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12th April 2017, 11:59 #1
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Alonso to miss Monaco to race Indy 500
This is big.
At first I thought it was a late April fools. But I guess it makes sense, obviously McLaren are not going to be a force in F1 this year so this may help to make Alonso feel loved and help retain him for the next year.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/39576099Last edited by yodasarmpit; 12th April 2017 at 12:04.
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12th April 2017, 13:33 #2
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Fred is good , no doubt , but is he that good that he can just step in and win ?
I love his moxy here , diving right into the deep end , and big kudos to McHonda for making this happen .
This is gonna be great for the sport in the US .
Would the Indy bunch let him win ?
I'd think they might let him run up front for a while , but it might take more than one try at it to get the second crown of the three desired .
It'll be a long day of racing , but I'll be watching it all if he's there .
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13th April 2017, 01:35 #3
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It is a stretch but the McHonda is such crap, what is a one race sabbatical going to really cost him. He will need some luck to get his likeness on the Borg-Warner Trophy I'll be watching. Actually to get the chance to pull for Montoya again. Now I'll pulling for an FA, JPM 1,2.
May the forza be with you
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13th April 2017, 11:21 #4
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14th April 2017, 13:31 #6
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12th April 2017, 17:35 #7
It's a big risk, I hope it works out for him. Unfortunately it means he'll skip the 1 track where the McLaren might not feel the lack of power that much
Tito Vilanova = :champion:
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13th April 2017, 19:07 #8
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My thoughts exactly.
It would be some kind of perverse irony if for some reason the mclaren runs up front in the race and either podium or win the race. The one bit of glory for them this year and he misses it.
I am no fan of ovals at all and i think doing indy is a big risk. I would have rather he competed in LeMans.
But best of luck to him and, I will probably watch parts of it and root for Alonso, JPM and Sato.Last edited by truefan72; 13th April 2017 at 19:10.
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15th April 2017, 04:56 #9
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Unless Chevrolet has a new package, I expect Alonzo will qualify in the top 6.
Last edited by Stan Reid; 15th April 2017 at 11:34.
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21st May 2017, 23:49 #10
Rallying is about following the route, if the route says go round a pole, you go round the pole. If you want to carve you're own path, go baja or something.
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