Was sitting turn 4. When he started slowing down everyone thought he ran out. But we all started cheering when we heard Jenkins say "He's staying out!" A race I'll never forget
Of at least 20, the first 4/5 of this is the best coverage of the 🏎 Indianapolis 500🇺🇸 I've ever seen. A lot of the reason is the calm announcing. And all the cars looking so good is part of it. And what an amazing race. Thanks!
This is unbelievably cool that you uploaded it @Indycar! Me and some mates stayed up late/early into the morning to watch here in Australia. While it was awesome to see some great Aussie representation from Power, Brabham and weirdly Pirtek it was just amazing racing and you make it accessible. Cheers again can't wait until #101.
Manor, like most backmarkers, is always in search of more money so that they can stay in the sport. Rio Harayanto had the backing of Indonesia's government to provide far more money than Rossi's sponsors could. So when Manor had to pick between two pay drivers knowing that no matter what their car would still be the slowest on the grid, they picked the one who brought in the most money. It makes sense, however supposedly Rio's sponsors haven't paid for the entire season, and since Alex is Manor's reserve driver, he might very well be driving some races later this year.
+Jack Collins I knew Haryanto was a pay driver like Rossi and he was offering more but does Rossi really need good sponsors to get a drive now? I can see him driving for a midfield team next year for sure.
Indonesian government probably offered more $$$ than what Rossi could attract. Ryo also has a crap load of fans because of him being from that area of the world. Attracts more people to the team and the sport. IMO, Rossi is the better driver.
They probably don't own the rights to footage that's not on track or part of the ceremonies. If you want to watch it, the Pre-Race show is available on WatchESPN.com in the replay section (If you happen to be in the US).
Hey IndyCar...Of everyone who posts the 500 broadcast, I thought YOU, of all people would include the ENTIRE broadcast right from the very beginning. The very thing that Doug Boles treasures the most, (those 20 minutes of pre race ceremonies), you just chopped off. There are also a lot of special features prior to the race that some of us would like to see again. Some of us want the WHOLE package not JUST the race. Next time, do us a favor, and post the WHOLE broadcast from start to finish.
When they are following the cars into turn one and around it looks like the cars "jump" from frame to frame instead of moving. It doesn't look natural. Compare this to past 500's posted here in recent years and you will see it. Something is not right.
+mr muckle please sit down Helio didn't win so it doesn't matter that there is some hypothetical scenario in which he would, any other driver would have won it by some other hypothetical scenario.
Probably the most disappointing Indy finish I've ever watched. All the exciting race to the wire finishes, but here is this guy .... some rookie who was not in the race all day ... wins by a "save the fuel" strategy, probably the most uninspiring way to win a race. I was very exciting about the race, but the last 5 minutes just left me cold. Yea, he saved fuel. Way to go, numbnuts.
But unfortunately you still have the constant interruptions in this video, and many laps are missing where the commercial breaks were. For example we don't even see Montoya's crash on lap 64. American sports really are awful to watch for this reason, constant interruptions for commercials. Here in Britain, every F1 race is shown *in full* without interruptions (adverts are just before and after the race). How it should be!
This was the last race I went to. I still can’t believe I was there. I was in turn 2. I’m going back this year to the same spot and taking a couple of buddies who have never been. I know it won’t be the same but I can’t wait to be back home again in Indiana!
It's one of the oldest and most revered auto racing events ever. Been run every year since 1911, except for the six years that the US was involved in the two World Wars (1917, 1918, and 1942-1945). On paper it's simple--200 laps on a 2.5 mile oval. But it's run at blisteringly fast speeds with turns sharper than you see on more modern superspeedways like Daytona or Talladega, presenting a unique challenge for the drivers. I've been following the race since the mid-'90s, and it feels like the races are just getting better and better. In earlier years the races had a lot more attrition--more crashes and mechanical failures, as well as slow cars getting lapped multiple times. But nowadays you see a lot more cars finishing on the lead lap, and a lot more competition for the lead at race's end. It's long been billed as "the greatest spectacle in racing", and I feel like it's living up to that moniker more and more each year.
The thing that makes me the most irritated about these announcers is that that they only promote the races they are covering ( st. Pete may Detroit) they might say like at the race in long beach simon won but they wont promote the races and wont even mention NBCSN. If they truly care about the sport they would do there best to promote every race and grow the fan base but they only care about them (ABC Espn)
if I do the math correctly, Alexander Rossi crossed the brickyard at 2h13m13s , 2h13m55s , 2h14m40s , 2h15m29s. Which leads to average speeds fpr his last three laps of 214 , 200 and 184 (!) mph. for the record: pole speed had been 231. :- ))
Manuel Gressenberger I wasn't expecting him to set a new lap record in his last lap. :) did he really run out of fuel BEFORE passing the chequered flag?
thanks for the clarification. I can still recall that when passing underneath the white flag, he was told to coast and to save fuel. with half a lap to go, he was instructed to nail it, full throttle. I assume his track engineer was sure that even if he went out of fuel immdiately, he'd have enough speed to roll to the end, and that's pretty much what happened. After exiting turn two in his run-down-lap, he radioed that he was out of fuel.
Nobody has been killed at Indianapolis since 2003. Justin Wilson and Dan Wheldon's more recent deaths did occur in IndyCar, but both were such bizarre, freak accidents that are highly unlikely to happen again.
Yeah, Wilsons death could have happened in any open cockpit car anywhere, it was very unfortunate and figures that the time it does happen is in Indycar. :(
@@SilentDanDisney I think F1 teams are flat out stupid to not care or be interested in the Indy 500. Regardless of the reasons, Ferrari & Aston Martin should expand into Indycars while staying in F1. The publicity would be perfectly positive all the way around.
hmm,the Alonso 7 hour practice has 1.5 mill views compared to the 0.1 mill of this race. Seems to me the Indy500 will get some record television/streaming numbers this year.
