*contorversial subject*: F1 on ovals

[Quintin03]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

The Indy 500 was part of the F1 WDC between 1950 and '60.

No, it was part of the drivers world championship and not run to F1 regulations. F1 cars could enter I believe but not all cars entered had to be F1 cars. None were. In this period no person achieved points in the Indy 500 and any other drivers world championship race and couldn't possibly have done so.. Only after 1960 the drivers world championship was renamed Formula 1 world championship.

[Bononi]

Heads off, the whole world's stopping now as the World Cup approaches, the greatest even on the planet...

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by Quintin03

No, it was part of the drivers world championship and not run to F1 regulations. F1 cars could enter I believe but not all cars entered had to be F1 cars. None were. In this period no person achieved points in the Indy 500 and any other drivers world championship race and couldn't possibly have done so.. Only after 1960 the drivers world championship was renamed Formula 1 world championship.

Well Nino Farina was the first Formula 1 World Champion in 1950. So whether it's the WDC or F1 WDC is neither here nor there.

Anycase, for your information, Ferrari took part in the 1952 Indy 500 with Alberto Ascari behind the wheel but he retired quite early on.