2019 Firestone GP of St.Petersburg

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Time for again for another season of IndyCar.
Hopefully one of the Penske boys can bring home another championship!

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Kiante]

10 on Felix this weekend. He's going to give Scott trouble IMHO and honestly its needed for CGR to have a culpable second driver alongside Scott.

 

[FLRacingFan]

10 on Felix this weekend. He's going to give Scott trouble IMHO and honestly its needed for CGR to have a culpable second driver alongside Scott.

Yep, Dixon hasn't had a formidable teammate since Dario was forced into retirement. Maybe the first year of Kanaan if you want to be generous. But I'm excited about Felix; he's driven more than most can dream of and has had a lot of success doing so. I think he's going to be great to have in the series.

Between him, Ericsson, and Herta we have a solid rookie class. Marcus will slot in somewhere between Wickens and Hinch in terms of results IMO and Herta with the Andretti alliance should be able to contend here and there.

 

[DUN24]

10 on Felix this weekend. He's going to give Scott trouble IMHO and honestly its needed for CGR to have a culpable second driver alongside Scott.

We saw what happened last time a DTM driver came over. I'd expect some speed too. Gonna be cool to watch.

 

[rd45usa]

Live for the support series: https://www.youtube.com/user/RoadtoIndyTV
Friday, March 8th -Indy Lights Practice: 8:05-8:50am -USF2000 Race 1: 11:45-12:25pm -Indy Pro 2000 Race 1: 12:40-1:20pm -Indy Lights Qualifying: 1:35-2:05pm Saturday, March 9th -Indy Pro 2000 Qualifying: 7:55-8:15am -Indy Lights Qualifying: 8:30-9:00am -Indy Pro 2000 Race 2: 11:25-12:05pm -USF2000 Race 2: 12:20-1:00pm

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Hotrod]

Just started this morning prepping for this race. Hope we have some new faces
going for the front . Would like to see Veach break out this year. I seem to
root the most for J New, G Rahal, and Veach. I think I will add Colton Herta to that list
this year.

 

[FLRacingFan]

 

[DewChaser988]

Robin Miller hyping a foreign born driver who has never even raced on dirt.
Eat ****, Tony George

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Let's Go Penske !!!

 

[FLRacingFan]

Hanley starting mid-pack sure is going to be...interesting.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Robin Miller hyping a foreign born driver who has never even raced on dirt.
Eat sh!t, Tony George

lol

 

[DewChaser988]

Clean start so far, very rare for St. Pete

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Nice to see Dixon have a fast teammate for once, feels like forever since Dario was forced to retire

 

[FLRacingFan]

Clean start so far, very rare for St. Pete

Almost never I think.

Surprised no one's screwed up in Turn 1 yet either. There were at least a few incidents early on there last year.

 

[DewChaser988]

The hell happened to Bourdais?

 

[FLRacingFan]

A bit early in the year for an engine failure. Oof.

 

[Kiante]

Damn that sucks for Seb.

 

[FLRacingFan]

LOL Honda. Two engine failures 20 laps into the season.

 

[Kiante]

Good lord.

Honda - 2
Chevy - 0

 

[DewChaser988]

Apparently, the Honda teams are running McLaren engines this weekend

 

[Kiante]

Apparently, the Honda teams are running McLaren engines this weekend

This is actually accurate.

 

[DewChaser988]

This is actually accurate.

I feel bad for Torro Rosso and Red Bull now

 

[Kiante]

I feel bad for Torro Rosso and Red Bull now

It depends on how aggressive the packaging is this year with STR and RBR. If, the packaging is extremely tight like with Renault last year, I expect some issues for both teams IMHO.

Rosenquist is a keeper, good lord this man is mad. I'm already a fan of Felix.

 

[FLRacingFan]

It depends on how aggressive the packaging is this year with STR and RBR. If, the packaging is extremely tight like with Renault last year, I expect some issues for both teams IMHO.

Rosenquist is a keeper.

Anything that makes Horner mad is cool in my book. I can't wait for the meltdowns.

 

[Kiante]

The downspiral of Ed Jones continues...

Ed cannot afford crushed cars without a lot sponsorship for ECR this year.

 

[FLRacingFan]

The downspiral of Ed Jones continues...

Ed cannot afford crushed cars without a lot sponsorship for ECR this year.

Idk what happened. Guy had such a promising rookie season in a Coyne car of all things. Bit of a bonehead thing to do there, not often you see someone clip the inside wall and shoot into the barrier.

 

[DewChaser988]

Huge hit for Jones, hope he's okay

 

[Kiante]

Idk what happened. Guy had such a promising rookie season in a Coyne car of all things. Bit of a bonehead thing to do there, not often you see someone clip the inside wall and shoot into the barrier.

I still think Ed has plenty to give, but he just lacks consistency for some reason. Its like after Coyne, his speed got zapped away.
Maybe it was the DW-12 that matched his driving style? I'm not sure.

 

[Kiante]

Marco sighting!

 

[FLRacingFan]

And there's the waved-off restart we've all been waiting for. IndyCar's back.

 

[DewChaser988]

Almost touched wheels there

 

[Kiante]

That was quite the advanced move by Colton and he made it stick. Also, good on Veach giving him space. Colton sold that fake very well.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Damn that was great braking by Herta.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Harvey looks great. This is super for he and MSR so far.

 

[Get That 88 Up There !!]

Great save by Felix there, could have been out

 

[FLRacingFan]

That was one hell of a moment for Felix. Could've gotten really ugly there.

 

[Jorge De Guzman]

I think I have a new favorite Indy Car driver since Montoya retired....gosh it’s fun watching Felix race.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Trulli Marco Train