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Post by JSPorts on Oct 19, 2018 12:29:15 GMT -5
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 19, 2018 12:41:00 GMT -5
Well we still need a driver for the #6. Maybe Alonso could make that happen on his own. I think he might only want to do 1 season anyways and then see where F1 is then.
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 21, 2018 11:51:38 GMT -5
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Post by JSPorts on Oct 21, 2018 12:37:27 GMT -5
I thought he was going to try to go back to F1 in 2020?
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 25, 2018 17:29:45 GMT -5
This is a bad idea. Not only will he have been retired for nearly 3.5 seasons by the time of the 2020 Indy 500, and washed up basically for 7 years even as a Cup driver (aside from his one fluky final win season), he would at that point be 49 years old and I'm pretty sure Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi were the only drivers to win oval IndyCar races at that age and higher but: 1. Stewart was not IMO as talented as Andretti and Fittipaldi to begin with. (Those are 2 of the top 20 drivers of all time, so it's not like I'm dissing him.) 2. Stewart was nowhere near as athletic as Andretti and Fittipaldi even in his prime. 3. The athletic standards today are much higher than in the late '80s/early '90s when Andretti/Fittipaldi were racing in CART. 4. They were at least full-time and not trying to win as a one-off (yes, Al Unser did win the 1987 Indy 500 as a part time driver when he was 47, which is worth noting.) 5. Andretti and Fittipaldi didn't have quite the long string of injuries that Stewart did either. I realize athleticism probably matters much less in oval racing than in road course racing, and indeed Andretti and Fittipaldi themselves started fading in road racing at a younger age than they started fading on ovals, but something tells me he'd barely be competitive and he missed his shot earlier. nascar.nbcsports.com/2018/10/25/tony-stewart-rethinking-return-to-indianapolis-500/He seems to be reconsidering Sean.
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 27, 2018 9:48:47 GMT -5
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 29, 2018 11:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by JSPorts on Oct 29, 2018 11:56:17 GMT -5
Not good at all. I doubt ECR will be able to find a sponsor for both their full-season entries like that again. I wonder if they'll have to cut back to 1 full-time car.
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 29, 2018 12:07:30 GMT -5
Not good at all. I doubt ECR will be able to find a sponsor for both their full-season entries like that again. I wonder if they'll have to cut back to 1 full-time car. Jones must be bringing something to the table possibly enough to make up the difference. Otherwise you could be right this might have been a shock for Ed.
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 29, 2018 12:54:21 GMT -5
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 29, 2018 12:56:15 GMT -5
Rumour from Swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Expressen, Marcus Ericsson to drive for SPM for Wickens.
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 29, 2018 15:05:30 GMT -5
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Post by JSPorts on Oct 29, 2018 15:09:48 GMT -5
I hope Fernando can run the 500 in 2019. It would be great to see him run more ovals, too, so that, if he does come over full-time in 2020, it's not quite as big a transition.
As for Ericsson, that's good for him that he lands on his feet. I wonder how good he'll be. He obviously wasn't anything special in F1, but those fields are more talented to begin with, and his cars sucked.
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 30, 2018 9:50:43 GMT -5
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Post by Canadianfan on Oct 31, 2018 10:44:05 GMT -5
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