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[Yespage]

The trouble in following the 6 hours Imola on a holiday weekend is the cooking interferes with the process. So Ferrari were absolutely killing it in the first half, with 50 winning the hyperpole, disqualified, and then running from 18th to 3rd... and then disappearing. Penske managed to get into the lead, but the Ferrari (51) was just too much and eventually got the lead back.

The last 20 minutes showed a bunch of cars that needed splashes. The 83 Ferrari desperately hoped for a yellow as if waited to near the last second to pit while it inherited the lead from the 50. Alas, no yellow, and Ferrari wins with BMW and Alpine finishing on the podium.

Max's commercial free coverage is quite sweet.

 

[Foxbat]

I finally figured out why I have trouble rooting for Max Verstappen:

 

[dfergie]

Indy open testing.

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/PUaSGk-iaHI?si=C2v3IgIGh_Qto2Dj

 

[Yespage]

Results from yesterday. Got to listen to this while at work, which was nice.

Veekay only did 37 laps for the third session. He and Abel were at the bottom, both Dale Coyne. I'm uncertain what Coyne will be trying here. Obviously the most important thing you need in the Indy 500 is an engine that finishes the 500 miles. Qualifying up top is great, but as the Menards will tell you from the IRL days, being up qualifying top row means less than finishing top 5 or 10. Veekay did a test with Coyne a while ago before signing at Indy and was one of the top. So not a time to panic yet.

Dixon, Sato, Newgarden were top three (not in that order), Palou was sixth. Of course, this means nothing other than INDY CARS ARE AT IMS!!!! *balloons*

Boost day today.

 

[dfergie]

Day 2

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/q9o0hK-MsSo?si=WOXJBfKWd3SC6It-