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- Od ove sezone ukidaju se dupli poeni za Indi 500:

 

https://racer.com/2023/02/02/indycar-drops-double-points-for-indy-500/

 

Originalno su sve trke na 500 milja nosile duple poene (800 km prema 300+ za "normalnu" duzinu trke) ali smo gubitkom Fontane i Pokona spali samo na Indi. Sad je i to ukinuto da ne bude samo jedna trka da strci.

 

- Novo gorivo, 100% iz bio-obnovljivih izvora:

 

https://racer.com/2023/02/02/indycars-new-shell-100-percent-renewable-shell-fuel-makes-its-debut/

 

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The NTT IndyCar Series’ big new technological advancement for the 2023 season made its debut on Thursday at the Thermal Club during the opening sessions of Spring Training.

 

In partnership with Shell, teams are using a new 100-percent renewable fuel made primarily from Generation 2 biowaste.

 

- Poboljsana zastita glave vozaca u kokpitu:

 

https://racer.com/2023/02/02/indycar-making-progress-with-updated-head-surround/

 

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The NTT IndyCar Series and Dallara, its official chassis supplier, are using the Spring Training test at the Thermal Club to make progress on a significant update to its cockpit head surround.

 

Following a few hard oval crashes last year where the driver’s helmet came close to climbing over the sides of the headrest, the spec safety device, which features stacked layers of CONFOR urethane foam and Expanded Polypropylene Foam (EPP) that decelerate a driver’s head and helmet in an impact, was highlighted as an item that would benefit from a new round of development.

 

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- Jos par videa sa jucerasnjih testiranja:

 

 

 

Danas se isto testira, pocelo pre nekih sat vremena...

 

- Nik Kasidi iz Formule E dobice priliku da testira Ganasijev Indikar u Sebringu 13. februara:

 

https://the-race.com/indycar/ganassi-set-to-hand-indycar-test-debut-to-formula-e-race-winner/

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https://racer.com/2023/02/03/ericsson-leads-third-indycar-open-test-session/

 

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Chip Ganassi Racing’s Marcus Ericsson led the opening test session at a cool and overcast Thermal Club circuit Friday morning. With the 9 a.m. start coinciding with ambient temperatures just over 50 degrees, there were few takers among the 27 cars at the Spring Training event, but as the circuit warmed, a full field emerged where the reigning Indianapolis 500 winner posted a best lap of 1m38.4223s.

 

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing’s Christian Lundgaard was fast once again, placing the No. 45 Honda in second (+0.1459s) ahead of another front-running driver in Andretti Autosport’s Kyle Kirkwood in third with the No. 27 Honda (+0.3662s). After the Honda trio, another quick driver from Thursday in Team Penske’s Will Power was first among the Chevy runners with his No. 12 entry (+0.4479s) and he had teammate Scott McLaughlin close behind in the No. 3 Chevy (+0.4829s) and Arrow McLaren’s Felix Rosenqvist rounding out the top six with the No. 7 Chevy (+0.5187s).

 

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Gotovi testovi, kombinovani rezultati: https://racer.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/85/2023/02/indycar-results-pcomb-p4-V2.pdf

 

Ovo je jedini test sa svim ful tajm vozacima i timovima pre starta sezone za vikend 3.-5. marta u St. Pitu. Do tada ce timovi testirati pojedinacno, kako vec koji - neko ce sad, neko ce svoju alociranu kilometrazu da sacuva za kasnije tokom sezone. Oni koji se odluce da sada testiraju verovatno ce na Sebring, gde je dzombasta podloga najslicnija ulicnim stazama a s obzirom na geografsku blizinu sa St. Pitom i klimatski uslovi ce biti veoma slicni.

S obzirom na vidjeno ovde Honde deluju odlicno, a takodje me je impresionirala i klincadija - nastupa jaka generacija, kad jednog dana veterani Dikson, Pauer, Kastroneves, Pazeno i ostali odluce da je vreme da okace volan o klin imace vise nego dostojne naslednike!

 

 

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- Ketrin Leg ce se nakon visegodisnjeg odsustva ponovo oprobati na Indi 500, ovaj put u cetvrtom RLL bolidu:

https://racer.com/2023/02/09/legge-set-for-indy-500-with-rll/

 

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The 42-year-old from England, who races full-time in IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship with the Gradient Racing Acura NSX GT3 team, will join Graham Rahal, Jack Harvey and Christian Lundgaard in an attempt to make her third start in the 500 using Honda power. Primary sponsorship for the effort will come from Hendrickson, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of suspension systems and components to the commercial transportation industry.

 

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On 2/3/2023 at 12:56 PM, Radoye said:

- Nik Kasidi iz Formule E dobice priliku da testira Ganasijev Indikar u Sebringu 13. februara:

 

https://the-race.com/indycar/ganassi-set-to-hand-indycar-test-debut-to-formula-e-race-winner/

 

https://racer.com/2023/02/10/cassidy-up-next-for-ganassi-indycar-young-driver-test/

 

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Chip Ganassi Racing will continue its future driver evaluation project next week with the arrival of New Zealand’s Nick Cassidy. The Kiwi will sample one of the team’s Honda-powered Indy cars during the last significant group test prior to the start of the season on March 3-5 at St. Petersburg.

 

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https://racer.com/2023/02/11/chevy-set-to-make-first-indycar-ers-run-at-sebring/

 

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Another major milestone in the NTT IndyCar Series’ move towards hybridization in 2024 is lined up for the start of the week at Sebring International Raceway.

 

Multiple sources tell RACER that Team Chevy is set to turn its first laps with its championship-winning 2.2-liter twin-turbo V6 engine mated to the energy recovery system conceived by MAHLE during the Monday-Tuesday group test at Sebring. The test is meant to take place in concert with other IndyCar teams as they use the outing to prepare for the upcoming Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg street race on March 3-5.

 

Honda je vec vozila u hibridnoj konfiguraciji, Sevrolet je imao problema da je integrise sa svojim motorom...

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Sebring, juce:

https://racer.com/2023/02/14/grosjean-kirkwood-fastest-in-indycar-testing-at-sebring/

 

Romain Grosjean, No. 28 Andretti Autosport Honda 52.059s
Kyle Kirkwood, No. 27 Andretti Autosport Honda 52.089s
Callum Ilott No. 77, Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevy 52.137s
Marcus Armstrong, No. 11 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda 52.217s
Devlin DeFrancesco, No. 29 Andretti Autosport Honda 52.253s
Conor Daly, No. 21 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy 52.271s
Colton Herta, No. 26 Andretti Autosport Honda 52.297s
Rinus VeeKay, No. 20 Ed Carpenter Racing Chevy 52.314s
Agustin Canapino, No. 78 Juncos Hollinger Racing 52.730s

Testira se i danas. Juce je Pauer okrenuo prve krugove sa Sevroletovim hibridom ali nije zabelezio reprezentativno vreme. Danas ce voziti i Meklarenovci.

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Drugi dan Sebringa:

 

https://racer.com/2023/02/14/oward-leads-arrow-mclaren-1-2-3-at-sebring-indycar-test/

 

Pato O’Ward, No. 5 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: 51.882s
Alexander Rossi, No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: 52.134s
Felix Rosenqvist, No. 6 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet: 52.236s
Felipe Nasr, No. 2 Team Penske Chevrolet: 52.239s
Santino Ferrucci, No. 14 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet: 52.359s
Nick Cassidy, No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda: 52.518s
Benjamin Pedersen, No. 55 A.J. Foyt Racing Chevrolet: 52.539s

 

Pauer je opet vozio hibridni Sevrolet, danas je uspeo da okrene 20 krugova a najbolje vreme mu je bilo 2 sekunde sporije od O'Vorda...

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- 27 bolida potvrdjeno za kompletnu sezonu, 32 za Indi 500 s tim sto se zna da ce 33. biti drugi D&R bolid samo cekamo potvrdu vozaca (glasine kazu ArSi Enerson). Moguc 34. bolid za zensku ekipu Pareta Autosport sa Pipom Man za volanom i sa Sevroletovim motorom pa da ponovo imamo dramu za kvalifikacije, ali jos traze tim otvoren za partnersku saradnju.

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I mi Drive to Survive za trku imamo:

https://racer.com/2023/02/20/cw-sets-launch-date-for-100-days-to-indy-docuseries/

 

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The first episode of The CW’s new ‘100 Days To Indy’ docuseries will debut on Thursday, April 27, at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

Co-produced by VICE Media and Penske Entertainment, the series will cover pre-season testing through the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500.

 

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Nove "zelene" gume od sad na svim ulicnim stazama:

 

https://racer.com/2023/02/23/firestone-expands-use-of-guayule-tires-to-all-indycar-street-circuits/

 

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Firestone’s green-banded race tires featuring sidewalls made from sustainable guayule rubber made their NTT IndyCar Series debut at the Nashville Grand Prix last year, and after being hailed as a success, Firestone has expanded their use to all five of IndyCar’s street circuits.

 

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Sledeceg vikenda kao i u F1 pocinje trkacka sezona i za Indikar sampionat. Vec tradicionalno prva trka je na ulicno-aerodromskoj stazi u St.Pitu na Floridi.

 

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Prvi put vozena 2023. u okviru CCWS sankcije, od 2005. VN St. Pita prelazi pod okrilje IRL i nakon ujedinjenja CCWS-IRL 2008. ostaje na kalendaru kao premijera sezone. Izuzetak su jedino bile dve sezone zahvacene pandemijom Covid-19 kad je 2020. ovde bilo finale sezone a 2021. je VN St. Pita bila druga trka nakon premijere na Barberu.

Staza je prava ulicna, uska, dzombasta, sa betonskim zidovima koji kaznjavaju i najmanju gresku, ali i sa nekoliko dugackih pravaca koji omogucavaju preticanja. Pravac start-cilj ide duzinom piste lokalnog aerodroma i izuzetno je sirok sto u prve dve krivine stvara usko grlo gde su cesti incidenti.

 

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Staza je duga 2897m i ima 14 krivina a trka se vozi na duzinu od 100 krugova. Rekrod kruga postavijo je prosle godine Vil Pauer u Penski-Sevroletu, 59.3466s.

Najvise pobeda medju vozacima ima Kastroneves (3), medju timovima Penski (11) a medju proizvodjacima Honda (10). Pobedu od prosle godine brani Penskijevac Skot Mekloklin.

Satnica vikenda ovde: https://www.indycar.com/Schedule/2023/IndyCar-Series/St-Petersburg#schedule
 

(dodati 6 sati za srednjeevropsko)

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Promene u sistemu kvalifikacija:

https://racer.com/2023/02/27/indycar-to-alter-handling-of-clock-and-red-flags-in-qualifying/

 

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With a packed entry list of at least 27 cars for each of its 17 races, the NTT IndyCar Series will try to give its drivers more time to complete the multi-round knockout road and street course qualifying sessions. But the new approach to managing the clock for each round comes with an interesting caveat.

 

IndyCar’s practice of giving drivers 10 minutes for the first two segments remains unchanged, but rather than continue the practice of having the race director start the 10-minute countdown clock from race control while cars sit on pit lane, the series will have the clock start once the first driver in each session takes to the track and comes around and crosses the alternate start/finish line.

 

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