Quote Originally Posted by RGM Fan
It wasn't the track's problem, it was a rule problem. If you look at the wings the teams were running the IRL cars probably had as much down force as they do on road courses. The result was the drivers never had to lift. If you don't have to lift there is no way you can get any kind over taking advantage on another driver because there is no accelleration curve. You can't drive harder into the corner than someone else because you're flat out all the time. You can't get a run off the corner because your RPM band never moves.

The IRL should have specificed which wings the teams could run so teams would be limited on downforce and there would have been more skill and passing involved.
I agree.

So why say it was "team orders" that prevented Marco from trying to pass Dario?