Indycar 2025: The Thermal Club Comedy Review

The second round of the 2025 Indycar season took the series to California and The Thermal Club, home to the largely underwhelming Million Dollar Challenge last year, could a normal race at the venue be any better? Well it certainly had its moments... Here are my thoughts on the weekend on a whole...

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[TheCarledwards]

Apparently the exact issue was a circuit breaker overheating, meaning the loss in coverage was due to a... thermal issue.

I'll see myself out.

[calumbishop]

You know there is an irony: This channel started covering Indy Car because Max Vertsappen was super dominate to the point of making F1 races pointless while Indy Car was competitive, only for two years to pass and F1 has variety in winners again while Alex Palou can't stop winning every Indy Car race.

[JKlein]

I fear you'll have a stroke if Stingray Robb wins a race.

[millennialchicken]

maybe the Fox blackout was a divine sign, a sign to never come back here

[Skyler-fpqq]

“You got a drive-through for a reason”

[COMMONsenseAdvocate]

Alex Palou is definitely no fcking scrub. I used to believe that the dude is obviously immensely talented. But the fact that he was working with the best team, race strategist, pit crew; it put him over the top and gave him a huge advantage over everyone else. But the guy is driving like vintage Dixon. His race pace and ability to save his tires for when it matters most is better than anyone, by far, in the entire series. While I really hope to see Herta in F1(the dude has outright speed, the most important thing in F1). I can't deny that Alex would definitely be successful in a decent F1 car. But, since the guy is nearly 30; he might as well be a 90yr old cripple on deaths door.

[EquilibriumSW]

found your channel through F1 content, I now fear you will make a Indycar fan out of me. great content man, keep it up 👍

[niamhy.y]

Lowkey didn't even notice that the broadcast had cut out until the Andretti admin posted something about it

[Ana-ycox]

Will Power's willpower will power Will Power.

He drove from P21 to P6.

[eee]

Standings with mario kart 8 points format 1

1 Alex Palou 30
2 Christian Lundgaard 15
2 Scott Dixon 15
4 Pato O’Ward 14
4 Felix Rosenqvist 14
6 Kyle Kirkwood 13
7 Josef Newgarden 10
8 Scott McLaughlin 9
8 Colton Herta 9
10 Will Power 7
10 Alexander Rossi 7
10 Marcus Ericsson 7
13 Marcus Armstrong 6
14 Rinus VeeKay 4
15 Graham Rahal 3
16 Christian Rasmussen 1
17 everyone else

[davidrepp]

Still waiting for Will to do a nascar comedy review

[MTLoveridge]

To sum this race up.

Homer Simpson: Boring

[macrossMX]

We went from 'Max Verstappen dominance will bore fans.'

To

'Alex Palou dominance will bore fans.'

[IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

Easily the worst race of 2025. Thermal sucks.

I’m so ready for this review

[ThatNathDude]

This track looks like if the Las Vegas car park track met Abu Dhabi

[YzaliaJoule]

My favorite part of the race was the commentary team talking about how great and reliable the "new hybrid units" are while one was literally melting down in the pit lane. Peak comedy.

[mikepants]

8:50 oh Murica, home of the happiest people on earth.
Devlin is the new cash me outside girl. 😂

[calebmeadows]

FP1 gets Comedy Reviews out as fast as Palou wins Indycar races!

[DougieFresh]

Most boring race on the Indycar calendar beat the Chinese GP 😂

[ChristinaMaterna]

How polite Scotty Mac was 🤣
Devlin was lucky not to activate kiwi anger!