A 2019 thread where you discuss other motorsport series outside of Formula 1 and Formula E for example, IndyCar, NASCAR, V8, BTCC, WRC, WTCC, DTM.

 

 

 

 

This years Indycar series schedule - 12 Street/Road circuits and 5 Ovals

 

Will be interesting to see the cars at Austin, Texas and there are classic circuits like Laguna Seca, Elkhart Lake, Long Beach and of course the Indy 500

 

1 March 10 St. Petersburg, Florida

2 March 24 Circuit of the America, Austin, Texas

3 April 7 Barber Motorsports Park Birmingham, Alabama

4 April 14 Long Beach Long Beach, California

5 May 11 Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Speedway, Indiana

6 May 26 103rd Indianapolis 500 Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Oval)

7 June 1 Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan

8 June 2 Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan

9 June 8 Texas Motor Speedway Fort Worth, Texas (Oval)

10 June 23 Road America Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin

11 July 14 Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario

12 July 20 Iowa Speedway Newton, Iowa (Oval)

13 July 28 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio

14 August 18 Pocono Raceway Long Pond, Pennsylvania (Oval)

15 August 24 Gateway Motorsports Park Madison, Illinois (Oval)

16 September 1 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon

17 September 22 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California

 

 

 

Full time drivers

A. J. Foyt Enterprises -Matheus Leist - Tony Kanaan

Andretti Autosport -Zach Veach - Alexander Rossi - Ryan Hunter-Reay

Andretti Herta Autosport -Marco Andretti -

Chip Ganassi Racing -Scott Dixon - Felix Rosenqvist

Dale Coyne Racing -Santino Ferrucci - Sébastien Bourdais

Ed Carpenter Racing -Spencer Pigot

Harding Steinbrenner Racing - Patricio O'Ward - Colton Herta

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - Graham Rahal - Takuma Sato - Jordan King

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports -James Hinchcliffe - Marcus Ericsson

Team Penske -Josef Newgarden - Will Power - Simon Pagenaud

 

 

 

 

If the season is half as good as last year it'll be well worth tuning in to

Edited January 15, 20196 yr by Severin

If IndyCar could host another race overseas where would you want it to be?

For the sake of the question I'll avoid current F1 tracks and imagining distance is not a problem I'd love to see Imola hold a race. Brands Hatch too were it made safe enough

 

But realistically Watkins Glen is a stunning track and fits all the necessary criteria

Former Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso has added another motorsport trophy to his cabinet with victory in the Rolex 24 in Daytona.

For UK viewers who watch IndyCar, it will now be on Sky Sports F1 after BT Sport lost the rights to it.

 

 

For UK viewers who watch IndyCar, it will now be on Sky Sports F1 after BT Sport lost the rights to it.

Genuinely pleased about this. I was concerned that I wouldn't get to watch any live racing this year, as I wouldn't get Sky just for F1 due to a point of principle on pay per view and a lack of exciting racing these days.

 

But Indycar and F1 means I will stump up

https://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-year-you-s...-1833020536/amp

4.30 on Sky F1 sees the opening round

 

Trust me it’ll be worth watching

With Indycars now racing at the Circuit of the Americas, for the first time in years we’ve had an almost genuine comparison of the difference between F1 and Indy. As expected the Indycars are around 10 seconds a lap slower as they simply cannot take the corners as fast without the power steering that F1 has. The much cooler temperatures probably had a minor effect too.

 

It was also interesting to hear Marcus Ericsson talk about how his car was the most difficult machine he’d had to handle in years. And turn 19 saw a lot of drivers struggling to keep the car on track.

Should be an interesting race

BBC set to show the opening round of the World Touring Car Championship

 

https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019/04/02/...oadcast-bbc-uk/

The Indy 500 Car that Alonso will be driving in:

 

@1115237870753730567

 

 

 

A terrific opening to the British Touring Car Championship this weekend, quality stuff as always.

 

 

Confirmation that the W Series will be live on Channel 4

 

https://wseries.com/w-hub/w-series-races-to...e-on-channel-4/

 

 

 

Confirmation that the W Series will be live on Channel 4

 

https://wseries.com/w-hub/w-series-races-to...e-on-channel-4/

I'm going to watch this to give it a chance. If nothing else the chance to watch open wheeled single seaters at Brands is always welcome.

 

I'm not convinced it is the right way forward to encourage women into the higher levels of the sport but if it brings exciting racing (the likes of which F1 seems incapable of bringing these days) then it'll be worth it

The opening race of the W Series was entertaining enough. Surprisingly brief though but it's May so I'll take as the first in the famous 'Month Of May'

Utterly brilliant race in Indycar tonight. Pagenaud's hunting down of Dixon reminded me of Schumacher on Alesi at the'95 Euro GP. Great stuff

Great to hear that qualifying will be shown for viewers in the UK on the W Series YouTube channel following qualifying being geo-blocked in the first round.

Alonso's crash in the Indy 500 Practice Session

 

They say there are two types of drivers at Indianapolis, those who have hit the wall and those who will hit the wall.

 

Hopefully that's his one mistake over the next fortnight

Fernando Alonso is in danger of failing to make the grid for the Indianapolis 500 after setting the 31st fastest time on the first day of qualifying.

 

The two-time Formula 1 world champion faces a shootout on Sunday with five other drivers for the final three places on the 33-car grid.