Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma Race Thread

[DanicaFan]

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Race 13 of 15

Race - GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Location - Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, California

Date - Sunday, August 26th

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show - 4:00PM Eastern , Green Flag - Approx. 4:42 PM Eastern- NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 2.3 Mile Road Course

Distance - 85 Laps / 195.5 Miles

Practice Sessions -

Friday, August 24th - 5:50 -6:05 PM Eastern
Saturday, August 25th - 1:50 PM -2:50 PM Eastern
Sunday, August 26th - Warm-Up 12:00 -12:30 PM Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, August 25th -5:30 PM -6:45 PM Eastern


2011 Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

Race Winner - #12 Will Power
Race Pole Sitter - #12 Will Power - 105.479 mph
Time Of Race - 1 Hour 47 Minutes 30 Seconds
Average Speed- 96.408 mph
Cautions - 1 for 3 laps
Margin Of Victory - 3.242 seconds
Lead Changes - 4


Infineon Raceway Track Information

Length -2.30 Miles
Turns -12

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[DanicaFan]

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[FIAT1]

Thanks man, there are imitators ,but only one original, thanks again and I hope for exciting race!

[DanicaFan]

Thanks man, there are imitators ,but only one original, thanks again and I hope for exciting race!

Thanks, you are quite welcome.

[DanicaFan]

They modified the track a little bit for this race. The modifications are as follows...

Turn 11 -The entrance will be widened by 200 feet.
Turn 9 -(The Bus Stop) The exit will be widened by 10 feet making it 50 feet now.
Turn 7 -This turn will now be a U-Turn.

[heliocastroneves#3]

They modified the track a little bit for this race. The modifications are as follows...

Turn 11 -The entrance will be widened by 200 feet.
Turn 9 -(The Bus Stop) The exit will be widened by 10 feet making it 50 feet now.
Turn 7 -This turn will now be a U-Turn.

Well, thank U for creating once again a nice race weekend topic then. ;)

[FIAT1]

Congrats Will Power and superb job Sebastien Bourdais!

[DanicaFan]

Here is your starting line-up..

1. #12 Will Power
2. #2 Ryan Briscoe
3. #7 Sebastien Bourdais
4. #3 Helio Castroneves
5. #9 Scott Dixon
6. #10 Dario Franchitti
7. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
8. #98 Alex Tagliani
9. #77 Simon Pagenaud
10. #18 Justin Wilson
11. #27 James Hinchcliffe
12. #8 Rubens Barrichello
13. #17 Sebastian Saavedra
14. #26 Marco Andretti
15. #38 Graham Rahal
16. #14 Mike Conway
17. #4 JR Hildebrand
18. #11 Tony Kanaan
19. #5 EJ Viso
20. #22 Oriol Servia
21. #6 Katherine Legge
22. #83 Charlie Kimball
23. #67 Josef Newgarden
24. #15 Takuma Sato
25. #78 Simona De Silvestro
26. #19 James Jakes
27. #20 Ed Carpenter

[MAX_THRUST]

SeeBass is looking good. Lets hope he wins it, just because it would be good for him the series and his team...And fun for us all to watch.

[MAX_THRUST]

Bit dull this race. So far.

[gm99]

Nice recovcery by Dixon following his earlier spin. He might have to make an additional pit stop, though. Whatever happened to Marco?

[MAX_THRUST]

Looks like Seebass got dirt on his tires. Think I jinxed him there....

[MAX_THRUST]

Marco's engine died after his wing broke blah blah blah. He didn't have a good race.

Gutted for Ryan.

[MAX_THRUST]

Consistant penalties today.

[call_me_andrew]

I thought the DW12 could make any track interesting. I shall amend this to "almost any track."

[FIAT1]

Ryan Briscoe ,great job. These cars need some increase in hp. They look like lights on the track.

[nigelred5]

I thought the DW12 could make any track interesting. I shall amend this to "almost any track."

I have to agree, but I've never liked watching much of anything race there. I even found AMA superbikes in person a bore. The decision to use hte narrow version of turn 7 at least provided a lot of action. I hate the "parking lot" hairpin, the lack of a real front straight, the lack of anything even remotely green. It's great fun to drive, but just not a good race course IMHO. Laguna Seca isn't much better race-wise for the big cars, but at least it's great place to watch cars drive around on.

[DanicaFan]

Have to say congrats to Ryan Briscoe for the win. Unfortunately it was a bad weekend for Andretti Autosport.

Here are the final results...

1. #2 Ryan Briscoe
2. #12 Will Power
3. #10 Dario Franchitti
4. #8 Rubens Barrichello
5. #38 Graham Rahal
6. #3 Helio Castroneves
7. #77 Simon Pagenaud
8. #4 JR Hildebrand
9. #98 Alex Tagliani
10. #11 Tony Kanaan
11. #18 Justin Wilson
12. #19 James Jakes
13. #9 Scott Dixon
14. #14 Mike Conway
15. #17 Sebastian Saavedra
16. #5 EJ Viso
17. #78 Simona De Silvestro
18. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
19. #22 Oriol Servia
20. #20 Ed Carpenter
21. #83 Charlie Kimball
22. #7 Sebastien Bourdais
23. #67 Josef Newgarden
24. #6 Katherine Legge
25. #26 Marco Andretti
26. #27 James Hinchcliffe
27. #15 Takuma Sato

[GRW1983]

A bit of a procession that livened up due to the massive Bourdais/Newgarden incident. Seems that both chassis' will have to be written off after that one. Also, Newgarden has a broken index finger, so it remains to be seen if he's fit for Baltimore. It was also good to see consistent penalties handed out by Beaux Barfield, although I do have one gripe. Why the hell did the safety team try & push-start RHR??? It didn't work & then 100m later they have to get the truck to re-fire him using the starter and he loses a lap. Why didn't they do that in the first place? Also, the time it took to get Briscoe back to victory lane after his awful doughnut attempts was laughable, even prompting Marino Franchitti (acting as a pundit for Sky Sports in the UK) to brand the safety team at Turn 7 as "useless". On yesterday's evidence at Turn 7, I agree.

[zako85]

I am not an expert judge in the matter of racing incidents, but I thought Tagliani owed an apology to Hunter-Reay. From TV footage, he didn't seem to think so during a confrontation with Hunter-Reay after the race.


And.. Briscoe should really practice his donuts.. That was kind of embarrassing.