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Verizon Indycar Series 2018


Gabriele Dri

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A.J. Foyt Racing (Chevrolet)
No. 4 Matheus Leist (rookie)
No.14 Tony Kanaan

Andretti Autosport (Honda)
No.26 Zach Veach (rookie)
No.27 Alexander Rossi
No.28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
No.98 Marco Andretti

Carlin Racing (Chevrolet)
No.23 Charlie Kimball
No.59 Max Chilton

Chip Ganassi Racing (Honda)
No.9 Scott Dixon
No.10 Ed Jones

Dale Coyne Racing/DCR with Vasser-Sullivan (Honda)
No.18 Sebastien Bourdais
No.19 Zachary Claman De Melo (rookie): St. Pete, Long Beach, Barber, Detroit 1/2, Road America, Iowa, Toronto, Pocono, Gateway. Pietro Fittipaldi: Phoenix, Indy GP, Indy 500, Texas, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Sonoma

Ed Carpenter Racing (Chevrolet)
No.20 Ed Carpenter: Phoenix, Indy 500, Texas, Iowa, Pocono, Gateway. Jordan King (rookie): St. Pete, Long Beach, Barber, Indy GP, Detroit 1/2, Road America, Toronto, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Sonoma
No.21 Spencer Pigot

Harding Racing (Chevrolet)
No.88 Gabby Chaves

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (Honda)
No.15 Graham Rahal
No.30 Takuma Sato

Schmidt Peterson Motorsports (Honda)
No.5 James Hinchcliffe
No.6 Robert Wickens (rookie).

Team Penske (Chevrolet)
No.1 Josef Newgarden
No.12 Will Power
No.22 Simon Pagenaud

Part-time entries (two races, minimum)

Juncos Racing (Chevrolet)
No.32: Kyle Kaiser (rookie): Phoenix, Long Beach, Indy GP, Indy 500. Rene Binder (rookie): St. Pete, Barber, Toronto, Mid-Ohio

Michael Shank Racing with SPM (Honda)
No.60 Jack Harvey (rookie): St. Pete, Long Beach, Indy 500, Mid-Ohio, Portland, Sonoma

Team Penske (Chevrolet)
No.3: Helio Castroneves: Indy GP, Indy 500

Totals:
Chevy: 12
Honda: 13
Rookies: 9

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E con questa siamo a 28 macchine iscritte ufficialmente: ne mancano 5 per arrivare a quota 33, ma se aggiungiamo la probabile terza macchina per la Mann, le due di Dreyer&Reinbold e quella dell'intramontabile Lazier si arriverebbe già a 32.

Direi che quest'anno si riuscirà a riempire la griglia senza troppi problemi 

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Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) announced today that Fleet Cost & Care (FCC), makers of the most comprehensive fleet management software solutions NexGen and Atom, will make its debut as a primary sponsor when 2016 race winner Graham Rahal returns to the high banked Texas Motor Speedway for the Texas Indy 600 on June 9. FCC has been an associate sponsor for the team’s Verizon IndyCar Series program since 2016.

In 2017, the FCC logo appeared on Rahal’s No. 15 Honda-powered entry at events in St. Petersburg, Long Beach, the Grand Prix of Indianapolis, Detroit, Road America, Mid-Ohio and Sonoma as well as on Oriol Servia’s No. 16 entry at the Indianapolis 500. For 2018, the company will be featured on the No. 15 entry at all 17 races.

“The expanding commitment that the men and women of Fleet Cost & Care are giving RLL is tremendous,” said Bobby Rahal, co-owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing with former late night talk show host David Letterman and Mi-Jack co-owner Michael Lanigan.  “Just as their software helps companies save time, ensure safety, improve data accuracy, and just work smarter, their support of our program allows us to compete at the highest levels with the ultimate goal of winning the championship.  We are proud of our Fleet Cost & Care partnership and look forward to growing our business together for years to come.”

“As Fleet Cost & Care celebrates our 25th anniversary we could not be more excited to grow our relationship with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing,” added Fleet Cost & Care President Jeff Curran. “Being a sponsor of a team with the history of success and professionalism that RLL enjoys gives us great pride. We are looking forward to a great 2018 season and many more to come.”

The 2018 Verizon IndyCar Series season begins March 9-11 with the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Graham Rahal won the event in 2008 and won pole in 2009 – both feats earned him the distinction of being the youngest in series history to do so. Reigning Indianapolis 500 champion Takuma Sato returned to the team as Rahal’s teammate. For more details about the Series, please visit www.indycar.com.

About Fleet Cost & Care
Fleet Cost & Care (FCC) is a fleet management software company serving businesses of all sizes in the heavy equipment industry. FCC’s software enables companies to improve internal operations by providing a centralized system that speeds up invoicing, streamlines payroll, and ensures safety and success. The innovative FCC solution eliminates needless duplicate data entry while maximizing fleet and personnel efficiency and profitability. FCC serves customers around the globe, including North America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean.

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21 minuti fa, Gabriele Dri ha scritto:

Un breve confronto: 

Sugli speedway le IndyCar avranno circa 2500 libbre (1100 kg) di carico aerodinamico. Le vetture della Nascar (Cup Series) avevano 2500lb nel 2015, 2000 nel 2016, 1500 nel 2017 e 1400 nel 2018 (1100 - 900 - 680 - 635 kg ca.). In 3 anni la Nascar è passata da avere la stessa downforce delle monoposto a quasi dimezzarla!

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Power seeks 'a clean year' to stay in title hunt

"It was certainly strange," Will Power says of his uncharacteristic 2017 season.

The Team Penske veteran, a Verizon IndyCar Series champion in 2014 and perennial title threat for the Captain, closed the year in a bizarre place. Despite winning more races than all but one of his teammates, the final Drivers' standings showed Power ended up last within the four-car Penske camp.

It was the first time since the Australian joined the team full-time in 2010 that he's been at the bottom of Penske's heap. He took more poles than anyone in the series, added three more victories to his record and factored in plenty of races, but it was an off year by Power's championship-or-bust standard.

If you add in the disappointment Power experienced in 2016 where a pre-season illness derailed his early form, it has been a little while since the mercurial 36-year-old has started and finished a season at full strength, or arrived at the end of the year without major peaks and valleys in the final results.

Factor in how his two newest teammates, Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden, have gone on to win consecutive championships for Penske, and one might wonder if Power has spent the offseason searching for ways to reassert his dominance within the program.

If you know Will Power, the answer to the question came quickly, in a single word, and was delivered with conviction.

"No. The bottom line is you can't have four DNFs as I did last year, [with] one of them being a double points race, and expect to be in the championship hunt," he told RACER. "We lost a huge chunk of points early and then when we did get going, we'd get a win, but then have another problem. It went like that, up and down, all year. Two of those DNFs were on the first lap at Toronto and Gateway.

"I was one of the first guys to go out at St. Pete with engine problems to start the year, and again towards the bottom at the Indy 500, and you can't have that. And Barber. You're leading almost the whole race, 10 or 15 laps to go, and you have to pit for a flat tire. It was unbelievable bad luck. I picked up some of the smallest amount of points possible at too many races. It's as simple as that. Take away one or two of those and it's a big swing in points."

Power's approach to the upcoming season will be a simple one: avoid misfortune and make fewer mistakes.

"If you have all those problems sprinkled in, almost equally, you can't build a championship run," he said.

"That's the thing to fix. It's not a new idea, but that's the improvement to make. We came almost all the way back in the championship last year, got the win at Pocono, and then, as it turned out, the last thing I needed was to be on pole at Gateway. The track was so slippery, we had that spin coming off Turn 2, and that was it.

"You try and think of all the little things you'd do differently, you're always learning, and hope the bad luck goes somewhere else. You have years like that sometimes. A clean year – as clean a year as I can have – is what I'm after. If we can accomplish that, the conversation will be a lot different after (the season finale in) Sonoma."

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