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The IndyCar drivers themselves complain a lot about blue flags being ignored. In the spirit of pure racing (not thinking about the show), I am of the opinion that a car should be able to avoid being lapped if they are not illegally blocking. Of course every driver who has ever led a race believes the backmarkers should get out of the way.
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Just watched half the Indy 500 and that type of racing is shite compared to F1.

How do you allow the leader to ride the back of two other lapped cars for 10+ laps? fricking bullshite.

Made it impossible for #2 to catch him and also allowed #1 to save fuel when he was going to be at E for the last few laps.

Give me F1 over that bullshite any day of the week.

How do you have this rant after the shitshow we just witnessed at Monaco? :rotflmao:
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Nope. If the leaders come up on you in F1 you get blue flags.

Hmm, looks like you're right. Can't hold up the leader indefinitely.
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I agree - but they weren't lapped. They were trying to keep from being lapped, which means they can block all they want. F1 is the same.

I'm a little confused. Even the announcers were describing those cars as "lapped" (probably using that word imprecisely), but if they were in fact not lapped, they have every right to hold their positions, and like you said, it's the same in F1.
Good race overall because lots of green laps at the end.

A bit anti-climactic at the end, but at least we have another first time winner!

I'd like to see Palou get the 2nd Cadillac seat next year.
Damn, RHR may have a big advantage here. He's got six laps of fuel on the guys behind him. He has more options.
All right, the TD F1 Championship results are in!

dg42.net/TDF1/race-results.php?race=8

The winner of the TD F1 Monaco Grand Prix is jefforize with his second win of the season! jefforize is rocketing up the standings.

The podium is filled out by BottomlandBrew in P2 and VABuckeye in P3.

Here's the championship table: dg42.net/TDF1/index.php?table=full

VABuckeye is our new championship leader! sorantable led the championship for the first seven races on the strength of winning two of the first three races. jefforize is the second player with two wins on the season.

It's feast or famine for VABuckeye as he has three podiums but terrible finishes in the five other races. :lol:

Grassy1 has scored points in six of the first eight races. Amazing job!

Scoring points in five of the first eight races are me, pitstop, kengel2, BottomlandBrew, theone, and MikeD. Good job!

Harvey, VeeKay, and Rahal off schedule.

The guys at the front who haven't pitted yet will not be a factor. They're going straight to the back. :lol:

Edit: The top 5 guys who haven't stopped yet must be going for a fuel-economy run with one less pit stop I guess.
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Really? I was not aware of that. So he will just have to retire from the race?

indycar.com/news/2025/05/05-15-kanaan

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INDYCAR rules no longer allow for a mid-race driver change, so Kanaan will only drive the car if Larson is not in it at the first drop of the green flag. Should Larson leave before starting, his replacement, per the rules, will start from the rear of the field.
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Yep TK better start suiting up

Too late. Can't switch drivers once the race has started.
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Any other predictions you'd like to give

For me:

2. Dixon will have bad luck again.

Called it.

Edit: Oh, they're saying just cool down the brakes, doesn't have to pit. Might be OK.
How many drivers are already thinking, "Shoot, I have to pee..." :lol:
Gasly was given a "reprimand" for his collision with Yuki. But he wasn't given any penalty points apparently because Yuki's race was not harmed.

Gasly and team tried to blame Yuki for moving under braking, but a review of previous laps showed that Yuki took the exact same line from the left side (after going past the curve in the tunnel) to the right side in the braking zone.