2016 Open Wheel Racing- this Haas to be a great Roissing year.

[alfablue]

Game on!

[Russell Jaslow]

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Game on!

Thursday night, 9:30pm ET, NBCSN, Practice 1 being shown live from Australia.

At 8:30, they have an hour show about Haas and an American team returning to F1.

[Nick Papagiorgio]

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Well, Indycar season is now underway. Was exciting to see it start again. Not excited to see that puke JPM win again though.

[Runsub5]

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Thursday night, 9:30pm ET, NBCSN, Practice 1 being shown live from Australia.

At 8:30, they have an hour show about Haas and an American team returning to F1.

Thanks for the heads up. Mostly American money. No American drivers or pit crew members. But this isn't really any different from other teams in FI. Mercedes AMG Petronas has a director or principle who is not German. Most F1 teams today are multi-national in composition. Much unlike 50 years a go.

[Russell Jaslow]

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Thanks for the heads up. Mostly American money. No American drivers or pit crew members. But this isn't really any different from other teams in FI. Mercedes AMG Petronas has a director or principle who is not German. Most F1 teams today are multi-national in composition. Much unlike 50 years a go.

That is true. It is in many ways odd how people fawn over the nationality of a team. Outside of Ferrari (and maybe McLaren and Williams for British, though the former was started by a Kiwi), you really cannot identify a team with a particular country.

Having said that, I'm most interested in how Haas does the first year, because he seems to be doing it right for a debut team, something many of the recent debut teams have not.

[alfablue]

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Well, Indycar season is now underway. Was exciting to see it start again. Not excited to see that puke JPM win again though.

Connor Daily looked pretty good out there- if not for his car getting stuff in the radiator, he may have been clear of Rossi at the end.

Ok race, but not spectacular- kind of a bummer to have a good clean race messed up with a terrible wreck. Oh, well.

[alfablue]

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Free practice one in 65 min, a show about Haas in 5. Can't wait to see the class of 2016 take the track!

[Russell Jaslow]

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Well, that new qualifying format did not work ... to say the least.

[alfablue]

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Terrible start for Hamilton, and he dragged Rosberg back a few positions with him (it seemed). But he dragged himself back into second- which is good. Rosberg did well to pressure Vettel, and then use the medium tires for a one stop race.

Given the fact that the red flag meant everyone could change tires- it was interesting to see Vettel not go to the medium tires, too. I thought that it cooked Hamilton's comeback. But neither he, nor the Red Bull nor the TR's did it. So.

Speaking of the change of tires- that red flag meant that Haas didn't need a pit, ever. AND 6th PLACE FOR THEIR FIRST RACE!!!!! Holy cow, that's awesome!

As for Guieterrez- I'm glad to see him and, more importantly, Alonso ok after that pretty bad accident. I when I saw the Haas in the gravel, I didn't even notice the McLaren- as it didn't look like a car. Then Fernando climbed out. Whew.

I had thought that Albert Park was easier to pass than that. Not so much....

[solovsfett]

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INDY is close to selling out for the first time since 1995😀

Great news. Brian vickers wants to race at Indy? That would be interesting for sure but I'd rather see Kyle Busch give it a whirl.

...on another note; Gary Brabham is a scumbag. Wow

[Russell Jaslow]

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INDY is close to selling out for the first time since 1995��

Great news. Brian vickers wants to race at Indy? That would be interesting for sure but I'd rather see Kyle Busch give it a whirl.

...on another note; Gary Brabham is a scumbag. Wow

Gee, I wonder what that year corresponds to...?

Busch says he's not going to do it. Didn't hear Vickers was interested.

Okay, I must have missed something. What does your Gary Brabham comment refer to?

[solovsfett]

Gee, I wonder what that year corresponds to...?

Busch says he's not going to do it. Didn't hear Vickers was interested.

Okay, I must have missed something. What does your Gary Brabham comment refer to?

Gary was convicted of molesting a girl from ages 6 to 11... Lock him up and throw away the key imo

The article is up on racer.com from last week

[Timothy A]

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I don't understand why they didn't stick to ditching the new qualifying format in F1. It was a complete bust, but was it simply due to the teams not understanding it?

I agree with Penske and Mears when they say Indycar needs to shed downforce. I like the aero kit war, but the downforce increase is a result of that, so, I'm not so sure....

[alfablue]

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If anyone hasn't heard- Alonso is out this weekend. The big accident resulted in a collapsed lung- which is fine. But the ribs are still touchy. So he's not running this weekend.

[Russell Jaslow]

Gary was convicted of molesting a girl from ages 6 to 11... Lock him up and throw away the key imo

The article is up on racer.com from last week

Wow. I missed that article. Yeah, I agree with you.