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Well which would you rather spend your money buying a drive in? Thought he had said multiple times that ovals didn't interest him and his wife REALLY wasn't a fan of his racing on them.
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I don't think Rubens was impressed with Indycar at all. A great span of the series raced under empty grandstands and dismal ratings. OK, he got a good innings out of the Brazil and Indy race but in his popular domestic series, he can command a wage and massive attention week in and week out.
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The 2012 IndyCar season was one of the best in the last 20 years or so. Rubens certainly was not disappointed with the fan crowds at Indy 500, where he mentioned that this race is more special than Monaco GP. Rubens was also lucky to enter IndyCar in the season when new chassis was introduced, so he was on equal footing with everyone else with regards to new car. However, he started whining louder and louder to towards the end of season about how it really hurt him to racing on the race tracks for the first time, and asking for extra practice time. It was sad reading. I concluded that if you put him into an average car, he will get an average result (sort of like Schummy in 2010-12). In the end, I think he would have liked to stay in IndyCar, but he did not have enough sponsor money. |
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Rubens did make an appearance at the Korean GP. One last time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wYkpLGRaPc |
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Seems deeply unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
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If I was Massa I would hand his Ferrari to him, but...
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Raikkonen, Hulkenberg, Massa - Lotus, Sauber, Ferrari. Bernie could have them pick names out of a hat.
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