Why you HAVE to Watch Indycar in 2023

[@FP1Will]

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[@alecerdmann8505]

I know IndyCar needs people to watch the actual race, but another good thing is that the IndyCar TH-cam channel puts out a 30min race highlight package the day after each race. All the good stuff, no ads, in and out in a half-hour. Also, I think IndyCar might not be spending marketing $$ because they're hoping Bus Bros on Josef Newgarden's channel will do the work for them.

[@EL1TESHARK]

indycar definitely got a marketing budget boost and it seems to be paying off. the racing product is second to none so marketing is exactly what they should be focused on

[@jonasclementdk]

Would love to watch the actual races really, when possible in my timezone. Problem is just that the streaming rights are with a shit company here that's way too expensive... :/

[@jbllc6873]

You should definitely cover their races, the full season, as you do with F1. A second channel perhaps.

[@FP1Will]

If I had the time to I definitely would! Sadly not possible at this stage but hey who knows what the future holds

[@aberamagold7509]

​@FP1Will
I think you should quit school and put your future in jeopardy just to please us.

[@frickin_robin]

@@aberamagold7509 LOL

[@johnedwards230]

@@FP1Will Its better than F1. I'm trying to convert all the bored f1 fans I know. Which is all of them!

[@elemkay5104]

@@johnedwards230 As pretty much by now an ex-F1 fan of 20 years, and new-ish Indycar I wish you all the best in your endeavors. It's just friggin fantastic racing.

[@maestro4287]

I love seeing Indycar start to gain wider attention.

[@jacklb4152]

Great video Will I like the genuine approach you have to the series. A reminder also that the feeder series of Indycar the NXT series will also be broadcast this year on sky sports action, this is the series that Jamie Chadwick will be racing in so may be good to keep an eye on.
Would love to see you cover Super Formula next in my opinion the third best open wheel series in the world and very similar progression system as Indycar.

[@BloodedtheBrave]

I write this from Indianapolis to my favorite F1 channel! Thanks Will! Indycar really needs all the ecposure it can get from motorsports fans everywhere. I grew up loving Indy car and when F1 came to Indy in 2001, I was hooked ever since I went to that race 🙏🏆💛

[@BenS44]

Can't speak highly enough of IndyCar it's entertaining week in week out and since I started following the series in 2021 I've yet to experience a boring race. I spent a while trying out other motorsport series to watch alongside F1 and IndyCar is the only one I've found myself a genuine fan of and actively follow. I gave Formula E a few chances but every time I went back I was quick to remember.. I hate everything about it. I'd also like to mention oval racing is fantastic, I know it has a negative reputation amongst F1 fans as 'just racing in circles' but it's actually great and provides some of the best races of the season. Give it a go people you won't regret it.

[@DabloSV5]

Bro did Jimmy so dirty💀

[@nathanmaynard131]

Indycar would be blasting the “ohhhhhh!” Segment all across their social media if they knew what was good for them

[@bobchuseby]

I like the "Ohhh" supercut. I probably saw it on your Indy 500 video too, but it's still fun

[@JohnSmithShields]

I love that you can't resist an American burn, whilst hyping an American sport.

[@timmccrory7630]

WE are USA😅

[@John-jl9de]

I love Indycar racing. Parity across the field has the closest and best racing in the world.

[@brynnej]

This video was great but honestly I would definitely keep an eye out for Marcus Armstrong and Callum Ilott. Ilott was very impressive last year with a front row start and some great races, and Marcus is definitely in contention for some podiums this season as he proved in testing he's getting to grips with the car very quickly!

[@marcosbastos6188]

If IndyCar had F1 budget it would be the best motorsports in the world

[@eggselent9814]

It almost was during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Then Ecclestone came in and essentially screwed over all the smaller teams to have just like 3-4 drivers competing and maybe 2 teams per season to make it more marketable, while IndyCar, who had 5-10 drivers competing for a win, didn't match up

[@RossMKF1]

Glad you cover the Indycar races now!

[@jamiedalton6355]

The difference between you and any other youtuber is that every other youtuber makes a video and takes it seriously. While you somehow make every video no matter what it is funny 😂. Keep up the good work.

[@FP1Will]

Thanks mate!

[@scottdehaan5864]

Wild first race! Love that the series is full of drama and unpredictability! It's my favourite racing.

[@laurenmp7486]

This is so so nice! I would also add that in Indy car strategy is very dynamic, owing to the yellow flags. Even in races with only a couple, you have teams changing things up as they go along. And that makes it better for fans. Also the rules for passing are, well, yes there are some but it's not like F1 by any stretch.

[@SarosRacing]

Reason number 6: The FIA is not the governing body. Therefore a lot less controversy and penalties that make sense more and are applied in a more straight forward manner (or that last one at least from my experience watching IndyCar since the pandemic).

[@elemkay5104]

To be fair it can still be pretty shambolic at times, but much less politics and more straightforward logic (even if the logic doesn't always add up) - and a lot more leeway for aggressive passing moves. It's a funny thing about American racing where they also don't like to hype up controversy like F1 does, thanks to their dedication towards image and their sponsors who make things happen, which I think is a part of it. But yeah... the FIA are just on another level in pretty much every sense.

[@averageenthusiast928]

Thanks will for highlighting our greatest Motorsport series! Hoping that people will now start to not just treat as some local series

[@thelittleowl1]

Indycar is superb. Loved last season.

[@manga_mav]

Jimmie Johnson is one of the best drivers in motorsport history he’s a 7 nascar champion and was racing it for almost 20 years before Indycar cut him a break in his prime he’s better than most people in that grid

[@jesseemullen]

Sting Ray Robb is probably the coolest name in any sport 🤣👍🏻

[@brianakelley123]

I started watching Indycar this year. Already been to the Indy 500 and road America last week. I love it. Hate to do the typical comparison to f1 but it is so much more entertaining. Glad it is growing in popularity

[@lukedanielgalon1596]

Honestly my plus is for me is the 30 minute videos of the races being showcased in there highlights which F1 do not have unless it’s way too good

[@MrTakaMOSHi]

6:02 To be fair, Ferrucci has kept his nose clean since coming to Indycar

[@elemkay5104]

Was top of the list to fill in for Newgarden after his fainting last year, and for good reason.

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

He sure has. I'm a fan

[@Kyle86910]

Indycar has the Best Racing!! F1 is cool for the engineering but Indycar is where the top racing is!!!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

The trouble is, it's on Sky sports (last time I looked). I'm not going to pay so much for a handful of races a year. If there was a highlights version on FTA channels, like there is for F1 on Channel 4 (very little of the actual race is lost, certainly none of the action), I'd be glued to the TV. This and Aussie V8s (or whatever the name is this year). When Motors TV actually _had_ a TV channel I got to see some absolute cracking races.

[@eggselent9814]

There is still reddit my friend

[@bobbonniol]

AWESOME VIDEO ! I think Indy is a totally natural fit for your humorous approach and a way to really reach some other fans

[@SamPalmer63]

I love Indycar so I will be watching

[@LtNduati]

Lmao I it when you called Chip, Kingpin 😂😂😂 “My exact thought was why is kingpin here?” And I’m American lol

[@beanman4531]

Congratulations, you got my 50 year old dad to show me this while he was smiling the whole time (I already saw it but he doesn’t have to know that)

[@BuffaloWarrior7]

10/10 vid. Cheers mate. Looking forward to more coverage from you!

[@kayto101racer]

Nah how can you do Castroneves dirty like that? The mans a living legend regardless of last year. You don't win four Indy 500s by being an awful driver.

[@chadwickstephens4843]

I frickin love INDYCAR

[@e2rqey]

Man I love Road America, it's such a great circuit

[@sracing021]

IndyCar does go to Sebring, or used to at least for preseason testing

[@harveyknguyen]

they use Sebring for rookie training

[@cjmsacomments4389]

Nah bro really said American motorsport didn’t have gimmicks while showing nascar💀💀💀

[@planecrazy242]

#6 - it's on at a normal time of day

[@tylerensminger]

I don't know if you have watched David Land but he echoed most of the same points you talked about in this video. Of which I agree 100 percent

[@jayveehaitch]

I wish I could watch Indycar, but they don't broadcast it in Flanders, where I live. 😢

[@eggselent9814]

Reddit

[@BotsWeekendCovers]

Awesome video man. I am an American and I hope to have you insult us for a long time to come. Love your stuff!

[@countryaces7653]

Watched this before Quali for St. Pete. And uhhh… Good job by the Andretti guys…. outside of Devlin.

[@dutch_bullet]

Oooooh... definitely gonna watch it now :)

[@IsaiahSchmitmeyer]

Mid Ohio is a great road course and Indycar still goes there

[@mackenziegalajda8601]

Love seeing f1 fan giving indycar the praise it deserves indycar os awesome serious in completely different way than f1 is. F1 fans love trashing indycar but the series indycar is about the driver f1 isn't I've heard f1 fans say we'll so and so could jot make it in f1 so they went to indycar I disagree with that. You put top indycar driver in quality r1 r8de they would do well in f1. These aren't f1 rejects these drivers thst don't have the money to buy top seat.

[@ecHDi]

The ohhh meme would've been perfect after the commentary clips imo 🤣

[@hamburgermatty]

Ohhhhh ohhhhh ohhhhh… love it! Also love it when Leigh exclaims “LET’S GOOOOO!!” as the green flag waves.

[@shredofmalarchi]

Nailed it brov!

[@evandrochaves9596]

the Indy 500 is actually one of the best races ever, it's right there with brazillian gp and british gp, my first time watching was 2021 when Helio Castroneves won for the 4th time, so the brazillian hype went above heavens

[@elemkay5104]

Mate I was a newbie watching that, only now after was the history apparent, and the tingles were still there. Everyone there that day was so pumped for that win, it was unreal.

[@hyakushiki9438]

As an American (US version) I can tell you, we freaking love Brazilian drivers. We all want IndyCar to race in Brazil again. 🇺🇸 🤝 🇧🇷

[@bobmcgod5214]

Great video! I'll try watch as much as I can.
OHHHHH

[@davidmarecek1754]

6:01 and that's understatement

[@MegaJK97]

The main reason why I follow IndyCar is because of my favourite driver of the world - Romain Grosjean

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

Aw c'mon.. did you watch the race at Texas? It was fantastic.

[@hrenes]

the no 1 reason is Rinus Veekay! (and about insulting the Dutch :)

[@Zach-td5mb]

Do some sprint car races. WOO or ASCOC

[@WRXPATRICK1]

Big indycar fan, first time watching. I turned into a fucking rofl-copter. great content homie.

[@brynnej]

I have been waiting for this video for so long!

[@IsaiahSchmitmeyer]

IMSA is another motorsport that is great as well

[@steviemac8075]

Ooooohhhhhh am in !🤣🤣this sounds fantastic

[@justaguy3310]

Lately I've been enjoying indycar more than f1

[@nkandukataya2813]

Lol I thought it was gonna be "are you kidding me?" .... The standard go-to American broadcasters reaction to anything mildly exciting

[@ricardojuricic9027]

At Barber -Alabama- there were 25 cars within 1 second, out of 28; don't get that in F1

[@ilanlaham6911]

New drinking game unlocked: every time the NBC commentators scream "OHHH!" you take a shot.

[@FP1Will]

Yes!

[@pasztorferenc6741]

I want to watch (wanted) but there is no broadcaster in my channel list which broadcast, though there is one

[@Midtable1881]

14 contenders with 4 to go, F1 can only dream of that. Even with the BTCC you’re bound to get 4-6 contenders with two rounds to go.

[@paw_prints_in_the_paddock]

What do us "Yankees" say in response to an 🇺🇲 American burn? 🔥
"OOOHHHHH!"
Well played FP1Will ☺️

[@Seb_Kowalke]

Big fan of Tony New Text Kanaan!

[@jonlinen225]

Thanks!

[@FP1Will]

Thank YOU man!!

[@Gangsta_Playz]

4:53 *proceeds to make one*

[@AMC439]

THANK YOUUUU

[@SFascetta777]

Please, I'm BEGGING you to cover NASCAR's first attempt at a street course later this year. It's going to be utterly chaotic

[@lhallora1]

Ok. You've convinced me... But mostly because there are some Australian drivers on the grid 😂🇦🇺

[@DJDouglasWarden]

dude awesome video!! thank you thank you thank you very fucking much! thank you so much for giving the love and respect to our beloved American Open wheel series, the red-headed step child of Open wheel racing in the world. it really is a badass series I fucking love it everybody should check it out.
☮️❤️🎵🤗🌍🏁

[@bradleygaledrige2385]

Could you please look into sprintcar racing and at least do an opinion video on it. Honestly it's better racing then most of the top racing series. The 2 sprint series to look at are USAC for nonwing and World of Outlaws for the winged cars.

[@thecouch4702]

The Jimmie Johnson jokes hurt my heart but yeah you're right

[@pssstockarena]

I will watch it Will. If you say so ill watch it and ill root for Romain G.

[@lewishorsburgh7182]

I panicked when Will said the video was sponsored by Ridge, I heard Rich and thought this was gonna backfire massively

[@frankshaffer7645]

American here.
F1 fan since 1984.
Ovals are boring and pointless.
The only Oval race I go out of my way to watch is the Indy 500. (Mostly because it is usually on the same day as the GP of Monaco and I need something to wake me up after the Monaco snooze fest.) Indy isn't quite an Oval. It's a rectangle. There are small straights between turns 1&2 and between turns 3&4.
St. Pete is a decent street course, but the permanent road courses are the best.
Road America.
Road Atlanta
Barber Motorpark (Alabama)
Sadly... the road course 40 minutes away from me (Mid-Ohio) is no longer big enough to handle these cars and the race at Mid-Ohio usually sucks.
Of course I watch some IndyCar, but it really does not compare to F1.

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

"Ovals are boring and pointless"
Tens of millions of people feel the same way about road and street courses.

[@indy500tabasco8]

Best in class or all classes

[@richards4466]

More indycar content!!!!!!!!

[@jesseemullen]

Well, it doesn't have attack mode, but it does have a push-to-pass Mario Kart style gimmick on road courses 🤣👍🏻

[@Marine450x]

This is fantasting, and pretty darn accurate.

[@lilski6157]

Anybody know where to watch from Europe(Switzerland)

[@jimlong8077]

17 different races 9 different winners and 18,000 commercials.

[@elemkay5104]

There are ways to watch commercial free.

[@lucastraman706]

Maybe if they went to different tracks every year then I would give it more praise

[@elemkay5104]

The tracks they go to are fantastic though. And Im not aware of any series that goes to different tracks each year?

[@StephenJaye]

Reason Number Six: If you liked IROC you'll love Indy Car. 🤣

[@Formula1Fail84]

0:24 Haas did not like that

[@DoorTechnicianRick]

I mean... I'd like to watch all motorsports cuz I love cars. But the only motorsports that are broadcasted in my country are F1 and Fe.
There is allways the wonderfull world of pirate streams but... defeats my point

[@ashantedula5696]

Yeah the overhype every little wiggle.

[@justrelax8465]

Fun fact: the indy 500 was formally part of the f1 calendar.

[@wales2k4747]

Not the Indy 500 but the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s road course yes.

[@harveyknguyen]

@@wales2k4747 the 500 used to be an event on the F1 calendar back in the 50s

[@-kr5sh]

Greetings from nz . Good channel bro . My first ever comment on youtube. Maclaren is fuckt 😂 . Oh dear how sad never mind. Go Fernando!!! P3 drivers championship

[@ruddgrandprix-speedrunraci8515]

Why do you HAVE to Watch Indycar in 2023 (and use Ridge Wallet) or how to Hype the American Open Wheel racing series the right way?

[@timmccrory7630]

AJ Foyt the man is the man. His team though that he owns is a joke.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

Jimmie went back to NASCAR

[@javidforssman9456]

do indycar commentators explain the basics of the sport every single race too?

[@FP1Will]

Sky viewers have the US ad breaks and Tom gaymor for that

[@insertgenericusernamehere2402]

My issue is the commentary, the fella from New Zealand has a solid voice but eveyone else sounds so fucking dull. 🤦‍♂️
Everything else about it I enjoy.

[@Fefferoni996]

Ericsson takes the title

[@Yoooooo53674]

Oooh

[@elyasblondlet5862]

frankly i prefer a commentary team that reacto to anything to not reacting at all
here in belgium our commentator in F1 is lame af
a commentator that vibe with the sport is always better

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

The F1 broadcast team goes ballistic if two cars in the F1 parade stray with ten meters of each other.

[@freddiewisdish1983]

OOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!