Indycar 2018: Get well soon, Wickens

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MazeOfTzeentch: May 2, 2009; rip miso beno

Turn one hero

# ? Apr 15, 2018 21:56

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# ? Jun 8, 2024 23:16

MazeOfTzeentch: May 2, 2009; rip miso beno

Wickens nooo

# ? Apr 15, 2018 22:18

George Zimmer: Jun 28, 2008

Omg bourdais

# ? Apr 15, 2018 22:48

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

George Zimmer posted:

Omg bourdais

# ? Apr 15, 2018 22:51

Wirth1000: May 12, 2010; #essereFerrari

George Zimmer posted:

Omg bourdais

# ? Apr 15, 2018 22:55

Reynold: Feb 14, 2012; Suffer not the unclean to live.

Bourdais was robbed

# ? Apr 15, 2018 23:03

Reynold: Feb 14, 2012; Suffer not the unclean to live.

Also lol at everyone in indycar repeatedly mentioning how small Zach Veach is

# ? Apr 15, 2018 23:10

Reynold: Feb 14, 2012; Suffer not the unclean to live.

Reynold posted:

Bourdais was robbed

Robbed, I says

# ? Apr 15, 2018 23:20

Flikken: Oct 23, 2009; 10,363 snaps and not a playoff win to show for it

Lol.

Also, what happened to Sato? I missed it.

Flikken fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Apr 15, 2018

# ? Apr 15, 2018 23:21

MazeOfTzeentch: May 2, 2009; rip miso beno

Ffffffff 3 of my picks were involved in that

RIP my lead

# ? Apr 15, 2018 23:23

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

That was a great race.

That fuckin' pass by Seabass.

# ? Apr 15, 2018 23:53

KingShibby: Jan 30, 2004; Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...; Yams Fan

Just gonna leave this here

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/985636912919592960

# ? Apr 16, 2018 00:47

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

KingShibby posted:

Just gonna leave this here

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/985636912919592960

I like how they had to cut away to the wide shot because the asshat controlling the onboard was about to ruin it.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 00:50

hunnert car pileup: Oct 28, 2007; the first world was a mistake

KingShibby posted:

Just gonna leave this here

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/985636912919592960

That's up there with George Teague taking the ball from Lamar Thomas in the "greatest plays called back due to a penalty" category.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 00:51

harperdc: Jul 24, 2007

KingShibby posted:

Just gonna leave this here

https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/985636912919592960

My goodness :psyboom:

# ? Apr 16, 2018 01:08

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

I always thought Bourdais was kind of iffy coming out of Champ Car but he's constantly outdriven his equipment since coming back from F1, and also the CCWS grid wasn't actually that bad in retrospect now that we know that guys like Will Power, Justin Wilson and even Graham Rahal were actually really good.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 01:12

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Will Power, Justin Wilson and even Graham Rahal were actually really good.

Two out of three ain't bad.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 04:22

MazeOfTzeentch: May 2, 2009; rip miso beno

My fantasy lead will not fare well with those picks.

Bourdais, Wickens, Hinchcliffe, and Sato

e: huh. still first. Now tied for the lead, with Bentai and BReynolds38

MazeOfTzeentch fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Apr 16, 2018

# ? Apr 16, 2018 04:27

KingShibby: Jan 30, 2004; Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...; Yams Fan

The more you read the better it gets:

Seabass posted:

SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS (No. 18 Team SealMaster Honda): "It was such a frustrating day. Full attack, really good car, the SealMaster Honda No. 18 was really hooked up. I had a pretty good feeling in the warm up and the conditions stayed the same for the race. It was a tough call to start on Firestone blacks (primary tire), but I was confident it was the right thing to do as long as I could hold my position at the start and that is exactly what happened. Thankfully, the start was stretched, so I wasn't under attack until I was up to speed. Then I really started to push hard because I could tell the guys on red tires (alternative tires) were in conservation mode. So, I started to think this could be a pretty good day. I passed a bunch of cars, and when I got to (Scott) Dixon that is when I held station. He was driving really well. He had the pace because he had saved his tires. We got to the first pit sequence and Dixon, I am sure, short filled and jumped (Will) Power. We stayed on schedule and put on red tires, and at that point, it looked like the race was coming our way. Clearly, (Alexander) Rossi was on a different planet, but other than him we were right there. I got Dixon on the restart and Race Control deemed that a violation. I thought that was interesting because I am not quite sure what I was supposed to do. I was committed. There was room and he didn't see me, so he came down on me and pushed me into the pit lane. If you get forced into the pit lane, I am not sure it is your responsibility. So, I got rather upset, so I passed him right back. I was pretty happy about that. Then we were just cruising. Unfortunately, as a group, we took a chance to stay out too long and then it went yellow. Race Control could have waited a couple seconds before closing the pits, but they didn't and we went to the back where we had to race idiots. I was racing (Charlie) Kimball side-by-side and he gives me no room, and he bent both of my toe links on the right side. It was pretty much game over from there. I made a mistake because of it trying to pass him again later into Turn 9. The car wouldn't turn anymore. Then, in the next corner, Jordan King felt like a hero and took us out. After that, I had to deal with another idiot, Matheus Leist, who tried to crash both of us a couple of times. There really wasn't much to salvage after that. It's really disappointing. The car was good. I drove the wheels off it. Passed a bunch of guys and we have nothing to show for it."

# ? Apr 16, 2018 04:33

MazeOfTzeentch: May 2, 2009; rip miso beno

Angry Frenchman, holy poo poo

# ? Apr 16, 2018 04:40

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

How was attendance?

# ? Apr 16, 2018 04:40

KingShibby: Jan 30, 2004; Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...; Yams Fan

iospace posted:

How was attendance?

I haven't heard actual numbers but I'm 99% sure they were up from last year's 183k

# ? Apr 16, 2018 04:52

IOwnCalculus: Apr 2, 2003

MazeOfTzeentch posted:

Angry Frenchman, holy poo poo

Justifiably angry at that. People getting wrecked trying to pass Kimball? SHOCKING

# ? Apr 16, 2018 04:56

Zaphod42: Sep 13, 2012; If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Reynold posted:

Bourdais was robbed

# ? Apr 16, 2018 05:23

thisLambo: Aug 28, 2016

Sebastien, welcome to the "We hate Charlie Kimball Club", current chair Will Power and Conor Daly.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 05:30

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

https://twitter.com/simonpagenaud/status/985670968889634816

# ? Apr 16, 2018 05:31

Basticle: Sep 12, 2011

iospace posted:

https://twitter.com/simonpagenaud/status/985670968889634816

# ? Apr 16, 2018 11:02

WindyMan: Mar 21, 2002; Respect the power of the wind

iospace posted:

How was attendance?

Saturday was unusually mellow. The general admissions grandstands and usual pedestrian bottlenecks were noticeably less crowded this year than in past years. I think people know that the Pro/Celeb race is no longer a thing and Saturday is less worth going to?

It was hard for me to gauge attendance on Sunday since I just showed up for the race and left right after. But if the organizers are saying ticket sales were up, I have no reason to doubt them.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 17:11

Bentai: Jul 8, 2004; NERF THIS!

MazeOfTzeentch posted:

My fantasy lead will not fare well with those picks.

Bourdais, Wickens, Hinchcliffe, and Sato

e: huh. still first. Now tied for the lead, with Bentai and BReynolds38

Finally had a race go my way!

# ? Apr 16, 2018 18:18

KingShibby: Jan 30, 2004; Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...; Yams Fan

Read my IndyCar article from Long Beach so I can justify my existence through pageviews http://nasportscar.com/what-people-arent-talking-about-at-the-toyota-grand-prix-of-long-beach/

# ? Apr 16, 2018 19:58

Frond: Mar 12, 2018

Tony George's only failure: Not blackballing everyone with CART connections. Now look at the series -- same pack of third-string drivers from fourth-string F1 teams; same small fields; same awful ratings; same awful gate figures. When removing a cancer, one must make sure to get *all* of it.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 21:54

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Frond posted:

Tony George's only failure: Not blackballing everyone with CART connections. Now look at the series -- same pack of third-string drivers from fourth-string F1 teams; same small fields; same awful ratings; same awful gate figures. When removing a cancer, one must make sure to get *all* of it.

Source your quotes.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:06

Frond: Mar 12, 2018

It's cool how wrong that entire post is. It's amazing.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:08

KingShibby: Jan 30, 2004; Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you...; Yams Fan

Frond posted:

Tony George's only failure: Not blackballing everyone with CART connections. Now look at the series -- same pack of third-string drivers from fourth-string F1 teams; same small fields; same awful ratings; same awful gate figures. When removing a cancer, one must make sure to get *all* of it.

Troll post of the year

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:09

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

Frond posted:

Tony George's only failure: Not blackballing everyone with CART connections. Now look at the series -- same pack of third-string drivers from fourth-string F1 teams; same small fields; same awful ratings; same awful gate figures. When removing a cancer, one must make sure to get *all* of it.

#DamnItsTrue

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:11

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

So is that like, the IndyCar version of good ol' Mark Plourde?

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:11

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

Imagine what the Long Beach attendance figures would be if they had Donnie Beechler and Tyce Carlson instead of Bourdais and Wickens

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:11

Feels Villeneuve: Oct 7, 2007; Setter is Better.

it's legitimately funny how IRL won the actual war but CART won the ideological war. there's virtually none of the IRL's vision in the current series anymore. also the Road to Indy stuff has done a legit good job at getting american road racing talent into the series, because as much as I love making fun of the xenophobic fans it was kind of a problem that CART's last good american in 2001 was a 40-year-old Michael Andretti.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:18

WindyMan: Mar 21, 2002; Respect the power of the wind

Feels Villeneuve posted:

Imagine what the Long Beach attendance figures would be if they had Donnie Beechler and Tyce Carlson instead of Bourdais and Wickens

They'd have to lengthen the track to F1 standards just to contain the millions of fans that would show up for the race

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:18

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Frond: Mar 12, 2018

Feels Villeneuve posted:

it's legitimately funny how IRL won the actual war but CART won the ideological war. there's virtually none of the IRL's vision in the current series anymore. also the Road to Indy stuff has done a legit good job at getting american road racing talent into the series, because as much as I love making fun of the xenophobic fans it was kind of a problem that CART's last good american in 2001 was a 40-year-old Michael Andretti.

I really started to notice it in 2000, when there were 4 Americans on the grid. But yeah, the only good to above average Americans on the grid from 2000-2002 were Andretti, Vasser, and I guess Gidley.

# ? Apr 16, 2018 22:23

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