Archive for March, 2007
All of a sudden…
…Champ Car is filled with news. Mario Dominguez is going back to Forsythe to partner with Paul Tracy. It looks like Forsythe is going to run two cars this year after all. Graham Rahal will be racing with Sebastian Bourdais at Newman/Hass/Lanigan. Like I said in a previous post, I like Bobby Rahal and I [...]
Villenueve Overrated
I always thought that Jaques Villenueve was overrated as a driver. He happened to have really good cars to drive when he won his championship. He says he misses the Formula One machinery:
“The only thing that saddens me or that I miss is the fact that those cars were incredible to drive. To be in [...]
Rahal-Letterman enters four cars in the Indy 500
I’m originally from Columbus, Ohio which is also the home of Rahal Letterman racing. I used to watch Bobby Rahal race sports cars at Mid-Ohio in the 1970’s. He will enter four cars in this years Indianapolis 500. Scott Sharp and Jeff Simmons will be driving:
Sharp, who won the pole at Indy in 200 has [...]
Weldon Wins the 2007 Premier IRL Event
Dan Weldon won at Homestead last weekend. One reporter says it made the other drivers sad:
“I could stay with Dan early on, but as soon he got that gap, I couldn’t quite get back the time,” said Hornish, a three-time series champion. “It’s unfortunate for the Team Penske crew, but I said we’d be happy [...]
Sacrebleu!
No French Grand Prix! It’s been well known that F1 boss Bernie Eccelstone does not like the remote location of Magny Cours. Now it looks like it’s off the calendar for 2008. This from Yahoo:
The news was not officially confirmed, but it would be the first time since 1955 that the country did not host [...]
Another Andretti in Formula One?
Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran who is sporting director for Honda F1 was in Homestead, Florida last weekend for the IndyCar race. While visiting he said F1 is always keeping an eye out for up and coming talent. I guess that includes Marco Andretti:
De Ferran insisted that he is simply holidaying in America prior [...]
