IndyCar's Iowa race:
Bourdais qualified 4th at Toronto in a Dragon (which is barely on budget) and Rubens qualified 20th in a KV. Sure, he qualified just slightly behind Kanaan and Viso qualified last. But shouldn't 19 years of F1 experience mean a little more than 20th on the indycar grid in a Chevy engine?
Honestly, I sound harsher than I actually mean. I think Rubens is doing a decent job but just slightly disappointing.
Bourdais qualified 4th at Toronto in a Dragon (which is barely on budget) and Rubens qualified 20th in a KV. Sure, he qualified just slightly behind Kanaan and Viso qualified last. But shouldn't 19 years of F1 experience mean a little more than 20th on the indycar grid in a Chevy engine?
Remember, F1 is considered the top of the world by having such a wide variety of teams and how they build and engineer their cars. But IndyCar has always had the argument that they had the most diverse group of tarmac tracks. (ovals, street courses, airport courses, and permanent facilities with drastic elevation changes)
Rubens himself said the biggest issue is learning the tracks, he will do better if he decides to stick around but anyone who thinks he will get a podium or win is probably underestimating the field as well as the challenges of these tracks. Argue all you want about how the cars in Indy are inferior to F1 or whatever, but the tracks really do them in
It would be nice indeed. Maybe a chance for Luca Filippi too?
Maybe they added all four together?Rear wheels a few inches off the ground = "a full two feet off the ground with all four tyres"
Maybe they added all four together?