I don't know how good he is on road courses but if he has talent then that translates in any series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallgeese
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I don't know how good he is on road courses but if he has talent then that translates in any series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tallgeese
He's pretty damn quick on road courses, i think he has the highest ratio of wins per starts on road courses (apart from graham rahal who's only raced 1 and won 1) for the IndyCar series.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
2005(with awful toyota engine):
St. Pete Start: 11 Finish:6
Watkins Glen Start: 4 Finish: 1
Sonoma Start: 9 Finish: 7
2006:
St. Pete Start:2 Finish: 2
Watkins Glen Start: 4 Finish: 1
Sonoma Start: 1 Finish: 4
2007:
St. Pete Start: 4 Finish: 2
Watkins Glen Start: 2 Finish: 1
Mid Ohio Start: 6 Finish: 1
Sonoma Start: 5 Finish: 1
Detriot Start: 3 Finish: 8
2008:
St. Pete start: 13 Finish: 22 (DNF - Mechanical)
Overall winning ratio is: just under 40%, the next closest is Kanaan (i think)?
I personally thought if he had any shot of getting into f1 at his age it would've been either Super Aguri (no longer with us) or Honda (Indycar enginer supplier).
But this is Formula One we're talking about and stranger things have happened before with drivers (e.g. Raikkonen in 2001 F1 from F3).
However on a side note, I think the next kiwi in F1 will be Brendan Hartley (racing in British F3 with Carlin) with 1 of the 2 Red Bull backed teams.
He's fantastic. That's what won him the IRL title last year, IMHO, he was almost untouchable on road courses.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
Scott dominates on the road courses. He's a road course driver that got stuck in oval racing.
Ehm, Dario Franchitti was last year's IRL champion. Dixon won the title back in 2003 (when incidentally no road courses were on the schedule).Quote:
Originally Posted by wedge
Ha ha ha!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by gm99
That's right! What was I thinking?!
I meant he was on a terrific run in the second half of last season to come from behind and almost win it.
I think that Dixon is very talented and he just gets the job done, without a lot of drama. His problem would likely be the formula that he currently runs in. I'm not slamming the IRL, but the hp/weight ratio of the current IRL car is very similar to GP2. If the IRL ran street & road courses as a majority of its schedule, and Scott dominated (in Zanardi or Bourdais fashion), I think he would have a better chance to step right into F1.
Anything is possible. But best case, if Scott made an attempt to go to F1, he'd probably be asked to do a season of GP2 first. He should probably just stay in the IRL and then explore NASCAR when he feels the time is right.