• Andretti Global clears first hurdle to join Formula One as an 11th team

    From News@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 2 13:02:19 2023
    Who had that on their Las Vegas race betting card?

    https://apnews.com/article/andretti-global-f1-fia-expansion-11th-team-c65c0160167925d2aedb09ae9f779654

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  • From JP@21:1/5 to News on Mon Oct 2 17:46:06 2023
    On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 1:02:24 PM UTC-4, News wrote:
    Who had that on their Las Vegas race betting card?

    https://apnews.com/article/andretti-global-f1-fia-expansion-11th-team-c65c0160167925d2aedb09ae9f779654


    Big thumbs up! I hope they make it all the way.

    Now, who would drive? Will they pick from their Indycar team? The European formulas? Poach someone? Who would you all hire?

    John

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  • From Yazoo@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 3 12:19:31 2023
    On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 17:46:06 -0700 (PDT), JP <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 1:02:24?PM UTC-4, News wrote:
    Who had that on their Las Vegas race betting card?

    https://apnews.com/article/andretti-global-f1-fia-expansion-11th-team-c65c0160167925d2aedb09ae9f779654


    Big thumbs up! I hope they make it all the way.

    Now, who would drive? Will they pick from their Indycar team? The European formulas? Poach someone? Who would you all hire?

    John

    Indycar drivers are not appropriate for F1. The better pools for
    drivers are F2 and F3 competitions, since the whole car concepts
    similar to F1 and they mostly drive at the same tracks.
    So, Andretti will probably choose young drivers from there and
    possible one veteran to guide them.

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  • From JP@21:1/5 to Yazoo on Tue Oct 3 12:24:19 2023
    On Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 6:19:34 AM UTC-4, Yazoo wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 17:46:06 -0700 (PDT), JP <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 1:02:24?PM UTC-4, News wrote:
    Who had that on their Las Vegas race betting card?

    https://apnews.com/article/andretti-global-f1-fia-expansion-11th-team-c65c0160167925d2aedb09ae9f779654


    Big thumbs up! I hope they make it all the way.

    Now, who would drive? Will they pick from their Indycar team? The European formulas? Poach someone? Who would you all hire?

    John
    Indycar drivers are not appropriate for F1. The better pools for
    drivers are F2 and F3 competitions, since the whole car concepts
    similar to F1 and they mostly drive at the same tracks.
    So, Andretti will probably choose young drivers from there and
    possible one veteran to guide them.

    Yazoo,

    That’s a good point about lower formula drivers having some familiarity with F1 circuits. The US press has been talking about Alex Palou having a possible path to F1. Colton Herta also, however from what I’ve observed of him I don’t think he has
    what it takes. Palou is a different story. I think he might be no worse than the bottom half of the current grid.

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  • From Yazoo@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 4 09:17:09 2023
    On Tue, 3 Oct 2023 12:24:19 -0700 (PDT), JP <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Yazoo,

    That’s a good point about lower formula drivers having some familiarity with F1 circuits. The US press has been talking about Alex Palou having a possible path to F1. Colton Herta also, however from what I’ve observed of him I don’t think he has
    what it takes. Palou is a different story. I think he might be no worse than the
    bottom half of the current grid.

    JP,
    I don't know those drivers, but F1 is so different to Indy in so many
    ways.
    Not only that cars are different, but tracks, rules, speed, power...
    all are different. So, it is not easy to adapt and many who tried to
    switch to F1 strugled.
    It would be beneficial for the F1 sport if more American drivers
    participate, but the right way for them would be to start very young
    in junior competitions in Europe, in teams' academies so to grow
    themselves as drivers and prepare for the F1.

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  • From Yazoo@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 4 09:19:46 2023
    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

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  • From JP@21:1/5 to Yazoo on Wed Oct 4 05:20:29 2023
    On Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 3:19:50 AM UTC-4, Yazoo wrote:
    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    Yazoo,

    You’re absolutely correct and that has been Alex Palou’s exact path which is why he might have a chance where others haven’t.

    Please see:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álex_Palou
    (Sorry, not sure how to post a live link in usenet)

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  • From Yazoo@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 4 15:57:23 2023
    On Wed, 4 Oct 2023 05:20:29 -0700 (PDT), JP <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    ...

    Please see:
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/�lex_Palou
    (Sorry, not sure how to post a live link in usenet)

    Thank you. You've posted OK. Link is working.
    Alex Palou obviously has natural development path, so he might be good
    in F1 one day.
    I'll watch him more closely in the future. :)

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Yazoo on Thu Oct 5 17:53:28 2023
    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the ex-F2 drivers in Indycar currently is the
    tyres. They say in Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and they'll get hotter and
    hotter and give more grip. Whereas they say that if you were to do that with the F1 / F2 Pirelli
    rubber you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get slipperier as the wheelie goes on, chunks fly off
    and they never come back to you.
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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  • From Yazoo@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Oct 5 09:44:25 2023
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 17:53:28 +1300, ~misfit~
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the ex-F2 drivers in Indycar currently is the
    tyres. They say in Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and they'll get hotter and
    hotter and give more grip. Whereas they say that if you were to do that with the F1 / F2 Pirelli
    rubber you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get slipperier as the wheelie goes on, chunks fly off
    and they never come back to you.

    Thanks. I didn't know about Indycar tyres, but I do know that F1 tyres
    have to be managed well. If driver pushes them too much they will
    degrade very quick. Based on what I learned about the differences, I
    believe that F1 car is much more complicated and harder to drive.

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  • From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to Yazoo on Thu Oct 5 20:03:42 2023
    Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 17:53:28 +1300, ~misfit~
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the ex-F2 drivers
    in Indycar currently is the
    tyres. They say in Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and
    they'll get hotter and
    hotter and give more grip. Whereas they say that if you were to do that
    with the F1 / F2 Pirelli
    rubber you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get slipperier as the
    wheelie goes on, chunks fly off
    and they never come back to you.

    Thanks. I didn't know about Indycar tyres, but I do know that F1 tyres
    have to be managed well. If driver pushes them too much they will
    degrade very quick. Based on what I learned about the differences, I
    believe that F1 car is much more complicated and harder to drive.

    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very different techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g. drafting is much more important). It is my impression that Indycar requires less skill but more bottle.

    --
    Sir Tim

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  • From Yazoo@21:1/5 to Sir Tim on Fri Oct 6 09:34:19 2023
    On 5 Oct 2023 20:03:42 GMT, Sir Tim <[email protected]d> wrote:

    ...


    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very different >techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g. drafting is much more >important). It is my impression that Indycar requires less skill but more >bottle.

    Yes, exactly thats my opinion as well. :)

    AFAIK, some drivers did well transfering from F1 to Indycar, but some
    strugled a lot. I don't know any opposite direction (from Indycar to
    F1) with any success.

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Yazoo on Fri Oct 6 06:39:55 2023
    On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 1:34:22 AM UTC-6, Yazoo wrote:

    AFAIK, some drivers did well transfering from F1 to Indycar, but some strugled a lot. I don't know any opposite direction (from Indycar to
    F1) with any success.

    Jacques Villeneuve
    Juan Pablo Montoya
    Mario Andretti

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Yazoo on Fri Oct 6 09:38:02 2023
    On 10/6/2023 3:34 AM, Yazoo wrote:
    On 5 Oct 2023 20:03:42 GMT, Sir Tim <[email protected]d>
    wrote:

    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very
    different techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g.
    drafting is much more important). It is my impression that Indycar
    requires less skill but more bottle.

    Yes, exactly thats my opinion as well. :)

    AFAIK, some drivers did well transfering from F1 to Indycar, but
    some strugled a lot. I don't know any opposite direction (from
    Indycar to F1) with any success.

    Mario.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge.
    Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge
    without compassion is inhuman. - Victor Weisskopf

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to texas gate on Fri Oct 6 11:51:26 2023
    On 10/6/2023 9:39 AM, texas gate wrote:
    On Friday, October 6, 2023 at 1:34:22 AM UTC-6, Yazoo wrote:

    AFAIK, some drivers did well transfering from F1 to Indycar, but some
    strugled a lot. I don't know any opposite direction (from Indycar to
    F1) with any success.

    Jacques Villeneuve
    Juan Pablo Montoya

    Prior to entering F1 each had raced competitively on road courses for
    several years before two years in CART (which featured road and street
    courses as well as ovals).

    Mario Andretti

    No disagreement there.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    Human existence is based upon two pillars: Compassion and knowledge.
    Compassion without knowledge is ineffective; knowledge
    without compassion is inhuman. - Victor Weisskopf

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  • From RichS@21:1/5 to Yazoo on Sun Oct 8 15:25:29 2023
    On Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:34:19 +0200, Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 5 Oct 2023 20:03:42 GMT, Sir Tim <[email protected]d> wrote:

    ...


    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very different >>techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g. drafting is much more >>important). It is my impression that Indycar requires less skill but more >>bottle.

    Yes, exactly thats my opinion as well. :)

    AFAIK, some drivers did well transfering from F1 to Indycar, but some >strugled a lot. I don't know any opposite direction (from Indycar to
    F1) with any success.
    Jaques Villeneuve

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  • From JP@21:1/5 to RichS on Sun Oct 8 17:41:29 2023
    On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 6:25:32 PM UTC-4, RichS wrote:
    On Fri, 06 Oct 2023 09:34:19 +0200, Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 5 Oct 2023 20:03:42 GMT, Sir Tim <[email protected]d> wrote:

    ...


    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very different >>techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g. drafting is much more >>important). It is my impression that Indycar requires less skill but more >>bottle.

    Yes, exactly thats my opinion as well. :)

    AFAIK, some drivers did well transfering from F1 to Indycar, but some >strugled a lot. I don't know any opposite direction (from Indycar to
    F1) with any success.
    Jaques Villeneuve

    How about Michael Andretti himself? (13 starts, 1 podium, 7 career points (best race finish 3rd) [courtesy Sports Illustrated]

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to All on Sun Oct 8 19:25:51 2023
    On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 6:41:31 PM UTC-6, JP wrote:

    How about Michael Andretti himself?

    what do mean himself?

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to texas gate on Sun Oct 8 19:35:37 2023
    On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 8:25:53 PM UTC-6, texas gate wrote:
    On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 6:41:31 PM UTC-6, JP wrote:

    How about Michael Andretti himself?
    what do mean himself?

    oops got it

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to RichS on Sun Oct 8 19:31:37 2023
    On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 4:25:32 PM UTC-6, RichS wrote:

    Jaques Villeneuve

    sp Jacques Villeneuve

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Sir Tim on Sun Oct 8 22:51:06 2023
    On 2023-10-05 13:03, Sir Tim wrote:
    Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 17:53:28 +1300, ~misfit~
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the ex-F2 drivers
    in Indycar currently is the
    tyres. They say in Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and >>> they'll get hotter and
    hotter and give more grip. Whereas they say that if you were to do that
    with the F1 / F2 Pirelli
    rubber you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get slipperier as the
    wheelie goes on, chunks fly off
    and they never come back to you.

    Thanks. I didn't know about Indycar tyres, but I do know that F1 tyres
    have to be managed well. If driver pushes them too much they will
    degrade very quick. Based on what I learned about the differences, I
    believe that F1 car is much more complicated and harder to drive.

    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very different techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g. drafting is much more important). It is my impression that Indycar requires less skill but more bottle.


    I think your impression is wrong.

    Racing on an oval is different from a road course, obviously, but it
    requires just as much skill. Ask Nigel Mansell what he thought about the challenges of oval racing.

    Furthermore, the feeder serieses (?) for IndyCar are road racing series.

    I think by far the biggest factor is the lack of familiarity with the
    tracks that F1 uses. This is what caught Michael Andretti out when he
    tried to move from IndyCars to F1. He had plenty of success on IndyCar
    road courses, but moving straight over to F1 and having to learn every
    circuit from scratch at every race just wasn't workable.

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  • From JP@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Oct 9 05:28:11 2023
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:52:16 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-10-05 13:03, Sir Tim wrote:
    Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 17:53:28 +1300, ~misfit~
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the ex-F2 drivers >>> in Indycar currently is the
    tyres. They say in Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and >>> they'll get hotter and
    hotter and give more grip. Whereas they say that if you were to do that >>> with the F1 / F2 Pirelli
    rubber you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get slipperier as the
    wheelie goes on, chunks fly off
    and they never come back to you.

    Thanks. I didn't know about Indycar tyres, but I do know that F1 tyres
    have to be managed well. If driver pushes them too much they will
    degrade very quick. Based on what I learned about the differences, I
    believe that F1 car is much more complicated and harder to drive.

    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very different techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g. drafting is much more important). It is my impression that Indycar requires less skill but more bottle.

    I think your impression is wrong.

    Racing on an oval is different from a road course, obviously, but it requires just as much skill. Ask Nigel Mansell what he thought about the challenges of oval racing.

    Furthermore, the feeder serieses (?) for IndyCar are road racing series.

    I think by far the biggest factor is the lack of familiarity with the
    tracks that F1 uses. This is what caught Michael Andretti out when he
    tried to move from IndyCars to F1. He had plenty of success on IndyCar
    road courses, but moving straight over to F1 and having to learn every circuit from scratch at every race just wasn't workable.

    Yes, you’re right Alan, I understand oval racing is quite difficult, more so than one would expect. For his first year or so Grosjean didn’t drive any of the oval races but has now become pretty good.

    Actually, Indy NXT (formerly Indy Lights), the next level down from Indycar runs on a couple of ovals, e.g. Iowa and Milwaukee.

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Oct 9 16:14:05 2023
    On Sunday, October 8, 2023 at 11:52:16 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    I think your impression is wrong.

    I think you are a fucking cock sucker.

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 9 16:00:04 2023
    On 2023-10-09 05:28, JP wrote:
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:52:16 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-10-05 13:03, Sir Tim wrote:
    Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 17:53:28 +1300, ~misfit~
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the
    ex-F2 drivers in Indycar currently is the tyres. They say in
    Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and they'll
    get hotter and hotter and give more grip. Whereas they say
    that if you were to do that with the F1 / F2 Pirelli rubber
    you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get slipperier as the
    wheelie goes on, chunks fly off and they never come back to
    you.

    Thanks. I didn't know about Indycar tyres, but I do know that
    F1 tyres have to be managed well. If driver pushes them too
    much they will degrade very quick. Based on what I learned
    about the differences, I believe that F1 car is much more
    complicated and harder to drive.

    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very
    different techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g.
    drafting is much more important). It is my impression that
    Indycar requires less skill but more bottle.

    I think your impression is wrong.

    Racing on an oval is different from a road course, obviously, but
    it requires just as much skill. Ask Nigel Mansell what he thought
    about the challenges of oval racing.

    Furthermore, the feeder serieses (?) for IndyCar are road racing
    series.

    I think by far the biggest factor is the lack of familiarity with
    the tracks that F1 uses. This is what caught Michael Andretti out
    when he tried to move from IndyCars to F1. He had plenty of success
    on IndyCar road courses, but moving straight over to F1 and having
    to learn every circuit from scratch at every race just wasn't
    workable.

    Yes, you’re right Alan, I understand oval racing is quite difficult,
    more so than one would expect. For his first year or so Grosjean
    didn’t drive any of the oval races but has now become pretty good.

    Actually, Indy NXT (formerly Indy Lights), the next level down from
    Indycar runs on a couple of ovals, e.g. Iowa and Milwaukee.

    True. I thought about that when I replied (and checking there's also
    "World Wide Technology Raceway" in Madison Illinois), but that's still
    only 3 out of 14 races, and on short ovals at that.

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  • From JP@21:1/5 to Alan on Mon Oct 9 17:20:44 2023
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:00:19 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-10-09 05:28, JP wrote:
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:52:16 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-10-05 13:03, Sir Tim wrote:
    Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 17:53:28 +1300, ~misfit~
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences

    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the
    ex-F2 drivers in Indycar currently is the tyres. They say in
    Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and they'll
    get hotter and hotter and give more grip. Whereas they say
    that if you were to do that with the F1 / F2 Pirelli rubber
    you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get slipperier as the
    wheelie goes on, chunks fly off and they never come back to
    you.

    Thanks. I didn't know about Indycar tyres, but I do know that
    F1 tyres have to be managed well. If driver pushes them too
    much they will degrade very quick. Based on what I learned
    about the differences, I believe that F1 car is much more
    complicated and harder to drive.

    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require very
    different techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses (e.g.
    drafting is much more important). It is my impression that
    Indycar requires less skill but more bottle.

    I think your impression is wrong.

    Racing on an oval is different from a road course, obviously, but
    it requires just as much skill. Ask Nigel Mansell what he thought
    about the challenges of oval racing.

    Furthermore, the feeder serieses (?) for IndyCar are road racing
    series.

    I think by far the biggest factor is the lack of familiarity with
    the tracks that F1 uses. This is what caught Michael Andretti out
    when he tried to move from IndyCars to F1. He had plenty of success
    on IndyCar road courses, but moving straight over to F1 and having
    to learn every circuit from scratch at every race just wasn't
    workable.

    Yes, you’re right Alan, I understand oval racing is quite difficult, more so than one would expect. For his first year or so Grosjean
    didn’t drive any of the oval races but has now become pretty good.

    Actually, Indy NXT (formerly Indy Lights), the next level down from Indycar runs on a couple of ovals, e.g. Iowa and Milwaukee.
    True. I thought about that when I replied (and checking there's also
    "World Wide Technology Raceway" in Madison Illinois), but that's still
    only 3 out of 14 races, and on short ovals at that.


    Yeah I saw that too when I looked it up. The World Wide Blah Blah is a NASCAR track.

    I guess maybe they use the shorter ovals to “ease them in.” But the short ones can be challenging too because even though they don’t have the outright speed you’re always turning. I don’t like to watch them because they make me dizzy. But I
    guess my wife would say that’s a natural state for me. ;-)

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to All on Mon Oct 9 22:38:39 2023
    On 2023-10-09 17:20, JP wrote:
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 7:00:19 PM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-10-09 05:28, JP wrote:
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 1:52:16 AM UTC-4, Alan wrote:
    On 2023-10-05 13:03, Sir Tim wrote:
    Yazoo <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Oct 2023 17:53:28 +1300, ~misfit~
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 4/10/2023 8:19 pm, Yazoo wrote:

    Good place to read about differences:

    https://www.redbull.com/us-en/indycar-vs-f1-differences



    One of the biggest differences, according to some of the
    ex-F2 drivers in Indycar currently is the tyres. They say
    in Indy you can spin up the rears, keep your boot in and
    they'll get hotter and hotter and give more grip. Whereas
    they say that if you were to do that with the F1 / F2
    Pirelli rubber you'll lose the tyres - for good. They get
    slipperier as the wheelie goes on, chunks fly off and
    they never come back to you.

    Thanks. I didn't know about Indycar tyres, but I do know
    that F1 tyres have to be managed well. If driver pushes
    them too much they will degrade very quick. Based on what I
    learned about the differences, I believe that F1 car is
    much more complicated and harder to drive.

    A lot of Indycar racing takes place on ovals, which require
    very different techniques from the road circuits that F1 uses
    (e.g. drafting is much more important). It is my impression
    that Indycar requires less skill but more bottle.

    I think your impression is wrong.

    Racing on an oval is different from a road course, obviously,
    but it requires just as much skill. Ask Nigel Mansell what he
    thought about the challenges of oval racing.

    Furthermore, the feeder serieses (?) for IndyCar are road
    racing series.

    I think by far the biggest factor is the lack of familiarity
    with the tracks that F1 uses. This is what caught Michael
    Andretti out when he tried to move from IndyCars to F1. He had
    plenty of success on IndyCar road courses, but moving straight
    over to F1 and having to learn every circuit from scratch at
    every race just wasn't workable.

    Yes, you’re right Alan, I understand oval racing is quite
    difficult, more so than one would expect. For his first year or
    so Grosjean didn’t drive any of the oval races but has now become
    pretty good.

    Actually, Indy NXT (formerly Indy Lights), the next level down
    from Indycar runs on a couple of ovals, e.g. Iowa and Milwaukee.
    True. I thought about that when I replied (and checking there's
    also "World Wide Technology Raceway" in Madison Illinois), but
    that's still only 3 out of 14 races, and on short ovals at that.


    Yeah I saw that too when I looked it up. The World Wide Blah Blah is
    a NASCAR track.

    I guess maybe they use the shorter ovals to “ease them in.” But the
    short ones can be challenging too because even though they don’t have
    the outright speed you’re always turning. I don’t like to watch them because they make me dizzy. But I guess my wife would say that’s a
    natural state for me. ;-)

    But that makes them MORE like road racing if anything.

    Road racing is all about keeping the most speed through the corners;
    that, and how early you can get back on the accelerator.

    And this actually holds true for any form of racing other than drag
    racing. If you have to turn corners and finish the course faster than
    the other guy, a HUGE part of it is how well you handle the corners.
    Once the track gets to completely straight (or bends so little it makes
    no difference), ANYONE can do exactly what the best racing drivers do:
    stay hard on the throttle.

    I actually had a buddy who volunteered to be my crew for a few years as
    I was learning to race, and he asked me with no hint of sarcasm whether
    or not I was full throttle ONCE I WAS ON THE STRAIGHT. He had to take
    driver training and experience being the man behind the controls to
    appreciate that that simply wasn't what made the difference.

    And it's really no different in IndyCar. The difference between flat-out
    on the straight and how fast you're going through the corners on a super speedway might be less, but you still win or lose by:

    1. How much speed you carry mid-corner.

    2. How early you can get back to full throttle.

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to Alan on Tue Oct 10 06:32:13 2023
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 11:38:43 PM UTC-6, Alan wrote:

    But that makes them MORE like road racing if anything.

    fuck off

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  • From texas gate@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 10 06:41:24 2023
    On Monday, October 9, 2023 at 6:20:46 PM UTC-6, JP wrote:

    I guess maybe

    keep on guessing dick hole

    I don’t like to watch them because they make me dizzy.

    you sound queer

    But I guess

    keep on guessing dick hole

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  • From Dumas Walker@21:1/175 to ALAN on Tue Oct 10 09:57:00 2023
    Actually, Indy NXT (formerly Indy Lights), the next level down from
    Indycar runs on a couple of ovals, e.g. Iowa and Milwaukee.

    True. I thought about that when I replied (and checking there's also
    "World Wide Technology Raceway" in Madison Illinois), but that's still
    only 3 out of 14 races, and on short ovals at that.

    NXT does not even run the IMS oval any more. A couple of the lower feeders
    run (or used to run) the short oval at Indianapolis Raceway Park (or
    whatever it is called now).

    As you previously suggested, all of the "official" feeders, like IndyCar, are now predominantly road and street courses. Some of the drivers, like Alex Palou, came from other formula feeder systems that indeed have no ovals at
    all.


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