Justin Wilson to CART

[hornet]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/3570225.stm

Bit of a shame that CART is getting a battering from the IRL at the moment, but good to see him getting a drive. Keeps him in the shop window if nothing else.

[FourWheelDrift]

And Ralph Firman is driving in the Formula Nissan Championships this year, lesser known than F3000 but I prefer it. Justin Wilson drove FNissan in 2002 too.

[hornet]

Didn't Ricardo Zonta do a spell in FNissan too? Used to watch it on Eurosport every now and then.

[FourWheelDrift]

That's right, when he was dropped from BAR, but they tend to put a lot of the F1 test drivers into this series to keep up their racing competitiveness. Marc Gene (WIlliams test driver) was doing it last year until he had to quit to race the F1 car at Monza.

[tubbystu]

Anybody know how Justin Wilson got on at Sebring ? I've tried a couple of web searches but can't seem to find the full results - its not even mentioned on his website.

[FourWheelDrift]

Finished 22nd, 9th in class 80 laps down due to drive line failure.

[tubbystu]

Thanks. Stunning performance then. Hope he has better run of luck in Cart.