Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Settling in for the off season.
2023 IndyCar News / Misc.
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donthaveanickname
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Just hoping Laguna Seca wasn't Colton's last IndyCar race.
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So, if you're Ganassi, what do you do with Palou now?
FLRacingFan
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I wouldn’t budge. McLaren have a deadline of October 1 to take up Rosenqvist’s real team option, and it looks increasingly likely the CGR/Palou legal proceedings would play out beyond that date if they see the whole thing out. It sounds more and more like McLaren want to sort things out before they lose their Plan B and may even want to buy out Palou. The problem with that is, according to Townsend Bell during the race broadcast Sunday, CGR are looking for $10M. That amount won’t happen, but they do hold leverage right now and can see how badly McLaren truly want Alex and how much they’re willing to part with, if anything.
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
This. Chip holds most / all the cards. Quietly look around to see who could drive the car next year while waiting on McLaren's check to clear. If nothing happens, he has a championship driver under contract, one who's too personally competitive to not do his best.
Kiante
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Big car count increase expected for IndyLights next year:
HMD will have EIGHT cars next season, holy **** man.
HMD will have EIGHT cars next season, holy **** man.
FLRacingFan
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LOL. How about that?
Kiante
Team Owner
Rosenqvist will be returning, ASMP will be a three car team next season:
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Has Chip told him yet that it’s a Lights ride?
West
Speedoholic
Charlie Spencer
Road courses and short tracks.
Lawyers get paid by the hour.
West
Speedoholic
The only winners
donthaveanickname
Team Owner
IndyCar has announced a new "multi-year partnership" with Texas so I guess if it gets redisigned it will not become a Superspeedway like Atlanta.
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IndyCar set to return to Texas
Negotiations between the NTT IndyCar Series and Speedway Motorsports Inc. have produced a new contract for the open-wheel series to return to Texas Motor Speedway. According to TMS, it’s “proud to …
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racingfan7
Start and Park
I’m gonna start going to Texas now they aren’t over saturating their product and don’t turn it into another pointless Superspeedway hopefully
FLRacingFan
Team Owner
Well this was certainly an interesting dive into how the whole Palou/CGR/McLaren saga developed and played out.
Kiante
Team Owner
donthaveanickname
Team Owner
I'd like to see Jamie in a full-time ride in Indy Lights. Nothing left to prove for her in the W Series, she's the most promising woman in racing by a wide margin.
donthaveanickname
Team Owner
Kiante
Team Owner
Honestly, Chadwick along with Powell, Visser, and I'm big on Juju Noda's potential. I'd like to see them give the Indy ladder a good shake.
FLRacingFan
Team Owner
Begrudging “like” because Herta is a thrill to watch in IndyCar, but would’ve been America’s first legitimate F1 driver in many years and it’s painfully obvious that the Super License system is designed as protectionist of FIA-sanctioned feeder series that aren’t really worth protecting to such an extent.
West
Speedoholic
That sucks
It's a big club and the US ain't in it!
Doc Austin
Back From The Dead
The alpha tauri has won races, so that's too good of a car for any smelly American.
FLRacingFan
Team Owner
2022 Indy Lights champ Linus Lundqvist qualifies for a Super License 
West
Speedoholic
F1 is American owned. I guess they could hate themselves
FLRacingFan
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Super License structure falls under FIA oversight.F1 is American owned. I guess they could hate themselves
West
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They can make up their own rules
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FLRacingFan
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That’s not how it works. FIA is the sanctioning body.
West
Speedoholic
Nope, it's no different than USAC getting dumped by CART. FIA has a say as long as F1 wants them to.
FLRacingFan
Team Owner
Not happening.
West
Speedoholic
F1 being an American company and currently expanding into the States, will make changes as they needed to maximize exposure and that mandates American Drivers. FIA will comply with those wishes or move on.
FLRacingFan
Team Owner
They’ll likely have an American driver - just one that did it “their” way. No one wants to split and go to EU court because some random IndyCar driver couldn’t get a ride. It sucks but the sport is seeing tremendous growth and no one wants to upset that apple cart.
FIA/FOTA split of 2009 had more going for it and even that didn’t pan out.
West
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I'm thinking that FIA is on thin ice.
RN365 wrote ...
"Although there had been backroom bickering since 17 December, matters came to a head during Tuesday's F1 Commission meet when the FIA refused to agree to a doubling of F1 Sprint races from the current three to six in 2023, on the basis that the governing body needed to examine the impact on its resources. This was not unreasonable given the FIA's $25m hole, but was immediately perceived as 'greed' by the opposite faction.
The fall-out is significant, given that for the first time since Liberty gained the keys the sport, the FIA and F1 did not vote as a block; more significant, though, is that after months of haggling over cash for Sprint races, all teams sided with Liberty, only for the FIA to then block the matter. The FIA may well U-turn eventually, whether by way of a sweetener or not, but either way the shock waves were felt from London to Paris.
While it is too early for Liberty to consider a breakaway from the FIA – in terms of EU law, the governing body would be forced to approve the series provided FIA safety standards are adhered to and the F1 trademark is not used – but the thought has surely crossed a few minds. GP1, anyone?"
RN365 wrote ...
"Although there had been backroom bickering since 17 December, matters came to a head during Tuesday's F1 Commission meet when the FIA refused to agree to a doubling of F1 Sprint races from the current three to six in 2023, on the basis that the governing body needed to examine the impact on its resources. This was not unreasonable given the FIA's $25m hole, but was immediately perceived as 'greed' by the opposite faction.
The fall-out is significant, given that for the first time since Liberty gained the keys the sport, the FIA and F1 did not vote as a block; more significant, though, is that after months of haggling over cash for Sprint races, all teams sided with Liberty, only for the FIA to then block the matter. The FIA may well U-turn eventually, whether by way of a sweetener or not, but either way the shock waves were felt from London to Paris.
While it is too early for Liberty to consider a breakaway from the FIA – in terms of EU law, the governing body would be forced to approve the series provided FIA safety standards are adhered to and the F1 trademark is not used – but the thought has surely crossed a few minds. GP1, anyone?"