Norris confirmed in 33-car entry list for COTA IndyCar iRacing Challenge

18 comments on “Norris confirmed in 33-car entry list for COTA IndyCar iRacing Challenge”

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   @HoHum (@hohum)
   24th April 2020, 0:21

   At last ! We will finally know how much faster (or slower) F1 is than indycar, at least that is, around COTA.
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      Exediron (@exediron)
      24th April 2020, 1:14

      We found that out last year, didn’t we? About 14 seconds a lap.
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         anon
         24th April 2020, 7:48

         @exediron it was about 14 seconds in qualifying trim and about 12 in race trim – and it is worth noting that was also with IndyCar’s more ‘creative’ interpretation of track limits, particularly at Turn 19 (where, in the end, the race organisers chose not to enforce any sort of track limits and just allowed drivers to abuse the run off in that corner to a ludicrous degree).
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            Jere (@jerejj)
            24th April 2020, 8:19

            @anon As was the case with F1 most recently in 2017.
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      Don
      24th April 2020, 1:45

      Yes, IndyCars are slower than F1, and they’re 10 times more exciting to watch. Why, much lower downforce and they move and slide and haveno power steering. They are a handful. Slower, but look faster. Watch on board video of both.
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         Maisch (@maisch)
         24th April 2020, 7:42

         +1 on what Don says, they are more fun to watch for sure.

         Just checked the fastest laps from the race:

         for the fastest driver the difference was about 12,5 seconds

         In indy, the slowest driver was 3s from the fastest lap

         In F1 the slowest driver was about 7,5s from the fastest lap.

         Indy had the top 10 drivers fastest laps within 1 second

         F1 had the top 10 drivers within 3,8s

         Some random numbers to fill the comment section with at least some statistics :)
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            anon
            24th April 2020, 8:01

            @maisch the thing is, that comparison between the fastest and slowest drivers within the F1 race is flawed as it includes the times of drivers who retired before the end of the race, and retired quite a bit earlier on (for example, Vettel retiring on lap 7 when his suspension failed).

            That gives a rather misleading picture, since F1 does not permit refuelling, whilst IndyCar does permit refuelling. If a car retires early from an F1 race, the fuel load difference is going to result in a significant difference in performance – whereas, since most cars will have a very similar fuel load in IndyCar, that same comparison has a much smaller effect because the fuel load difference is significantly smaller.

            What you’re really doing with that comparison is running a comparison between cars with a fairly light fuel tank against those with a fairly heavy fuel load, and then being surprised that those with a high fuel load are significantly slower.
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               Bart
               24th April 2020, 13:08

               I agree. Plus, in Indy car all cars have the same chassis and aero package and there are just 2 engine suppliers, while in F1 every team has a different chassis and aero and there are 4 engine suppliers.
               There’s bound to be more difference between F1 cars just for that.
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         ColdFly (@)
         24th April 2020, 8:19

         and haveno power steering

         Italian decent, don?

         I agree that pure speed is not the holy grail in motorsports.
         But to me, F1 is still the ‘one’. Especially the late braking and speed through the turns is what I admire.
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            Don
            24th April 2020, 13:29

            No, just missed the space bar. Too bad we can edit here.

            I love both F1 and IndyCar and hope both are around forever for our enjoyment. For whatever reason I find IndyCar races much more interesting in the closeness, ability for anyone to win (just about), and the cars though slower look faster and are much more exciting to watch. They are definately a handful to drive.
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         UNeedAFinn2Win (@uneedafinn2win)
         24th April 2020, 18:59

         I’ve been watching CART season 1998 on YT (since it wasn’t really available back then in Finland, the full races are “new” to me) and…what cars, and what a season !
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   faulty (@faulty)
   24th April 2020, 2:12

   Where’s car #66?

   Driver’s not taking part in E-racing? Oh man, He is going to be soooo missed!
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   Herheijm (@herheijm)
   24th April 2020, 5:56

   Norris already won the first practice race from pole..
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      Nath
      24th April 2020, 8:05

      Is there any video of the practice race ?
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      Bill
      25th April 2020, 18:13

      He has LOTS of sim experience. Most of the IndyCar guys do not.
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   dogb
   24th April 2020, 6:54

   Otto doesn’t portray the situation very clearly. The Australian government itself was clueless at the time while the Victorian govt. eventually said F1 could race on a closed track. ScoMo was deeply in the grips of fervent penterugbal denialism – I’m going to church and the footy with my 500 mates – only changing his earnest learnlest opinion on pollster’s advice.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   24th April 2020, 8:22

   Indeed. I’ve argued they should’ve let the race go ahead with only the three teams that were willing to keep on going even if it would’ve led to another 2005 Indianapolis US GP in the form of a six-car race, but better than nothing. Nevertheless, I was perfectly fine with the decision to entirely cancel the event.
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   Stephen Crowsen (@drycrust)
   24th April 2020, 21:23

   The risk was very, very low. We could have put the race on. The Australian government gave us the go-ahead to do so.

   I disagree. F1 had a blase attitude towards a highly infectious and deadly respiratory illness carried by travellers, and that was silly. They didn’t have a cure (and we still don’t), they didn’t have a vaccine (still don’t), they didn’t have any reliable quick method of detecting those who have been infected (possibly still don’t).The event was being run as though there wasn’t a contagious and deadly virus being spread when people exhale, and worst of all, they weren’t prepared for someone being found to be infected.
   My suspicion is the way the event was being run was as though it was a normal “pre-virus” event, but it wasn’t “pre-virus”. On 11th March WHO, in declaring a pandemic, said that governments needed to urgently and aggressively take action to prevent a pandemic. At that stage all those attending should have been told they had to have face masks and to expect social distancing guidelines. Even better would have been to issue everyone with a mask when they arrived. Also, by the 11th F1 should have announced their plans and guidelines for how the event will be held. However, no masks, no social distancing, no plans in place telling the crowd, the media, the officials and track staff, or the teams what to do if they suspect someone has the virus or is coughing or is sick.
   So, no precautions, no plans, and then the very likely happened… “Oh no! Someone is sick! What shall we do??!!!”. This was even before the gates opened to let all and sundry with a ticket in.
   A week before the even I thought the idea of everyone having to wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines at the GP was close to overkill, but safety is all about being cautious. Once someone was found infected it was apparent what I thought was wrong.

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