipped Dixon in pre-season testing at Barber, so can Power take back to back wins on Sunday?

The event was first held as part of the SCCA Trans-Am Series, on the downtown waterfront circuit, from 1985-1990 but when local residents and businesses complained about the noise the event was cancelled. It returned from 1996-1997 on a new course around Tropicana Field. After a second hiatus, the event returned again in 2003 but as a Champ Car race, using a modified layout of the original 1985–90 waterfront circuit. In 2004, the event was cancelled due to a dispute between the promoters but returned in 2005, this time as part of the IRL IndyCar Series, marking the first non-oval event for the Indy Racing League.



Length: 1.8 Miles (2.9 Km)
Turns: 14

Lap record: Sébastien Bourdais, Feb 22, 2003. 1:00.928, 106.710 mph - 171.733 kph. Lola B03/00-Ford Cosworth, Champ Car World Series.

Last year's winner:
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Team Penske, Dallara-Chevrolet
Laps 110
Distance 198 Miles, (318.65km)
Race Time 2:06:58
Average Speed 93.572 mph, 150.59 kmh

TV Coverage:
ABC Sunday, March 29.
Green flag at 3:00p.m. ET.
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Old 27 Mar 2015, 20:16 (Ref:3520561)   #2
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Salamus should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridSalamus should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridSalamus should be qualifying in the top 3 on the gridSalamus should be qualifying in the top 3 on the grid
Penkse 1-2-3 in first practice session.
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Circuit record to go on Sunday. Its great to have Indycar back!
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Old 28 Mar 2015, 20:09 (Ref:3521156)   #4
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Old 28 Mar 2015, 20:21 (Ref:3521159)   #5
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Old 28 Mar 2015, 21:03 (Ref:3521176)   #6
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Power's just set a best lap time of 1:00.6509, in Round 2 of qualifying. Bourdais' lap record of 2003 is 1:00.928
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Penske 1-2-3-4. Ugh.
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Penske 1-2-3-4. Wow. Happy that Sato and Bourdais are up there.
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Power on pole, 1:00.6931. Penske top four(!): Power, Pagenaud, Castroneves, Montoya.
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Power's just set a best lap time of 1:00.6509, in Round 2 of qualifying. Bourdais' lap record of 2003 is 1:00.928
All 4 Penske cars broke it.
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Penske 1-2-3-4. Ugh.
All faster than Bourdais' 2003 lap record.
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1 Will Power, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.6931s
2 Simon Pagenaud, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.7252s
3 Helio Castroneves, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.8356s
4 Juan Pablo Montoya, Team Penske, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m00.8532s
5 Takuma Sato, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.1496s
6 Sebastien Bourdais, KVSH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.1545s
7 Tony Kanaan, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.1182s
8 Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.1670s
9 Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.2285s
10 Josef Newgarden, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.2478s
11 Simona de Silvestro, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.3657s
12 Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.4765s
13 Charlie Kimball, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.5727s
14 Carlos Munoz, Andretti Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.4890s
15 Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.5742s
16 James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.5780s
17 Stefano Coletti, KV Racing Technology, Dallara/Chevrolet, 1m01.6727s
18 Sage Karam, Chip Ganassi Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.8011s
19 Luca Filippi, CFH Racing, Dallara/Chevrolet. 1m01.6736s
20 James Jakes, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.8323s
21 Jack Hawksworth, AJ Foyt Enterprises, Dallara/Honda. 1m02.0095s
22 Gabby Chaves, Bryan Herta Autosport, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.9705s
23 Francesco Dracone, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 1m04.2654s
24 Carlos Huertas, Dale Coyne Racing, Dallara/Honda. 1m01.9716s

I wonder if Dale Coyne is ruing the day Francesco Dracone was signed instead of Justin Wilson?

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Rather Alexander Rossi than Wilson. Rossi was Coyne's prime candidate for that seat before he signed for GP2 again.

What's up with Hinch? Wasn't he one of the fastest Hondas in practise - and now, he only qualified 16th? Does he not like the red tires?
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Wilson took a part-time ride with Andretti Autosport over being at DCR again. I don't blame him, he's running out of time in his open wheel career and has wasted many years in weak teams already.
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Rather Alexander Rossi than Wilson. Rossi was Coyne's prime candidate for that seat before he signed for GP2 again.
Rossi hadn't the budget for IndyCar and he wants to be in GP2 because of a possible F1 chance at Haas in 2016. So Rossi at Coyne wasn't very likely although he had a seat fitting.
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Nope. Just a black screen saying "The race will begin shortly".

E: Now I have
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Try this. http://www.time4tv.com/2011/09/espn.php
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I kid you not, that's an impressive crowd in the stands.
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Amazingly a clean start, , though some bits have come off some cars and outcomes the first yellow.
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I worry there will be a lot of debris cautions this year. However on a positive note, I think the cars look better with the aero kits than last year now that I've seen them in racing
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I think the cars look better with the aero kits than last year
I think that way too. The problem with the DW12 chassis sans aero kit is, there's certain kind of 'junior single seater' feel. Now with aero kits these cars actually look good with right colour scheme.
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