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25 Jul 2010, 17:07 (Ref:2732591) | #1 | ||
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Milka Duno On Probation
Milka Duno is now on probation with the IRL for the remainder of the season due to her lack of performance. She wasnt able to qualify the last 2 races because she was so far off pace.
She must meet the minimum performance standards for each race. On road/street courses its time, 107% of the lead car and on the ovals, its 10mph compared to the lead car. Plus she has to watch her interaction between the other drivers. I just wish they would of pulled her from the series myself. |
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An iteresting situation now, but i hope she can make up that little bit of speed to keep up. If she doesn't that could mean we loose her but also Alex Lloyd and the whole Dale Coyne team. Just hope they can find money elsewhere.
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Unless CITGO decides that Pastor Maldonado is a better Venezulan bet. Maybe Milka's been keeping the seat warm until he got more experience.
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Seems kinda weak to say you aren't fast enough to feel you're safe on track but not pull her off. Either enforce the rules package for her across the series or sit her, but this 'probation' package is ridiculous and wouldn't last 30 minutes if she appeals to any labor board. But I'm sure that would earn her a seat on the pitbox watching the race, which is what I would have done and pulled her race license.
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The thing that upsets me is they didnt do this with Marty Roth last year when they pulled him off the track for good. He was bad but he was better than Milka. A double standard for the IRL again.
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Can you imagine if they stuck Pastor in there, the difference would be hilarious...
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CITGO comes with Milka, so they are highly unlikely to tell her to take a hike. They have sponsored her during her entire lackluster driving career in North America, so I don't see that changing. I seem to remember that she had a personal connection to the upper levels of the firm, but all I can find now are more sordid rumours.
Interestingly, EJ Viso is sponsored by the parent company of CITGO, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. |
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I don't for one minute think that Milka is a top drawer driver but could her lacklustre performances of late be down to the car, she seems to have got slower and slower as the season has worn on, but i cant remember her being 8 seconds off the pace at any stage last year, could it be as simple as a damged tub or something?
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Alex set the car up for her on the morning of the Mid-Ohio test. How did she go in the afternoon?
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She had a scare being lapped by the leaders late in the race when trying to leave room for Power (I think) while the other Penske came steaming past on the outside going to the pit road. She could do with a good driver coach. I don't remember her as slow as this I can only think she needs to learn to set the car up herself. Is the probation is making her drive slower to be super careful? It did seem so at Mid Ohio holding in the pits while the leaders went passed etc.. I don't think she should be removed from the series, she isn't the first slightly questionable driver at the back of a CART/Indycar field. I can't see her staying in 2011 anyway. Last edited by V8thunderfan; 9 Aug 2010 at 16:28. Reason: make sence |
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I think all of that is very fair-minded and accurate. Brian Barnhart and Duno's team have been working to keep her from impeding other cars and still enable her to compete. She was well within 107% at Mid Ohio, and held up in the pits until the pack was clear. Power and Castroneves just happened to catch her at a bad spot: Power got by, Cindric called Helio in and he dove for pit lane. If many other drivers were under the same microscope, similar witch hunts could be started. There are a few responsible for many accidents and yellow flags, and Duno is not one of them. |
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Mid Ohio is a tough narrow track to allow people past at the best of times too and by all accounts she didn't hold anybody up or run them off the road. |
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