'Brazil=4th Consecutive Pole For Power!'

[Panther_99FS]

1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 01:21.8958 (111.478)
2. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.2975 (110.934)
3. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.3620 (110.847)
4. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.3937 (110.805)
5. (38) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.4970 (110.666)
6. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.6103 (110.514)
7. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.6283 (110.490)
8. (22) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.6471 (110.465)
9. (27) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.6986 (110.396)
10. (5) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.7379 (110.344)
11. (06) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.8450 (110.201)
12. (19) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Honda, 01:22.9084 (110.117)
13. (78) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.6807 (109.100)
14. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.3196 (109.573)
15. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.7682 (108.986)
16. (2) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.4015 (109.466)
17. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 01:24.0967 (108.561)
18. (83) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.7126 (109.059)
19. (17) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 01:24.1890 (108.442)
20. (77) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.7801 (108.971)
21. (82) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 01:24.2205 (108.401)
22. (4) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.8443 (108.888)
23. (34) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Honda, 01:24.2963 (108.304)
24. (18) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 01:23.8482 (108.882)
25. (24) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 01:24.8246 (107.629)
26. (59) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, No Time (No Speed)​

 

[Panther_99FS]

If you have VERSUS in the states,
Fantastic street race in the rain going on now....

 

[Panther_99FS]

Race is Red Flagged due to rain...
Accident takes out a few cars to include Patrick & De Silvestro and guess what? - once again Castroneves is mired in controversy as to whether or not he caused the incident...

 

[Panther_99FS]

Danica talked about the start & the cars having "so much horsepower"....(650hp)....

Good thing she didn't drive in the early 90's with the 900-1000hp cars.....

 

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

What fantastic racing in the rain?

I saw the start of that thing. Castroneves didn't cause any of that. Dario used Helio in a bumper car strategy to straighten out his loose car. No fault of Helio's whatsoever. Bummer for the women behind him...

As for Danica's comment on horsepower. I don't know for sure just how much difference there is in the power handling characteristics of a 650 hp car versus a 950 hp car. Lots of hp is no good if you can't put the power to the ground - you just spin the wheels easier and sooner. I'd be curious about the power to weight ratios and how much power actually gets transmitted to the rear wheels of todays versus yesteryears cars.

But if you really want to put 900 hp to the ground this is how you do it.

-Ed-

 

[Panther_99FS]

As for Danica's comment on horsepower. I don't know for sure just how much difference there is in the power handling characteristics of a 650 hp car versus a 950 hp car.

EasyEd,
Generally speaking, since the start of the IRL, the "dominators" were the ones that started out driving the 900-1000hp cars....

 

[Cazzie]

Switched over to see the replay of the Denny Hamlin Charity race on SPEED due to the red flag. I figured it would be a fiasco. That's not racing, that's orginized caos. F-1 cab drive in the rain, IRL cannot. Every race I have ever seem IRL race in the rain has been nothing but disaster. I don't know why. Better they wait until tomorrow and hopefully it will be dry. Doubtful though, being Sao Paulo.

If they have called the race, go to SPEED and see the Bristol Speed Trials followed by the MotoGP. The Bristol Speed Trials are a hoot, watch it if you can.

Caz

 

[Panther_99FS]

Race is canx'd until tomorrow.....ALL crashed drivers get to start again...

 

[Cazzie]

Race is canx'd until tomorrow.....ALL crashed drivers get to start again...

I think that is a fair game, race as it was, might have been folly for fans, but it was a disaster for the people who have to race and maintain the cars.

 

[Panther_99FS]

And Power Gets The Win...

Simona De Silvestro started 9 laps down from Sunday's black flagged race BUT....she had the fastest lap of the day during Monday's race

1. (1) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
2. (5) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
3. (4) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
4. (6) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
5. (16) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
6. (9) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
7. (8) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
8. (10) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
9. (11) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
10. (22) JR Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
11. (23) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
12. (3) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
13. (26) EJ Viso, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
4. (15) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
15. (24) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 55, Running
16. (18) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 54, Running
17. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 53, Running
18. (2) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 50, Running
19. (20) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 48, Running
20. (13) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 46, Running
21. (7) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 46, Running
22. (21) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 46, Running
23. (17) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 46, Running
24. (25) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 31, Mechanical
25. (19) Raphael Matos, Dallara-Honda, 28, Contact
26. (12) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Honda, 20, Contact