(this is for your post about indycar, sorry if you didn’t want it here!!)
Hottest talent is Alex Palou, he is somehow dominating in a series that does not do domination, he’s also a complete sweetheart and is overjoyed each time he wins, i know it can be annoying to see him win constantly but we are literally watching history.
A lot of people are looking at David Malukas rn, he hasn’t won a race yet but is signed with Penske (a top team) and continues to show immense talent, he recently came in second in the closest Indy 500 finish ever, and it was,, highly emotional.
Speaking of, Felix Rosenqvist won the Indy 500 this year, so you’ll be seeing a lot of his name mentioned from now on, he’s showing a lot of speed as of late.
Honorable mentions, Caio Collet, Christian Rasmussen, and Kyle Kirkwood, Caio is a rookie and performed *incredibly* at the 500 until he crashed with 8 laps to go.
We have four injured drivers at the moment 😬 this is NOT common i promise, but Alexander Rossi, Josef Newgarden, Romain Grosjean, and Mick Schumacher are all injured, so if you someone walking with crutches just uh,,, ignore that.
Scott Dixon, Will Power and Graham Rahal, are like, the OGS, they’ve been racing in the series for a long time, longer than some of the other drivers have been alive.
Which brings me to Will Power, he’s doing his first season away from Penske in 17 years, he’s now a driver with Andretti, and his luck has been terrible so far.
He’s also the messiest, I would say 😭 he’s NOT shy to give his opinion, he’s very fond of his middle finger and he mouthed “fuck off” to the camera in Detroit last weekend. Last season during practice he pushed a driver around the track because he thought they were someone else. He’s an aggressive weirdo but we love him, I promise !!
P2Pgate is probably going to be something you hear a lot, so I would look into that. Online? Bus Bros, I know there’s a really good in depth post on here explaining the Bus Bros drama.
100 days to Indy is a good show, helps with learning the personalities of the drivers. I think the first season is on youtube now??
There are going to be a lot of drivers out of their contracts this silly season, so it’s going to be a mess, the drivers are;
Also we hate Santino Ferrucci, he’s a racist, homophobic, whiny asshole ❤️ even the drivers have beef with him, such as Josef Newgarden !
It has passed, but it’s important to know how much people love the Indianapolis 500, some drivers care more about winning the Indy 500 than they do a championship, to them, you haven’t made it as a driver unless you win the Indy 500. The Indy 500 is held in May, which makes the month of May a huge deal. The drivers live at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for almost an entire month in their busses. There’s multiple days of practice, and two days of qualifying. IMS is a beautiful, historic place, it’s hard to describe what Indy means.
The Wienie 500. Nuff said.
The drivers are chronically online and love tweeting, they interact with each-other all the time. There are high chances they will see what you post about them, they control their own social media so it’s a treat seeing what they say, also they like looking up their own names.
Indycar is a tightly-knit community, and we love it that way. ❤️
this was so fucking informative & helpful!!!
thank you so much for sharing this with me <3 i really look forward into diving deep into the world of indycar and integrating myself within the community.
please don’t hesitate to pop in and out of my inbox! and don’t ever feel bad for the length of your asks! i really appreciate how long it was and how insightful you were! 🥹
here’s to the race today! i’m super excited!
