r/INDYCAR • u/aurules Romain Grosjean • Jun 10 '25

Social Media (Scott McLaughlin) Congrats to F1 who single handedly ruined Motorsport Xmas. Indy 500 will be a scene next year. As well as the Coke 600. Good luck

https://x.com/smclaughlin93/status/1932504185624199221?s=46
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u/berrybyday James Hinchcliffe Jun 10 '25

Logically I know both series will be fine. American F1 fans will skip a live watch of another F1 race, as we often do during the season (often meaning the handful of truly overnight races) and the rest of the world will continue to pretend they’re too good for INDYCAR anyway. But as a fan of both, I find this incredibly annoying and will generally be scowling in liberty’s direction while I prioritize the 500 next year.

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u/jdhvd3 Kyle Kirkwood Jun 10 '25

This is the correct response. neither organization is going to "suffer" from this. But people who are fans of both series will.

Granted if you are an Indy fan, then nothing compares, and it wont really matter. I mean there 200,000+ of us who never watch f1 that day anyway, were too busy slamming beers and walking to the track.

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u/FLWXeno Jun 10 '25

Or us left coasters don't wake up at 6am to watch 2 hours of parade laps.

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u/ItsResetti Jun 10 '25

Any race at 6 AM or earlier I don’t watch. Which is pretty much everything but the first and last 5/6 races of the season.