2025 Sonsio Grand Prix

[Mispeedway15]

I am in awe of what Palou is doing to this series

 

[donthaveanickname]

RLL's day almost got worse, Newgarden nearly took out Foster

 

[FLRacingFan]

Dicey stuff between FRO and Foster.

 

[Tony_K]

Stop calling Rosenqvist "Rosey".

 

[DanicaFreak]

Love the dragon celebration before crossing the line

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Love the dragon celebration before crossing the line

What is a dragon celebration? Googling it came up with nothing apparently relevant.

Thanks.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Yeah, this is pretty mindboggling stuff. There just hasn’t been this level of dominance in decades, certainly not anything close to it in the spec chassis era. And he looked the quickest and most comfortable at the 500 Open Test…that first career oval win is probably due to come sooner than later.

 

[DanicaFreak]

What is a dragon celebration? Googling it came up with nothing apparently relevant.

Thanks.

Swaying the car like they do to break the draft

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Yeah, this is pretty mindboggling stuff. There just hasn’t been this level of dominance in decades, certainly not anything close to it in the spec chassis era. And he looked the quickest and most comfortable at the 500 Open Test…that first career oval win is probably due to come sooner than later.

And it's not as if there's no other talent in the field running against him. He's spanking damn good teams.

 

[donthaveanickname]

There's no way Palou isn't in the conversation for an F1 seat at Cadillac or elsewhere.
No driver has been this dominant in IndyCar for decades.
The 2025 championship is pretty much over at this point but the biggest race of the sport is coming up and it rarely disappoints. Can't wait for the two most beautiful weeks of the year.
Nice to see Graham at least hold on to 6th, but he would have deserved better today.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Lots of good racing, especially after that yellow, beyond the top 5. I think if it weren’t for Palou we’d be having a much different discourse as to the racing product. Naturally he’s going to suck up all the oxygen in the room with the run he’s on.

 

[Hikaru Kitsune]

At this rate, Palou would probably still stomp the field if he was in a Juncos car.

 

[sdj]

How does Rahal keep a seat with not winning in 8 years? His Daddy?

 

[Tony_K]

And sponsors I suppose.

 

[FLRacingFan]

How does Rahal keep a seat with not winning in 8 years? His Daddy?

He does a lot of work on the commercial side of the team and is poised to take over his father’s role as co-owner sooner than later. You could also do a lot worse than him on track. The team as a whole has lost a couple steps the past few years.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

How does Rahal keep a seat with not winning in 8 years? His Daddy?

Who's better, available, AND affordable?

 

[donthaveanickname]

How does Rahal keep a seat with not winning in 8 years? His Daddy?

I mean it's the family team so he's not gonna be fired and it's not like his teammates have been constantly contending for wins. The team as a whole is off and losing Lundgaard didn't help.

 

[Mispeedway15]

How does Rahal keep a seat with not winning in 8 years? His Daddy?

As someone who gets to attend RLL events I’ll tell you that United Rentals is a big fan of Graham which is why he hasn’t been pushed into retirement. I can’t believe with their big money sponsors that they can’t be more competitive at the top to be honest.

Wonderful people though, played Blackjack with Graham for a bit at the prerace event in Indy last year.