Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

[heliocastroneves#3]

Well everyone, it's that time of year again. The start of a new IndyCar Series season is just a couple of days away. So, let's get this started...



Race 1 of 19

Race - Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Location - Streets of St. Petersburg, Florida

Date - Sunday, March 24th

Time & TV Schedule - Green Flag - 11:40 AM - NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 1.8 Mile Street Course

Distance - 110 Laps

Practice Sessions:

Friday, March 22nd - 10:10 AM
Friday, March 22nd - 1:40 PM
Saturday, March 23rd - 9:25 AM

Qualifications - Saturday, March 23rd - 1:05 PM

2012 Pole Sitter -#12 Will Power - 1:01.372

2012 Winner - #3 Hélio Castroneves

Track layout



Entry list

#1 - Ryan Hunter-Reay - Andretti Autosport
#3 - Helio 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 - Justin Wilson - Dale Coyne Racing
#19 - Ana Beatriz - 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]

Yeah! We have a DanicaFan replacement!!! Thanks, heliocastroneves!

[heliocastroneves#3]

Thanks, garyshell!

[GRW1983]

Thanks, garyshell!

Maybe it's DanicaFan in disguise!!!

[NY2IA]

thanks!

[Chris R]

Thanks Helio!!

[Anubis]

Yeah! We have a DanicaFan replacement!!! Thanks, heliocastroneves!

Nah, it's lacking the "Helio always goes well here", "this is Helio's sort of circuit", "I expect Helio to run a great race!" fanatical optimism of old

Anyway, nice to actually have a race to talk about, so may I just add "Go Taku!"

[heliocastroneves#3]

Well guys, I'm able to do every race thread for the rest of the season. I was away for quite a while because I went to a community which is almost 100% IndyCar but I left since it became the Everything Whats Wrong With IndyCar And Complain A Lot About It forums and I wasn't liked very much because I gave my opinion which should be accepted in a forum. On this forum, there's luckily a completely different "culture" and I'm glad to be back.

[heliocastroneves#3]

Practice Results
Qualifying Groups

[steveaki13]

Sato appears a bit of a road block.