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Old 16 Feb 2005, 00:41 (Ref:1226722)   #1
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Dominguez Confirmed at Midland Jordan F1

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This rumor is upgraded to 'fact' today. AutoRacing1.com spoke to Mario Dominguez today in Mexico. "To clear the record, yes, I have signed a letter of intent to drive for the Midland Jordan team in 2006," said Dominguez. However, It is not vital that I bring money to get the ride, because the team and the series knows that if I am in the series there will be great interest in F1 from Mexican sponsors. However, with a lot of other drivers bringing money I am competing against them. I will do whatever I have to do get the sponsors I need.

"I was offered a deal to be the third/Friday driver for 2005 and it did not require that I bring any money. However, that would have been a full-time commitment to travel to all the races and do testing. I had to turn it down because I have a contract with HVM in Champ Car for 2005, a good contract that pays me well and I intend to honor it. What everyone must understand is that F1 is a dream for me. When I drove the Jordan last week it was the first time in 12 years that a Mexican drove an F1 car, and although my test was cut short due to weather and Tiago Monteiro crashing the car in the morning, it was still a great experience and I am thankful for the opportunity.

"In September Midland will have the new Dallara ready for testing and I may do some more testing at that time," added Dominguez. "I think by me getting involved with F1 will bring god exposure to my sponsors in Champ Car this year, as well as my team and Champ Car."
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 01:39 (Ref:1226743)   #2
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Hmmm, leading headline there, but basically nothing we already knew, Dominquez a Champcar driver this year and a F1 driver the next....

Hope he's right about the extra exposure helping Champcar too....how nice to have an outgoing driver thinking about that!
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 02:25 (Ref:1226756)   #3
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Dominguez is definitely doing the right thing by staying in CC this year, Midland Jordan absolutely stunk it up today in testing. I know that no racer would turn down the opportunity to race at the highest level, but it will be hard to going to a team with little chance of running in the top ten.
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 03:23 (Ref:1226772)   #4
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Who knows, Dominguez may well be back in CC in 2007 anyways.
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 15:32 (Ref:1227297)   #5
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I was holding out hope that things with Dominguez weren't 100% firm and that something would happen to mess up things with Midland for 2006.
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 17:22 (Ref:1227392)   #6
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You may be right Omega99. I doubt that Dominguez will tear it up in F1, which likely means he will have a season or two before returning to the other side of the ocean.
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 17:48 (Ref:1227417)   #7
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Generally the lower F1 teams are used as stepping stones for the better teams. But maybe Dominguez's timing is questionable because with the new signings the top teams look solid for at least the next 3 years.

On the other hand, things in F1 change regularly so you never know.
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Old 16 Feb 2005, 22:15 (Ref:1227685)   #8
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Is Mario really likely to be good enough to get a top F1 drive? And is Midland likely to be capable fo challenging for the top in F1 within the next few years? I'd say the answer to both questions is 'no', so I'm not sure Mari would be making the right move. At least he will do another ChampCar season first.
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Old 17 Feb 2005, 01:32 (Ref:1227805)   #9
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If Mario can make Midland shine, or make them exceed anyone's expectations, than it's possible that he can tet top rides.

That is the pressure that Mister Dominguez will have.
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PaddockTalk.com is now reporting that the Dominguez signing is a one sided story and that Jordan are only saying that talks have occurred. Depite a quote attributed to a Reuters story, I could not verify the source so call it rumour still.

Story here.
http://www.paddocktalk.com/news/html...ticle&sid=4983
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Old 17 Feb 2005, 13:07 (Ref:1228203)   #11
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BBC are saying that he's rejected their Friday testing offer - they quote Mario sayign that he wants to concentrate on his competitive ChampCar ride, but make no mention of the idea that he couldn't afford the testing role - but is still in contention for a 2006 ride.
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I tend to think that things won't go that well for Dominguez in F1, but you never know. Most of the guys going into F1 don't have higher level experience when it comes to actually doing a race. We've seen guys like Pantano, Gene, Pizzonia, Wilson, Sato, Massa, who obviously have talent struggle with actually getting the job done. Dominguez's racecraft is really strong, I think it's possible he would be well suited.
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More confirmation from paddocktalk here: CCWS/F1: Mario Dominguez...

Sounds like Jordan is still talking to other people.
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From ChampCar's website, dated Monday Feb.20:

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The following statement should be attributed to HVM Inc. co-owner Keith Wiggins, regarding the status of Mario Dominguez as the driver of the #55 Ford-Cosworth/Lola for HVM in the 2005 Champ Car World Series.

"Mario Dominguez is a contracted driver with HVM until the end of 2005 and will be racing in Champ Car. This will be Mario's fourth year with the team and we look forward to continuing our championship quest with Mario. We are also very supportive of Mario's future ambitions, but our focus is Champ Car and Mario in 2005."
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Good that that's official - looks like he's off for 2006 though.
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I don't want to have an unnecessary pop at Dominguez or start a *****ing session, but I fear he'll struggle in F1. He's never truly shone in CART, in my opinion.
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