GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma

[FormerFF]

Do you mean teamorders? Please don't let this become the second Formula 1... Penske didn't do it with Briscoe either, last year...

Yes, yes I do. If the same situation befalls Will and Helio, I wouldn't be surprised if team orders comes into play. It's pretty rare that the situation comes up, so it's unlikely we'll find out. but, we are at that point in the season where this sort of thing can happen.

[gm99]

Are all those full-course cautions really necessary on a road course? Almost an hour after the start of the race, there are barely 30 laps in the books.

[Starter]

Are all those full-course cautions really necessary on a road course? Almost an hour after the start of the race, there are barely 30 laps in the books.

The short answer is no. The long answer is also no.

[jimispeed]

That was crap!!! Dixon didn't take a risk, but that tire changer sure did. Sheer stupidity. Pay attention. Not Dixon's fault imo.

[Anubis]

I can sort of see the argument from an "unsafe release" point of view, but that would seem to set a precedent. I can't believe any team would put pit crew in harms way, but...

[Wade91]

either the pit crew guy was intentionally trying to cause Dixon to have to swing wide and maybe lose a couple of seconds, or hes just stupid! either way it wasn't dixon's fault, i think he swung out as wide as he could without without losing the back end of his car and wiping out Power's whole pit crew!

[call_me_andrew]

You know the officials ****** up when they have to explain themselves after a race.

That said, it was still the best IndyCar race at Sonoma yet.

Are all those full-course cautions really necessary on a road course? Almost an hour after the start of the race, there are barely 30 laps in the books.

I'll go with yes for most of them at least. Americans tend to not let race cars at full speed get within 30 feet of safety vehicles.

[Anubis]

You know the officials ****** up when they have to explain themselves after a race.

That said, it was still the best IndyCar race at Sonoma yet.


I'll go with yes for most of them at least. Americans tend to not let race cars at full speed get within 30 feet of safety vehicles.

No yellow for Saavedra's crash at the end though, unless I missed it?

[Starter]

No yellow for Saavedra's crash at the end though, unless I missed it?

Maybe they learned something from MidO when the race ended under yellow for a car WELL off the track?

[Anubis]

Maybe they learned something from MidO when the race ended under yellow for a car WELL off the track?

Possibly, it just seemed odd, given all the other yellows for recovery. Saavedra's car wasn't exactly clear of the track, plus there was a lot of debris on the track. I don't WANT the race to end under yellow, it just seemed inconsistent.