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Who is the better driver?
Dario Franchitti 20%  20%  [ 18 ]
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codename_47 wrote:
Has Wilson even got a drive anywhere for next year? :?


Nothing confirmed. I'm guessing he'll be back with DRR.


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Apparently what Honda said about trying to keep Hinch wasn't far from the truth but they weren't willing to pay for his ride on their own.


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:23 am 
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Hinch is very quick, great with the media but at the end of the day seems to make far too many mistakes....

This is his big chance, we know it, he knows it, only time will tell if he can iron out the his slightly wild nature.

If he does he could be a new force.


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Ferrari wrote:
Its a shame that Justin has gone this long without top ride. In my opinion, there hasn't been a another driver in past ten years, that has done so much with so little.


Paul Tracy?


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Peter wrote:
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Its a shame that Justin has gone this long without top ride. In my opinion, there hasn't been a another driver in past ten years, that has done so much with so little.


Paul Tracy?


In before "you've read that the wrong way round"

If Champcar wasn't shut down in 2008 Justin would've been champion, I'd have put all my money on that.
(And that's without the rumours he'd already signed for Newman-Haas so he'd have been able to take over their super-trick car with all the gizmos...)


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:43 pm 
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Nah I just felt the need to revive the name which has been forgotten in the past 10 months, the name that brought spectacles to AOWR. Honestly I don't care whether Justin drives in Indycar or not. I'd watch F1 for the pleasure of watching a driver's just being quick, not Indycar.


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:33 pm 
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what about IndyCar 2012 tests? Gonna be difficult to develop a decent car If there's no testing...they need to put the DW001 on track as soon as possible, the earlier the better. They have to make IndyCar 2012 a reality because so far I've just seen complaints from the drivers about how weird it's to drive that vehicle...put that crapwagon in some track of Florida and push it to the limit


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For those who care, Michael Andretti will be one of the contestants on "The Celebrity Apprentice" this year.


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 5:19 pm 
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Mattzel89 wrote:
Beaux Barfield will be the new race director



The official announcement press conference just ended and I got a good feeling about the new race control concept. There's going to be a driver there like in F1, but Barfield has the final word, which is ok as he's a race fan and he doesn't like the current IndyCar blocking rule.

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he doesn't like the current IndyCar blocking rule.


Yay!


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:02 pm 
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As long as he likes consistency then it'll be a massive improvement...


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Baby steps, but I suppose this can't be a bad thing.

Does he have the authority to tell Dallara to go make the car at least acceptably pretty, rather than the disgrace it looks now?


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PostPosted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:15 pm 
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Sounds good about the race control.

To everyone who keeps telling the car is fugly; agreed.

But I hated the broad front wing F1's even more when they came out a few years ago, now it's ok.


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When it comes to the new Indycar and how it looks, I just remind myself that at least it's not the DeltaWing. Always makes me feel better about it.


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ellis wrote:
Baby steps, but I suppose this can't be a bad thing.

Does he have the authority to tell Dallara to go make the car at least acceptably pretty, rather than the disgrace it looks now?


Probably not, but just wait until ORECA and co. are allowed to build their own aero kits which look nicer and also go 2 seconds faster.

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With regards to the blocking rule, don't know why they just don't adopt what most road racing series do 8O

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DW12 with Panther Racing National Guard scheme.

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Actually like the DW12 with livery's on it and in road course trim (oval versions isn't that goodlooking, yet).


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Goddamn that is ugly.


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I suppose it had to maintain some lineage to the IRL predecessors.


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Shane wrote:
I suppose it had to maintain some lineage to the IRL predecessors.


They should have stopped with that heritage crap at the wheels, car still looks awful.


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