2022 R16: Portland

[MonteCristo]

This is happening!

Second last round of the season. I think everyone can still win the title apart from Kellett and Johnson at this stage .

[Everso Biggyballies]

I think everyone can still win the title apart from Kellett and Johnson at this stage .

[MonteCristo]

Practice 1 times:

Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Time Speed Diff Gap Best Lap Total Laps
1 2 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F 00:58.5769 120.703 --.---- --.---- 13 18
2 18 Malukas, David (R) D/H/F 00:58.7024 120.445 0.1255 0.1255 30 34
3 3 McLaughlin, Scott D/C/F 00:58.7156 120.418 0.1387 0.0132 16 23
4 27 Rossi, Alexander D/H/F 00:58.7639 120.319 0.1870 0.0483 15 20
5 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F 00:58.8246 120.195 0.2477 0.0607 13 18
6 7 Rosenqvist, Felix D/C/F 00:58.8458 120.151 0.2689 0.0212 15 18
7 14 Kirkwood, Kyle (R) D/C/F 00:58.9582 119.922 0.3813 0.1124 23 28
8 15 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 00:58.9896 119.858 0.4127 0.0314 20 23
9 10 Palou, Alex D/H/F 00:58.9988 119.840 0.4219 0.0092 21 23
10 12 Power, Will D/C/F 00:59.0287 119.779 0.4518 0.0299 19 25
11 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 00:59.0325 119.771 0.4556 0.0038 19 23
12 45 Harvey, Jack D/H/F 00:59.0656 119.704 0.4887 0.0331 20 21
13 29 DeFrancesco, Devlin (R) D/H/F 00:59.1067 119.621 0.5298 0.0411 26 31
14 77 Ilott, Callum (R) D/C/F 00:59.2422 119.347 0.6653 0.1355 21 26
15 60 Pagenaud, Simon D/H/F 00:59.2730 119.285 0.6961 0.0308 18 23
16 8 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F 00:59.2860 119.259 0.7091 0.0130 18 25
17 06 Castroneves, Helio D/H/F 00:59.3141 119.203 0.7372 0.0281 20 22
18 21 VeeKay, Rinus D/C/F 00:59.3386 119.153 0.7617 0.0245 21 28
19 30 Lundgaard, Christian (R) D/H/F 00:59.3561 119.118 0.7792 0.0175 28 31
20 20 Daly, Conor D/C/F 00:59.4217 118.987 0.8448 0.0656 22 26
21 28 Grosjean, Romain D/H/F 00:59.5997 118.631 1.0228 0.1780 8 17
22 5 O'Ward, Pato D/C/F 00:59.6261 118.579 1.0492 0.0264 5 12
23 4 Kellett, Dalton D/C/F 01:00.0175 117.806 1.4406 0.3914 24 30
24 48 Johnson, Jimmie D/H/F 01:00.2741 117.304 1.6972 0.2566 28 33
25 51 Sato, Takuma D/H/F 01:00.5316 116.805 1.9547 0.2575 11 13

https://racer.com/2022/09/02/newgarden- ... -practice/

Malukas continues to impress.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Not sure if this has been mentioned. Couldnt see it....

Newgarden hit by six place engine grid penalty

JoNew will start Sunday’s IndyCar race at Portland from six places further back on the grid than he qualifies after taking a fifth engine of the season ahead of Friday’s practice sessions.




Also this weird red flag incident in practice......

[Everso Biggyballies]

ScottyMac on Portland pole..... Ganassi big guns fail to clear Q1

Team Penske swept the top three, with McLaughlin heading Josef Newgarden and Will Power this time around, but Newgarden’s six-position grid penalty means it will be Cars #3 and #12 on the front row tomorrow.

RLLR's Christian Lundgaard qualified fourth-fastest, ahead of Ganassi’s Alex Palou and McLaren SP’s Pato O’Ward.

Palou is fifth in the series standings at 43 points behind leader Power, but the Ganassi drivers in third and fourth on the table had shocking Saturday afternoons.

Scott Dixon qualified 16th and Marcus Ericsson 18th, putting them on the back foot ahead of the penultimate race of the season whereas Power will have fresh air ahead of him for the start and Newgarden will still be on Row 4 despite his penalty.


Results: Qualifying

Pos Num Driver C/E/T Qual time Session
1 3 Scott McLaughlin D/C/F 0:58.2349 Round 3 / Fast Six
2 2 Josef Newgarden D/C/F 0:58.3129 Round 3 / Fast Six
3 12 Will Power D/C/F 0:58.4254 Round 3 / Fast Six
4 30 Christian Lundgaard D/H/F 0:58.4482 Round 3 / Fast Six
5 10 Alex Palou D/H/F 0:58.5075 Round 3 / Fast Six
6 5 Pato O’Ward D/C/F 0:58.6090 Round 3 / Fast Six
7 7 Felix Rosenqvist D/C/F 0:58.3475 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
8 26 Colton Herta D/H/F 0:58.3925 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
9 27 Alexander Rossi D/H/F 0:58.3983 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
10 18 David Malukas D/H/F 0:58.4038 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
11 15 Graham Rahal D/H/F 0:58.4475 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
12 21 Rinus VeeKay D/C/F 0:58.5356 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
13 14 Kyle Kirkwood D/C/F 0:58.4865 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
14 77 Callum Ilott D/C/F 0:58.1988 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
15 28 Romain Grosjean D/H/F 0:58.5097 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
16 9 Scott Dixon D/H/F 0:58.2628 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
17 45 Jack Harvey D/H/F 0:58.5332 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
18 8 Marcus Ericsson D/H/F 0:58.3064 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
19 60 Simon Pagenaud D/H/F 0:58.6898 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
20 20 Conor Daly D/C/F 0:58.4398 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
21 06 Helio Castroneves D/H/F 0:58.7534 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
22 51 Takuma Sato D/H/F 0:58.6058 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
23 48 Jimmie Johnson D/H/F 0:59.1933 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
24 29 Devlin DeFrancesco D/H/F 0:58.6127 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
25 4 Dalton Kellett D/C/F 0:59.0082 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2


Full report: https://racer.com/2022/09/03/mclaughlin ... ualifying/

[MonteCristo]

C'mon Will!

[Vassago]

This will be curious. Historically Portland had some trouble at the start but after that it was mostly green flag running. Might be difficult to spin some alternate strategy using multiple FCY.

[Everso Biggyballies]

C'mon Will!

More a JoNew fan in the title race I think. Not a huge Power fan tbh. Although moreso than Dixon.

So..... Cmon Jo

Or Cmon Marcus

[Everso Biggyballies]

2022 5 MINUTE QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS // GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND

[MonteCristo]

C'mon Will!

More a JoNew fan in the title race I think. Not a huge Power fan tbh. Although moreso than Dixon.

So..... Cmon Jo

Or Cmon Marcus

You've been banned from Toowoomba .

[Everso Biggyballies]

C'mon Will!

More a JoNew fan in the title race I think. Not a huge Power fan tbh. Although moreso than Dixon.

So..... Cmon Jo

Or Cmon Marcus

You've been banned from Toowoomba .

But....but I was planning a trip to the Will Power 500 at Toowoomba Speedway. Toss a few flares on the track.

Actually I always used to think Toowoomba was near Canberra.

[MonteCristo]

2022 5 MINUTE QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS // GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND

Herta showing that he'd struggle around the swimming pool at Monaco...

[Everso Biggyballies]

2022 5 MINUTE QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS // GRAND PRIX OF PORTLAND

Herta showing that he'd struggle around the swimming pool at Monaco...

Safe to say he would be out of his depth, in too deep etc.

[John]

Amazingly we've made it 50 laps and not a single wreck. Penske juggernaut leading.

[John]

Veekay just hip checked JJ into the wall on the S/F straight and we got our first yellow with 27 to go.

Complete brain fade from Veekay. Bad show.