LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Participants in the "Ortsbo Live & Global: IZOD IndyCar Series" event heard it first: Tony Kanaan and Rubens Barrichello will let their hair grow -- Kanaan's pate and Barrichello's chin -- if they wind up on the podium together in an IZOD IndyCar Series race this season.

"That would be interesting," said Barrichello, who's competing in his third IZOD IndyCar Series race this weekend.

The compatriots and longtime friends were guests of the "Live & Global" Q&A session, though the audience wasn't limited to the logistics of Victory Circle at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Fellow IZOD IndyCar Series driver James Hinchcliffe was the moderator.

Through Ortsbo's instant live subtitling technology on the Live & Global platform, viewers around the world watched and participated in the Q&A in real-time through an online video stream with closed captioning in any one of Ortsbo's 53 languages.

Ortsbo is the Official Online Translation Partner for the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights. Questions submitted during the hour-long session ranged from the Czech Republic to Mexico to Canada and, of course, Brazil. 

“(The Ortsbo Live & Global: IZOD IndyCar Series) allows racing fans to experience the excitement of the race day directly from the drivers themselves, no matter where they may be in the world,” said Ortsbo CEO David Lucatch, who noted more such Q&A sessions will be scheduled this season.

Meet the ladies of TrueCar: TrueCar Racing team members Katherine Legge, Ashley Freiberg, Shannon McIntosh, Shea Holbrook and Verena Mei will be signing autographs and participating in a Q&A session at 10:15 a.m. (local time) April 15 at the INDYCAR Fan Village in the Expo Hall.

Of note: Adam Carolla won the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race. ... Attendance for the race weekend is trending up 15 percent, according to Grand Prix officials. ... Guests scheduled to be in the IZOD Performance Pit for the race include Bruce and Brody Jenner, Adrien Brody and Dean Norris.