2022 Grand Prix of Long Beach

[FLRacingFan]

 

[Doc Austin]

Pagenaud fastest in hot IndyCar Long Beach practice

Simon Pagenaud set the pace in a scorching hot opening practice session for this weekend’s NTT IndyCar Series round on the streets of Long Beach. An ambient temperature in the 90s and track tempera…

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[kkfan91]

Jimmie crash?

 

[FLRacingFan]

Jimmie crash?

Yep, I thought Danica taught him years ago about the hands on the wheel when wrecking.

 

[racingfan7]

3 pm est decent start time

 

[kkfan91]

 

[Tony_K]

Jimmie Jimmie.

 

[Kiante]

RoGro walls it in turn 5.

Herta on pole.

 

[Kiante]

It never fails to infuriate me how Ed Jones ****** Pato over last year.

 

[Nitro Dude]

It's pretty cool seeing Rick Mears still working at Penske racing. He has to have around 50 years of seniority at Penske racing. That's not a bad career.

 

[Kiante]

Herta is in control rn.

Rossi is reporting his P2P is not working.

Yellow is out - Dalton Kellett is in the wall in T1.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Between Kellett, Latifi, and Stroll Canada’s red/yellow flags per capita must be off the charts.

 

[Kiante]

That was not a smart move from Rinus.

 

[Kiante]

Oh Felix...

 

[gnomesayin]

I feel like Rossi definitely had the position and it wasn't smart for Rosenqvist to force the issue.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Sleepy start but the action has picked up a lot now. Will these guys who couldn’t hold onto their tires have to go for 3 stops now?

 

[Kiante]

Rossi just needs a clean finish.

Speed is there, just has to keep his nose clean this weekend.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Tuned in during lap 21 which gives me 64 laps to understand on which strategy everyone is.

 

[gnomesayin]

I'm a few minutes behind on the DVR, trying to catch up. Very nicely executed by Ericsson and Grosjean. Nice to see some on track passing.

 

[FLRacingFan]

I know Palou is a pretty quiet, sneaky Dixon Jr. but he completely blew past Newgarden without Townsend noticing him at all lol.

 

[Kiante]

Wait, did McLaren change setups again? Pato was struggling with his setup, they Copy+C and V'ed Felix's setup to his and now Felix is dealing with a ton of oversteer again? Almost as if its more for Pato's driving style...

Palou jumped Newgarden and Herta, wow.

 

[gnomesayin]

Palou jumped Newgarden and Herta, wow.

That was wild, wish the broadcast could provide a good breakdown of the pit, in, and out lap times.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Why were the NBC guys talking about Dixon making it to the end when he stopped ten laps earlier than most others?

 

[Kiante]

Cold tires claims another in Devlin.

Hinch right now on the inside:

 

[donthaveanickname]

Scott managed to spin without stalling it.

 

[gnomesayin]

Why were the NBC guys talking about Dixon making it to the end when he stopped ten laps earlier than most others?

I believe Dixon is still on a two stop strategy with fuel stretching, it's just effectively an undercut. If they get a full course caution at the right time within the window, they win big. Otherwise he'll be holding on at the end.

 

[gnomesayin]

That was wild, wish the broadcast could provide a good breakdown of the pit, in, and out lap times.

Credit to them for doing this.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Herta is hounding Newgarden pretty good now, could be time to make a move soon.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Newgarden stretched out a gap again.

Herta needs to undercut probably.

 

[Kiante]

Newgarden stretched out a gap again.

Herta needs to undercut probably.

That slip up in pitlane did not look costly, but it was.

 

[Kiante]

Once again, Rossi has something crazy happen to him.

Unbelievable.

Oh wow, Herta has crushed the front of his car. Andretti is unraveling right now... Can't make fun of Devlin now.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Like clockwork, Andretti fall apart when it matters most. Two big mistakes in a matter of seconds.

 

[Kiante]

How did Simon get into the garden area?

What the hell?

 

[donthaveanickname]

Colton choked once again.

 

[Kiante]

LMAO Sato overtook Simon on the outside with no room to spare.

Bro.

 

[gnomesayin]

It's a shame that Herta is so error prone.

Palou was really keeping the pressure on Newgarden there, maybe it isn't over. The caution probably helps Newgarden settle in a lot though.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Hell yeah, let’s get stupid.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Newgarden hangs on on cold tires, great job.

 

[Kiante]

Hell yeah, let’s get stupid.

No lie, Takuma had a nose on Simon and neither were going to give an inch.

 

[donthaveanickname]

How did Simon get into the garden area?

What the hell?

That's something you don't see very often