Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

[heliocastroneves#3]

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Race 2 of 19

Race - Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama

Location - Barber Motorsports Park, Birmingham, AL

Date - Sunday, April 7th

Time & TV Schedule - Green Flag -3:40 PM - NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 2.38 Mile Road Course

Distance - 90 Laps

Practice Sessions:

Friday, April 5th -1:45 PM
Friday, April 5th - 4:45 PM
Saturday, April 6th - 9:00 AM

Qualifications - Saturday, April 6th - 11:25 AM

2012 Pole Sitter -#3 Hélio Castroneves - 1:10.477

2012 Winner - #12 Will Power

Track layout

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Entry list

#1 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport
#2 - A.J. Allmendinger - Penske Racing
#3 - Hélio Castroneves - Penske Racing
#4 - J.R. Hildebrand - Panther Racing
#5 - E.J. Viso - Andretti Autosport & HVM Racing
#6 - Sebastian Saavedra - Dragon Racing
#7 - Sebastien Bourdais - Dragon Racing
#9 - Scott Dixon - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 - Dario Franchitti - Target Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 - Tony Kanaan - KV Racing Technology
#12 - Will Power - Penske Racing
#14 - Takuma Sato - A.J. Foyt Enterprises
#15 - Graham Rahal - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#16 - James Jakes - Rahal Letterman Lanigan
#18 - Ana Beatriz - Dale Coyne Racing
#19 - Justin Wilson - Dale Coyne Racing
#20 - Ed Carpenter - Ed Carpenter Racing
#22 - Oriol Servia - Panther DRR
#25 - Marco Andretti - Andretti Autosport
#27 - James Hinchcliffe - Andretti Autosport
#55 - Tristan Vautier (R) - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#67 - Josef Newgarden - Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing
#77 - Simon Pagenaud - Schmidt Peterson Motorsports
#78 - Simona de Silvestro - Lotus-HVM Racing
#83 - Charlie Kimball - Chip Ganassi Racing
#98 - Alex Tagliani - Barracuda Racing

[garyshell]

Does anyone know if the practice sessions are being webcasted via timing and scoring with an audio feed like last year?

Gary

[heliocastroneves#3]

Does anyone know if the practice sessions are being webcasted via timing and scoring with an audio feed like last year?

Gary

I think they are, however I can't guarantee anything...

[mr nobody]

Simona drives for KV Racing Technology and not HVM Lotus.

[heliocastroneves#3]

Simona drives for KV Racing Technology and not HVM Lotus.

Hehe, stupid mistake by me. Don't worry, this will be fixed from the Long Beach race thread onwards. ;)

[heliocastroneves#3]

Results of the first free practice

1. T. Vautier (R) Sam Schmidt 1:09.012
2. S. Dixon Ganassi Racing 1:09.065
3. R. Hunter-Reay Andretti Autosport 1:09.192
4. C. Kimball Ganassi Racing 1:09.280
5. W. Power Penske 1:09.281
6. D. Franchitti Ganassi Racing 1:09.288
7. S. De Silvestro KV Racing 1:09.340
8. S. Pagenaud Sam Schmidt 1:09.344
9. A. Allmendinger Penske 1:09.382
10. H. Castroneves Penske 1:09.424
11. O. Servia Panther/DRR 1:09.446
12. J. Jakes Rahal Letterman 1:09.451
13. T. Sato A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1:09.481
14. T. Kanaan KV Racing 1:09.493
15. J. Hinchcliffe Andretti Autosport 1:09.521
16. J. Newgarden SFHR 1:09.670
17. Mo. Andretti Andretti Autosport 1:09.699
18. S. Bourdais Dragon Racing 1:09.733
19. A. Tagliani Team Barracuda – BHA 1:09.787
20. E. Viso Andretti Autosport 1:09.796
21. G. Rahal Rahal Letterman 1:09.824
22. J. Wilson Dale Coyne 1:09.901
23. JR. Hildebrand Panther/DRR 1:10.060
24. S. Saavedra Dragon Racing 1:10.103
25. E. Carpenter Ed Carpenter Racing 1:11.009
26. A. Beatriz Dale Coyne 1:12.237

[mr nobody]

Are the Coyne cars that bad this year? Ana is a much better driver then being 2 seconds off the pace. What happened?

[MAX_THRUST]

Have to agree why is Justin so far off the pace too....?

[MAX_THRUST]

Intersting times, really mixed up compared to StPete race. If this carries on its gonna be a grwat season.

[drewdawg727]

Whats the reason for the cars being so much faster this year?

[mikiec]

This race is on live on Sky (Italia) Sport 2 HD with English audio if anyone's interested

Giá t?t b?n hi?n. r?nh ph? mình ch? ký nha. thanks!

[zako85]

I really enjoyed watching this race. First, what a nice, challenging, tastefully designed race track. Few yellows. Lots of close racing specially at the front. Many cars running on different strategies.

[NY2IA]

I really enjoyed watching this race. First, what a nice, challenging, tastefully designed race track. Few yellows. Lots of close racing specially at the front. Many cars running on different strategies.

Great day for a Motor race! What an exciting race. Crowds looked good, and TV broadcast was excellant.

[MAX_THRUST]

Have to agree, what a great race. Reminded me of the good old days of CART. Loved it....ESPN UK coverage is excelent even if not live.

[FormerFF]

Just saw the recording, had to stay up late to watch the finish, it was that good. I went last year, and would have gone this year but we'd just gotten back from a vacation Saturday night. I should be there next year, we won't be traveling next spring break.