Test In The West

[GP Racer]

Top 13 drivers over 215 now, Dixon 3rd!

[Down F0rce]

The drivers are really getting to grips now. Thats a good result for Dixon, he isn't so keen on this track.

[Down F0rce]

Taylor's at 215, thats his personal best so far I think.

[GP Racer]

The only guys really far off the pace are Matsurro, Takagi and Sharp.

[rustyfan]

Great to see that Rice has put in a 215

[rustyfan]

Originally posted by GP Racer
The only guys really far off the pace are Matsurro, Takagi and Sharp.

Takagi has put in some really fast laps in all previous sessions though.

[GP Racer]

Barron goes back out in the last minutes!

[GP Racer]

AJ back out, can he go 215- 216?

[GP Racer]

Its over!

[rustyfan]

Great test, I have to say.

When's Phoenix?

[GP Racer]

That was fun. 2 weeks to Phoenix!(I think)

[Down F0rce]

Well done to Alex Barron, the fastest man in the whole test

As for my prediction...well 2 outta 4 aint bad.

[Down F0rce]

It's just one week till Phoenix, I think.

[GP Racer]

Some observations:

Very impressed with Herta's performance. I didn't expect that!

Also, you have to be impressed with Barron, he came out of nowhere.

Other top drivers looked good, Hornish, Dixon, Castroneves.

Red Bull maybe a team to be reckoned with this year!

Good mix of engines at the top, nobody being to dominant.

Dallara totally dominant here though.

Its only testing, but it could be showing us some of the new players and teams to watch.

PS-Nice job guys! See you at Phoenix!

[climb]

Ditto GP Racer, good slants all, it will be interesting to see what happens on a totally different track.

[rustyfan]

A bit late but nontheless quite interesting. Click [here] for an in-depth report from the Homestead testing.

Plenty of interesting tidbits in that article.

Can't wait for the testing at Phoenix to get underway tomorrow

[rustyfan]

A report from the IPS test held yesterday is available here.

Good to see that Jesse Mason, who crashed during the test, could walk away unhurt.

Also worth noting is that the SAFER barrier is now in place at Phoenix - can't remember if they had it installed already in time for the NASCAR race held there last year, but in any case it's good it's there.

[climb]

Today it's indycars turn!
Theoretically Gforce are expectd to catch up with the Dallara, because of their hazardous underfloor, who seem fit better the short ovals.
Let's wait and see...

[rustyfan]

They are set to hit the track at 11am EST (5pm CET). Should be interesting

[Down F0rce]

1 Helio Castroneves (3) 20.3095 177.257 21 D/T/F Pit

2 Scott Dixon (1) 0.0031 20.3126 177.230 67 G/T/F Pit

3 Sam Hornish Jr. (6) 0.1920 20.5015 175.597 55 D/T/F Pit

4 Tony Kanaan (11) 0.3368 20.6463 174.365 47 D/H/F Pit

5 Dan Wheldon (26) 0.5321 20.8416 172.731 43 D/H/F

6 Dario Franchitti (27) 0.5569 20.8664 172.526 15 D/H/F Pit

7 Tomas Scheckter (4) 0.6398 20.9493 171.843 11 D/C/F Pit

8 Bryan Herta (7) 0.8320 21.1415 170.281 32 D/H/F Pit

9 Scott Sharp (8) 0.9119 21.2214 169.640 23 D/T/F Pit

10 Darren Manning (10) 0.9188 21.2283 169.585 54 G/T/F Pit

11 Tora Takagi (12) 1.0524 21.3619 168.524 39 D/T/F Pit

12 Buddy Rice (15) 1.0711 21.3806 168.377 19 G/H/F

13 Robbie Buhl (24) 1.1419 21.4514 167.821 14 D/C/F Pit

14 Mark Taylor (2) 1.1531 21.4626 167.734 32 D/C/F Pit

15 A.J. Foyt IV (14) 1.3119 21.6214 166.502 27 D/T/F Pit

16 Alex Barron (51) 1.3555 21.6650 166.167 38 D/C/F

17 Kosuke Matsuura (55) 1.6494 21.9589 163.943 33 G/H/F

18 Ed Carpenter (52) 1.6538 21.9633 163.910 22 D/C/F Pit


The results for session one

[rustyfan]

ho-hum, quite a big difference from Homestead, with Dixon now being right up there among the fastest ones.

[GP Racer]

Alex Barron and Carpenter are way down right now. Really to early to tell, but could Homestead have been a fluke?

For the million dollar question, where is Greg Ray(again)?

[GP Racer]

Hey, the new TagHeuer screen is blank! Whats up with that!

[B/Mark]

Greg is there, but the car wasn't ready quite.
They were working on it, but we will see.

[B/Mark]

no cars on track