The Formula One Thread

Or Danica Patrick winning the final CART race?

 

Penske let her have it. From what I understand, the radio coms told his drivers not to press things.

 

"final CART race" ??? Ummm, no.

 

OK memory is foggy.... I forget the circumstances, but she was gifted a win before Tony George took over. Something like that.

 

Motegi ended up as a fuel economy run, yes she basically lucked into it. I don't know if there was any "gifting" involved.
That one was in "Indycar" not CART - CART had their "ceremonial" final race the next day at Long Beach. Or something like that.

Tony George split the series in 1996 I think, that went on for 12 years or so,
CART went through a bankruptcy, Tony had the high bid at the bankruptcy auction
but was denied by the presiding judge, 2008 rolls around and CART gives up and rejoins
the only thing that keeps open wheel racing going in the USA, that is the INDY 500.

Eventually the George family sells everything to Roger Penske, so once again, Roger wins.

 

IMO best looking car of all time! In 1999, CART had 5 chassis, 4 engine makers, 2 tire suppliers.. All sorts of options up and down the field. It was the better series, but the INDY 500 won out. Would love to have the more traditional open wheel road course series back. For reference, a 1999 McLaren added below. I think the CART cars were better

 

100%!!!

 

Thank you for jogging my memory

 

Seems the question is does Checo even make it to summer break.

 

Marko said no decision until after Spa next week.

 

It was cool to see Sergeant get a little testy, probably a year late though. Nice to see him in Q2.

 

And Marko has never gone back on his statement before.

 

He only has to keep his word for 8 days. Surely an attainable goal if Perez can refrain from doing Perez things tomorrow.

Oh, wait...

 

Perez is in a freewill ever since signing his new deal. He should go somewhere else.

 

Norris in Ocon-level dick mode today.

And Max.
Finally getting called out for the whiny child that he's always been. And his fans call Hamilton a whiner with a straight face.

 

I was switching back and forth during the race and totally missed the McLaren issue. What happened?

 

Team orders forced Norris to basically stop on track so Ocon could win the race.

 

It was Piastri's race to lose until Mclaren undercut him and put Norris in front. They wanted to protect themselves from a possible return from Hamilton. Their idea was to swap positions back when things were safe. Then Lando developped a hearing impediment.

 

Thanks

 

Villeneuve just made a really good point in the post-race: if Norris had complied right away, he could have tried to get the position back with plenty of time left. He was faster, and the team had told them on the radio earlier that they could race, but they needed to keep it clean.