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Damn well better be when they're all the same DW12s, parts and two spec, sealed, powertrains........
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Damn well better be when they're all the same DW12s, parts and two spec, sealed, powertrains........
Didnt he spin out of the lead / trying to take the led one lap from the flag when under pressure, and got nudged by someone (Franchitti?) several years ago, a couple of years before he won the first time. Had he not been nudged, or been a bit more Indy savvy he would have won. Had he not been nudged and won then he would be a 3 time winner.
Franchitti was crazy lucky not to get binned as well in that.Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑3 years agoDidnt he spin out of the lead / trying to take the led one lap from the flag when under pressure, and got nudged by someone (Franchitti?) several years ago, a couple of years before he won the first time. Had he not been nudged, or been a bit more Indy savvy he would have won. Had he not been nudged and won then he would be a 3 time winner.
I think that might be it.
Edit : Found this video and yeah,I was nearly right..... it was Dario Sato tried to go inside him for the lead and got squeezed, there was contact, Sato was a spinner Dario a winner.
Are you ever happy?
Would have taken 90 minutes to fix the barrier. Then you would have one lap shootout on stone cold tyres, not to mention it was getting dark.DoubleFart wrote: ↑3 years ago Slept on it, still feel robbed. Should have been a green flag finish.
Seriously? That's mental. The LeMans team fix barriers in the dead of night quicker than thatJohn wrote: ↑3 years agoWould have taken 90 minutes to fix the barrier.DoubleFart wrote: ↑3 years ago Slept on it, still feel robbed. Should have been a green flag finish.
https://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2020/ ... -indy-500/This was the ninth time in the past 18 years that the Indy 500 has ended with a caution flag, most recently in 2013 when the last five laps were run under yellow
The following year, IndyCar (under the leadership of a different race director than Sunday) elected to red-flag the race for more than 10 minutes to ensure the final seven laps were green – a decision that earned the ire of some in the series.
In a statement Sunday, IndyCar said the series “makes every effort to end races under green, but in this case following the assessment of the incident, there were too few laps remaining to gather the field behind the pace car, issue a red flag and then restart for a green-flag finish.”
They deffo made the right call given that scenario. After all he is an undeserving C***bag or whatever the radio message was..
They 100% made the right decision.
You just can't take any chances with these things.
I read somewhere that the Pace car was used as Indy waaaayy back in 1911 or thereabouts.... one of the purposes was the ability to put the race on hold for long enough so spectators could take advantage of the popcorn / refreshment stands etc without missing any of the actual race. Implying that even in the earliest of days it was used with a secondary to safety use. ie keep the $$ rolling in whatever needs to be done.jimclark wrote: ↑3 years ago But....but....but the "show" doncha' know....?
Also, on the business side, I bet if there were fans in the house there would have been a red.....
Another half hour+ of lull time....? Din-din time...everybody gettin' a li'l hungry....?
Gotta' increase the concession revenue. $$$.