The Motorsport Thread 2014

Yeah I can't say that aspect of it my cup of team, though it was always been more embarrassing than anything, not until now has it become an issue. At least NASCAR has marshals, and wider tracks, and can enforce rules. If they ever took the step (though I doubt it) of stopping this type thing, they could easily send marshals to stop a driver from approaching the cars like they do. 

Edited by JJLehto - August 10 2014 at 14:52

That finish at The Glen today was fantastic!  Just really good, pure hard racing for the win by two guys that desperately needed a win to get into the Chase.  Really awesome stuff.

MillsLayne wrote: That finish at The Glen today was fantastic!  Just really good, pure hard racing for the win by two guys that desperately needed a win to get into the Chase.  Really awesome stuff.

Absolutely! Other than that red flag that took 90 mins it was quite a race all around I thought. This is why I love the Glen.,

sleeper wrote: Looks like Stewart wont be prosecuted over the accident.

I imagine short of TS coming out and saying 'Yeah I tried to kill/injure him on purpose' or something akin to that it'll be hard to prove criminal intent. The investigation is ongoing of course, but I do agree this will just be looked upon as a horrible accident by the legal system.

Yeah buddy!  Win #91!

It's been announced that Max Verstappen will take over Vergne's seat at Torro Rosso in F1 next year. Here's the crazy part, he's in only his first ever year of car driving in the European F3 championship, which in itself was quite the surprise as most drivers start out in the lower Formula Renault series. He's good, he's won 8 or 9 races this year already (6 of them consecutively at the Spa and Norisring rounds) and is the closest challenger to the more experienced Esteban Ocon, who is a Lotus Junior driver, but the really crazy part is that he's 16, 17 by Melbourne next year!

Makes you wonder though about Carlos Sainz Jr, Piere Gasly and Alex Lynn, the other Red Bull Junior drivers. Sainz is dominating Renault 3.5 in his second year, Gasley is his closest challenger in his first year and Lynn is dominating the GP3 championship in his first year there and now they've all been jumped by a kid who was signed to the Red Bull stable only last week!   

The Lotterer story doesn't make much sense to me. He's probably an even better overall driver than Kobayashi, but I can't see why he'd want to jump into the deep end with the worst car on the grid. I also can't see why Caterham would take him, they've said they have to get 10th in the championship this year or the loss of prize money might force them out before the start of next season, and that means scoring points. Ericsson's not up to it and putting a rookie in the car, who hasn't driven an F1 car since 2002 for Jaguar, mid season is not going to work out, particularly with a big update coming this weekend can they really count on Ericsson's feedback? Basically to score points they need Kobayashi, full stop.

I'm envious of you going to Sonoma, may not be the best of race tracks but cars always look great going through it's undulating corners. 

sleeper wrote: I'm envious of you going to Sonoma, may not be the best of race tracks but cars always look great going through it's undulating corners.

I'm very excited for this weekend.  This will actually be my 2nd attempt at seeing an IndyCar race live since the tragedy that ended the 2011 season in Vegas.  No matter who wins, it will be a great time.

And as for Power probably nabbing that elusive title this year, it WILL make things in the world a little more correct, but it just sucks that Helio will lose out on it.  AGAIN.

I was telling my wife tonight that we have to check out Laguna Seca.  We've lived in the area for a couple of years now and haven't seen it yet.

'merkan Alexander Rossi to start Belgium!