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24 Mar 2005, 19:04 (Ref:1261000)
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Sebring - Day Two
http://www.champcarnews.nl/index.php...id=news&id=771
1. Timo Glock Rocketsports 50.96 sec 2. Sebastien Bourdais Newman/Haas 51.15 sec 3. Alex Tagliani Walker Racing 51.18 sec 4. Andrew Ranger Conquest Racing 51.30 sec 5. Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 51.31 sec 6. Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 51.36 sec 7. Oriol Servia Dale Coyne 51.54 sec 8. Nelson Philippe Conquest Racing 51.64 sec 9. Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 51.66 sec 10. Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports 51.68 sec 11. Roberto Gonzalez HVM Racing 51.77 sec 12. Mario Dominguez HVM Racing 51.86 sec 13. Bjorn Wirdheim Dale Coyne 52.00 sec 14. Rodolfo Lavin Forsythe Racing 52.14 sec 15. Marcus Marshall Walker Racing 52.87 sec |
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24 Mar 2005, 19:32 (Ref:1261016)
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Impressive times from the first timers.
Nice pics, Thanks. Too many red and white cars, though!!! |
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24 Mar 2005, 20:00 (Ref:1261045)
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I hope Roberto can impress enough to land a ride, no matter how bad he was last year, maybe he's just a lion waiting to be awoken. Or not who knows but in the interviews that i have seen he knows that its do or die for him. Maybe this constant threat of being fired and lack of sponsor support will get him going.
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24 Mar 2005, 20:57 (Ref:1261093)
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<bias> Ranger is doing very well. </bias>
Glock is doing the best though. I'm not sure any of us expected the Rocketsports car to be leading the charts. |
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24 Mar 2005, 21:56 (Ref:1261120)
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Impressive Timo, and glad to see Oriol running...
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24 Mar 2005, 22:26 (Ref:1261137)
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Good work by Glock and Ranger. Hopefully Glock will sign on.
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24 Mar 2005, 22:32 (Ref:1261140)
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These times really don't mean that much. Its definitely not indicative of the true pace of the drivers. The more advanced teams (AKA Newman Haas) generally are out there just to develop the car and setups. Bourdais will be trying different things with different setups and just getting a feel for different changes. Remember that Bourdais has nothing to prove in pre-season testing, meanwhile Glock is out to impress and throw down some lap times to gain interest from maybe Forsythe or other team(s). This isn't to say I'm not impressed with Glock being at the top of the charts, I'm just saying that it doesn't mean that Glock and Rocketsports are on pace and will be leading the field into Long Beach.
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25 Mar 2005, 03:04 (Ref:1261237)
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From CCWS.com:
Timo Glock, Robin Miller and Dave Despain working the camera?!  Link Timo Glock put's the Rocketsports Lola through it's paces. Link Yummy... Seb enjoys a banana/chocolate spread bagel.  Link RHR earns some extra money.  Link RHR driving his third different Champ Car in three years. Link Ronnie Bremer takes Mario's car for a spin. Link Lavin back with Forsythe Championship Racing!?!? Link PT gets some last minute advice from Mom. Link PT and Mom are all smiles. Link Tags and Walker have a good laugh. Link Servia tests the "No Yoke TV" sponsored DCR Lola. Link Nelson Philippe sits in his Mi-Jack/Conquest Lola. Link Bjorn Wirdheim has the DCR Lola up to speed. Link Ranger having as much fun off the track as he is on it. LinkBachelart keeps a close eye on his new driver. Link |
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25 Mar 2005, 03:41 (Ref:1261246)
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From CCWS.com:
Alex testing the Walker Racing Lola. Link Jos Verstappen takes the HVM Lola for a ride. Link Jos "The Boss" Verstappen. Link Jimmy's last spring test.  LinkVasser takes his own car for a ride. Link Walker talks to Marshall. Link Friendly teammates or fierce rivals?! Link Nelson Philippe doing some laps. Link Marshall uses all of the rumble strip. Link Marcus Marshall. Link |
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25 Mar 2005, 04:44 (Ref:1261258)
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While jjspierx is right in what he's saying, my observations have been that in CC tests seem to mean more than in say F1, where they mean pretty much nothing. Regardless of what they're doing, we'd never see Bourdais at the bottom, abnormal circumstances exempted. In other words, I think it has some meaning, but it's not going to tell us nearly as much as we'd like. I think Glock being consistantly at the top indicates that he'll be doing better this year than we've come to expect from a Rocketsports driver. Does anyone remember who was topping the charts @ Sebring in 2003? Bourdais.
Omega99 pointed out in the silly season thread that Tag's times are very impressive due to the team's inexperience with the chasis. That's pretty darn cool! I wonder if this adds credence to the idea that Rahal gave Walker substantial help/info? If Jensen is doing the whole season, where is he? |
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25 Mar 2005, 05:44 (Ref:1261266)
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In Jensen's releases I believe it said he would be testing the week or so before Long Beach.
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25 Mar 2005, 07:04 (Ref:1261294)
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I am impressed with the Walker team and Tag. It shows they have things going in the right direction.
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25 Mar 2005, 13:34 (Ref:1261453)
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The other driver who has impressed me with his times, is Nelson Phillipe. He seems to have gone Ok in all the tests so far.
I'm still waiting for Marshall to get up to speed though. Last edited by StickShift; 25 Mar 2005 at 13:36. |
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25 Mar 2005, 14:11 (Ref:1261486)
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Phillipe has done ok although I suspect Ranger will be ahead all year both on pace and race craft. It does seem that NP has improved over the course of the last year though.
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25 Mar 2005, 14:38 (Ref:1261523)
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25 Mar 2005, 16:17 (Ref:1261584)
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Nelson was 0.68 off the top pace on a 51 second lap.
Best laps of last 4 races of 2004: Laguna: 1:11.727 vs 1:14.005. Difference: 2.278 Vegas: 26.166 vs. 26.290. Difference: 0.124 Surfers: 1:34.017 vs. 1:36.185. Difference: 2.168 Mexico: 1:28.794 vs. 1:30.208. Difference: 1.414 Perportionately to length of the lap times he was about the same amount off the pace in Mexico and about ~3/10ths slower at Surfers. Given the obvious setup disadvantages, he's not nearly the POS that people like to rant about. He's not going to be nabbing legit podiums or anything this year, but given most people's opinions of him, I think he'll surprise a few. Given his lack of experience, this is more of a true rookie season. I don't expect him to be at Ranger's level, but he could be reasonably close. Last edited by Snrub; 25 Mar 2005 at 16:19. |
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