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Originally posted by BootsOntheSide
Dale seems to have two slow-but-steady guys behind the wheel now, crucically Alex didn't have many crashes or spins in his 15 F1 starts, although he was pretty slow, he did come close to retaining the drive. Its unfortuate for Gonzalez, but, if he has the backing, he has every chacne of geting back on the grid.
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Probably because the 21 professionals last year knew to avoid him like the plague. He was not going to get the drive because he wasn't going to get the same money from Malaysia since Minardi was no longer running Asiatechs, so if you want to prop his reputation, you are going to have to do better than that. Gonzalez has defaulted twice already this year, so it's definitely a good thing that he is gone, considering the waste of methanol that he was.
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Originally posted by BootsOntheSide
Yoong has a better pedigree than Gonzalez and probably Camathias as well, althoug the lack of testing will hamper him badly, especially at first. The target will have to be just to finish in Monterrey.
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That's like saying Lavaggi had a better pedigree than Deletrash. Or like having a stroke is better than a heart attack.
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Originally posted by BootsOntheSide
There are worse racers than Yoong.
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Not unless Coyne starts selling his rides to people from this forum!
Considering that there are already 18 cars, which meets the contractual demands, then CART should have Coyne park his second car and concentrate on getting Camathias up to speed, unless he finds a real driver for it. Otherwise the likes of Yoong, who was rumored to have trouble keeping a consistent or fastest line in F1, will be nothing more than a major hazard, especially on ovals.