The Motorsport Thread - 2012

JJLehto wrote: So anyone willing to bet  on Rubens winning the Indy 500?

^Well, he's starting in the top 10 and stranger things have happened (see last years last lap).

I feel sorry for ex-GP driver Jean Alesi making his debut, because he's Lotus contracted he has to use one of their engines which means he'll be swapping last place with Simona de Silvestro all day because neither of them have anywhere near the power to keep up with the Honda's and Chevy's.

Well, up next is Indy....that'd be a helluva time to improve on an oval 

And Monaco. The grand racing day.
I don't care about the Coke 600 anymore, but there's that too


Edited by JJLehto - May 20 2012 at 13:09

Hey, thats still blowing it on ovals.

JJLehto wrote: Yeah he came in 2nd those times. Oh dear...its funny you'd think you should be able to ovals if you can do roads. I know they're different but cmon, is it that hard? It's the same car too, not like JPM who had to switch from F1 to stock cars Actually Kanaan has done alright. Just not winning titles It would be cool to see Rubens do well.

Power's actually pretty good on the ovals these days (he won at Texas last year) but Penske made a few too many mistakes on pit road and in strategy on the ovals at the end of last year to beat Dario.

Yeah he came in 2nd those times. Oh dear...its funny you'd think you should be able to ovals if you can do roads.
I know they're different but cmon, is it that hard?
It's the same car too, not like JPM who had to switch from F1 to stock cars

Actually Kanaan has done alright. Just not winning titles

It would be cool to see Rubens do well.



Edited by JJLehto - May 18 2012 at 17:21

JJLehto wrote: Man With Hat wrote: JJLehto wrote: Oh wow RHR! I remember that guy from waaaaay back in the day. Ah, well I knew it was something about unhappiness. Going to have to get back into Indy this year, I didn't know Sato and Barrichello were in the series! Awesome. I love Dario but it'd be cool to see Will Power get a title, which thus far is on a good road to do so   Yesss. Will Power better get the championship one of these years. Or bad things will happen. Well it's tough to stop those Scots but this year seems like a mighty fine chance, given the current standings. Also what happened to Tony Kanaan? That title seems like a long time ago now :(

sleeper wrote: Snow Dog wrote: ^BAR was an awful car. Not Villeneuve's best days and an ingnominious last few years to his F1 career. It was to start with but by the time it came good in 2003 he was past it and Button blew him away pretty easily in the end. James, that was a BMW Sauber, not a BAR. And Viellneuve always did poorly at his home race, unlike his dad who was king at the track.

I was gunna say, I remember 2004 when Button had a pretty good year.
Sato did pretty decently as well.

05 started off pretty abysmally though, and of course BAR became Honda where Button got his first win, and Honda became Brawn where Button got his first title.

I know different teams technically but still interesting
Maybe not idk

Snow Dog wrote: ^BAR was an awful car. Not Villeneuve's best days and an ingnominious last few years to his F1 career.

It was to start with but by the time it came good in 2003 he was past it and Button blew him away pretty easily in the end.

James, that was a BMW Sauber, not a BAR. And Viellneuve always did poorly at his home race, unlike his dad who was king at the track.

^BAR was an awful car. Not Villeneuve's best days and an ingnominious last few years to his F1 career.