All-purpose open-wheel (F1, IRL) racing thread

My favorite sports talk station in Minnesota does a bit every spring called the "Preposterous Statement Tournament." This would be a high seed in the motorsports PST if such a thing existed.

 

Meh, just about any coach in any pro sport would say the same about his star player.

 

Lance is in a tough spot.

He's actually a pretty good driver. I'd rank him somewhere around 10 - 15 of the current 20.

Daddy's money meant he moved to F1 far sooner than he deserved to and the fact that he drives for his dad's team certainly makes it look like he doesn't belong. He's good enough to be there on his own.

(I would not call him "one of the most gifted drivers," but I don't work for Lawrence Stroll.)

 

Fourteen of next year’s 17 IndyCar races will be available to watch with nothing more than good old-fashioned rabbit ears.

NTT IndyCar Series announces 17-race schedule for 2022

 

Probably more races on NBC than NASCAR.

 

Running just the one race at Texas before the 500 rather than a twin weekend. But yeah, what's with two weekends open in June? It's not an Olympic year.

 

A rabbit just got taken out at Laguna Seca. Love that track.

 

More passing in the Corkscrew today than I've seen in some Brickyard 400s. The elevation changes at Laguna Seca just don't translate to TV. You really have to walk the infield to appreciate how steep that drop really is. And RIP, Foo Foo. Picked a bad time to go for a hop.

 

The other odd thing was doing a live cut-in promoting the E! network's pre-Emmy red carpet show with the red carpet guy saying "You'll get all glamour, all the fashion...." I'm sure there was HUGE crossover from the IndyCar race to the red carpet.

 

Andretti Autosport has a news conference scheduled at 12:45 p.m. PDT in Long Beach to announce something … probably that Romain Grosjean will be driving its No. 28 car next season.

Andretti Autosport sent out a press release announcing that Romain Grosjean will be driving its No. 28 car next season at 12:45 p.m. EDT.

Time zones, man.

 

Lando on pole in Sochi. He’s having an excellent season for someone not behind the wheel of a Mercedes or Red Bull.