Alonso at Indy will...
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He will drive spectacularly well, narrowly missing out on the podium in 4th / 5th place, and then instead of being happy about it he will blame the car, declare that the team will never win anything and leave under a cloud burning every bridge as he leaves in such a way that he'll (probably) never be welcome in Indycar again.
That is the Alonso way.
That is the Alonso way.
I assume he'll be testing before the event. But I haven't seen any details of how much he will be doing.
How did Kimi get on when he did Nascar?
Howe did JPM get on when he went over?
F1 drivers are simply better. Justin WIlson was not brilliant in F1 but pretty good when he went. Which suggests the level isn't as high as you'd think it should be.
How did Kimi get on when he did Nascar?
Howe did JPM get on when he went over?
F1 drivers are simply better. Justin WIlson was not brilliant in F1 but pretty good when he went. Which suggests the level isn't as high as you'd think it should be.
Rich_W said:
I assume he'll be testing before the event. But I haven't seen any details of how much he will be doing.
How did Kimi get on when he did Nascar?
Howe did JPM get on when he went over?
F1 drivers are simply better. Justin WIlson was not brilliant in F1 but pretty good when he went. Which suggests the level isn't as high as you'd think it should be.
JPM started out over there. How did Kimi get on when he did Nascar?
Howe did JPM get on when he went over?
F1 drivers are simply better. Justin WIlson was not brilliant in F1 but pretty good when he went. Which suggests the level isn't as high as you'd think it should be.
It's not that they aren't as good - but it's a differing skill set. Also, Wilson pissed about in Jaguars and Minardis - Indy cars are chassis and engines (sort of) off the shelf - certainly much more than in F1.
That's a really over-simple theory, sorry
Nige won in 1993 as a rookie, but lets face it Nige is a bit excellent, and he was kept very honest by Fittipaldi, who was 928.
Alonso is also a bit excellent. But it's not the cake walk you seem to think
Edited by Vocal Minority on Thursday 13th April 21:21
Rich_W said:
I assume he'll be testing before the event. But I haven't seen any details of how much he will be doing.
How did Kimi get on when he did Nascar?
Howe did JPM get on when he went over?
F1 drivers are simply better. Justin WIlson was not brilliant in F1 but pretty good when he went. Which suggests the level isn't as high as you'd think it should be.
Physically testing the car is going to be very limited, although I understand that he will get behind the wheel of the Andretti Autosport Sim. Call it what you like but Alonso's McLaren will be a rebranded AA car. How did Kimi get on when he did Nascar?
Howe did JPM get on when he went over?
F1 drivers are simply better. Justin WIlson was not brilliant in F1 but pretty good when he went. Which suggests the level isn't as high as you'd think it should be.
I really don't think you car draw any comparison from what Kimi and Juan both did in Nascar, although they race on ovals thats about as close as it goes. Indycar far more comparable to F1 than Nascar, Juan Pablo Montoya narrowly missed out on the title in 2015, Scott Dixon pipped him right at the death.
As mentioned before the 500 is part lottery, part skill. If the sun shines on Fernando he has ever chance of tasting the Milk at the brick yard.
swisstoni said:
I dread it when F1 drivers do Indy.
It just seems so darned randomly dangerous. And you sort of get attached to these guys over the years. Not a fan of Alonso but I'd hate to see anything happen to him.
I was convinced Mansel would get hurt when he did it too.
Maybe I'm just a wuss,
Well the last 2 deaths in Indy car have both been British ,so it's stuck in your memory a bit.It just seems so darned randomly dangerous. And you sort of get attached to these guys over the years. Not a fan of Alonso but I'd hate to see anything happen to him.
I was convinced Mansel would get hurt when he did it too.
Maybe I'm just a wuss,
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