Fantastic Sao Paulo Indycar race!

The last 20 laps were quite good. I don't know when the replay will be, but I recommend you watch it.

I second that recommendation; Sao Paolo was one of the best street-course races in a very long time. Anyone with an interest in open wheel racing, access to NBCSports and a dvr owe it themselves to watch it.

Without trying to spoil it, race control just opened-up a potential can of OMGWTFBBQ with their calls(?) on pass-blocking. The next few races are on ovals, but I doubt the drivers will forget what happened today.

I've always thought their pass/blocking rules were entirely too tough. The last pass for the lead was a thing of beauty, I thought.

Also- on another thread here I said I didn't like street races. If they were all laid out like this one, I might reconsider. To be honest, one of my favorite F1 races is actually a steet circuit, although the Montreal street layout was designed as a potential racetrack.

what kinds of rules do you need for passing?

you should be legit as long as you don't run the guy over or something- which would probably knock the wheels off your carbon fiber go-kart, anyways, so it's just common sense..

While the race was great- especially the way it ended, it re-enforced my distaste for street tracks like that. Too many yellows for dumb problems that either would have not crashed into a wall or the driver would have driven off track as opposed to parking it on the track.

As for the end, I didn't think it was blocking- the straight isn't straight, so the leading car seemed more to just go in a straight line to the corner inside line.... Not 100% straight, but not weaving.