:thumbup:IndyCar to use Motegi road course
By Pablo Elizalde Friday, June 3rd 2011, 11:22 GMT
The IndyCar Series has announced that it will run on the road course during its final visit to the Motegi circuit this year.
The Motegi event had always taken place on the egg-shaped oval version of the track since the series made its debut there in 2003.
However, with the damage sustained during the March earthquakes, IndyCar has announced that the race will instead take place in the 2.98-mile road course.
The event, scheduled for September 18, will be the last one at Motegi, which will not return to the calendar next year.
"In conjunction with Mobilityland, we have made the decision to move forward with our race in Motegi after closely monitoring the on-going situation in Japan for several months," said INDYCAR CEO Randy Bernard.
"After weighing a variety of options, we felt it was best to move the race to the road course. We understand that Japan is steadily moving forward with reconstruction and we look forward to entertaining our strong fan base at Motegi with our inaugural run on the road course."
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Niinpä tietty joo... Enpä muistanu enää edes koko maanjäristystä.Toisin sanoen japsit eivät viitsi kunnostaa vaurioitunutta ovaalia vain yhden kilpailun takia, vaan se jätetään rapistumaan.
1. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 170.841
2. Helio Castroneves Penske 169.999
3. Scott Dixon Ganassi 169.582
4. Tony Kanaan KV 169.365
5. Takuma Sato KV 169.308
6. EJ Viso KV 169.082
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 169.014
8. Ryan Briscoe Penske 168.598
9. Marco Andretti Andretti 168.456
10. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 168.320
11. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 167.863
12. Graham Rahal Ganassi 167.674
13. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 167.621
14. Alex Lloyd Dale Coyne 167.162
15. Danica Patrick Andretti 166.779
16. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 166.558
17. Will Power Penske 166.248
18. JR Hildebrand Panther 166.070
19. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 166.031
20. Mike Conway Andretti 166.003
21. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 165.592
22. Vitor Meira Foyt 165.375
23. James Jakes Dale Coyne 164.814
24. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 164.440
25. Ed Carpenter Sarah Fisher 163.304
26. Simona de Silvestro HVM
Toronton omapoika Paul Tracy joka starttaa kisaan vasta ruudusta 24, niin hän haluaisi voittaa huomenna kotikisansa mutta tavoite taitaa olla hieman liian iso toteutuakseen. Tracy haluaisi voittaa senkin takia että hän saisi ensi vuodeksi koko kauden kattavan sopimuksen sarjaan ja voisi sen jälkeen lopettaa ansaitetusti. Tracy kenties myös haluaisi kokea Le mans 24 tunnin kisan.1. Will Power Penske 59.577s
2. Scott Dixon Ganassi 59.665s + 0.0875s
3. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 59.900s + 0.3229s
4. Mike Conway Andretti 59.933s + 0.3555s
5. Graham Rahal Ganassi 1m00.046s + 0.4692s
6. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 1m00.334s + 0.7570s
7. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 59.824s Part 2
8. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 59.871s Part 2
9. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 59.890s Part 2
10. Ryan Briscoe Penske 59.902s Part 2
11. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 59.964s Part 2
12. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m00.011s Part 2
13. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 59.835s Group 1
14. Vitor Meira Foyt 59.987s Group 2
15. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 59.939s Group 1
16. Tony Kanaan KV 1m00.015s Group 2
17. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m00.081s Group 1
18. EJ Viso KV 1m00.119s Group 2
19. Takuma Sato KV 1m00.100s Group 1
20. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m00.154s Group 2
21. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m00.344s Group 1
22. JR Hildebrand Panther 1m00.447s Group 2
23. James Jakes Dale Coyne 1m00.623s Group 1
24. Paul Tracy Dragon 1m00.452s Group 2
25. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 1m00.646s Group 1
26. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 1m00.792s Group 2
Top10 pistetilanne:1 Dario Franchitti --.---- --.---- 1:01.712 15 1:01.218 0 36 3
2 Scott Dixon 0.7345 0.7345 1:01.546 14 1:01.079 0 36 2
3 Ryan Hunter-Reay 6.0144 5.2799 1:02.129 17 1:01.641 1 38 8
4 Marco Andretti 7.5671 1.5527 1:02.594 28 1:02.069 4 36 20
5 Vitor Meira 9.0117 1.4446 1:02.749 21 1:02.021 3 36 14
6 Sebastien Bourdais 9.3114 0.2997 1:02.759 25 1:01.168 3 36 7
7 Ryan Briscoe 9.8735 0.5621 1:02.423 20 1:01.674 0 36 10
8 JR Hildebrand 14.1750 4.3015 1:03.357 22 1:02.317 2 36 22
9 EJ Viso 14.7843 0.6093 1:03.485 23 1:01.782 0 23 18
10 Simona de Silvestro 15.7603 0.9760 1:03.395 13 1:01.764 2 12 17
11 Ana Beatriz 16.8992 1.1389 1:03.627 25 1:02.131 10 26 26
12 Oriol Servia 19.8736 2.9744 1:04.022 17 1:01.700 2 36 6
13 Graham Rahal 21.3123 1.4387 1:02.597 15 1:01.366 2 44 5
14 James Hinchcliffe 1 LAP 1 LAP 1:03.948 12 1:01.890 1 35 13
15 Justin Wilson 2 LAPS 1 LAP 1:00.639 83 1:00.639 4 6 11
16 Paul Tracy 3 LAPS 1 LAP 1:03.420 21 1:01.837 5 36 24
17 Helio Castroneves 4 LAPS 1 LAP 1:03.510 22 1:01.565 9 26 12
18 James Jakes 2.8048 2.8048 1:03.641 27 1:02.135 3 11 23
19 Danica Patrick 6 LAPS 2 LAPS 1:03.227 17 1:01.926 3 9 21
20 Takuma Sato 1.3186 1.3186 1:05.392 15 1:02.127 14 17 19
21 Charlie Kimball 8 LAPS 2 LAPS 9:10.856 21 1:01.736 7 0 25 Contact
22 Mike Conway 9 LAPS 1 LAP 1:40.953 15 1:01.318 0 14 4 Contact
23 Alex Tagliani 14 LAPS 5 LAPS 1:37.142 17 1:01.746 4 12 9 Contact
24 Will Power 19 LAPS 5 LAPS 2:51.017 15 1:01.245 0 0 1 Contact
25 Sebastian Saavedra 42 LAPS 23 LAPS 1:38.844 20 1:01.647 0 5 15 Contact
26 Tony Kanaan 83 LAPS 41 LAPS 1:03.127 2 1:03.127 0 2 16 Contact
1. Dario Franchitti 353
2. Will Power 298
3. Scott Dixon 298
4. Oriol Servia 270
5. Tony Kanaan 221
6. Ryan Briscoe 219
7. Marco Andretti 216
8. Graham Rahal 208
9. J.R. Hildebrand 193
10. Alex Tagliani 173
Mahdollisesti tulee käymään sillä tavalla, että Newman-Haas tiimi tulee ottamaan IndyCar sarjassa haltuunsa Team Lotuksen ja KV Racing puolestaan siirtyisi Hondan leiriin.1. Takuma Sato KV 1m18.5165s
2. Will Power Penske 1m18.5674s + 0.0509s
3. Scott Dixon Ganassi 1m18.6442s + 0.1277s
4. Dario Franchitti Ganassi 1m18.6628s + 0.1463s
5. EJ Viso KV 1m18.7383s + 0.2218s
6. Ryan Briscoe Penske 1m19.0267s + 0.5102s
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay Andretti 1m18.6678s Round 2
8. Oriol Servia Newman/Haas 1m18.7142s Round 2
9. Helio Castroneves Penske 1m18.7669s Round 2
10. James Hinchcliffe Newman/Haas 1m18.9323s Round 2
11. Tony Kanaan KV 1m19.0190s Round 2
12. Sebastien Bourdais Dale Coyne 1m19.3802s Round 2
13. Graham Rahal Ganassi 1m19.0682s Group 1
14. Vitor Meira Foyt 1m18.9781s Group 2
15. Justin Wilson Dreyer & Reinbold 1m19.0732s Group 1
16. Simona de Silvestro HVM 1m19.2084s Group 2
17. Alex Tagliani Sam Schmidt 1m19.1329s Group 1
18. James Jakes Dale Coyne 1m19.3533s Group 2
19. Marco Andretti Andretti 1m19.6204s Group 1
20. Mike Conway Andretti 1m19.4007s Group 2
21. Charlie Kimball Ganassi 1m20.0348s Group 1
22. Danica Patrick Andretti 1m19.4713s Group 2
23. Ana Beatriz Dreyer & Reinbold 1m20.3224s Group 1
24. JR Hildebrand Panther 1m19.5237s Group 2
25. Paul Tracy Dragon 1m20.4836s Group 1
26. Sebastian Saavedra Conquest 1m19.7200s Group 2