2022 R3 Long Beach

[John]

Bottom post of the previous page:

I fucking swear, these fucken engineers at ASPM.

[John]

61 laps in and Herta is out and Pags parked it in the fountain. Stunning race thus far.

[Vassago]

Yeah, this has been above average race for Long Beach standards so far.

[John]

Oh cock.

[Everso Biggyballies]

Herta is a god.

That didnt age well.



JoNew on a roll and a good finish for RoGro

JJ's weekend went from bad to a slightly earlier than planned shower.

Results:
Cla Driver Team Gap Interval
1
United States Josef Newgarden United States Team Penske
2
France Romain Grosjean United States Andretti Autosport 1.286 1.286
3
Spain Alex Palou United States Chip Ganassi Racing 1.759 0.472
4
Australia Will Power United States Team Penske 2.965 1.206
5
Mexico Patricio O'Ward United States Arrow McLaren SP 3.712 0.746
6
New Zealand Scott Dixon United States Chip Ganassi Racing 5.060 1.348
7
United States Graham Rahal United States Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 5.393 0.332
8
United States Alexander Rossi United States Andretti Autosport 7.308 1.915
9
Brazil Helio Castroneves United States Meyer Shank Racing 8.952 1.643
10
United States Kyle Kirkwood United States A.J. Foyt Enterprises 12.863 3.911
11
Sweden Felix Rosenqvist United States Arrow McLaren SP 14.293 1.429
12
United States Conor Daly United States Ed Carpenter Racing 15.217 0.924
13
Netherlands Rinus van Kalmthout United States Ed Carpenter Racing 16.246 1.028
14
New Zealand Scott McLaughlin United States Team Penske 17.929 1.683
15
United Kingdom Jack Harvey United States Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 18.780 0.851
16
Colombia Tatiana Calderon United States A.J. Foyt Enterprises 1 Lap 1 Lap
17
Japan Takuma Sato United States Dale Coyne Racing 2 Laps 1 Lap
18
Denmark Christian Lundgaard United States Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing 2 Laps 2'36.398
19
France Simon Pagenaud United States Meyer Shank Racing 4 Laps 2 Laps
20
United States Jimmie Johnson United States Chip Ganassi Racing 12 Laps 8 Laps
21
United States David Malukas Dale Coyne Racing with HMD 13 Laps 1 Lap
22
Sweden Marcus Ericsson United States Chip Ganassi Racing 19 Laps 6 Laps
23
United States Colton Herta United States Andretti Autosport 30 Laps 11 Laps
24
United Kingdom Callum Ilott Juncos Hollinger Racing 30 Laps 4'33.926
25
Canada Devlin DeFrancesco United States Andretti Autosport 50 Laps 20 Laps
26
Canada Dalton Kellett United States A.J. Foyt Enterprises 80 Laps 30 Laps

[MonteCristo]

Very good race from the highlights I saw.

Herta: Oh dear. I really like the kid personally, and he's a joy to watch. He's no longer doing crazy things like he was in his first season, but he really needs to dial it down. He'll be gutted. Shades of Nashville.

Ericsson with a "I think Grosjean hit me!" moment.

Johnson with one crash per day. That's something.

What happened to Scotty Mac?

[theracer120]

Scotty clipped the wall in the final hairpin and spun while he was trying to get a run on a moving chicane which dropped him down the order. I think he was 8th or 9th before that and that was pre Herta and one or two others ahead of him crashing out.

[julif]

I think i have a habit of jinxing drivers...

[Vassago]

Scotty clipped the wall in the final hairpin and spun while he was trying to get a run on a moving chicane which dropped him down the order. I think he was 8th or 9th before that and that was pre Herta and one or two others ahead of him crashing out.

It was Tatiana Calderon who got in the way

Otoh, Colton Herta is truly the second coming of Michael Andretti. He's got so much raw speed but tends to throw races away on a regular basis. Adding the improved reliability compared to Mikey's days this simply won't win him the championship anytime soon IMO.

[John]

Scotty clipped the wall in the final hairpin and spun while he was trying to get a run on a moving chicane which dropped him down the order. I think he was 8th or 9th before that and that was pre Herta and one or two others ahead of him crashing out.

It was Tatiana Calderon who got in the way

Yes, what he said.

[PTRACER]

Ericsson with a "I think Grosjean hit me!" moment.

Just caught up with the highlights and saw this. Total bonehead moment by Ericsson who tried to take out his team mate at the same time.

Anyway seemed like a pretty good race. Far from the most eventful I have ever seen but I enjoyed the battle for the lead between Newgarden and Grosjean anyway. Grosjean hasn't quite managed to win yet has he?

[MonteCristo]

Ericsson with a "I think Grosjean hit me!" moment.

Just caught up with the highlights and saw this. Total bonehead moment by Ericsson who tried to take out his team mate at the same time.

Anyway seemed like a pretty good race. Far from the most eventful I have ever seen but I enjoyed the battle for the lead between Newgarden and Grosjean anyway. Grosjean hasn't quite managed to win yet has he?

No, but four podiums - three last year for Coyne. A good return.

[PTRACER]

Ericsson with a "I think Grosjean hit me!" moment.

Just caught up with the highlights and saw this. Total bonehead moment by Ericsson who tried to take out his team mate at the same time.

Anyway seemed like a pretty good race. Far from the most eventful I have ever seen but I enjoyed the battle for the lead between Newgarden and Grosjean anyway. Grosjean hasn't quite managed to win yet has he?

No, but four podiums - three last year for Coyne. A good return.

It's only a matter of time then. For me he's one of the main reasons to watch Indycar.