Why you HAVE to Watch Indycar in 2023

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The 2023 Indycar season will kick off in St. Petersburg next weekend, so here are your top 5 reasons why you HAVE to watch it this year!
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[@FP1Will]

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[@alecerdmann8505]

I know IndyCar needs people to watch the actual race, but another good thing is that the IndyCar KZbin 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.

[@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 🙏🏆💛

[@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.

[@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.

[@bobchuseby]

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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@RossMKF1]

Glad you cover the Indycar races now!

[@scottdehaan5864]

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

[@averageenthusiast928]

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

[@BuffaloWarrior7]

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

[@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!

[@bobbonniol]

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

[@thelittleowl1]

Indycar is superb. Loved last season.

[@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

[@jesseemullen]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@bobmcgod5214]

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

[@brynnej]

I have been waiting for this video for so long!

[@LtNduati]

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

[@shredofmalarchi]

Nailed it brov!

[@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!

[@AMC439]

THANK YOUUUU

[@sracing021]

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

[@harveyknguyen]

they use Sebring for rookie training

[@dutch_bullet]

Oooooh... definitely gonna watch it now :)

[@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.

[@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

[@countryaces7653]

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

[@pasztorferenc6741]

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

[@e2rqey]

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

[@steviemac8075]

Ooooohhhhhh am in !🤣🤣this sounds fantastic

[@Zach-td5mb]

Do some sprint car races. WOO or ASCOC

[@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

[@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

[@ecHDi]

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

[@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)

[@SamPalmer63]

I love Indycar so I will be watching

[@planecrazy242]

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

[@jonlinen225]

Thanks!

[@FP1Will]

Thank YOU man!!

[@davidmarecek1754]

6:01 and that's understatement

[@chadwickstephens4843]

I frickin love INDYCAR

[@jayveehaitch]

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

[@eggselent9814]

Reddit

[@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. ☮️❤️🎵🤗🌍🏁

[@indy500tabasco8]

Best in class or all classes

[@IsaiahSchmitmeyer]

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

[@lilski6157]

Anybody know where to watch from Europe(Switzerland)

[@Seb_Kowalke]

Big fan of Tony New Text Kanaan!

[@WRXPATRICK1]

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

[@Kyle86910]

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

[@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. 🇺🇸 🤝 🇧🇷

[@cjmsacomments4389]

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

[@hamburgermatty]

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

[@Marine450x]

This is fantasting, and pretty darn accurate.

[@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.

[@hrenes]

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

[@IsaiahSchmitmeyer]

IMSA is another motorsport that is great as well

[@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.

[@ricardojuricic9027]

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

[@nkandukataya2813]

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

[@pssstockarena]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@Gangsta_Playz]

4:53 *proceeds to make one*

[@lewishorsburgh7182]

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

[@lhallora1]

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

[@jesseemullen]

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

[@richards4466]

More indycar content!!!!!!!!

[@justaguy3310]

Lately I've been enjoying indycar more than f1

[@thecouch4702]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@paw_prints_in_the_paddock]

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

[@ilanlaham6911]

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

[@FP1Will]

Yes!

[@Widestone001]

Ooohh!

[@Yoooooo53674]

Oooh

[@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.

[@Formula1Fail84]

0:24 Haas did not like that

[@exF3-86]

Spec series? The "12" in Dallara DW12 is for the year it was introduced- 2012. I suppose using the same design for the 11th year means the bugs have been ironed out at least...

[@nickb2049]

The base chassis is the same, but all the bodywork is completely different so it is basically a different car. They refer to it as the IR-18

[@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?

[@oscar_bru8455]

hi

[@-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

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

Is Paul Tracy really back in the booth?

[@harveyknguyen]

i think that was just an old pic

[@MotownGuitarJoe]

He's been replaced by James Hinchcliffe, who appears to have been born to be a commentator.

[@freddiewisdish1983]

OOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[@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

[@SmolMarsh]

OOHHHHHHH!

[@ashantedula5696]

Yeah the overhype every little wiggle.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

Jimmie went back to NASCAR

[@Galaxy-RobloxGaming]

Why

[@Fefferoni996]

Ericsson takes the title

[@oskarrnning7481]

Ooooohhhh