Carroll talking with IRL and F-1 teams

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Originally Posted by wedge

I'm an A1GP hater but if his accolade makes people stand up and take notice then all the better. I really hope he goes on to better things. I followed him since F3 and deserves to be racing at top level motorsports.

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^^^^ What he said.

It's criminal that drivers of the calibre of Carroll and Pantano are without rides in a top-level, non-gimmicky series. They'd both go great in the #7 AGR car for instance.

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Originally Posted by V12

^^^^ What he said.

It's criminal that drivers of the calibre of Carroll and Pantano are without rides in a top-level, non-gimmicky series. They'd both go great in the #7 AGR car for instance.

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Probably even better then Mutoh in the #27. As far as I'm concerned, Kanaan is #1, Micro is #2, Ms. Hospenthal is #3, and Godzilla is #4.

I quite like Mutoh. He's quite racy even if he can be the stereotypical Japanese banzai-kamikaze driving style.

Danica needs her character reformed and needs to rid of her spoilt Princess persona and needs to be brought back down to earth. She really is taking her AGR seat for granted. A year or two at Panther will teach her a lesson.

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Originally Posted by wedge

I quite like Mutoh. He's quite racy even if he can be the stereotypical Japanese banzai-kamikaze driving style.

Danica needs her character reformed and needs to rid of her spoilt Princess persona and needs to be brought back down to earth. She really is taking her AGR seat for granted. A year or two at Panther will teach her a lesson.

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She has been very well behaved this year. Her PR staff have gotten a hold of her and sent her to proper lady school. She has had the chance to absolutely lose it and blow a gasket on TV multiple times but has refrained, which I enjoyed seeing. I am not a fan of Danica, however, I don't find myself hating her as much as usual due to her good behavior.

As for Mutoh, he has done nothing for me this season. He has one top ten, and as far as I'm concerned, every AGR driver should have atleast 3 top tens in 3 races so far. He has been a disapointment so far this season.

Carroll's definitely a talented guy but I think i'd rate diResta above him and he seems to have little chance of an F1 seat either. Not sure he'd go to IRL being a Merc-backed driver.

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Originally Posted by Chamoo

She has been very well behaved this year. Her PR staff have gotten a hold of her and sent her to proper lady school. She has had the chance to absolutely lose it and blow a gasket on TV multiple times but has refrained, which I enjoyed seeing. I am not a fan of Danica, however, I don't find myself hating her as much as usual due to her good behavior.

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I won't dispute your post as you seem to be at the events a lot and would know this better than me. But as a fan who's been watching on TV I don't see much of a difference. Maybe the tantrums are less volatile, but in St. Pete she still insisted on forcing a confrontation with Matos when it's wiser to let emotions cool and talk about it in private afterward. In LB, instead of being happy with a deserved, but rather fortunate 4th place, all she could do is whine about her teammate Kanaan crossing the line on the pit exit and she should be third. When things don't go the way she thinks they should, she still lacks the fortitude to handle disappointment with any sort of poise and class.

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Originally Posted by DBell

I won't dispute your post as you seem to be at the events a lot and would know this better than me. But as a fan who's been watching on TV I don't see much of a difference. Maybe the tantrums are less volatile, but in St. Pete she still insisted on forcing a confrontation with Matos when it's wiser to let emotions cool and talk about it in private afterward. In LB, instead of being happy with a deserved, but rather fortunate 4th place, all she could do is whine about her teammate Kanaan crossing the line on the pit exit and she should be third. When things don't go the way she thinks they should, she still lacks the fortitude to handle disappointment with any sort of poise and class.

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Oh I wish I could be at many events, however, the best I can do is follow on TV.

I think she is handling herself a little bit better. She is no princess yet, but she is working on it.

That seems to be the belief around the blogging community as well, that she is working hard to keep her image decent. Probably has to do with the fact this is a contract year, and she needs a sponsor for 2010.