2012 Honda Indy Toronto

[NaBUru38]

Tomorrow is the Honda Indy Toronto, the 26th edition of the classic race.

Qualifying results:

Round 1 - Group A

1. Simon Pagenaud 59.4684
2. Justin Wilson 59.5046 (+0.0362)
3. Graham Rahal 59.6279 (+0.1595)
4. Helio Castroneves 59.6649 (+0.1965)
5. Takuma Sato 59.9572 (+0.4888)
6. Sebastien Bourdais 59.9597 (+0.4913)
7. Mike Conway 1'00.0718 (+0.6034)
8. Charlie Kimball 1'00.1557 (+0.6873)
9. JR Hildebrand 1'00.4508 (+0.9824)
10. James Jakes 1'00.5440 (+1.0756)
11. Simona de Silvestro 1'00.6709 (+1.2025)
12. Ed Carpenter 1'01.0333 (+1.5649)

Round 1 - Group B

1. Dario Franchitti 59.5274
2. Scott Dixon 59.5724 (+0.0450)
3. Alex Tagliani 59.6144 (+0.0870)
4. Ryan Hunter-Reay 59.6816 (+0.1542)
5. James Hinchcliffe 59.8516 (+0.3242)
6. Will Power 59.8620 (+0.3346)
7. Ryan Briscoe 59.9888 (+0.4614)
8. Oriol Servia 1'00.0004 (+0.4730)
9. Tony Kanaan 1'00.1207 (+0.5933)
10. Rubens Barrichello 1'00.2043 (+0.6769)
11. Josef Newgarden 1'00.2199 (+0.6925)
12. Marco Andretti 1'00.6145 (+1.0871)
13. E.J. Viso 1'02.5280 (+3.0006)

Round 2

1. Justin Wilson 59.0663
2. Scott Dixon 59.1978 (+0.1315)
3. Will Power 59.2829 (+0.2166)
4. Sebastien Bourdais 59.3212 (+0.2549)
5. Alex Tagliani 59.3554 (+0.2891)
6. Dario Franchitti 59.4145 (+0.3482)
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay 59.4829 (+0.4166)
8. Helio Castroneves 59.5476 (+0.4813)
9. James Hinchcliffe 59.5958 (+0.5295)
10. Simon Pagenaud 59.6650 (+0.5987)
11. Takuma Sato 59.8197 (+0.7534)
12. Graham Rahal 59.8966 (+0.8303)

Round 3

1. Dario Franchitti 59.3510
2. Will Power 59.3757 (+0.0247)
3. Justin Wilson 59.4506 (+0.0996)
4. Sebastien Bourdais 59.4721 (+0.1211)
5. Scott Dixon 59.5140 (+0.1630)
6. Alex Tagliani 59.5616 (+0.2106)

Qualifying results:

1. Dario Franchitti (Ganassi)
2. Will Power (Penske)
3. Justin Wilson (Dale Coyne)
4. Sebastien Bourdais (Dragon)
5. Scott Dixon (Ganassi)
6. Alex Tagliani (Herta)
7. Ryan Hunter-Reay (Andretti)
8. Helio Castroneves (Penske)
9. James Hinchcliffe (Andretti)
10. Simon Pagenaud (Schmidt)
11. Takuma Sato (Rahal)
12. Graham Rahal (Ganassi)
13. Mike Conway (Foyt)
14. Ryan Briscoe (Penske)
15. Charlie Kimball (Ganassi)
16. Oriol Servia (Panther/Dreyer & Reinbold)
17. JR Hildebrand (Panther)
18. Tony Kanaan (KV)
19. James Jakes (Dale Coyne)
20. Rubens Barrichello (KV)
21. Simona de Silvestro (HVM)
22. Josef Newgarden (Fisher)
23. Ed Carpenter (Carpente)
24. Marco Andretti (Andretti)
25. E.J. Viso (KV Racing)

The front row is nor surprise. But the Seabass is back! Pagenaud and Tagliani are close too. There's lots of French accent in Ontario this year.

Hinchcliffe didn't do bad, but has a 10-place penalty for changing the engine.

Briscoe, Servià and Kanaan will have a tough day tomorrow.

[icemachine]

Going to have to be satisfied with watching this one online. Thought I had the day free, but a customer issue has got us working all weekned

[bjohnsonsmith]

I missed quite a bit of the race because the World Clock doesn't allow for daylight saving.

[bjohnsonsmith]

That was bad luck for Power, losing part of the front wing and getting a puncture. Nasty cheap DW12.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Newgarden completely messed that up.

[FordCosworthPanoz]

Good race, embarrassing finish.

[Speedblood]

That went crazy at the end! Good race up til then

[bjohnsonsmith]

Congrats to RHR. Bad luck for Power and really bad luck for Rubens. He was running 5th up until the restart. At least Sato finished in one piece.

[icemachine]

Pagenaud threw a bit of a block so I wouldn't entirely lay it on Newgarden, but definitely a rookie move, too late really, should have waited one more lap

Kimball definitely had the move of the race to go 4th to 2nd at turn 3 during the Newgarden/Pagenaud battle

[NaBUru38]

I tried to follow the race online. But I couldn't find a decent streaming, so I barely watched anything. What a chaos!

I wouldn't like the green-white-chechered rule. I don't like races getting extended beyond the scheduled distance / time.

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

I tried to follow the race online. But I couldn't find a decent streaming, so I barely watched anything. What a chaos!

I wouldn't like the green-white-chechered rule. I don't like races getting extended beyond the scheduled distance / time.

Try this next time. http://freetvall.com/videos and click on United States.

[Paradise City]

No green-yellow-checked thingamiggjig please. Indycar haven't been bad at keeping out the NASCAR gimmicks. Stop the race if you need a green flag finish.

I thought it was a good race. Pity about Bourdais, Pagenaud, Power and Newgarden. I would've liked to have seen Franchitti and Power at it. Great race from Kimball and of course RHR.

[Peat]

Good race, shame about the finish.

The TV networks really need to learn how to broadcast races. It was almost impossible to follow at times. Also, whenever a situation or move was brewing, the director would cut away just in time...

It makes you realise how spoiled we are with F1 coverage. Everything is just there on your lap making it possible for even a casual fan to read a race. That is what Indycar desperately needs.

[Paradise City]

Originally Posted by Peat

Good race, shame about the finish.

The TV networks really need to learn how to broadcast races. It was almost impossible to follow at times. Also, whenever a situation or move was brewing, the director would cut away just in time...

It makes you realise how spoiled we are with F1 coverage. Everything is just there on your lap making it possible for even a casual fan to read a race. That is what Indycar desperately needs.

They must be the ESPN NASCAR production crew who cover that race. They don't know how to cover roadcourses. Get in some ALMS people, I say.

There was numerous passes not down to pitstops that were missed.

[FordCosworthPanoz]

Originally Posted by Paradise City

They must be the ESPN NASCAR production crew who cover that race. They don't know how to cover roadcourses. Get in some ALMS people, I say.

There was numerous passes not down to pitstops that were missed.

The ALMS race coverage at LRP was even worse, we missed spins, incidents, crtical overtaking and they had two ultra-annoying commentators in the ESPN2 booth including one former Corvette driver and current Corvette shill that sounds like Porky Pig. One of the key moments of the race, the then-leading Dyson car going two laps down due to a puncture was not only missed, but never talked about it again throughout the broadcast. On a major network it made the ALMS look like an amateur club racing series.