Grand Prix Of Baltimore Race Thread

[DanicaFan]

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Race 14 of 15

Race - Grand Prix of Baltimore Presented by SRT

Location - Streets of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

Date - Sunday, September 2nd

Time & TV Schedule - Pre-Race Show - 2:00PM Eastern , Green Flag - Approx. 2:47 PM Eastern- NBC Sports Network

Course Type - 2.04 Mile Street Course

Distance - 75 Laps / 153 Miles

Practice Sessions -

Friday, August 31st - 9:30 -10:00 AM Eastern Group A & 10:00-10:30 AM All Cars / 2:45-3:45 PM Eastern
Saturday, September 1st - 9:00 AM -10:00 AM Eastern
Sunday, September 2nd - Warm-Up 9:45 -10;15 AM Eastern

Qualifications - Saturday, September 1st - 12:05 - 1:20 PM Eastern

2011 Baltimore Grand Prix Race Information

Race Winner - #12 Will Power
Race Pole Sitter - #12 Will Power - 91.52 mph
Time Of Race - 2 Hours 2 Minutes 19 Seconds
Average Speed- 75.046 mph
Cautions - 2 for 16 laps
Margin Of Victory - 10.210 seconds
Lead Changes - 7


Baltimore Street Circuit Information

Length -2.04 Miles
Turns -12

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[DanicaFan]

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[DanicaFan]

Sorry Im late on this guys. Ive been busy this week.

[FIAT1]

Sorry Im late on this guys. Ive been busy this week.

No need for apology as we are very appreciative for what you do here. Thanks as always for a great job!

My wish is for Will Power to put the rest out of their misery this weekend.

[GRW1983]

Practice 1 curtailed due to problems with the bumps where the chicane on the start/finish was last year. Hopefully, this can be sorted in time for Practice 2. Track problems on a street circuit in IndyCar.....Hmm, where have I heard that before???

[call_me_andrew]

60% chance of rain on Sunday afternoon.

[DanicaFan]

And the infamous 10 car grid penalties for engine changes that will occur for drivers of this race are.....

Mike Conway
Takuma Sato
Bruno Junqueira
Simona De Silvestro
Charlie Kimball

[DanicaFan]

Here are the groups for qualifying today...

Group 1

#14 Mike Conway
#15 Takuma Sato
#11 Tony Kanaan
#28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
#9 Scott Dixon
#8 Rubens Barrichello
#38 Graham Rahal
#83 Charlie Kimball
#98 Alex Tagliani
#78 Simona De Silvestro
#67 Bruno Junqueira
#20 Ed Carpenter

Group 2

#2 Ryan Briscoe
#3 Helio Castroneves
#7 Sebastien Bourdais
#77 Simon Pagenaud
#18 Justin Wilson
#19 James Jakes
#27 James Hinchcliffe
#12 Will Power
#26 Marco Andretti
#22 Oriol Servia
#10 Dario Franchitti
#4 JR Hildebrand
#5 EJ Viso

[DanicaFan]

Once again, Will Power will win the pole position.

[DanicaFan]

Starting lineup...

1. #12 Will Power
2. #14 Mike Conway
3. #9 Scott Dixon
4. #7 Sebastien Bourdais
5. #10 Dario Franchitti
6. #27 James Hinchcliffe
7. #83 Charlie Kimball
8. #11 Tony Kanaan
9. #18 Justin Wilson
10. #67 Bruno Junqueira
11. #20 Ed Carpenter
12. #77 Simon Pagenaud
13. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
14. #2 Ryan Briscoe
15. #98 Alex Tagliani
16. #3 Helio Castroneves
17. #8 Rubens Barrichello
18. #22 Oriol Servia
19. #15 Takuma Sato
20. #26 Marco Andretti
21. #78 Simona De Silvestro
22. #19 James Jakes
23. #38 Graham Rahal
24. #5 EJ Viso
25. #4 JR Hildebrand

[00steven]

What a joke, we had better chicanes when I karted...

[FIAT1]

What a joke, we had better chicanes when I karted...

What do you expect,it's Indycar.

[garyshell]

What do you expect,it's Indycar.

Did Indycar put in the chicane, or did the promoter put in the chicane?

Personally, I think the tire barrier was better. It removed the temptation to drive over it. What the hell were these drivers thinking? They saw what happened to Graham (I believe he was the first). So why did the rest of them continue to try to push over the curb? Will didn't. He took a much more conservative line through there.

Gary

[jarrambide]

This is unbelievable, with only 37 laps, we will have yet another full course yellow, after this one, at least half of the laps, if not more, will be run under yellow, it doesn't get any more boring than this, I don't care how many on track passe we have seen, when more than half of the time you get to see the pace car, it just doesn't work.


This race is even making the F1 race earlier look as an awesome one, as angry as I was after Grosjeain ruined the points leader race, Hamilton's race, both Sauber cars' race and his own race before the first corner(not to mention he could have killed Alonso) , at least the rest of the race they only had a couple of local yellows.

[00steven]

Will just let another one slide...

[gm99]

That was more of a demolition derby than a proper race. With the last race being an oval, things once again are looking bleak for Power in terms of the championship.

[FIAT1]

Will just let another one slide...

He did best driving, and that is only thing that he can control. Interesting season, good racing and championship to watch.

[call_me_andrew]

Isn't there supposed to be a 2 hour time limit?

[FIAT1]

Isn't there supposed to be a 2 hour time limit?

Not anymore as new bad tv partner allows extra broadcast time.

[DanicaFan]

Here are the final results...

1. #28 Ryan Hunter-Reay
2. #2 Ryan Briscoe
3. #77 Simon Pagenaud
4. #9 Scott Dixon
5. #8 Rubens Barrichello
6. #12 Will Power
7. #22 Oriol Servia
8. #98 Alex Tagliani
9. #5 EJ Viso
10. #3 Helio Castroneves
11. #38 Graham Rahal
12. #4 JR Hildebrand
13. #10 Dario Franchitti
14. #26 Marco Andretti
15. #27 James Hinchcliffe
16. #14 Mike Conway
17. #18 Justin Wilson
18. #83 Charlie Kimball
19. #67 Bruno Junqueira
20. #11 Tony Kanaan
21. #15 Takuma Sato
22. #78 Simona De Silvestro
23. #7 Sebastien Bourdais
24. #19 James Jakes
25. #20 Ed Carpenter

[jimispeed]

Great race, really enjoyed it! Good to see Pagenaud showing his skills up there. Top 5 for Rubens. Could have been a podium for Sebastian as well! In my view, that restart looks good, but barely! Bring on the finale!!

[Jag_Warrior]

I enjoyed that one too... much more than I expected to. I thought the announce team did a better job than normal as well. I even managed to not let Jan B's lack of information sharing get on my nerves (I've stopped watching the qualifying shows now though). Good race. Smart restart by Hunter-Reay. Clueless restart by Briscoe. I would expect Team Penske and every member of that team to know the rules inside & out. Not so yesterday.

I'm not big on street races these days. But I think Baltimore was a good one overall. I'm really looking forward to Fontana.

[wedge]

Clueless restart by Briscoe. I would expect Team Penske and every member of that team to know the rules inside & out. Not so yesterday.

That was really surprising to see from Penske but then Will Power said "I would have done the same thing"