Alonso to do Indy 500!
Alonso to do Indy 500!
Mario on Gutierrez after the Italian Grand Prix wrote:He's no longer just a bit of a tool, he's the entire tool set.
18-07-2015: Forever in our hearts Jules.
25-08-2015: Forever in our hearts Justin.
Mario on Gutierrez after the Italian Grand Prix wrote:He's no longer just a bit of a tool, he's the entire tool set.
Miguel98 wrote:Yes, you read it right! Alonso will drive the 500 this year with a McLaren entry!
Paul Hayes wrote:That seemed like bizarre news when I first read it, but it seems as if he'll be in a much more competitive car than he has in F1. I expect it'll be a bit like respite care for him!
I'd love it if Button came back for Monaco - a chance at a better last hurrah than he got at the end of last year!
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
East Londoner wrote:(because let's be honest, we'd all want to see Hamilton and Verstappen getting their arses kicked by Dixon, Pagenaud and Newgarden )
indycar.com wrote:This appearance in the 500 comes 38 years after McLaren’s most recent attempt at IMS and Alonso’s car will carry the same papaya orange McLaren livery
Wallio wrote:http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/2017/04/12/mclaren-works-indycar-operation-possible-in-the-future/
So a "works Mclaren" team in Indycar and Le Mans.
OK, WEC makes sense, but what does a "works" team in Indycar mean? Mclaren doesn't build engines, and from next year on Indycar is going spec chassis again....
Rob Dylan wrote:Mercedes paying homage to the other W12 chassis by breaking down 30 minutes in
UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Rosberg retires! Alonso skips his best chance at a decent result for an oval race! What happens next?
IceG wrote:Well Button is still the "official" reserve driver, whatever that means...
Who else could McLaren credibly put in the car?
IceG wrote:Who else could McLaren credibly put in the car?
There are only about 40 drivers who are qualified for superlicences in 2017 and most of them are not at all suitable for F1. Twenty-one of them are F1 drivers (if one includes Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Giovinazzi). There are some test drivers, such as Sergey Sirotkin and Pierre Gasly and McLaren’s Young Driver Nyck de Vries, but he does not seem to be a likely choice at the moment. There are some Formula E drivers and a string of sports car stars, plus the retired Mark Webber.
There are six Indycar drivers on the list: four Penske drivers: Will Power, Simon Pagenaud, Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya. Chip Ganassi’s Scott Dixon. He’s a Honda driver, but it is unlikely that Ganassi would let him wander off, as he is after a third Indy 500 win. That leaves Rossi.
CoopsII wrote:IceG wrote:Who else could McLaren credibly put in the car?
This from Joe Sawards blog...There are only about 40 drivers who are qualified for superlicences in 2017 and most of them are not at all suitable for F1. Twenty-one of them are F1 drivers (if one includes Pascal Wehrlein and Antonio Giovinazzi). There are some test drivers, such as Sergey Sirotkin and Pierre Gasly and McLaren’s Young Driver Nyck de Vries, but he does not seem to be a likely choice at the moment. There are some Formula E drivers and a string of sports car stars, plus the retired Mark Webber.
There are six Indycar drivers on the list: four Penske drivers: Will Power, Simon Pagenaud, Helio Castroneves and Juan Pablo Montoya. Chip Ganassi’s Scott Dixon. He’s a Honda driver, but it is unlikely that Ganassi would let him wander off, as he is after a third Indy 500 win. That leaves Rossi.
Certainly not a massive list of choices and none really that could inspire the same level of excitement as Alonso in an Indycar except perhaps............Webber? I wish.
DanielPT wrote:However he forgot to mention some other drivers that we would want infinitely more to drive that, ermmm, F1 car. Drivers like Andre Lotterer, Jose Maria Lopez, Buemi...
This wrote:UgncreativeUsergname wrote:Rosberg retires! Alonso skips his best chance at a decent result for an oval race! What happens next?
Maldonado going to WRC?
Felipe Nasr - the least forgettable F1 driver!Murray Walker at the 1997 Austrian Grand Prix wrote:The other [Stewart] driver, who nobody's been paying attention to, because he's disappointing, is Jan Magnussen.
Rob Dylan wrote:I want to see disruption and banter, Jenson...
CoopsII wrote:Rob Dylan wrote:I want to see disruption and banter, Jenson...
I love the idea of Button not really wanting to do it and thus attacking it like a grumpy teen who's been dragged out of bed to go shopping with his Nan. I want to see him mooching about at a sulkily slow pace and annoying the race leaders, perhaps stopping for selfies and maybe even picking up passengers.
watka wrote:I find it amusing that whilst you're one of the more openly Christian guys here, you are still first and foremost associated with an eye for the ladies!
MCard LOLAdinizintheoven wrote:GOOD CHRISTIANS do not go to jail. EVERYONE ON FORMULA ONE REJECTS should be in jail.
Wallio wrote:I do have to wonder how much money the Hulmans threw at Mclaren to make this happen. I say that because we are in mid-April, a month away (just under) from rookie testing and first practices, and there are not 33 entries. And realistically, there may not be. A World Champion in the field gives the press a positive story to run.
IceG wrote:So that's Rossi or Sato for Alonso's McLaren seat then?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/39994586