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  1. G. Pepper

    G. Pepper Three Time F1 World Champ
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    We lived in Panama until I was nine, or I would have started watching earlier.
     
  2. G. Pepper

    G. Pepper Three Time F1 World Champ
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    He clawed back after that disastrous pit stop, which was very impressive.
     
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  3. Isobel

    Isobel F1 World Champ

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    Sign Santino and Taku quick for 2020. Terrific race with Chevy vs. Honda, always like to see a new winner.
     
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  4. pilotoCS

    pilotoCS F1 World Champ
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    That was the best race of the year no matter the category.
     
  5. Nembo1777

    Nembo1777 F1 World Champ
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    Simon first French winner since Rene Thomas in..............................................................1914.

    Somehow Thomas has not commented on his twitter yet...
     
  6. G. Pepper

    G. Pepper Three Time F1 World Champ
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    Guess I'll catch y'all at the next F1 race in two weeks. I'm burned out. :)
     
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  7. Gatorrari

    Gatorrari F1 World Champ
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    NBC said the last French winner was Gaston Chevrolet in 1920, though Wikipedia claims that Chevrolet was Swiss, being born in France to Swiss parents.
     
  8. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    before that was Rene Thomas in 1914, who was truly French.

    pretty incredible really, considering how important French manufacturers were to the Indy 500 in the early years, that it would take a century for another French driver to win.
     
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  9. Nembo1777

    Nembo1777 F1 World Champ
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    Yes I was surprised to read Chevrolet was considered Swiss.
     
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  10. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    Americans have trouble with European geography sometimes ;)
     
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  11. Nembo1777

    Nembo1777 F1 World Champ
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    I would like to see Pagenaud get the red carpet treatment here driving his Indycar down the Champs Elysees - as Prost and Laffite did years ago, Pironi-Jaussaud too after they won Le Mans 78-, get a medal from Macron... He deserves it but not sure at all it will happen considering the anti car politics here.
    If not he should just stay stateside and enjoy the positivity there. :)
     
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  12. TheMayor

    TheMayor Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    That was pretty fun to watch. Lots of stuff going on in the pits. In the end, yet another victory for Team Penske. This guy never gets old. He may have another 50 before he retires.
     
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  13. Gatorrari

    Gatorrari F1 World Champ
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    Now the only one of his drivers who hasn't won a 500 is Newgarden, and I think his turn will come if he keeps racing for the Captain.
     
  14. TheMayor

    TheMayor Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    Rossi didn't help Honda when he was asked what was the difference at the end and he said "horsepower". Actually the Honda probably had a pretty good chance to win but the screwed up pitstops and the crash right at the end that helped the Chevy save fuel might have been the difference.
     
  15. pilotoCS

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    Pure racing! Congrats to all who ran the Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. That was one for the ages.
     
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  16. Way2fast

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    Much better the the F1 parade race

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  17. I can remember the ONLY one I can say was THE GREATEST about.... the 1971 Italian GP at Monza.

    First, Peter Gethin; 2nd, Ronnie Peterson; 3rd, Francois Cevert; 4th, Mike Hailwood; .....all finished under a less than 0.2 sec. blanket ('only timed to the hundrdth back then) after swapping the lead slipstreaming ALL race long..... poor Howden Ganley got left behind a WHOLE 0.4 sec. further back in 5th......

    'Will never.....nay.....never ever..... forget that one. ;)
     
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  18. fatbillybob

    fatbillybob Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Wow! Nice race.
     
  19. 375+

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    From reading accounts of Santino's F2 antics he sounds like ******, but damn he can drive.
     
  20. RWatters

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    The Chevy's were wayyyy faster in the draft compared to the Honda. Rossi had to be on the ass of another car to pass on the straight. The Chevy's could be 2-3 car lengths further back. Rossi was also struggling to hold the line at the end which hurt him on the straights.

    I'm not a huge Pagenaud fan but he drove like a boss this month. Congrats to him on two well deserved victories.
     
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  21. greyboxer

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    Glued to the TV for the full three hours - admirable - begs the question of what they have got right as opposed to F1
     
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  22. Qvb

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    Without the Bourdais/Rahal crash, Pagenaud would not have even been in contention (fuel conservation), and it seemed like Rossi would have run away with it. Of course, you never know what would have happened if the crash hadn't happened.
     
  23. BartonWorkman

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    A thoroughly enjoyable 500 again this year. Had the Rahal/Bourdais shunt not happened, the results would have
    been dramatically different. To that point, it was interesting how the different strategies were playing out. Penske
    obviously sent Pagenaud out to the the rabbit counting on cautions which to that point hadn't happened.

    Rossi, Sato-San, Dixon, et.al. were playing the fuel strategy game and just missed out as that shunt gummed up
    the works. Got to give to Rossi though, the kid has some serious balls putting the car up against the wall, inside,
    outside and otherwise passes. He's got more great races ahead no doubt. Andretti should be doing everything
    he can to keep him on the team.

    Also, compliments to NBC's coverage. After years of ABC's dismal Indy 500 broadcasts with some of the most
    boring ********* commentators imaginable, NBC's team did a fine job with Tracy and Bell keeping Diffey on the
    rails when our Australian fan-boy friend wanted to go off into his own background stories at the heights of on-track
    action.

    The broadcast was very well directed with noticeably new camera angles, it was a breath of fresh air and the time
    just seemed to fly throughout. The cuts to Tirico, Danica and Jr. Jr. Jr. in the pit booth were interesting, informative
    and fun, it wasn't the train wreck everyone thought it would be. Damn, Danica's got some guns on her huh? Shakes
    fist at Tracy...

    Fortunately, the predicted rain which on Saturday night surely looked as though would materialize petered out and
    showers that were in the area seemed to go around Indianapolis.

    BHW
     
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  24. Ferrari 308 GTB

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    Great race , even the action in the pits was more exciting than F1 Monaco.
     
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  25. pilotoCS

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    I'm not sure if I should congratulate NBC for a great job at Indianapolis or congratulate the participants for having such a splendid race . . . For some reason I actually found Leigh Diffey tolerable.
     

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