What A Weekend We Have In Store

[ChillDoubt]

World Cup QF's, Wimbledon, the British Grand Prix and the start of the Tour de France in sunny Yorkshire.

Can't get much better than that!

[ChillDoubt]

You should try Indycar racing - guaranteed overtaking. Better than some of the processions in F1.
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You obviously missed the Bahrain GP earlier this year.
Hardly a skill though is it, overtaking on one continual bend?

[ChillDoubt]

Proper racing. Never seen an Indycar race like this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly5C1irbvPA

[angie55]

The Bahrain GP was great, agreed. So too was Canada. But they are the exception rather than the rule. Indycar racing on the ovals is exciting all the time. As for "overtaking on one continual bend", have you watched the Indy 500? Oh and one other thing, as far as value for money, Indycar wins by miles as ticket prices are one-tenth of GP prices.

[ChillDoubt]

Indycar racing on the ovals is exciting all the time.
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How so? At Bahrain, the lead was changing at almost every other corner, drivers working out their entry and exit strategies to combat their opponents and team mates.
Indycar is all about speed and very little else, the technical skills are nowhere near as challenging IMHO.
That's why the F1 GP's in the USA have had such success, they are a test of driving skill along with strategy, not one continual direction over and over ad infinitum.

[angie55]

As I said before, Bahrain and Canada are exceptions. The majority of overtaking in GPs happens in the pits. That has changed a little this year, but not much. Yes Indycar is about speed on the ovals, but that generates overtaking - more overtaking in one race than you get in a GP season. I agree the technical side of F1 is more advanced at the moment. F1 in the US hasn't been a great success, but that's mainly because of the different opinions of Bernie and the US officials. When F1 was at Indianapolis, Bernie was the one who said F1 didn't need US, but all the teams wanted to stay. Now they're back at an excellent track in Austin. Oh and I suppose that 350,000 fans at the Indy 500 can't all be wrong?

[ChillDoubt]

Strange though that for such a 'fantastic' sport it has never moved outside America, whilst F1 tours the world and sees newer venues year on year.

Odd that.

[angie55]

F1 is a world championship, so it is understandable for it to tour the world, just a pity that Bernie takes it to places that want to pay him millions but very few people go to watch (turkey, Korea to name a few). Indycar is not a world championship, but contrary to what you think, it is also currently in Canada and has been in Brazil and Japan. The first race of next season may well be in Dubai. Have you been to a GP or an Indycar race or do you just watch on TV?

[ChillDoubt]

Been to GP, saw Senna win at Hockenheim in 1989.
Never been to British GP, for no particular reason.

[ChillDoubt]

Quick question: Why do you think so many F1 drivers have been successful in Indycar but that has never been reflected when Indycar drivers have had a go at F1?

It's widely accepted that the best drivers in the world drive in the pinnacle of motor sport i.e. F1.

[angie55]

I agree they say the best drivers are in F1, but I'm not sure you can say that covers all the F1 drivers either now or in the past. Former F1 drivers like Sato and Wilson have been successful in Indycar. Former Indycar drivers such as Villeneuve have won the F1 world title, so I guess it works both ways. Michael Andretti didn't do too well with McLaren. Montoya won F1 races but not the title. Some of the current Indycar drivers would be a success in F1 IMHO and are among the best in the world. That's another thing, almost anyone can win an Indycar race, but not all teams in F1 have a chance, makes you wonder why teams like Caterham and Marussia carry on.