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2021 R2 - St. Petersburg

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Beautiful St. Petersburg by the seafront.

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1.8 miles, 2900 meters long, 14 curves
100 laps, 290km
Lap record: Jordan King, 2018: 1: 00.0476

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Helio Castroneves (3 times, most of all)
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Josef Newgarden - 2019, 2020
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CET times

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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 01:00.8029 106.574 --.---- --.---- 14 19
2 12 Power, Will D/C/F 01:00.8102 106.561 0.0073 0.0073 9 16
3 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F 01:00.8348 106.518 0.0319 0.0246 7 17
4 27 Rossi, Alexander D/H/F 01:00.8653 106.465 0.0624 0.0305 5 18
5 22 Pagenaud, Simon D/C/F 01:00.8992 106.405 0.0963 0.0339 14 17
6 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 01:00.9152 106.377 0.1123 0.0160 11 16
7 7 Rosenqvist, Felix D/C/F 01:00.9956 106.237 0.1927 0.0804 9 14
8 3 McLaughlin, Scott (R) D/C/F 01:01.0158 106.202 0.2129 0.0202 19 20
9 5 O'Ward, Pato D/C/F 01:01.0603 106.125 0.2574 0.0445 7 14
10 15 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 01:01.0912 106.071 0.2883 0.0309 16 19
11 8 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F 01:01.1170 106.026 0.3141 0.0258 7 15
12 21 VeeKay, Rinus D/C/F 01:01.1750 105.926 0.3721 0.0580 9 16
13 28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F 01:01.1946 105.892 0.3917 0.0196 7 15
14 14 Bourdais, Sebastien D/C/F 01:01.2693 105.763 0.4664 0.0747 13 16
15 60 Harvey, Jack D/H/F 01:01.2986 105.712 0.4957 0.0293 7 16
16 20 Daly, Conor D/C/F 01:01.3612 105.604 0.5583 0.0626 11 17
17 29 Hinchcliffe, James D/H/F 01:01.4023 105.534 0.5994 0.0411 9 18
18 30 Sato, Takuma D/H/F 01:01.4601 105.434 0.6572 0.0578 11 19
19 51 Grosjean, Romain (R) D/H/F 01:01.6050 105.186 0.8021 0.1449 24 26
20 10 Palou, Alex D/H/F 01:01.7393 104.957 0.9364 0.1343 11 19
21 18 Jones, Ed D/H/F 01:02.1530 104.259 1.3501 0.4137 9 12
22 59 Chilton, Max D/C/F 01:02.2768 104.052 1.4739 0.1238 10 14
23 4 Kellett, Dalton D/C/F 01:02.9269 102.977 2.1240 0.6501 13 20
24 48 Johnson, Jimmie (R) D/H/F 01:03.1317 102.643 2.3288 0.2048 21 26
Report: https://racer.com/2021/04/23/newgarden- ... -practice/

Penske flexing a bit today. All four in the top 8. Grosjean and Palou a bit slow - but top 20 covered by a second is pretty good.

Kellett and Johnson well off the pace. Definitely expect Johnson to be ahead of Kellett by the end of the season, and challenging Chilton. I imagine JJ's first time at a track like St Pete in an Indycar would be an eyeopener though. While I envy him, I also don't!
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It's so cool to see McLaughlin adjusting to IndyCar so fast.

JJ's sole mission this weekend is keeping it out of the walls.
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Newgarden fastest in FP2 as well.
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Qualy about to start.
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Garbage sport.
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Power out in the opening round of Q

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John wrote: 2 years agoGarbage sport.
??
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DoubleFart wrote: 2 years ago
John wrote: 2 years agoGarbage sport.
??
Just salty that both Felix and Marcus dropped the ball.
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Bugger about Power. But between him and the Swedes, that should help to make the race a bit spicier.

Qualifying results:
Rank Car Driver Name C/E/T Time Speed Session
1 26 Herta, Colton D/H/F 01:00.3210 107.425 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six
2 60 Harvey, Jack D/H/F 01:00.5709 106.982 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six
3 2 Newgarden, Josef D/C/F 01:00.6078 106.917 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six
4 22 Pagenaud, Simon D/C/F 01:00.6353 106.868 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six
5 14 Bourdais, Sebastien D/C/F 01:01.0017 106.227 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six
6 5 O'Ward, Pato D/C/F 01:01.0799 106.091 Round 3 / Firestone Fast Six
7 21 VeeKay, Rinus D/C/F 01:00.4858 107.133 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
8 9 Dixon, Scott D/H/F 01:00.4997 107.108 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
9 15 Rahal, Graham D/H/F 01:00.5678 106.988 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
10 10 Palou, Alex D/H/F 01:00.6220 106.892 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
11 27 Rossi, Alexander D/H/F 01:00.6476 106.847 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
12 29 Hinchcliffe, James D/H/F 01:00.8671 106.461 Elimination Round 2 / Top 12
13 28 Hunter-Reay, Ryan D/H/F 01:00.8524 106.487 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
14 3 McLaughlin, Scott (R) D/C/F 01:00.7044 106.747 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
15 30 Sato, Takuma D/H/F 01:00.9167 106.375 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
16 8 Ericsson, Marcus D/H/F 01:00.7058 106.744 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
17 7 Rosenqvist, Felix D/C/F 01:00.9569 106.305 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
18 51 Grosjean, Romain (R) D/H/F 01:00.8127 106.557 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
19 20 Daly, Conor D/C/F 01:01.4220 105.500 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
20 12 Power, Will D/C/F 01:01.1140 106.031 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
21 18 Jones, Ed D/H/F 01:01.4453 105.460 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
22 59 Chilton, Max D/C/F 01:01.5065 105.355 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
23 48 Johnson, Jimmie (R) D/H/F 01:01.8364 104.793 Elimination Round 1 / Group 1
24 4 Kellett, Dalton D/C/F 01:02.3396 103.947 Elimination Round 1 / Group 2
Meanwhile, interesting and good to see JJ closing up significantly to the pack. Nice work. Like @John said, he just needs to keep it clean.

Meanwhile, Harvey impresses again. Fingers crossed for him tomorrow!
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Imagine being Kellett now, getting beat by a guy who has driven open wheelers 10 times his entire life.

Or did he get a penalty due to being a moving chicane?
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John wrote: 2 years ago Imagine being Kellett now, getting beat by a guy who has driven open wheelers 10 times his entire life.

Or did he get a penalty due to being a moving chicane?
While Seabass quietly does the business as his teammate.
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LET'S GOOOOOOO
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And JJ has binned it.
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