Been watching rookie orientation. Website says it's complete. My guess is Jean didn't make it?? 186mph? That's the best he can do? There's GOT to be a story behind this.. No way he can only muster a 186..
http://racecontrol.indycar.com/
Been watching rookie orientation. Website says it's complete. My guess is Jean didn't make it?? 186mph? That's the best he can do? There's GOT to be a story behind this.. No way he can only muster a 186..
http://racecontrol.indycar.com/
Rick Ravon aka "SAVATS"
Driver of the #1 Gould Charge Indycar in Sim Racing
This was their first chance at shaking down the car, and the time the team has had on track, period. So really, it seems like today was more a shakedown/installation day. We'll see how they look on Sunday and through the first of the week when they continue the ROP.
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It had to be the hat...
Every race I run in is in preparation for the Indianapolis 500. Indy is the most important thing in my life. It is what I live for. - Al Unser Jr.
Everything I ever wanted in my life, I found inside the walls of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. - Eddie Sachs.
How did you come to the conclusion that it's the best he can do.Originally Posted by SAVATS
Today was not a time trial.
"I think of Indianapolis every day of the year, every
hour of the day, and when I sleep, too. Everything I
ever wanted in my life, I found inside the walls of
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway."
- Eddie Sachs.
Yo, Adrian!
"The IRL's future should be good, but it can't be the grass-roots series Tony George envisioned. That was a wet dream." - Bobby Unser
You do realize he is driving for a team that has never ran a DW12? You also realize they are using a Lotus engine who have had NO Indianapolis track time? You also realize this is the first time he has been in an open wheel car since 2001?
SAVATS, I thought you were smarter than that.
Not to mention that the test doesn't work that way, you can't just crank out 215 on your first lap anyway.
Man some of you people are being really hard on the guy
Cut him some slack
"I wasn't going to finish 2nd today...2nd was not in the cards...I was either going to win or i was not going to finish at all..." Eddie Cheever-Victory Lane,Indianapolis Motor Speedway 1998
Here's the story
You don't understand how Indianapolis works
End of the story
I saw his picture in the Star this morning and I thought what is Sylvester Stallone doing on the sports page?
Yo, Adrian!
Ain't engine competition grand?
Working on Driven 2.
I was starting to worry that I was the only one the thought he looked like Stallone, either that or Rick Pitino.
No, it's Joe Tanto
Judging from the picture he was 50 the last time he was in a race car. How old is this guy?
...Always follow the money
Seriously... is that one of the Stallones? Haha you beat me to it!
Yo, Adrian!
"The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." - Mark Twain
Alesi ran 18 laps the next lowest was Bryan Clauson and he ran 50+. That'll tell you something right there. Plus Alesi has no oval experience, in his 50's, and on a new team - baby steps before long leaps.
"The only good horsepower is usable horsepower.."
48, IIRC. That's okay, Arie thinks he's 57, or something like that.
It's a Hoosier thing, you wouldn't understand...
Get that man Budweiser sponsorship!!!It had to be the hat...
Jean's hat mimics the newsboy hat Kevin Harvick wore when he ran a End of Prohibition theme on his Budweiser car... the FOX crew called it a D-i-ck Berggren hat
"They're gonna have to put my ugly face on that trophy now!" -Tony Kanaan IMS, May 26, 2013
Race CARS Not DOGS!!! Adopt or foster a retired greyhound -Me
I don't know squat about rookie orientation. Never cared much about it. Shoot me. I suck. I'm an idiot. I'm an ignorant fool. I'm not a true Indianapolis 500 fan. I'm a phony. A fake. A moron. A piece of garbage. Maybe I'll just go jump off a bridge.
Some of you? Who are you talking about? I only see one poster (the OP) questioning Alesi.
Cut the rest of us some slack.
Never mind
"Indycars should be beasts." - Gil de Ferran
@bigmo500
Most are just goofin' on his hat choice...
His last name translates to "After You"
The reality is the numbers are dropping yet you call the deal 'ahead of its time'. The only end result that can be drerived from that is the series will be broke 'ahead of its time'.
That hat - believe it or not is a coppola and derives from Sicily.
Many of you may think it's American but it's really not.
Jean is half Sicilian and half French.
If they shoot you, then you might not be able to jump off a bridge.
Gregg Sebald
Maybe you could just cut back on the coffee?
he's probably only on phase 1 still, this team has never turned a lap, he has plenty of time to get up to speed before qualy
The Original Fan of Kimi "The Iceman" Raikkonen 2007 World Driving Champion: 20 Wins---72 Podiums---16 Pole Positions---38 Fastest Laps ---1 Gorilla Suit 2013 Australian Grand Prix CHAMPION
That's appropriate, because with the Lotus engine, a team that has never worked with a DW12 and a driver who hasn't race in OW in 11 years, he'll be saying "After You" a lot on race day to the rest of the field as they blow past him multiple times during the 500.
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