2011 IndyCar silly season - Page 11

NaBUru38 · 25 Dec 2010, 15:46 (Ref:2808399)

How about a more compact format?

Full-season entries:

Penske - Hélio Castroneves, Ryan Briscoe, Will Power
Ganassi - Scott Dixon, Dario Franchitti, Graham Rahal, Charlie Kimball
Andretti - Danica Patrick, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Marco Andretti, Dan Wheldon?
Dreyer & Reinbold - Justin Wilson, Paul Tracy?, Mike Conway?
Fazzt - Alex Tagliani, Ho Ping Tung?
KV - Takuma Sato, EJ Viso, Mario Moraes?, 4th car?
Panther - J.R. Hildebrand, 2nd car?
Foyt - Vitor Meira
De Ferran Dragon - Tony Kanaan, Rafa Matos?
Dale Coyne - Alex Lloyd?, 2nd car?
Conquest - Bertrand Baguette, second car
Newman/Haas - James Hinchcliffe, second car
HVM - Simona de Silvestro, Jean-Karl Vernay?
Walker - Sebastián Saavedra?

Partial-season entries:

Sarah Fisher - Ed Carpenter (St. Pete, Indy, Texas, Iowa, Mid-Ohio, Loudon, Baltimore, Kentucky, Vegas)
De Ferran Dragon - Davey Hamilton (Indy / Texas / New Hampshire)
Highcroft - (with unknown partner): Simon Pagenaud?
Foyt - ???
Redline Xtreme / SH Racing(with KV) - ???
AFS Racing - Adam Carroll? / Rafa Matos?
Bryan Herta - ???
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing - John Edwards?
Sam Schmidt - Townsend Bell, Jay Howard?

Available drivers:

Paul Tracy
Mario Moraes
Alex Lloyd
Oriol Serviá
Jay Howard
Hideki Mutoh
Mario Romancini
Wade Cunningham
Sebastián Saavedra
Jean-Karl Vernay
Mike Conway
Bruno Junqueira
Roger Yasukawa
Milka Duno
Rafael Matos
Ana Beatriz Figueiredo
Tomas Scheckter

madman16 · 26 Dec 2010, 07:23 (Ref:2808509)

thats much better. maybe even better still would be to mark the confirmed in bold and ditch the available drivers list too. Just my opinion

Alex K · 26 Dec 2010, 15:59 (Ref:2808587)

A rumour is Dan Wheldon is about to sign with Robbie Buhl's team...

NaBUru38 · 26 Dec 2010, 19:25 (Ref:2808632)

Quote:

Originally Posted by madman16

maybe even better still would be to mark the confirmed in bold

Yeah, I was too lazy to do that.

**bjohnsonsmith** · 27 Dec 2010, 00:12 (Ref:2808681)

Is there any news on Mike Conway and his recovery?

marcostraz · 27 Dec 2010, 13:33 (Ref:2808766)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

A rumour is Dan Wheldon is about to sign with Robbie Buhl's team...

What is the source of this rumor?

Hawkwood · 29 Dec 2010, 18:18 (Ref:2809254)

Anyone else see in today's Autosport mag Scott Speed's comments about not doing IndyCar because he could easily walk in and be successful?
Any thoughts on that?
I think he is overestimating his own capabilities just a little...

cmk · 30 Dec 2010, 04:51 (Ref:2809357)

Hahaha! What was the last thing Speed walked into and was immediately successful? Formula Renault Eurocup? Maybe GP2, but that's a stretch!

Jacques Rabbit · 30 Dec 2010, 15:37 (Ref:2809436)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex K

A rumour is Dan Wheldon is about to sign with Robbie Buhl's team...

Interesting, though I can't seem to find that anywhere.

His Twitter makes it seem like he has some news, whether it's good or bad. The most prevalent rumors I see have him at Andretti in the fourth car or in a second Panther car starting at Indy.

Jacques Rabbit · 30 Dec 2010, 15:37 (Ref:2809439)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmk

What was the last thing Speed walked into and was immediately successful?

A bar filled with men. Zing.

Yannick · 30 Dec 2010, 16:12 (Ref:2809444)

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmk

Hahaha! What was the last thing Speed walked into and was immediately successful?

ARCA?

madman16 · 31 Dec 2010, 00:08 (Ref:2809582)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostrogothicus

Scott Speed's comments about not doing IndyCar because he could easily walk in and be successful?

His attitude doesn't seem to coincide with results really does it? That kind of thinking doesn't give an insight into why he's been booted from any big chances he's had does it?

If he can prove it, c'mon lets see it

mountainstar · 31 Dec 2010, 05:06 (Ref:2809609)

Quote:

Originally Posted by madman16

His attitude doesn't seem to coincide with results really does it? That kind of thinking doesn't give an insight into why he's been booted from any big chances he's had does it?

If he can prove it, c'mon lets see it

Apparently Red Bull spent $23 million dollars on him up to his Formula 1 debut and like many of the Red Bull drivers, no doubt there is talent but for the huge expenditures they put out they don't seem to really get a lot of mileage out of it. Their whole program is a bit fractured and haphazard.

Speed fell pray to politics that were going on at Toro Rosso, but also it is said he is difficult to work with. One thing I will say is he has Crohn's disease which is a very draining difficult disease to deal with over the long term and that may have an impact.

The irl though is just a motor racing backwater that few see outside of the 500(and that much reduced) so can't really see the point in heading over that way. Probably he can stick it out somewhere in nascar, maybe take a step back to the trucks or nationwide cars.

Alex K · 31 Dec 2010, 12:24 (Ref:2809678)

@marcostraz private 1 fella, we'll see what comes up out of it... He's in discussions with them.

Paradise City · 31 Dec 2010, 13:33 (Ref:2809700)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostrogothicus

Anyone else see in today's Autosport mag Scott Speed's comments about not doing IndyCar because he could easily walk in and be successful?
Any thoughts on that?
I think he is overestimating his own capabilities just a little...

I never liked him since the ARCA mess. He'd be a solid middling runner in Indycar, backmarker in Cup and if he brings that attitude to the table a consummate spectator at any discipline he cares to watch

madman16 · 1 Jan 2011, 00:27 (Ref:2809829)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mountainstar

Apparently Red Bull spent $23 million dollars on him up to his Formula 1 debut and like many of the Red Bull drivers, no doubt there is talent but for the huge expenditures they put out they don't seem to really get a lot of mileage out of it.

Speed fell pray to politics that were going on at Toro Rosso, but also it is said he is difficult to work with. One thing I will say is he has Crohn's disease which is a very draining difficult disease to deal with over the long term and that may have an impact.

I agree with the whole red bull driver development program and they (Helmut Marko) seem to be very hard on drivers as the long list of dumpees would attest.

I'm not sure if his departure was so much politics as lack of results combined with being hard to work with. His disease is no excuse for his attitude however. I just think if he's as good as he says he is i'd like to see him back it up.

All-in-all one things for sure, he makes himself easy to dislike

JagtechOhio · 1 Jan 2011, 02:29 (Ref:2809841)

busted a gut over that, Jacques

NaBUru38 · 1 Jan 2011, 18:49 (Ref:2810003)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradise City

He'd be a solid middling runner in Indycar

At non-ovals, I doubt it. Anyway, he could just say that he's not interested in IndyCar and that would be fine (tastes are tastes, we say in Spanish), but saying it's too easy for him is disrespectful.

ptclaus98 · 1 Jan 2011, 18:59 (Ref:2810006)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacques Rabbit

A bar filled with men. Zing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WePGY5-Plcs

Daisy · 6 Jan 2011, 20:46 (Ref:2812118)

Italiaracing reports that James Rossiter has a good change to race with Lotus/KV racing this year.

Hawkwood · 6 Jan 2011, 23:33 (Ref:2812184)

Yeah, same thing in a piece in todays Autosport mag (but likely only for road courses) - I really hope it's true, he deserves a lucky break.

NaBUru38 · 7 Jan 2011, 20:20 (Ref:2812702)

Sim and Baguette did well in their first attempt at an oval, so Rossiter could do so too.

Hawkwood · 7 Jan 2011, 22:50 (Ref:2812758)

Meira's back with Foyt for 2011:

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88830

vancecooley · 12 Jan 2011, 15:13 (Ref:2814726)

Cavin reported in today's Q&A that Katherine Legge is looking for a part time ride this year. She completed her physical this week.

NaBUru38 · 14 Jan 2011, 19:14 (Ref:2815826)

Viso's KV Lotus

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