IndyCar '12 | China Cancelled, no replacement

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:20 pm

Juihi wrote:

Well it's been 1 month since the Indycar world was turned upside down, I must admit it feels a lot longer, R.I.P Dan

Yeah, definitely feels like it happened ages ago and sometimes it feels just surreal, like it never happened. It truly was a horrible day in everyway.

Gaara · PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 3:14 pm

HVM have announced a partnership with Lotus.

NVirkkula · PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 7:46 pm

Gaara wrote:

HVM have announced a partnership with Lotus.

I hope that means that Lotus is still seriously involved with the series. It wouldn't hurt to have three manufacturers instead of two. Although, two is twice as many that we've got for the last five years or so.

Beezle · PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:28 pm

DRR seems to be with Lotus too.

Gaara · PostPosted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:41 pm

Bryan Herta has also gone with Lotus.

http://www.indycar.com/news/show/55-izo ... s-for-2012

Gabriel · PostPosted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:12 am

awesome

Chris D · PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 4:08 am

Since this is the IndyCar discussion, I thought it'd be appropriate to say that Jim Rathmann, winner of the 1960 Indianapolis 500 has died.

http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.co ... ies-at-83/

Juihi · PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 5:49 am

Sad to hear

sennadesillva · PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:07 am

dunno if it was fully stated here but according to several places i've read, HVM is the factory team for lotus. being a massive simona fan im hella excited about this. plus i wanted to get the thread goin again and get more discussing going. haha

Shane · PostPosted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 2:23 am

Yeah I have seen that confirmed. I would of guessed a few others would of got the nod over them.

smokyburnout · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:29 am

Brian Barnhart removed from Race Control! :flag:

Quote:

Barnhart will be offered to stay on the payroll as president of operations but will no longer have anything to do with the officiating or managing of IZOD IndyCar Series races.
In addition to removing Barnhart as chief steward and director of racing, Bernard is also replacing Terry Angstadt with Mark Koretzky, who served as director of business development for IndyCar in 2011.

Chris D · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:34 am

smokyburnout wrote:

Brian Barnhart removed from Race Control! :flag:

Quote:

Barnhart will be offered to stay on the payroll as president of operations but will no longer have anything to do with the officiating or managing of IZOD IndyCar Series races.
In addition to removing Barnhart as chief steward and director of racing, Bernard is also replacing Terry Angstadt with Mark Koretzky, who served as director of business development for IndyCar in 2011.

I was JUST about to post this. I hope we can get someone competent in race control now.

Tommy Vercetti · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:36 am

THANK FUCKING GOD

Juihi · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:51 am

yay!!!

smokyburnout · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:59 am

Also, the 2012 cars were testing at Fontana with some new aero bits.

Some technical photos and analysis of the new car problems here. Seems the weight bias is 41/59 when it was designed to be 45/55.

racer69 · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:41 am

Its funny how different the cars look in pictures compared to in person.

I saw the 2012 cars up close when they were on display at the Indy500, and came away VERY impressed with how they looked, but that doesn't translate as well to the pics.

Either way we'll get used to them, the current F1 cars being a good example.

Juihi · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:46 am

The onboard camera of Dan testing at Indy a while ago looked awesome

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:11 am

smokyburnout wrote:

Also, the 2012 cars were testing at Fontana with some new aero bits.

Some technical photos and analysis of the new car problems here. Seems the weight bias is 41/59 when it was designed to be 45/55.

Quote:

The mothballed 3.5-liter atmospheric Honda V8s offered instant torque, acceleration, and forced its users to be mindful of aggressive throttle inputs. So far in testing, the 2.2-liter turbos (Honda uses a single Borg Warner turbo while Chevrolet and Lotus use twin BW units) have been incredibly responsive, with drivers applauding the lack of turbo lag, but the small-displacement engines, compared to their predecessor, offer minimal amounts of initial torque.

Simply put, stomping on the throttle in slow corners, at present, is met with nice and tidy acceleration. The “be afraid…be very afraid of touching the throttle” sideways moments drivers and fans were hoping for is nowhere to be found.

LAME

Gaara · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:07 pm

smokyburnout wrote:

Brian Barnhart removed from Race Control! :flag:

Quote:

Barnhart will be offered to stay on the payroll as president of operations but will no longer have anything to do with the officiating or managing of IZOD IndyCar Series races.
In addition to removing Barnhart as chief steward and director of racing, Bernard is also replacing Terry Angstadt with Mark Koretzky, who served as director of business development for IndyCar in 2011.

Good

Akwel · PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:37 pm

Juihi wrote:

The onboard camera of Dan testing at Indy a while ago looked awesome

Where did you see this?

TBK-Light.com

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