Going back to Formula One for a second. IndyCar has been well aware of this and has been using social media like a champ for a few years now. The 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series was the 23rd season of the Verizon IndyCar Series and the 97th official championship season of American open wheel racing.The premier event was the 102nd Indianapolis 500, with Takuma Sato entering as the defending Indianapolis 500 winner. Spencer Pigot, after a subdued rookie campaign in 2016, is now driving with the flair that earned him the 2015 Indy Lights championship, and the fact that his best finish so far is only eighth is not a fair reflection on his efforts. Josef Newgarden, the 2011 Indy Lights champion, in his sixth full-time season in the IndyCar Series, won the championship. IndyCar is back and it's not going anywhere anytime soon. After spending the majority of his 179-race Formula 1 career in middling to tail-end machinery, Romain Grosjean finds himself once again with an underdog team in IndyCar. Rossi and Hunter-Reay might have scored a 1-2 at Long Beach, but went out with engine failure and electrical issues respectively. This year saw the hard work of growing the series' fan base pay off with a stellar season. Or has Spencer stepped it up so much that he’s highlighting JR’s lack of experience of the current breed of cars? And looking at the big picture, that victory for DCR is some reward for Dale Coyne renewing his commitment to success by hiring Seb and Craig Hampson. Fernando Alonso Likely Switching to IndyCar for 2018. They even started putting the full races on Facebook after the broadcast. It’s AJ Foyt Racing’s bad fortune to have switched from Honda to Chevrolet just as HPD’s engine started to create the power that helps overcome its drag on road/street/short-oval courses. When Indy and Champ were split, it was confusing enough. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Scott Dixon has produced an impressively consistent first half to the season – hardly a tradition for him – but has not been able to find Victory Lane… yet is leading the championship. Is Arrow McLaren SP ready for IndyCar’s title fight? The 2017 Indy Lights title fight may have ended in a slightly uninspiring fashion, but the 15 races before that provided plenty of action and some star drives. 2021 Season ; 2020 RTI iRacing eSeries ; 2020 Season ; 2019 Season ; 2018 Season ; 2017 Season ; 2016 Season ; 2015 Season ; 2015 Pre-Season Testing ; 2014 Season ; 2013 Season The 2017 IndyCar calendar features 17 rounds, one more than in 2016, with six races at ovals, six at road courses and five at street circuits. The results were usually a driver on a solitary lap around a track during a practice session. His first-ever oval victory at Phoenix was impressive and quite flawless, but he was gifted the lead by the way the yellows fell in relation to his strategy. 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Tino Belli, IndyCar’s director of aerodynamic development, believes the changes to the underside of the cars will allow them to run closer at Indy and make passes. He is the first American champion since Ryan Hunter-Reay in 2012. Honda entered as … Jones, despite his status as Lights champ, has nonetheless been a revelation in terms of pace and vigor in the big cars, and Michael Cannon is helping him flourish on all types of track. 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For the past two years, Graham had finished top five in the championship and been Honda’s top driver. The 2017 season had so many spectacular, heartbreaking, and unbelievable moments, it's nearly impossible to list them all. Power’s three pole positions are further indicators that he’s on top form. Takuma Sato Wins the 2017 Indy 500 in a Long, Bloody Battle of a Race. Takuma Sato 3rd, Alexander Rossi 9th, Marco Andretti 13th, Ryan Hunter-Reay 14th. While no one is denying that Bourdais got lucky in St. Petersburg with that full-course caution that placed him near the front, he did still beat defending champion Pagenaud in a straight fight. People took notice. After his pitlane faux pas and penalty, Hinch proved he was able to run on the leaders’ pace and fought his way back into contention only to be eliminated by Kanaan’s wandering car. By: David Malsher-Lopez. Without the manpower and resources of Chip Ganassi Racing, who of course went in the opposite direction, and having only gotten hold of the Chevy aerokit earlier this year, the team has been running up a steep hill. IndyCar developed a camera that would deliver a high-quality live feed from the top of the helmet without bothering the driver or disrupting the airflow over the car. Adding to the drama as the world watched was Bourdais' horrific accident during qualifying and Scott Dixon's equally horrific wreck in the race. This was a coup d'état. That was an annoying reversion to his old self. Over 37 seasons, Dale Coyne has run no fewer than 80 Indy car drivers – including himself! The competing body kits were supposed to come out in 2012 but were pushed back to 2015. Michael Andretti can of course be very satisfied with Sato’s thrilling success in the 500, and Andretti Autosport collectively deserved that; their immense competitiveness throughout practice, qualifying and the race and after witnessing the demise of Hunter-Reay and Fernando Alonso through engine failure. The 2017 IndyCar season continued the series’ upwards surge of momentum it has been experiencing for the last couple of seasons. Miles encouraged by Nashville interest in IndyCar for 2019, Gutierrez confirmed at Coyne for remainder of 2017. The Verizon IndyCar Season wrapped up roughly a month ago, with a fresh face now it’s champion in Josef Newgarden. JR Hildebrand, Juan Pablo Montoya and Takuma Sato all bag seats for 2017 as the IndyCar silly season hots up. Gone in 2018 are the engine manufacturer specific body kits. Josef Newgarden entered the season as the defending National Champion.. By David Malsher-Lopez. Preview: Why IndyCar in 2021 is too close to call. The DW12 brought with it better racing and bigger crowds. Rossi and Hunter-Reay were embroiled in two of the major shunts at Texas, while at that same race, Sato may have ruined his chance for a second win in four races by crashing into Dixon rather than passing him and Power. Everything came together. Since then, fate has done little but slap the big man in the face, the nadir of course being Bourdais’ horrendous self-induced shunt during qualifying at Indy. To have an American back on top in America's internationally diverse premier open-wheel racing series just feels right. Up to this point, no one had really been able to give a true first-person point of view of what the driver sees. The 2017 IndyCar season opens March 12th on the Streets of St. Petersburg. On race day his spectacular flip into the fence rendered him a very early casualty at quarter distance in a double-points race. Which of this season's races will produce the best competition? The American – who as a rookie spectacularly lost the Indy 500 in 2011 on the final… & scoring. For my money, his best performance of the year was his charge from the back of the grid at Long Beach, resulting in fourth place. James Hinchcliffe 10th, Mikhail Aleshin 15th. The moment of truth comes on its biggest stage, writes David Malsher-Lopez. You can't stick a Go-Pro on the helmet of a race driver. The season opener saw Sebastien Bourdais finally win in his adopted hometown of St. Petersburg. How good is Palou and is he Dixon’s strongest title rival? Sezona 2017. je 22. sezona IndyCar prvenstva i 96. sezona Američkog automobilističkog prvenstva Did Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 appearance net IndyCar a larger fan base? Twitter is up 203 percent. Get the complete 2021 standings, right here at ESPN.com. La temporada 2017 de la Verizon IndyCar Series es la 22ª temporada de la serie IndyCar y … David Malsher-Lopez explains how this third-gen racer was a puzzle in the car, but a straight shooter off-track. General News, Motorsport / 22 February 2017 21 October 2018. Along with Simpson, we also talked to IndyCar Vice President of Communications, Curt Cavin, about what the series is doing in person and online that has strengthened its relationship with the fans. IndyCar waited until the right moment to give Visor Cam the spotlight. Details. While that was shocking enough, even more so was the fact that the season went nine races before having a repeat winner. • One championship point is awarded to each driver who leads at least one race lap. Over the course of the season, there were a total of ten different race winners. The fans spoke and the fans received. Currently the tally stands at 5-4, in Honda’s favor. The Alonso Effect: Did IndyCar Gain Followers On Social Media? The series was using a now outdated chassis and the racing wasn't nearly as exciting as it could have been. The series has never seemed stronger since the reunification in 2008. Rossi had a solid race as did a few other former Formula One racers. The only other race they’re due to contest is Pocono, which is likely to favor Honda, but another top 10 would be a great way to head into the offseason and hopefully prepare for a full campaign in 2018. Simpson told us that IndyCar prides itself on not buy followers for their social media accounts. However, an apparent lack of consistency, despite he and Kimball swapping race engineers, means the odds are against him, because he’s not regularly beating on that door to victory lane. To that end, IndyCar had been developing a helmet-mounted camera. IndyCar 2017 season preview, driver-by-driver. In fact, Sato won it. Alonso took notice and pounced on the opportunity to make a play for auto racing's triple crown. Even Ed Jones’ superb third place in the 500 was tainted by controversy over whether the reigning Indy Lights champion should have beaten Alonso to Indy’s Rookie of the Year title. Let’s hope so for RLLR’s sake, because Dixon and Power, Ganassi and Penske, are tough enough championship opponents even when you start in the same zip code on the starting grid. As high profile additions, Juan Pablo Montoya at Penske looked predictably good at Indy, but tire-hungry on the road course. IndyCar has been live-streaming non-broadcast content on Facebook and Youtube. Just four days away from the opening round of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series at … The complete lack of a competitive car was the catalyst for Alonso to skip the Formula 1 crown jewel race at Monaco and instead enter the Indy 500 under the Andretti Autosport umbrella. Every racing series has in-car and on-car cameras that give the fans a great view of the race. 98 car suffering through brake issues but going into qualifying determined to snag a grid position near the top of the field. The fight for supremacy in the NTT IndyCar Series will be as intense as ever. That many drivers fighting for the title in the final race is the sign of some seriously great racing. The years from 2008 through 2011 were rough. Like any season, there were highs and lows that provided endless entertainment, and incredible action on the track. Kanaan, Texas missteps apart, is often on the pace of Dixon although rarely for a whole race weekend unless it’s an oval. The series’ only Canadian is not flawless. The Formula One world was in shock. After a season filled with highs and lows, Alexander Rossi closed out the 2017 season the highest Andretti Autosport driver in the Verizon IndyCar Series championship. The more death-defying they are, the more attention they garner. JR Hildebrand 16th, Spencer Pigot 21st, Ed Carpenter 22nd. Both Cavin and Simpson tell us that IndyCar set out first and foremost to listen to the fans. IndyCar 2017 Season Preview. He took second place at the next round in Long Beach. Josef Newgarden is the youngest Verizon IndyCar Series champion at 26-years-old since a 23-year-old Scott Dixon won the first of his four titles in 2003. Castroneves’ and Newgarden’s campaigns have gone much as you’d expect. It’s a shame that, one-off for Juncos Racing at Indy aside, he is not getting the chance to prove himself on ovals too, but he accepts this is part of the very good value deal he’s getting at Ed Carpenter Racing. Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox. Somehow, in the midst of a such a great season, IndyCar had one of the most memorable Indy 500s the series will ever have. IndyCar stole the show from Formula 1. The season opener of the 2017 Verizon IndyCar Series is just days away now. There were ten different race winners this year, including a surprise champion drinking the milk at Indianapolis. The weekend started off with Alexander Rossi and the No. Simpson said, "Immediately we began to take steps to provide more access, more content, more unique experiences for out digital consumers.". That system means that the event’s big winner, Takuma Sato – Q4, F1 – is somewhat artificially third in the championship, but he’s done a good job at most other tracks and suffered fewer reliability issues than his Andretti Autosport-Honda colleagues. No one wants there to be accidents like these, but they happen. The competition was tight and fierce and fans ate it up. He’s usually on Hinchcliffe’s pace, at least on race day, but seems to be caught in wrong place/wrong time syndrome at the moment. But a few remain and here’s my rundown of the latest IndyCar silly season rumours and developments. - Page 2 The series was just sorting itself out and devastated by the death of Dan Wheldon in the final race of 2011. It went live during the race and gave viewers a first-person view of driving 220 mph around Indy in race traffic. Is the young Spaniard going to become his legendary teammate Scott Dixon’s biggest title threat? This year, Graham Rahal and the team capitalized fully, and he led 96 of the 140 laps across the two Motown races, looked relatively unthreatened and muscled his way back into prominence in the title fight. His teammates have all played occasional starring roles – Chilton and Kimball both led and shone in the Indy 500, and the latter might have won had it not been for engine failure. The camera was mounted atop Graham Rahal. There were close finishes, tons of on-track passing, and some very close calls. NBA Stats. Over in Formula 1, Alonso's McLaren-Honda was less reliable than a Ford Pinto. Scott Dixon 1st, Tony Kanaan 8th, Max Chilton 11th, Charlie Kimball 18th. The Mazda Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires, the three-tiered developmental ladder for drivers and teams aspiring to reach the Verizon IndyCar Series, made announcements for several drivers joining teams for the 2017 season. ROLE: Art Direction, Design, Animation, 3D, Motion GraphicsSOFTWARE: Cinema 4D, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator The 40-year-old becomes the first Asian winner of the 101-year-old event. That came during the Indy 500. IndyCar knew they were on to something that no other series had. Detroit remains the track where an IndyCar team’s shock/damper program gets its severest test, and in the past Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has shown the depth of its engineering quality there. The night race at Texas Motor Speedway was certainly spectacular, but for the wrong reasons. Yes, there has been bad luck and Graham is one of about a dozen drivers who think they “could have won Indy”, but he wasn’t wrong about needing to find the key to unlocking some qualifying pace. Leist became the youngest IndyCar rookie since Marco Andretti in 2006. During testing for Visor Cam, Brian Simpson, IndyCar's Manager of Digital and Social Media, told The Drive that whenever the series posted a video from Visor Cam, online activity and traffic would spike.
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