Ace Bandage
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It'll be great to see Jacques back in action at IMS. He finished 2nd and 1st in his only careers starts there. It'll be tough for him to challenge for a win though. IndyCar is very competitive right now.
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Jacques Villeneuve said:
On the Indy 500 itself:
His teammates will be Simon Pagenaud and rookie driver Mikhail Aleshin. Aleshin comes over from the Formula Renault 3.5 Series, where he won the 2010 championship.
http://www.racer.com/index.php/indy...the-biggest-race-in-the-world-villeneuve-says
The ensuing shitfight over whether Indy is the biggest race in the world or not was pretty funny.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
You must be my brother from another mother. My security question for a financial site used to be: Who was the last winner of the Indy 500?
The correct answer was Jacques Villeneuve.
For the sake of nostalgia, if nothing else, it'll be interesting to have both Juan Pablo Montoya and Jacques Villeneuve at Indy this year. They never raced against each other in CART, but they're fierce enemies from their F1 days (threatening to send each other into the trees if they ever came together).
In other motorsports news, the new Tudor (a Rolex brand) Championship has gotten off to a good start. By combining the best of ALMS and Grand Am, I have high hopes for the future of sports car racing in America. I'm still waiting for a reply from Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports squad to see if he and Jaguar might link up in Prototype - maybe feature the new F-type or the XK.
Only in terms of attendance - and even that's close now. Indy lost the viewership title nearly 20 years ago. I believe Le Mans and Monaco hold the viewership title internationally now, while the Daytona 500 and the Coke 600 NASCAR races easily top Indy in the ratings in the U.S. these days. Indy and Daytona used to be neck & neck in the ratings (pre-1995). Now Daytona's ratings are about three times what Indy's are and Indy gets about the same Nielsen rating as the average NASCAR race (mid 3's). Thanks for fixing the sport, Tony George. Too bad he didn't blow a heart valve when he was still a coke fiend in the late 80's.
The Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) has been disbanded. FOTA was formed in 2008 in a bid to give the teams a united voice in their discussions with the FIA and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone regarding future commercial negotiations. It had commitment from all the teams on the grid and the unity proved a major headache for then FIA president Max Mosley and Ecclestone. However, FOTA's unity was shattered at the end of 2011 when Red Bull, Ferrari and Sauber quit the organisation following disagreements about cost-cutting measures.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112702
Cosworth owner Kevin Kalkhoven tells RACER that with a fresh design waiting to be built, all the legendary engine company needs to go forward with its 2.2-liter turbocharged V6 IndyCar powerplant is a manufacturer to reach out and form a partnership.
http://www.racer.com/index.php/indy...seeking-partner-support-for-new-engine-design
The chairman of unlisted Sahara conglomerate, Subrata Roy, turned himself in on Friday after the Supreme Court this week ordered his arrest for failing to appear at a hearing in a long-running dispute with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Sahara is the title sponsor of the Force India Formula 1 team.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/...brata-roy-arrest-police-idINDEEA1R03920140228
Vitaly Petrov is again writing Russian motor racing history: In the upcoming DTM season, Russia’s first Formula 1 driver will also become the country’s first Russian DTM driver, as was announced by the 29-year-old Russian and Mercedes-Benz on February 28th 2014 at a press conference held in the headquarters of Russian state television channel, Russia 2.
http://www.motorsport.com/dtm/news/vitaly-petrov-joins-mercedes-benz-for-2014-season/
Ducati Team riders Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso will compete in the 2014 MotoGP™ World Championship on ‘Open’ class configured Desmosedici machines. Ducati, after carefully considering the two options, has decided that the most suitable one for the current needs of the Bologna-based manufacturer is the Open one, which gives the possibility to the race department to continue the development of the bike and the engine throughout the entire season.
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/Ducati+choose+Open+option
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112702
Cosworth owner Kevin Kalkhoven tells RACER that with a fresh design waiting to be built, all the legendary engine company needs to go forward with its 2.2-liter turbocharged V6 IndyCar powerplant is a manufacturer to reach out and form a partnership.
http://www.racer.com/index.php/indy...seeking-partner-support-for-new-engine-design
The chairman of unlisted Sahara conglomerate, Subrata Roy, turned himself in on Friday after the Supreme Court this week ordered his arrest for failing to appear at a hearing in a long-running dispute with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Sahara is the title sponsor of the Force India Formula 1 team.
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/...brata-roy-arrest-police-idINDEEA1R03920140228
Vitaly Petrov is again writing Russian motor racing history: In the upcoming DTM season, Russia’s first Formula 1 driver will also become the country’s first Russian DTM driver, as was announced by the 29-year-old Russian and Mercedes-Benz on February 28th 2014 at a press conference held in the headquarters of Russian state television channel, Russia 2.
http://www.motorsport.com/dtm/news/vitaly-petrov-joins-mercedes-benz-for-2014-season/
Ducati Team riders Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso will compete in the 2014 MotoGP™ World Championship on ‘Open’ class configured Desmosedici machines. Ducati, after carefully considering the two options, has decided that the most suitable one for the current needs of the Bologna-based manufacturer is the Open one, which gives the possibility to the race department to continue the development of the bike and the engine throughout the entire season.
http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2014/Ducati+choose+Open+option
Weekend Results
Clipsal 500 (V8 Supercars)
Race 1
Pole: Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Winner: Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Second: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Third: Shane Van Gisbergen, Tekno Autosports (Holden VF Commodore)
Race 2
Pole: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Winner: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Second: Scott McLaughlin, Volvo Polestar Racing (Volvo S60)
Third: Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Race 3
Pole: Shane Van Gisbergen, Tekno Autosports (Holden VF Commodore)
Winner: James Courtney, Holden Racing Team (Holden VF Commodore)
Second: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Third: Shane Van Gisbergen, Tekno Autosports (Holden VF Commodore)
NASCAR
Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Nationwide)
Pole Position: Brad Keselowski, Team Penske (Ford)
Race Winner: Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Race was shortened due to rain.
The Profit on CNBC 500 (Sprint Cup)
Pole Position: Brad Keselowski, Team Penske (Ford)
Race Winner: Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing (Chevrolet)
On a sad note, Emilio Di Guida died suddenly near his home in Doral, Fla. on Saturday. He was 50. Di Guida was a regular competitor in the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series over the last three years, highlighted by two GTC class victories in 2012 in a TRG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.
More recently, he was part of 8Star Motorsports’ Corvette DP program last year, teaming with Sebastien Bourdais in the second half of the Rolex Series season, which saw them record two top-five finishes in six starts.
Clipsal 500 (V8 Supercars)
Race 1
Pole: Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Winner: Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Second: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Third: Shane Van Gisbergen, Tekno Autosports (Holden VF Commodore)
Race 2
Pole: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Winner: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Second: Scott McLaughlin, Volvo Polestar Racing (Volvo S60)
Third: Jamie Whincup, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Race 3
Pole: Shane Van Gisbergen, Tekno Autosports (Holden VF Commodore)
Winner: James Courtney, Holden Racing Team (Holden VF Commodore)
Second: Craig Lowndes, Triple Eight Race Engineering (Holden VF Commodore)
Third: Shane Van Gisbergen, Tekno Autosports (Holden VF Commodore)
NASCAR
Blue Jeans Go Green 200 (Nationwide)
Pole Position: Brad Keselowski, Team Penske (Ford)
Race Winner: Kyle Busch, Joe Gibbs Racing (Toyota)
Race was shortened due to rain.
The Profit on CNBC 500 (Sprint Cup)
Pole Position: Brad Keselowski, Team Penske (Ford)
Race Winner: Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing (Chevrolet)
On a sad note, Emilio Di Guida died suddenly near his home in Doral, Fla. on Saturday. He was 50. Di Guida was a regular competitor in the American Le Mans Series and Rolex Sports Car Series over the last three years, highlighted by two GTC class victories in 2012 in a TRG Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car.
More recently, he was part of 8Star Motorsports’ Corvette DP program last year, teaming with Sebastien Bourdais in the second half of the Rolex Series season, which saw them record two top-five finishes in six starts.
At the Geneva Motor Show, Porsche has launched its cars that will compete in the 2014 FIA World Endurance Championship, the 911 RSR in the GT class and the all-new 919 Hybrid running in the LMP1 class.
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With Citroen entering the FIA WTCC this year, their driver lineup was announced today, also at the Geneva Motor Show. Sebastien Loeb, Yvan Muller, Jose Maria Lopez, and Ma Qinghua will be their drivers for 2014.
Well, as I said I would, I went to the motogp testing at Phillip Island today. Not a lot to say, since I couldn't get in the circuit or get my hands on any official info. Moto22 guys (Mika Kallio and Jordi Torres) did many long runs. Torres had a problem which stopped the session, temporarily. Pedrosa and Rossi did a fair bit of running. The Ducati's (mainly Crutchlow) did a bit here and there. Lorenzo did infrequent, short stints.
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
Kurt Bush is going to try the double in Indy and Charlotte this year. He'll be running an IndyCar for Andretti who finished 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in the Indy 500 last year.
Personally, I don't care for him, but I hope he does well simply because he's giving it a try. I hope this leads to Hornish, R. Gordon, and Allmendinger coming back down the road.
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...sch-try-indianapolis-500-coca-cola-600-double
Personally, I don't care for him, but I hope he does well simply because he's giving it a try. I hope this leads to Hornish, R. Gordon, and Allmendinger coming back down the road.
http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cu...sch-try-indianapolis-500-coca-cola-600-double
As someone who remembers Mark Webber since he started out in ffords, and thought he was mediocre. It'll be interesting to see the effect 12 years of racing in F1 has on him in prototype/endurance racing. Some of you might remember him racing a Mercedes Benz in GT, where he was a bit of a dead weight. In theory, he should be the best driver in Le Mans/GT racing. Top 3 at worst.
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
I remember Webber from F3000, but became something of a fan when he joined my favorite team, Jaguar, in 2003. And oddly enough, Webber came back to drive for the team that wound up buying Jaguar Racing: Red Bull. Webber reminded me so much of David Coulthard, in both appearance, personality and ability - their records/stats are even similar. Coulthard was more of a playboy and liked showing off his latest babe finds to the media. But both seemed like good, all-around guys and very decent racers. If CART was still around, I feel like both Coulthard and Webber (and maybe Irvine, Hakkinen, et al) would have come to the U.S. and we'd have had the chance to see them race 900 hp Champ Cars here. But those days are gone. The Grinch stole them. Thanks, Tony George - you bastard! 
I really wish Webber well. I'd love to see him take the overall victory at Le Mans in the same year that Vettel/Red Bull (who I don't dislike at all) struggles to even finish a race this season. I think young Vettel needs a few bites of humble pie and then he'll be OK. But I want Webber and Porsche to win Le Mans this year. Plus, Mark is picking Lewis Hamilton to win the WDC this year, so I like the way he thinks too. :thumbsup:
I really wish Webber well. I'd love to see him take the overall victory at Le Mans in the same year that Vettel/Red Bull (who I don't dislike at all) struggles to even finish a race this season. I think young Vettel needs a few bites of humble pie and then he'll be OK. But I want Webber and Porsche to win Le Mans this year. Plus, Mark is picking Lewis Hamilton to win the WDC this year, so I like the way he thinks too. :thumbsup:
Nup, Webber's a potato. I went to Phillip Island again today for the Historics. There's an ex-Tom Sneva March there ('86, Skoal car). It would be a highlight. But it's having electrical problems, and the owner car get it going more than a couple of slow laps. Bummer!
Rey C.
Racing is life... anything else is just waiting.
A potato. That's funny. I've never heard that term before.
Nice to hear you made it to the Historics weekend. I love those! And the March was one of my favorite Indy cars. I've seen several of them run at VIR over the years. Even though they were to blame for a lot of leg and foot injuries back then, I still say that chassis design was one of the most beautiful and clean in the history of racing - unlike the pigs that we see today (in both F1 and the IRL). Love him or hate him, there have been more than a few things that Bernie did right and, IMO, March Engineering was one of them.
That's funny. I've never heard that term before.Nice to hear you made it to the Historics weekend. I love those! And the March was one of my favorite Indy cars. I've seen several of them run at VIR over the years. Even though they were to blame for a lot of leg and foot injuries back then, I still say that chassis design was one of the most beautiful and clean in the history of racing - unlike the pigs that we see today (in both F1 and the IRL). Love him or hate him, there have been more than a few things that Bernie did right and, IMO, March Engineering was one of them.
There was also an ex-Rutherford car on display. An early model. I couldn't make out what it was and didn't have the time to find out. It was red, no wings, no6? There was also an ex-Donahue Sunoco March/Penske? I don't think it was the Indy 500 winner, but it was there.
Without knowing what it was, I do remember looking at it, thinking it looked like a red Eagle F1 car. I've just looked up JR's wiki page and found he drove an Eagle at Indy 5 times. So it'd have to be one of them.
Fresh off victory in the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona, Sebastien Bourdais took his Action Express Racing Corvette DP to the top spot in qualifying Friday for the second round of the TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.
Bourdais’ 1:51.917 lap time in the No. 5 car he shares with Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi edged out the No. 42 OAK Racing Morgan Nissan of Olivier Pla by 0.169 seconds.
Bruno Junqueira scored the class pole in Prototype Challenge, peddling his No. 09 RSR Racing Oreca FLM09 to an impressive 1:54.839 lap time.
It was a hefty 0.760 seconds quicker than the No. 25 8Star Motorsports entry of Tom Kimber-Smith, who made a late improvement to put the orange-colored car in second.
Porsche North America has translated its testing pace and a solid day of practice Thursday at Sebring International Raceway into a GT Le Mans class pole for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Dane Cameron, a former Sebring polesitter in the ALMS PC class in 2011, now has a GTD class pole to add to his resume. Cameron set the mark of 2:04.258 in the No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 to secure the TOTAL Pole Award.
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/porsche-takes-sebring-gtlm-pole/
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/bourdais-takes-action-express-to-sebring-pole/
Bourdais’ 1:51.917 lap time in the No. 5 car he shares with Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi edged out the No. 42 OAK Racing Morgan Nissan of Olivier Pla by 0.169 seconds.
Bruno Junqueira scored the class pole in Prototype Challenge, peddling his No. 09 RSR Racing Oreca FLM09 to an impressive 1:54.839 lap time.
It was a hefty 0.760 seconds quicker than the No. 25 8Star Motorsports entry of Tom Kimber-Smith, who made a late improvement to put the orange-colored car in second.
Porsche North America has translated its testing pace and a solid day of practice Thursday at Sebring International Raceway into a GT Le Mans class pole for the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring.
Dane Cameron, a former Sebring polesitter in the ALMS PC class in 2011, now has a GTD class pole to add to his resume. Cameron set the mark of 2:04.258 in the No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 to secure the TOTAL Pole Award.
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/porsche-takes-sebring-gtlm-pole/
http://sportscar365.com/imsa/tusc/bourdais-takes-action-express-to-sebring-pole/
If you didn't know, I'm from Melbourne (not the Florida one). The Grand Prix is on. It's hard to hear the whining of the engines, over the whining over the engines!
