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Looking to get into indycar
Hi everyone!
With my favorite F1 commentator joining the indycar crew and MBS acting crazy in F1, I want to dive into indycar a little bit this season.
I’m located in Belgium, when I checked the indycar live website it seemed like I won’t be able to stream indy500 here? (I don’t even know what indy500 is as opposed to the other Indy series? Which series should I follow? Who is awesome? Who is the stroll of indycar?)
I think it’s clear I’m a total noob here looking for some guidance. Any help is welcome, thank you!
A VPN + Indycar Live is all you should need to enjoy the sport. Indycar Live is really reasonably priced, and the racing is utterly sensational at times. I think now is a great time to join, as 2025 is the first full season with the new hybrid engines. Have a look at the list of countries that can access Indycar Live in full and then find a VPN that has an overlap.
Teams are very America-centric (which isn't a surprise obviously) but there are some famous names racing in Indycar that might pique your interest. The racing is a fair bit different to F1 as well, with three different styles of racing (Road/street, short oval and oval) each providing their own unique style of driving and racing. Indycar Live lets you watch previous races, and Indycar's YT channel also has extended 30-minute highlights of most races.
Edit - Just checked the list of countries that can watch live races and Belgium is one of them, so I think that's surely a good omen to dig in right away.
Thank you, that’s very helpful. I’ve signed up for a year of indycar live and Im reading a pdf beginners guide https://ugc.production.linktr.ee/70eb7a18-5fbd-4249-8e62-e18b589e0149_2024-INDYCAR-BeginnersGuide.pdf
Is there a team you’re rooting for in particular?
Had to look this up. Will Buxton?
Yes! I do like all F1 commentators, it’s a real fun crew to hang out with on F1 weekends, but will is so passionate (almost up to a fault) it’s contagious. It really seems like he loves the sport and the drivers, so I would like to see him give that energy to a different series.
Bill Wuxton
The Indy 500 is just the Indianapolis 500-mile race.
Thanks for clearing that up. :)
I've wanted to follow IndyCar for a while - I live in the US and I've gone to see a few races over the last several years - but I find it difficult to jump from F1 primarily because of F1TV. There's no way to watch the races without adding yet another streaming service I don't want, and there's no ad-free options. IndyCar Live seems like a much better deal for you outside the US - the plans here are terrible.
All that said, every time I see Indy I love it - the racing is closer, the rules seem less arcane (especially now in this era of the FIA acting as the morality police), and it's actually possible to afford going to a race more than once every few years.