Well, we will have to wait and see. Saying you will pull out (other than ADAC) and doing it are two very different things, especially when the concerned parties start to look at the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ it will cost them. Should be interesting to see who really jumps. Personally I think he is well past his sell by date, but then, with Jean Todt waiting in the wings, hard choice 

Matt

Time for IndyCar to shine

As Eddie Jordan says, hopefully his ego has been suitably massaged by this vote from his mates, and he will resign quietly.

todayshorse wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 12:03pm:

Well yes at the moment IndyCar is not that great, but hopefully in the coming years it will be something great to watch.  And if all of our fears come true and F1 loses sponsors, manufactures, and eventually fans, then Indycar is in a good position to gain some popularity worldwide (just like the early 90's)

The Ruptured Duck wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 2:24pm:


That was due to a certain moustachioed Brummie  (Red 5) 

todayshorse wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 4:18pm:


I think it was presented by a bloke called Nicky Horn, a very bad old school radio DJ.. I may be wrong, did James Allen do the race commentary?

todayshorse wrote on Jun 3^rd, 2008 at 12:03pm:

Well, when you have the choice of running one of two chassis and one of one engines you can't really excpect too much.
I yearn for Indy's heyday when it was more of a "run what you brung" event. At least back then most of the cars were built by the teams themselves, many in small garages, instead of a large factory. Back then the entry list was often in the high 90s and for a few teams teams Indy was the only race they ran. I'm thinking there were probably more cautions back then. but the audience was larger, go figure.
Until they go back to something resembling that it will only be the superteams that can afford it, resulting in a mostly set number of entries and a mostly boring race.

yeah, thats correct, he was. I forget the exact race, but until prost clinched the championship towards the back end of the 1993 season he indeed held both titles.

Jaques Villeneuve came closest to doing the same in 1996. Villeneuve is also one of three(the others are Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi) to win the Indycar championship, the indy 500 and the F1 world championship. Mansell came close to this in 1993 but lost the lead of the 500 during a late restart.

I guess Villeneuve could match Graham Hill this year as hes racing in  Le Mans - should he be in the winning car, then he will have won the 500, the F1 world championship, and Le Mans - also adding the Indycar championship to the list! Alas, like Mansell, he never won at monaco!