IndyCar '12 | China Cancelled, no replacement

Shane · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:39 am

AJ was rumored to Looking into another car.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:52 am

Gabriel wrote:

Just made this preliminary Indy 500 entry list...am I missing something?

2 Ryan Briscoe Penske Chevrolet
3 Helio Castroneves Penske Chevrolet
4 JR Hildebrand Panther Honda
5 EJ Viso KV Racing Chevrolet
6 Katherine Legge (R) Dragon Lotus
7 Sebastien Bourdais Dragon Lotus
8 Rubens Barrichello (R) KV Racing Chevrolet
9 Scott Dixon Chip Ganassi Honda
10 Dario Franchitti Chip Ganassi Honda
11 Tony Kanaan KV Racing Chevrolet
12 Will Power Penske Chevrolet
14 Mike Conway AJ Foyt Honda
15 Takuma Sato RLL Honda
18 Justin Wilson Dale Coyne Honda
19 James Jakes (R) Dale Coyne Honda
20 Ed Carpenter Ed Carpenter Chevrolet
22 Oriol Servia Dreyer & Reinbold Lotus
25 Ana Beatriz Andretti Chevrolet
26 Marco Andretti Andretti Chevrolet
27 James Hinchcliffe Andretti Chevrolet
28 Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti Chevrolet
30 Luca Filippi (R) RLL Honda
38 Graham Rahal Chip Ganassi Honda
67 Josef Newgarden (R) Sarah Fisher Honda
77 Simon Pagenaud (R) Schmidt/Hamilton Honda
78 Simona de Silvestro HVM Lotus
83 Charlie Kimball Andretti Honda
98 Alex Tagliani Brian Herta Lotus
?? Sebastian Saavedra Andretti/AFS Chevrolet
?? Townsend Bell Schmidt/Hamilton Honda
?? Jean Alesi (R) Newman/Haas Lotus
?? Brian Clauson (R) Sarah Fisher Honda

I have a possible of 32 entries so far. Bernard says Honda and Chevrolet are able to prove engines to more entries, as he expects Lotus to expand just for one more (Alesi) and claims he's confident we'll get more than 33 entries. Dallara claims to have 60 DW12 built so far.

Good list, Gabriel.

I assume that Davey Hamilton and John Andretti are going to stay in sidelines?

But what about Alex Lloyd, Ho-Pin Tung, Vitor Meira, Bertrand Baguette, Pippa Mann, Tomas Scheckter and Buddy Rice? I think that at least one of them is going for the Indy.

I'm quite sure that we'll get to see a good Bump day with this field already.

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:27 pm

Meira is full time in Stock Car Brazil now. Baguette is in sports cars, though I won't miss him, he's a nobody.

I liked Townsend Bell during the broadcast, but I would rather see him in a car. Underrated driver if there is any.

My dad had his first look at the new car today (he usually only watches Indianapolis) and said "it's not really an open-wheeler anymore".
My reply to that:

StanV · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 4:28 pm

dicksplaash wrote:

Baguette is in sports cars, though I won't miss him, he's a nobody.

ouch, dude

Gabriel · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:21 pm

dicksplaash wrote:

Meira is full time in Stock Car Brazil now. Baguette is in sports cars, though I won't miss him, he's a nobody.

I liked Townsend Bell during the broadcast, but I would rather see him in a car. Underrated driver if there is any.

Bell is prety much secured for Indy. I read a while ago that Meira was still looking for an Indy-only ride this year, maybe he can work something out with AJ Foyt.

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 5:54 pm

StanV wrote:

dicksplaash wrote:

Baguette is in sports cars, though I won't miss him, he's a nobody.

ouch, dude

Sorry, dude, but imagine if Marcus Ericsson was looking for a ride at Indy? How many fucks would you give? I imagine zero, or less.

cookie · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:09 pm

dicksplaash wrote:

StanV wrote:

dicksplaash wrote:

Baguette is in sports cars, though I won't miss him, he's a nobody.

ouch, dude

Sorry, dude, but imagine if Marcus Ericsson was looking for a ride at Indy? How many fucks would you give? I imagine zero, or less.

Marcus Ericson didn't almost win the Indy 500 last year

Cheeveer · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:25 pm

Saying that Baguette "almost won" Indy last year is making a chicken out of a feather. No, it's more like making a dinosaur out of a chicken. Hildebrand almost won Indy last year, that is fair.

Anywho, I sincerely hope that Scheckter gets a ride soon. He's too damn good to be left out.

cookie · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:32 pm

dicksplaash wrote:

Saying that Baguette "almost won" Indy last year is making a chicken out of a feather. No, it's more like making a dinosaur out of a chicken. Hildebrand almost won Indy last year, that is fair.

He led 11 laps until lap 198. He certainly isn't a nobody like you claim.

StanV · PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:44 pm

dicksplaash wrote:

StanV wrote:

dicksplaash wrote:

Baguette is in sports cars, though I won't miss him, he's a nobody.

ouch, dude

Sorry, dude, but imagine if Marcus Ericsson was looking for a ride at Indy? How many fucks would you give? I imagine zero, or less.

true, I'd give none.

Shane · PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:51 am

Jon Andretti supposedly has Window World backin again for the 500 just no team.

Juihi · PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:11 am

Hadn't seen this before :lol:

Dan Belcher · PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:06 pm

cookie wrote:

dicksplaash wrote:

Saying that Baguette "almost won" Indy last year is making a chicken out of a feather. No, it's more like making a dinosaur out of a chicken. Hildebrand almost won Indy last year, that is fair.

He led 11 laps until lap 198. He certainly isn't a nobody like you claim.

From what I remember, it was because of pit strategy that had effectively zero chance of actually working. So no, he didn't almost win the race.

Ian-S · PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:29 pm

Isn't the race 200 laps? so if there was a caution on lap 196, he'd have won it.
Sounds like a fairly good chance of winning given Indycar don't do GWC, well far more than the "zero chance of actually working" than you make it out to be.

Dan Belcher · PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:54 pm

All I remember is watching it and thinking "he has no chance."

codename_47 · PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 3:19 pm

Scotty wrote:

He led the race only because he was the last to pit for the final time. Remember Danica lead for a short while? Circumstance got him to the front, not outright speed.

Yeah, I don't think Indycar ever let you forget it...

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:31 pm

dicksplaash wrote:

StanV wrote:

dicksplaash wrote:

Baguette is in sports cars, though I won't miss him, he's a nobody.

ouch, dude

Sorry, dude, but imagine if Marcus Ericsson was looking for a ride at Indy? How many fucks would you give? I imagine zero, or less.

The difference being that Marcus Ericsson isn't that good, while Bertrand Baguette could have legitimately won Indy(he had speed throughout the month of May) and should be in a factory Peugeot right now.

As a matter of fact, I'm honestly shocked that a parallel was even made.

westracing01 · PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:15 pm

Scotty wrote:

He led the race only because he was the last to pit for the final time. Remember Danica lead for a short while? Circumstance got him to the front, not outright speed.

More often than not, circumstance decides the winner at Indy, not outright speed.

Mobil1fan · PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:24 pm

Maybe I missed it, but why does the IRL feel compelled to schedule directly against NASCAR all the time? If you're looking for viewership, why would you put Barber against Martinsville and leave Easter weekend open? I realize there's only so many possible days for racing in any given season, but they seem to do it more often than they should.

Gabriel · PostPosted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:27 pm

I've read that it had something to do with the Masters being last weekend.

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