I see what you mean. But ART is sort of the Penske/Ganassi/McLaren/Ferrari of GP2. They've won 3 of the past 5 GP2 championships, and tend to always run up front. And it's my understanding that they're looking at an F1 entry for next year. Even though the (top) ride buyers only hang around for a couple of years at the most, they tend to go with ART. And from the front of the GP2 grid to the rear, they all race like their lives depend on picking up even a single position. Once they get to F1, that "kill or be killed" mentality doesn't go away. Look at Alonso vs. Massa, Hamilton vs. Button, Rosberg vs. Schumacher and most especially, Vettel vs. Webber.
All have taken their teammates to task. And they were competing against virtually identical (team) cars. And it used to be that way in AOWR. IMO, what made 1980's-90's CART races so exciting was the balls to the wall exploits of people like Paul Tracy, Mike Andretti, Danny Sullivan, Alex Zanardi, Greg Moore, Juan Montoya, et al... and even Robby Gordon (even though he didn't win much). See, we used to have guys who had the same ruthless w
in or wreck tryin' mentality as the GP2 (and F1) guys do. I don't think the problem is JUST down to the current chassis/engine formula. I think part of it is in the current "driver formula". A little less lovey-dovey and a little more with the dueling pistols would help, IMO. Put Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso in one of these spec cars and see how many problems they would have in getting by Danica's 14 foot wide sled on a road course. It might end in tears, but they certainly wouldn't just sit behind her and motor around in fuel conservation mode. She'd either get passed or she'd get wrecked. Why? Cause those guys don't race and hope to have friends at the end of the race. They see their friends at home, not on the track.
Just my 2c...
Did Jan Solans get 3 points for his 8th place at the end of saturday? Wikipedia and WRC site shows he didn't, eWRC shows he did.
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