Originally Posted by aussiemidgetfan:
Oh yeah I compared her against Quattro.
I know you all want her to fail because she's Swiss and better than Danica but deal with the facts.
Her debut race in Indycar, the Brazil street race. She outqualified Danica. Yes she had technical problems but they weren't unexpected/
Second race, St Pete. She outqualified Danica again. She outraced her too until she got punted by Rahal.
This is a girl in her debut season who is already showing up a lot of big names and she is hardly in a competitive car. If you ranked the teams HVM would have to be near the bottom yet she is doing some amazing things in that sled. You can slag Sim off as much as you like but on raw talent alone she kills the other women in that series and most of the men too.
First you compare her to AJ FOYT now it's wahnica. There is NO WAY IN HELL you can compare this girl or pretty much ANY IRL driver with AJ FOYT in his prime. Sorry but no way, no how. And the only person in the last few years you could compare to a young, up and coming AJ Foyt was Tony Stewart. So she might be better than Danica, so what? Most in the IRl are better than Danica. Just another ride-buying-no-one-you've-heard-of-before-IRL driver........ Maybe some day she'll outrun Danica at the end of a road race, whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, neither one of them will win! LOL
Originally Posted by B99:
I can't believe the new Pole Day procedure!
From 11am Saturday, May 22nd, until 4pm, teams will have a shot at all the spots on the grid. Then until 6pm that day, a psuedo Firestone Fast 6 will have at it.
At the 4pm cutoff, the 9 fastest cars will compete for the pole!
Indy qualifying used to be special, now it'sjust stupid. I'm sure there will be some that will crow about this, but this does nothing to bring back the magic of pole day and how special the last couple of hours or the first two hours used to be.
I know something needs to be done, but this????
What's next, a 25 lap B main instead of bump day?
I am not doubting you on this but where did you read or hear this? I didn't see anything on IRL or Indy web site. I might be over looking it.
Thanks.
Originally Posted by REH24:
I am not doubting you on this but where did you read or hear this? I didn't see anything on IRL or Indy web site. I might be over looking it.
Thanks.
Originally Posted by aussiemidgetfan:
33 or maybe 34. It's about image and the vanity of the Hulman-George family won't allow less than 33 starters even if they fund 10 of them out of their own pocket.
You come across as such an open wheel "expert" on here. You obviously don't follow it that close. Those purse strings have been cut so pretty sure 10 cars won't be funded by the league. There will be around 40 cars this year.
I think the new format could be alright. Will just have to see how it plays out.
