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I honestly don't think I've seen that much grass at Sonoma before. Is this new?

It's usually like that during the winter

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Sonoma is located in one curious place in California where you find Mediterranean climate and biome. This kind of biome is very rare and found only in some specific parts of the Planet where conditions and latitude favors some extreme values in relation to air humidity.

So, in Winter air humidity is very high and makes vegetation grow (though a grassy one) while in Summer you see totally the opposite, air humidity plummets and the vegetation disappears. The only places on the Planet you'll see that are ovbiously in Mediterranean coast (Southern Europe and North of Africa), in Americas (California and some parts of Chile) and in some parts of Australia and New Zealand If I'm not mistaken.

Curiosity: given the extreme conditions of humidity, these places stand out in production of wines of the highest quality because the grapes gain a higher level of acidity, this makes the best wines of the World, that's why Sonoma is a pole of Wine industry in the USA, aswell as all other Mediterranean countries.

You see? Motor racing helps you learn Science!

Napa valley is a great tourist destination, you get the Andretti winery that looks like the old family farm in Italy (that is Croatia nowadays haha)


and yet you get to know tracks like Sonoma and Laguna Seca

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Motorsports trend for 2024: everything is a bad taste joke now

Times must be good when even Marco can get a new sponsor.

https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news ... s-1002994/

Jokes about how they would be better off pouring the product into the driver's seat instead are to be kept on ice until at least Saturday afternoon at St. Petersburg.

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Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Sonoma is wine country. Just a little north of San Francisco. Also contains a few amazing craft beer breweries.

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So Castroneves is going to be the grand marshall at St Pete which just seems so wrong given he's capable of winning the darn race

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We are away at Phoenix.

http://racecontrol.indycar.com/

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/marshallpruett/status/961718530549911553[/tweet]

This with the superspeedway package would look tast

Yeah the IndyCars are looking better and better. Can't wait!

Fastest lap so far is Leist who is a smidge over 183mph.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

The rookies have finished. Dixon is next.

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Dan Wheldon ¦ 1978-2011
Marco Simoncelli ¦ 1987-2011
Jules Bianchi ¦ 1989-2015
Justin Wilson ¦ 1978-2015

Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

Are they actually going to stream testing tomorrow?

Goddamn I love this series more and more

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Totally onboard with the windscreen. Hopefully this becomes a reality.

@

codename_47 Yup, and they are upgrading coverage from last year as well (adding commentary from IndyCar Radio)

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comments by Dixon after the first run of the windshield
[tweet]https://twitter.com/tracksideonline/status/961746968492961792[/tweet]
[tweet]https://twitter.com/tracksideonline/status/961747466570760192[/tweet]

DEFINETLY, IndyCar's windshield is much better!

Personally, I'd still prefer to see cars without it but If they have to do it, then I can't see a better solution than that!

All 3 runs within the windscreen test was successful
http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/14729 ... -step-frye

I can't help but feel F1 never tried enough with the windshield, it was like Vettel went out for one run and said it was shit then that was that

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Just hate that it seems like team politics deciding all of this. Hope that the FIA gives the screen a second chance but I'm doubtful....

It will be interesting to see how the outlook if / when IndyCar runs the screen in a race while F1 / FE / feeder levels run the halo.

It looks 100x better, but I have no doubt a vocal minority of F1 fans will still complain about 'DNA' and 'tradition' if it were adopted. I think IndyCar benefits from teams who don't hold power in rulemaking and from fans who are a bit more informed.