But we need to think about the show,” Kanaan said. “Guys like Santino and Marcus are mad, and you have Josef that’s happy. Kanaan on Sunday sympathized with Ericsson and third-place finisher Santino Ferrucci because of the odd one-lap shootout but insisted it was best for the fans. Tony Kanaan won in 2013 under caution, and even though he’s one of the most popular winners in track history, he recognized that some found the finish of his crowning achievement anticlimactic. Ind圜ar said in 2020 there weren’t enough laps remaining to stop the race for a final restart following a crash with five to go four years later, the series now thinks two laps is enough for a red flag. Dixon, a six-time Ind圜ar season champion but only one-time winner of the 500, said this week that the defeats that end under caution are the ones that bother him most. There was no red flag in 2020, when the race ended under caution and was won by Takuma Sato as helpless Scott Dixon had to stay in line with no chance to try a late pass for the win. Since Penske’s first 500 as owner in 2020, both last year and this year have had late red flags to set up a race to the finish.
In 107 years, the Indy 500 has ended under the yellow flag or red flag (for rain) just 19 times, but 10 of those endings have been since 2000. “We have a group that is certainly the officials of the track, and to me, we’ve said this before, I think all of you had said, we want to see a checkered flag, not a yellow flag.” It looked like the race was going to form for Dunlop, but as he clicked through the Bungalow time split, his Paton suffered a mechanical issue and he was forced to pull out.“I had nothing to do with (the red flag), obviously,” Penske said. Photo by: ttracesofficial/Pacemaker Press Having smashed the outright lap record in the earlier Superstock race at 136.358mph for his 11th TT win, Hickman’s haul now stands at 12 with a second career Supertwin victory.ĭunlop was only a second clear of Browne through Glen Helen on the opening lap, but was 3.3s ahead through Ballaugh and five seconds up the road at Ramsey. Hickman only completed his first lap on the Yamaha Supertwin on Tuesday morning having had all sorts of mechanical issues throughout practice.
However, Browne was a retirement on lap two due to a clutch issue, gifting Hickman a shock second win of the day and first for the Yamaha R7 in the class. A dominant winner in the Supertwin race on Tuesday, Dunlop was all but assured a second victory on Friday.īut his Paton broke down over the mountain section, leaving Mike Browne to take a comfortable lead and stare down his maiden TT victory.
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