If you ever raced anything open wheel, you really appreciate this level of expertise. 220 MPH, changing settings, lapped traffic, someone right behind you. One mistake and it's all over... all in the blink of an eye.. love these videos.
I wouldn't be able to sleep for three days after doing something like this. I will dive off the highest cliff, jump out of an airplane, even talk back to my wife, before I did anything as crazy and terrifying as this. And my wife is mean!
It all looks so calm and serene. Anything but. I was sitting in turn one a few rows up and when they go by at 220, you can't believe something can go through a corner that fast.
Yup, we wrongly assume that with so little wings they hae little aero downforce - but those little wings at 360kph have got to generate huge amounts of downforces that going that fast through those turns requires.
@@gwcrispi My man! I did see Rossi and Hinchcliff at Bathurst in the Aussie Supercars though... if that counts. Edit: and multiple F1 races but I love Indycar.
@@marcomelbourne Indycar’s junior categories provide money and a seat to the next rank so I’m sure the reason he’s in Indycar isn’t because of lack of talent but more lack of money. Plus have you seen the Indycar grid? It’s not a bunch of nobody’s I mean hell Grosjean and Ericsson are ex F1 drivers.
@@marcomelbourne As a parting shot: the race that "goes in circles" is the most important in single seater world and values more than a whole F1 championship.
He was backing out bc he was catching them at the end of the straightaways, if he would have been able to catch them earlier in the straights he would have not back out. You cant go two wide at Indy in the corners.
Backing out before a corner means you get less dirty air and can get a better run through the corner onto the next straight. He was doing what he needed to, but Castroneves and Palou just had better cars.
Pato did not really have any more air entering corners, especially when lapped cars were ahead. Third car and beyond in a pack don't really get the chance to pass at all. When lapped cars were in the view in that last lap, Palou lost his chance to pass Helio.
@@kdwaynec how is it a wannabe when it came before formula 1? It’s community is more friendly (it’s not toxic AKA Lewis fans v Max fans) The racing is better ( it’s not one dominant team or driver for 7 years) There’s probably more stuff I’m missing but do you see why your comment makes no sense mate?
@@2ndcaptain9x8 true✅ indycar is so competitve, different drivers & teams win every gp week & season compared to f1 when its the same winner almost every gp week indycar is full of wheel to wheel, nose to tail racing f1 is a train of cars f1 is 80% engineering skill (which team makes the best car), 20% driver skill indycar is 95% driver skill, 5% engineering skill bcs of setup choice i think🤔 indycar community is friendly, f1 community r drive to survive fans & hooligans f1 is called ‘pinnacle of motorsport’ when other leagues like motogp, indycar, gt world, etc. is more competitive & have closer racing🏁
@@marcomelbourne I would know more about F1 than you and I’m an Aussie 🇦🇺not American. Anyone who can’t appreciate navigating an oval track @ 387km/h knows absolutely NOTHING about motorsports or car control. Lando will also be a future champion in F1. Edit: Change your handle to Meth-head instead... more fitting.
@@marcomelbourne Your point is moot at best. Baku has a 2.2km straight to hit 350kph and (a little maths lesson) it is significantly slower than 387kph. The speed differential is amplified once you exceed 200kph and keeps expanding the higher you go. BTW I never miss an F1 session, let alone qualifying.
I’m not a Pagenaud guy but this is the truth. He clearly has this track and this car figured out. I also think Conor Daly would have had a shot to win at the end if not for what happened to him...
@@tonybucca5667 So I take it the answer is zero. Which is also the number of laps in competition that you have driven. When you accomplish something in motor sports, let me know. In fact, if you accomplish anything of note, let me know.
Au contraire, my friend. The first thing you learn in my Driver Education courses is each trip is different even if you drive the same route five thousand times. Each lap at IMS or any other, all the other machines have gone over that surface since the last time you drove it. It's a different contact on your tires from last time. Back in the old days, that brick surface heaved and undulated with every lap; the asphalt does the same, it's just very subtle. Ask Mr. Unser or Mr. Foyt, they can tell you about it.
Sorry but this is bad racing. Driving to survive instead of winning. It’s how losers race. Just ask Danika Patrick. She could have been the next Al Unser Jr but instead was satisfied with top 10 finishes.
