I think Sarah Fisher has a lot more talent than Danica. She won races in World of Outlaw's. Not an easy task. She didn't get the same opportunities & that's a shame. I think she wasn't willing to sell herself in the way Danica was. Now that Sarah is the mother of 2 we won't see her behind the wheel of a race car again. I wish her much success as a car owner.
I think Kurt is tapping the boss on the shoulder with a bit of a drool hanging going ...can I play with that, please, can i can i can i please please please like a 4 year old. Not looking for a full time ride but a fun little track day with a new toy. Danica is mentioned to bring attention to the team.
Many a driver has been competitive in formula ford that could not make the several more steps up to F1. As was said earlier her ship has sailed... Unless of course she wants to go back down and prove herself first... Don't dislike Danica, but for whatever reason she has not excelled at the higher levels, wish she had and could.but.....it's been a long long time since she has been racing for the checkers... The fact is, Haas has an uphill battle already, he needs drivers that know the grade. There are better drivers with more experience in and around F1 available. I want to see an American team succeed in F1.
That's true, but she showed more in FF than any other series--I think she missed her one shot where she had the highest chance of success. F1 is more regimented, heavy on rules, and this fits her style more than NASCAR or even Indy car. Another year in FF or the next step into the lower level F series, and we'd have a better idea of what she could do. I'm not a Danica fan, in fact, exactly the opposite. But at a young age she was damned good, and I think she would have had a shot at being a legitimate driver rather than eye candy had she done it differently. To her credit, she's working hard in NASCAR, and has shown improvement (although the results don't necessarily show it); she actually takes positions this year rather than trying to hold onto what she's got. But she's already been eclipsed by Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon, and there's a whole group of young drivers coming up that's going to keep her in the back of the field.
Do Ferrari really need Haas's cash? I'm sure there's a catch, something else they expect from this deal. I figure if Ferrari are thinking of Haas as a developmental team it won't be about developing the car, they're probably thinking more in terms of drivers. If that's the deal, Haas may not have as much say as he'd like. But maybe they'd like to pawn off Kimi somewhere.....
Nah, they don't want the cash, they're just in it for a few CNC machines on the cheap. They'd be better off going with Furniture Row, and get some trick office desks for free.
I'd think they'd keep it for the safety factor alone. I guess they could try and ban all communication except for messages from the team to the driver concerning safety specifically, but then there'd always be someone trying to work around it. It'd be tough to enforce, although it might be possible, it might require a person independent from the team communicating with the driver. That might work, and I see the point in keeping the team off the radio, especially in this age of conspiracy theories with the teams.
Danica? F1? :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Oh stop my sides are starting to hurt from laughing! Look I don't hate anyone but PLEASE. If your my age and I know most of you are old farts too, you have seen much better drivers go to F! just to be back markers. I will call this the way I see it and some may not like it. If Danica was not cute she would never have gotten the attention she has gotten. There are plenty of good female drivers out there that don't get the shots that Danica gets. Thats what bothers me every time her name comes up. Sure Danica has talent but not as much as she is given credit for. This speaks volumes about a country that cares to much about looks and not results. Now get off my lawn!
I notice in the radio communications they are still going to allow some of it. Only the parts with the yelling back and forth because it's good for the show. You know the calls like "don't talk to me I know what I'm doing" and "he won't let me by" or "he's trying to run me off the road".
Danica will only get the ride because of the publicity it would bring and with it the money to the team. When your car and team are in the media a lot because of the first female driver you can get a lot of advertising $. It doesn't matter what position the car is in.
Yeah, from what I understand it's the "OK Nico, Lewis is 2.5 seconds behind you on different tyres. You need to map to setting 2 and use the overtake on straights." kind of chatter that they want to clamp down on. Let the driver drive, not the engineer.
Speaking of radio transcripts, here's the last race's: 2014 Italian Grand Prix team radio transcript - F1 Fanatic
As for Danica, the point is not where she is now, but where she could have been, had she stuck it out. I agree 100% she is, at present, style over substance and hasn't proven herself at the top levels, and got opportunities that came too soon before they were deserved. It's easy (and reasonable) to bash her now, but like it or not when she ran FF in the UK, and prior to that when she drove stateside, she did show potential. She left too soon so we'll never really know how good she could have been, and now she's facing the fallout from that professionally, although economically she's done fairly well for herself.
Well, now that Montezemolo is gone, will Ferrari ever recover it's winning ways, or is it in a death spiral, destined to run 5th or worse the rest of the season?
Much to my own surprise, I can't get a handle on what I think of him leaving....the F1 part of Ferrari has been in decline whilst the retail sales and the cars they are producing is great.... I know that I do not want Ferrari to become a Fiat or a Chrysler.....But a change on the F1 side is in order, but is this the change that was needed? Need more time to see who takes over, if Ferrari just becomes another brand under the head of Fiat and there is no seperate President at Ferrari, I just can't see that as being a good thing....much to think about....