I've seen it suggested that something that has put additional manufacturer's off entering is that to keep cost's down the engine's are heavily subsidized & that the manufacturer's make a significant loss on every one they sell as a result of that subsidy.

I also saw it mentioned that as a result of that Honda/Chevy only manufacturer what they know they can sell which is why there isn't the pool of spare engine's for potential Indy one off's to pick from that there used to be. And it doesn't help that the bigger full time teams tend to be given priority when it comes to what spares are available.

And with the constant evolution of safety as well as aero & other little tweaks been done to the cars each year I don't believe teams are allowed to run year+ old spec cars anymore which is something many Indy one off's used to do in the past.


They need to look at some of that & try & make things easier because as it is the 1st day of qualifying is utterly meaningless, Can't even really call it bump day anymore & i'm not sure pole day really exists now either.

A third supplier won't make it so there's more cars. It would just mean the current two manufactures will just build less engines to save money.

I wonder if Alonso feels uncomfortable about starting in the middle. Probably starting either inside or even outside might feel a tiny bit safer or at least he'd be more used to it.

A statistic about all 1st corner crashes devided by inside, middle and outside starting positions would be interesting. I'd imagine inside spots being the safest.

Scott Dixon & Dario Franchitti were robbed at gunpoint last night, at a Taco Bell.
http://fox59.com/2017/05/22/pole-winner ... rive-thru/

very choppy stream this time

Wait... you've had a not-choppy stream!?

Youtube streams have rarely issues, and even when they do it is a track side issue like apparently now.