Welcome back to the streets of St. Petersburg . The Indycar Series begins. The first race in the circuit of St. Petersburg this weekend . The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg takes place in Florida ( East Coast ) in Tampa Bay , an urban circuit of 1.8 miles and 14 turns clockwise and a great event to start the season with a total of 110 laps , along with the massive crowded circuit waiting for a great show

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Practice schedules , qualifying and race are these and will be followed by all www.formularapida.net and all season :

 

Friday (EST)

10:00     10:45                     Practice 1                               IndyCar Series

14:00     14:45                     Practice                                 IndyCar Series

Saturday (EST)

10:00     10:45                     Practice                                 IndyCar Series

14:00     15:10                     Qualification                           IndyCar Series

Sunday (EST)

9:45       10:15                       Warm-up                               IndyCar Series

14:35     15:00                     Race – 110 laps                       IndyCar Series (Green flag 15:27 PM)

European time CET+1.    5 hours more in Europe

In a race that is always very exciting is added the new arrive in the championship of the top driver Juan Pablo Montoya with Penske. A further incentive for a fightful category , where last year it was possible to see one of the most close and fight seasons with ten different winners in the races of the year. Dixon will defend the title won last year against Castroneves . A tough fight between the two teams Penske and Ganassi, both favorites , not to forget to mention drivers like Will Power, Reay , Andretti and Hinchcliffe even some Rokkie could make the surprise

Although the pole position is not decisive in this circuit it will be a crucial factor to qualify in the top ten drivers to have options to get the race. A circuit where anything can happen, a long run almost 2 hours and half and must take into account the changes in the positions with the possible cautions and boxes strategies.

Entry List for the first race of the championship

Team

E

Driver

Chip Ganassi Racing C  Ryan Briscoe

8

 Scott Dixon

9

 Tony Kanaan

10

 Charlie Kimball

83

 

Team Penske

C  Juan Pablo Montoya

2

 Helio Castroneves

3

 Will Power

12

Ed Carpenter Racing C  Mike Conway

20

KV Racing Technology C  Sébastien Bourdais

11

 Sebastián Saavedra

17

Andretti Autosport H  Marco Andretti

25

 James Hinchcliffe

27

 Ryan Hunter-Reay

28

 Carlos Muñoz R

34

A. J. Foyt Enterprises H  Takuma Sato

14

Schmidt Peterson Hamilton Motorsports H  Mikhail Aleshin R

7

 Simon Pagenaud

77

Dale Coyne Racing H  Carlos Huertas R

18

 Justin Wilson

19

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing H  Graham Rahal

15

Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing H  Josef Newgarden

67

Bryan Herta Autosport H  Jack Hawksworth R

98