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Career-wise, or just in Indycar?

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Ah, I though New Orleans was going to run the F1 street course.


And about Greg, I also had the highlights at 11pm, when I saw the crash I ran like a mad men to grab a tape recorder. And I was still hoping that he would have survived. On the next day I watched the tape and the crash frame-by-frame, several times, to see what had happened. The angle of the impact and how it could have been prevented.

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Dario knighted?

Just mbe, can't remember the order but it's below a knight hood. Still an honour though, if you like this sort of thing

I thought the honors ranking (if that's the right term) is:

1 - Knighthood
2 - OBE
3 - MBE

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Yeaa, that's the way it is with those three honours. There are others like CBE, which is above OBE. And there is one above Knighthood too.

Aight, I didn't know of the grading. Anyway, fun for him, I guess.

Damian Lewis (actor Band of Brothers, Homeland) got an OBE yesterday, so that's higher?

Graham Rahal and Courtney Force are now engaged!

omg they are so aDURRRable!

Yeah that's higher. It's all a bit meaningless really, but kinda traditional fun.

F1 champions seem to be given them as a matter of course, which kinda shows you how overdue this is for Dario.

More Europeans looking at Indycar;

Vergne

http://www.racer.com/f1/item/111337-f1- ... car-switch

Valsecchi

https://twitter.com/davidevalsecchi/sta ... 1937909760

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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.

Vergne was one of the more exciting drivers in 2014 F1 IMHO; it would be interesting to see what he could do if he could land an Indycar ride.

If alot of these newly known/rumored drivers that are looking for rides get them, field is stacked

Dean Stoneman looking to come over to the USA to run in IndyCar
http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/11...n-wheel-switch

Providence GP plans are basically dead now, looks like Boston is moving forward, still a chance in Providence if the timings right in the long term future
http://www.630wpro.com/2014/12/02/ne...ndy-car-to-ri/

Carlin joining the Indy Lights grid next year with intentions of going to IndyCar in the future.

Andretti keeping the Indy Lights team for 2015, Shelby Blackstock confirmed for one of the cars

2015 rule changes:

- Double points at Indy 500 and Sonoma

- Standing starts, which were introduced in 2013 at Toronto and utilized at four venues in 2014, have been eliminated for the 2015 season.

“Most of the tracks we run on, few meet the space criteria for our cars, which are bigger than most formula cars,” Walker said, “and there is some development needed with the launch. I wouldn’t say it’s out of the picture for the future. We know the fans enjoy it, and we love it, too.”

- Teams will be charged four days from their 14-day test allocation for Promoter Days (formerly known as Open Tests) at Barber Motorsports Park (March 16-17, for the introduction of Chevrolet and Honda street/road course aero kits), St. Petersburg (March 27), NOLA Motorsports Park (April 10), the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval (May 3), the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course (May 7), and Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (July 31). The on-track Promoter Day at St. Petersburg, NOLA Motorsports Park, the Indianapolis road course and Mid-Ohio immediately precedes the race event weekends.

“We see these days, working with the promoters, as a way fans can see the stars and cars in ways that aren’t available during the race weekend,” Walker said. “It will be a less formal day for the teams and drivers with long on-track sessions. Also, when you look at the schedule, there aren’t too many days that teams can test with the arrival of aero kits. We picked a nominal amount of dates to start to create value and cost-savings for teams.”

- Qualification groups for road/street course races shall be determined by the practice session prior to Segment 1 of the three rounds of qualifying.

- Qualifying will continue to set the pit lane assignment for the following event, but rule 7.4.1.1 addresses changing drivers between events, such as Ed Carpenter and Mike Conway with Ed Carpenter Racing in 2014. When Conway, who drove 12 road/street course races in the No. 20 entry, yielded to Carpenter for an oval race (and vice versa), the No. 20 car was assigned the last pit stall from pit out. Under the new rule, the driver will retain their qualifying position from the previous event.

- Each of the speed phases of the Rookie Orientation Program for the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race have been increased 5 mph. In addition to car control, placement and a consistent driving pattern, the Rookie Orientation Program shall consist of three phases totaling 40 laps: Phase One of 10 laps at 205-210 mph, Phase Two of 15 laps at 210-215mph and Phase Three of 15 laps at 215+ mph. The laps do not have to be consecutive. The phases and corresponding speeds may be adjusted based on track/weather conditions.

- Correspondingly, the Indianapolis 500 refresher test for drivers will consist of 30 total laps (the second and third phases of the ROP).

Can understand double points for Indy, big race after all but not for Sonoma just because it's the season ender.

Standing starts going, while they could be funny I guess best to get rid of them for safety concerns.

He really deserve's a shot at F1. Considering what he's been through the past few years, to come back & be as fast as he's been in GP3 he's clearly got a massive amount of talent & is almost certainly better than a lot of the more recent GP2/GP3 graduates to F1.

Put him in a half competitive Indycar & I fully believe he's going to be a serious threat for wins.

The cancer had such a bad timing in his career timing, he would definitely be considered by F1 teams if that wouldn't have happened. Good to see he has his career back on track though.