2006 FORMULA 1 United States Grand Prix

In September of 2000, Formula One returned to the United States after a nine-year absence. It was anticipated that whatever the outcome of the race one thing was for sure, it would be a great show! The organisers pullet out all the stops to create a venue that was ideal for F1.

Over 20,000 hotel rooms where sold out long before the race weeken and it was clear that evryperson in Indy that weekend was a race fan which made for a fantastic atmosphere.

Unique to Indy is the fact that the F1 circuit utilises a large part of the track that Indy is famous for - The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a banked oval! What is the first turn on the speedway became the last turn on F1 track as the race is run in the oposite direction to the Cart races. This banked corner is taken flat out before the drivers head onto the incredibly long pit straight. It's a real test of the nerves as the drivers experience something new when they hit the banking and vertical g-forces after that is pedal to the metal for a full 20 seconds before breakinng for turn one. Ironically this long straight actualy gives the drivers a little bit of break as they are able to relax as no cornering is required for such a long time. It gives them time to gather their thoughts before turning in to the infield section, build specially for Formula One.

The infield is quite twisty at Indy so, as always, set-up has to be a compromise so the cars can run as fast as posible along the pit straigh but still have enough downforce to make it around the bends! As 2000 was the first race at Indy, the teams spend most of the weekend working on their set-ups. In 2001 they will have a lot of data to work from and will be able to concentrate on going faster and faster.

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Race times
Pos	Driver	Time	*P*	Laps	Gap	Hotlap		Pts
1	Kaiser_46	51:24.973		43	0	1:09.528		0
2	Rexakosix	51:28.755		43	+3.7	1:09.616		0
3	Emiliano	51:35.318		43	+10.3	1:09.993		0
4	Althor_GP4	52:00.676		43	+35.7	1:11.100		0
5	Paul	52:10.193		43	+45.2	1:10.221		0
6	quideco	52:52.069		43	+1:27.0	1:10.536		0
7	gabriel_ms	53:10.683		43	+1:45.7	1:11.218		0
8	bruno	52:28.195		42	+1 Lap	1:11.361		0
9	davidmd	52:41.095		40	+3 Laps	1:12.614		0
10	fabrikart	38:53.256		32	+11 Laps	1:09.983		0

Qualification times
		Sectors			Partials
Pos	Driver	S1	S2	S3	P1	P2	Time	*P*	Gap	F		Pts
1	Kaiser_46	21.8	30.5	17.1	21.824	52.326	1:09.436	0	0.000	18		0
2	Emiliano	22.0	30.9	17.0	22.096	53.019	1:10.033	0	0.597	13		0
3	Paul	22.0	31.2	17.1	22.044	53.292	1:10.459	0	1.023	16		0
4	quideco	22.2	31.2	17.3	22.290	53.556	1:10.945	0	1.509	15		0
5	gabriel_ms	22.3	31.3	17.3	22.316	53.645	1:11.018	0	1.582	15		0
6	Althor_GP4	22.3	31.6	17.2	22.362	53.974	1:11.204	0	1.768	23		0
7	Rexakosix	22.2	32.1	17.2	22.233	54.376	1:11.587	0	2.151	14		0
8	fabrikart	22.3	31.8	17.4	22.358	54.164	1:11.624	0	2.188	15		0
9	bruno	23.1	32.6	17.2	23.178	55.869	1:13.127	0	3.691	12		0
10	Perrin	22.5	32.1	17.5	22.541	54.654	1:12.164	48	2.728	21		0

Practice times
		Sectors			Partials
Pos	Driver	S1	S2	S3	P1	P2	Time	Gap
1	Kaiser_46	21.3	29.9	16.8	21.368	51.312	1:08.147	+0.000
2	cuest	21.5	30.3	17.0	21.542	51.939	1:08.966	+0.819
3	Emiliano	21.7	30.3	16.8	21.708	52.082	1:08.976	+0.829
4	Rexakosix	21.6	30.5	16.7	21.673	52.230	1:08.982	+0.835
5	quideco	21.5	30.4	17.0	21.568	52.011	1:09.069	+0.922
6	fabrikart	21.3	30.6	17.1	21.376	52.031	1:09.176	+1.029
7	Paul	21.8	31.0	17.0	21.858	52.896	1:09.916	+1.769
8	Althor_GP4	21.9	30.9	17.0	21.961	52.902	1:09.952	+1.805
9	gabriel_ms	21.9	31.5	17.1	21.954	53.517	1:10.698	+2.551
10	Perrin	22.1	31.6	17.2	22.135	53.797	1:11.036	+2.889
11	bruno	25.9	33.3	18.1	25.935	59.326	1:17.459	+9.312