Official Indy500 thread

[Zyraz]

seriously
?????

 

[JerryMungo]

Blikskottel there's more yellow flags than racing in this thing. Hope Alonso's engine keeps going until the end.

It was like watching gridiron.

 

[sox63]

Oh FFS!! **** Honda really

 

[mbayshark]

Damn no man.

 

[greg0205]

Right, so with Fernando out, that'll be Helio for his fourth win for me then. Come on Helio!

 

[satanboy]

Blikskottel there's more yellow flags than racing in this thing. Hope Alonso's engine keeps going until the end.

you had to jinx it

 

[UrBaN963]

It was like watching gridiron.

Lol dude, that's so true. When I lived in the States, they couldn't understand my frustration when watching gridiron, but then I had them watch some rugby and then they got me.

 

[greg0205]

Hoo Boy... How many out there?

 

[JerryMungo]

Here we go again....
it's a bit of a joke lol
Here you have this race... with no change in racing direction, no need for the brake pedal, a track wide enough for 5 to run abreast... and nobody can keep their car on the road
Seems this race rewards patience more than pure racing skill.

Sato or Chilton FTW!

Urgh... just realised Alonso could have made up some serious places there.

 

[mbayshark]

you had to jinx it

Jip hoped I would not while I typed it. But there you go.

 

[CAPS LOCK]

Business end of this race is sure exciting.

 

[HapticSimian]

Here we go again....
it's a bit of a joke lol
Here you have this race... with no change in racing direction, no need for the brake pedal, a track wide enough for 5 to run abreast... and nobody can keep their car on the road
Seems this race rewards patience more than pure racing skill.

Sato or Chilton FTW!

Urgh... just realised Alonso could have made up some serious places there.

I'm not a huge fan of turning left for 3 hours, but I think you're being a bit disingenuous. I've been sitting here thinking how hugely draining this race must be on the drivers, on a knife's edge at three hundred and plenty kilometres an hour all the time, apart from under caution. The accidents that have happened show just how near the ragged edge the cars are, and the track being that wide says nothing of how much of it is actually usable at full tilt. It's a LOT more nuanced than it looks.

I'm sure you're not being 100% serious, of course, but I've developed a lot more regard for these guys today than I had before.

 

[mbayshark]

Sato for the win. You go boy.

 

[sox63]

Takuma Sato!!!! Well done ex F1 pro

 

[JerryMungo]

Awesome race Taku!

 

[greg0205]

Sato. Great drive.

 

[Agent_Smith]

F1 drivers showing the Yanks how it's done

 

[caroper]

I was cheering for Max and Sato, maybe we will still have an F1 driver up there.

 

[sox63]

F1 drivers showing the Yanks how it's done

Foreign driver, in a foreign engine!

 

[caroper]

Nice, well worth watching, pity about Alonso but Honda have done their reputation no good at all now.