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suffolk009 said:
McLaren have just hired Gil de Ferran as a motorsport advisor. I think an Indycar team is on the cards. Alonso to drive would seem to make sense. As I suggested elsewhere (maybe the silly season thread), if Alonso wins LeMans this year then I reckon he'll be off to Indycar full time.
Really can't see why he would want to do Indycar, it's second division stuff.He doesn't need the money and is still worthy of a place in F1.
Stan the Bat said:
suffolk009 said:
McLaren have just hired Gil de Ferran as a motorsport advisor. I think an Indycar team is on the cards. Alonso to drive would seem to make sense. As I suggested elsewhere (maybe the silly season thread), if Alonso wins LeMans this year then I reckon he'll be off to Indycar full time.
Really can't see why he would want to do Indycar, it's second division stuff.He doesn't need the money and is still worthy of a place in F1.
garyhun said:
Stan the Bat said:
suffolk009 said:
McLaren have just hired Gil de Ferran as a motorsport advisor. I think an Indycar team is on the cards. Alonso to drive would seem to make sense. As I suggested elsewhere (maybe the silly season thread), if Alonso wins LeMans this year then I reckon he'll be off to Indycar full time.
Really can't see why he would want to do Indycar, it's second division stuff.He doesn't need the money and is still worthy of a place in F1.
Stan the Bat said:
garyhun said:
Stan the Bat said:
suffolk009 said:
McLaren have just hired Gil de Ferran as a motorsport advisor. I think an Indycar team is on the cards. Alonso to drive would seem to make sense. As I suggested elsewhere (maybe the silly season thread), if Alonso wins LeMans this year then I reckon he'll be off to Indycar full time.
Really can't see why he would want to do Indycar, it's second division stuff.He doesn't need the money and is still worthy of a place in F1.
HTP99 said:
I can; he's no hope of winning another F1 title, he is perfectly capable of winning Le Mans so what is left; Indycar.
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Sam993 said:
No it's not, it's on par with modern F1 if not better in terms of pure racing excitement.
Some tracks maybe. But the "turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left" hasn't exactly attracted a global audience.It's okay to watch over a beer (and I must go and see the Indy 500 live one day) but it is tier 2.
Vaud said:
Sam993 said:
No it's not, it's on par with modern F1 if not better in terms of pure racing excitement.
Some tracks maybe. But the "turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left" hasn't exactly attracted a global audience.It's okay to watch over a beer (and I must go and see the Indy 500 live one day) but it is tier 2.
Sam993 said:
Stan the Bat said:
Really can't see why he would want to do Indycar, it's second division stuff.
No it's not, it's on par with modern F1 if not better in terms of pure racing excitement.That I would imagine is what he would be considering. Rather than prestige - perceived or real.
Sam993 said:
They used to attract global audience in the first half of 90's, but thanks to greed and IMS owners wanting to create their own oval only series that almost killed it. They are back to where they were in the early 90's now. If not better. More and more people realise that F1 is a corporate circle jerk that lost its edge and watch Indycar instead. Myself included (although I love this years F1 season).
Champcar I know, not Indy, but did you ever see the race where they were on this bizarre airfield circuit and Montoya goes balls out round the outside of someone and drags his car down a concrete wall and sparks come flying up off the rims? Made the overtake stick too!Vaud said:
Some tracks maybe. But the "turn left, turn left, turn left, turn left" hasn't exactly attracted a global audience.
It's okay to watch over a beer (and I must go and see the Indy 500 live one day) but it is tier 2.
I think there’s onky a couple of oval circuits on the Indy calendar now it’s predominantly road courses. It's okay to watch over a beer (and I must go and see the Indy 500 live one day) but it is tier 2.
Alonso now seems to be purely racing for fun at this stage of his career, he doesn’t need the money he just wants to win. So why not dabble in a few different things. Wouldn’t even be surprised if he ended up in a rallycross car in a few years time just for something fun to do.
Sam993 said:
Stan the Bat said:
Really can't see why he would want to do Indycar, it's second division stuff.
No it's not, it's on par with modern F1 if not better in terms of pure racing excitement.What I'd really like to see is him doing some Masters F1 races in an old M23.
spunkytherabbit said:
Sam993 said:
They used to attract global audience in the first half of 90's, but thanks to greed and IMS owners wanting to create their own oval only series that almost killed it. They are back to where they were in the early 90's now. If not better. More and more people realise that F1 is a corporate circle jerk that lost its edge and watch Indycar instead. Myself included (although I love this years F1 season).
Champcar I know, not Indy, but did you ever see the race where they were on this bizarre airfield circuit and Montoya goes balls out round the outside of someone and drags his car down a concrete wall and sparks come flying up off the rims? Made the overtake stick too!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBthxGThBkc (overtake starts around 4:30 but the whole bit is great to watch)
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