"I am preparing like a school boy who has all his exams" said Jean Alesi about his perparations for the Indy 500 2012 in a interview with L'Equipe-TV:
http://video.lequipe.fr/video/auto-m...g=iLyROoafrz5v
in French
"I am preparing like a school boy who has all his exams" said Jean Alesi about his perparations for the Indy 500 2012 in a interview with L'Equipe-TV:
http://video.lequipe.fr/video/auto-m...g=iLyROoafrz5v
in French
So an F1 vet who has nothing to prove, is getting it back together because some fire inside tells him he needs to race Indy before its all too late. That there is just awesome. Alesi has my respect.
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Better not hang around Dario, by the time he got done talking to Scott Speed, Speed was getting outpaced by a Dutchman that had never seen the track.
You cannot wrangle chaos. You can only try to plan for it.
Does he know what bumped means? If not, he better learn.
Man, I was beginning to think I was the only one totally excited that he's racing! Absolute respect to Jean!Originally Posted by Mr. Bean
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I am a fan of the IZOD IndyCar Series, Formula 1, and AMA Supercross in that respective order.
But he's another foreigner that no one cares about and he doesn't understand what Indy means
Sarcasm if you can't tell
I'd rather have 10% of the world interested in the ICS than 50% of US that NASCAR currently has
Yeah sure. This guy has won an F1 race, most of the drivers in IndyCar today wouldn't even be considered an F1 seat
Glaucoma -deal with it!!
Interesting story line and if he does attempt to make the field, the story can only be positive for IndyCar.
Jean Alesi: [has Ricky in an arm lock] I will let you go, Marco. But first, I want you to say..."I... love... crepes.
Michael Andretti: Don't you say it, Marco. These colors don't run.
Marco Andretti: I'm not gonna say it.
Michael Andretti: Good.
Marco Andretti: Hey, look, Frenchy, I thought about it. So why don't you go ahead and break my arm?
Jean Alesi: I do not want to break your arm, Monsieur Marco, but I am a man of my word.
Marco Andretti: Here's the deal. He's not gonna break it because I'm gonna slip out of it right now. Houdini!
[he tries unsuccessfully to get free]
Jean Alesi: Whoa! Get down, you little pancake.
Marco Andretti: Someone might as well get me a beer while I'm down here.
Jean Alesi: But you have forced me to do this. You are now mocking me and making me look ridiculous. Just say, "I love crepes."
Michael Andretti: You know, just to put this in there, I had a whole mess of crepes this morning. They're just like pancakes, maybe even better.
Marco Andretti: Wait, are they the really thin pancakes?
Michael Andretti: Yeah.
Jean Alesi: Yes they are. They are the really thin pancakes. It's just a French word for them.
Marco Andretti: Oh, my god, I love those.
Michael Andretti: Put any syrups you want on them. I'm just saying, think about it.
Marco Andretti: They come with cheese sometimes?
Jean Alesi: Yes, of course, a fromage-crepe.
Marco Andretti: Well, why didn't someone yell that right-right away?
Jean Alesi: Do you know what's in the crepe suzette?
Marco Andretti: Oh, I love the crepe suzette.
Jean Alesi: With the sugar and lemon juice...
Marco Andretti: Yeah, the sugar and the lemon juice. Sure.
Jean Alesi: Grand Marnier.
Marco Andretti: I wo - I wish I could crawl into one of those right now. I'd eat my way out from the inside.
Good for him. If he tries and fails, at least he tried.
He's had a long career, and this could be a nice endcap to it. If he feels the competitive fire to try, I think that's awesome.
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Yeah, yeah...that's all well and good & everything. Sure, Alesi drove with a passion rarely seen in this day and age but, like I posted in another thread, his wife is at least as capable of putting butts in seats at Indy next May!!
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I know an other man, who feels like a school boy
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You can't make a race car out of a Pig, But you can sure make a damn fast Pig.
I could be wrong but I just dont see how Alesi is going to do any good in the 500. If there's a lot of bumping, he's not making the race. The guy is old and hasnt been in a car in years. I dont see it. And Lawguy, Im not going to put that evil on Alesi, Ricky Bobby.
July 28, 1978, Billings, MT. Opened for Aerosmith.I know an other man, who feels like a school boy
I'll say Amen to this. Very cool, and a lot of people will be rooting for him.
So true So true. A lot of drivers just dont understand what it takes to run aroung INDY. They think it is easy but Uh Oh Speghitti Ohhhhhsssss,.,, That being said. I hope he makes the show and gets to enjoy the feeling of being in the greatest spectacle in racing. Go getem openwheelers.
For some reason Alesi has always reminded me of Jochen Rindt. Driving with pure passion, fighting the fight for the sake of the fight. It will be fun to watch, wish him the best. Guess I'm just showing my age.
Love Alesi. Great seeing him have a go. Wish him luck and hope he gets into the field. Whatever happens, it will be entertaining.
à Indianapolis, Alesi doit passer le test de qualification, ce sera son premier grand défi
Alesi n'a pas de course sur ovale en carrière
in Indianapolis, Alesi must pass qualification test, this will be his first big challenge
Alesi did not race on oval in his career
Sorry for my english
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I admire that fact that at his age, he apparently, still has the fire and passion to race. Additiionally, I admire his accomplishments in F1.
That being said, I have little reason to believe he'll have any success at the Indy 500, and I can't say his presence there has me any more excited to watch this year than in years passed. Good luck to him though.
I'm not sure i will succeed in qualify.
But i respect is choice. Jean is a competitor. He wants new challenge.
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It's taken from Talledega Nights
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But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
Not to mention he won driving for Ferrari IIRC, if so that puts him on a rather distinguished list.
No need to apologize! You're right, this will be a brand new challenge for him, something very different!à Indianapolis, Alesi doit passer le test de qualification, ce sera son premier grand défi
Alesi n'a pas de course sur ovale en carrière
in Indianapolis, Alesi must pass qualification test, this will be his first big challenge
Alesi did not race on oval in his career
Sorry for my english
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I would have studied harder as a lad if I had known that was all it took.
Jeff Downer
Indianapolis, Indiana
talladega nights, Wicky bubby,French driver.... maybe 4.0 wasn't the bestfor the rB role.
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some uther wise successful drivers have totally failed at Indy, yet others have come in and dominated is short order. Regardless of age, a fast driver is a fast driver.
Jean could succeed to qualify at Indy in my opinion, he has one week to learn the track, the car so he could be fine, I really thing it will depend on the team he's driving for, even with the new "more difficult to drive" DW12, if the team can't set the car right, the driver can't do anything.
He finished second in the Le Mans Series last year in a Ferrari F430 so he hasn't been in hibernation since he left F1. He ran in the Speedcar Series in 2008 and 2009 winning five times and spent five years in the DTM with four wins to his name. It's not the same as running at Indy, of course, but 2011 was the first year since the early eighties that he hasn't raced full season.
The body is ok. He is training everyday.
The most difficult will be the track.
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