'05 Silly Season - Page 49

Dov · 3 Apr 2005, 17:40 (Ref:1268986)

Jacques Villeneuve:

1. 1995 Indy 500 winner!
2. 1995 Champ Car Champion!
3. 1996 F1 rookie of the year!
4. 1997 F1 Champion!
5. 2??? 24 Hours of Le Mans overall winner?

Now that would be icing on the cake.

luke · 3 Apr 2005, 17:55 (Ref:1269005)

He's certainly a legend, in both Champ Car and Formula 1. There is a rumor he may return, which would be great, especially as it's painfull watching him in F1.

Hazard · 3 Apr 2005, 19:04 (Ref:1269070)

Pollock was there today looking at options...maybe they could swap out one of the CART drivers for F1 at the last minute.

Glock & Wirdheim would be the likliest...though I'd fancy seeing Tagliani in F1 personally.

Hazard · 3 Apr 2005, 19:06 (Ref:1269072)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dov

Jacques Villeneuve:
...
3. 1996 F1 rookie of the year!
...

Milking it slightly, F1 doesn't have a rookie of the year title...if they did it would be incredibly unfair (at least to base it on overall points)

macdaddy · 3 Apr 2005, 19:13 (Ref:1269078)

Nobody but Ford could afford to put Villeneuve in a ChampCar, and I'm not even sure if Ford has enough money to do that! As much as I'd love to see it happen, I'm sure that it will not.

Hazard · 3 Apr 2005, 19:34 (Ref:1269114)

He's only being paid $4m to drive for Sauber isn't he? (It might have been £4m, I've forgotten...it was 4m something - maybe rabbits)

Kicking-back · 3 Apr 2005, 19:36 (Ref:1269120)

There is absolutely no chance Jacques Villeneuve will race a ChampCar this year, in my opinion - and probably not ever in the future either.

luke · 3 Apr 2005, 19:42 (Ref:1269127)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kicking-back

There is absolutely no chance Jacques Villeneuve will race a ChampCar this year, in my opinion - and probably not ever in the future either.

Your reason?

Hazard · 3 Apr 2005, 19:44 (Ref:1269130)

If it's profile went up again, I reckon he would.

But the IRL would be more likely. He needs to get himself away from F1 at some point based on his last 5 years efforts...so it's either back to Indy/CCWS or sportscars...or dishonourable retirement.

Kicking-back · 3 Apr 2005, 19:46 (Ref:1269133)

Quote:

Originally Posted by luke

Your reason?

He's contracted to Sauber for this year, I believe he will see that out.

His ChampCar days are a decade ago now - I just don't think he'd see any point in coming back.

He's more likely to have a crack at Le Mans - a long held ambition of his.

codename_47 · 3 Apr 2005, 21:26 (Ref:1269255)

Yeah well, the report was vauge......it could've been NASCAR for all the details Ted Kravitz gave us....

But since it was pollock doing the talking, the Champcar connection was the first one that sprung to mind....

Dov · 3 Apr 2005, 22:10 (Ref:1269283)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hazard

Milking it slightly, F1 doesn't have a rookie of the year title...if they did it would be incredibly unfair (at least to base it on overall points)

I know F1 doesn't have a rookie of the year title, but why would it be so unfair

BootsOntheSide · 3 Apr 2005, 22:38 (Ref:1269304)

It'd be too dependent on getting a competitive drive in your first year, and not a real reflection of who had the best first season.

Dov · 3 Apr 2005, 22:57 (Ref:1269318)

Update:

Latest from the Grapevine is that either tomorrow or day after Jensen MotorSport will test Michael Valiante and Richard Lyons (the '04 F.Nissan champion) while deciding on which driver should pilot his team as of Long Beach ?!

Probable 2005 line-up ("confirmed" entries in bold):

1. NEWMAN/HAAS = #1 - Sebastien Bourdais
2. NEWMAN/HAAS = #6 - Bruno Junqueira
3. FORSYTHE = #3 - Paul Tracy
4. FORSYTHE = #7 - Mario Dominguez
5. WALKER = #5 - Marcus Marshall
6. WALKER = #15 - Alex Tagliani
7. WIGGINS = #4 - Rodolfo Lavin or Ronnie Bremer or Jos Verstappen
8. WIGGINS = #16 - Björn Wirdheim
9. COYNE = #11 - Roberto Gonazalez or Ricardo Sperafico or Ronnie Bremer
10. COYNE = #19 - Oriol Servia
11. BACHELART = #27 - Andrew Ranger
12. BACHELART = #34 - Nelson Philippe
13. KALKHOVEN = #12 - Jimmy Vasser
14. KALKHOVEN = #21 - Cristiano DaMatta
15. GENTILOZZI = #8 - Timo Glock
16. GENTILOZZI = #31 - Ryan Hunter-Reay
17. RUSSO = #9 - Justin Wilson
18. RUSSO = #10 - AJ Allmendinger
19. JENSEN = #23 - Michael Valiante or Richard Lyons

Possible additional entries:

20. FORSYTHE = #17 - Jos Verstappen
21. WALKER = #25 - Mario Haberfeld or Ronnie Bremer
22. COYNE = #29 - Gaston Mazzacane
23. CONQUEST = #24 - Bas Leinders
24. MANDEVILLE = #38 - Ronnie Bremer or ???

jjspierx · 3 Apr 2005, 23:06 (Ref:1269323)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hazard

If it's profile went up again, I reckon he would.

But the IRL would be more likely. He needs to get himself away from F1 at some point based on his last 5 years efforts...so it's either back to Indy/CCWS or sportscars...or dishonourable retirement.

Jacques has spoken out against the IRL, and oval racing in general. He doesn't like it, and he thinks it's dangerous. Not that he would ever let anyone take away his Indy 500 title.

carsten66 · 4 Apr 2005, 01:24 (Ref:1269367)

... back in 1996 Jacques Villeneuve was a litte more than "F1 rookie of the year", he was the runner up and second in the championship standings... and not to forget he won the F1 season opener in Australia (his first F1 race!) and was fighting all year with his teamate Hill for the championship...

drewdawg727 · 4 Apr 2005, 02:40 (Ref:1269386)

How sure are they about the 3rd forsythe/3rd coyne car?
Are Mazzacane and Lavin definitely ruled out now?

marcus · 4 Apr 2005, 02:48 (Ref:1269391)

Quote:

Originally Posted by carsten66

... back in 1996 Jacques Villeneuve was a litte more than "F1 rookie of the year", he was the runner up and second in the championship standings... and not to forget he won the F1 season opener in Australia (his first F1 race!) and was fighting all year with his teamate Hill for the championship...

he actually didnt win the opener in 1996 he finished 2nd to Hill but he did take Pole at his first attempt.

I was there that day and he was very impressive

his first win came in Rnd 4 at the Nurburgring

marcus · 4 Apr 2005, 03:15 (Ref:1269403)

I also think something could be terribly wrong on this page

http://www.champcarworldseries.com/F...ttersGuide.asp

BobbyB · 4 Apr 2005, 06:17 (Ref:1269450)

It seems as though JV's stock has been headed steadily downward... maybe he might have to humble himself and accept something far less than what he was paid at Sauber. Whether it will be CCWS or sports cars, he doesn't have the marketing draw that he had in his golden days. All good things eventually run their course.

stmookeyj033 · 4 Apr 2005, 08:05 (Ref:1269510)

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcus

I also think something could be terribly wrong on this page

http://www.champcarworldseries.com/F...ttersGuide.asp

Apparantly the site is getting a facelift in the next day or 2.

mabs_nsx · 4 Apr 2005, 11:07 (Ref:1269679)

2005 Probable Team & Driver Line-Up (10 Teams & 19 Drivers)

newman-haas racing
Sebastien Bourdais #1
Bruno Junquiera #6

Forsythe racing
Paul Tracy #3
Mario Dominguez #7

pkv racing
Jimmy Vasser #12
Christiano DaMatta #21

HVM Racing
Rodolfo Lavin #4
Bjorn Wirdheim #16

rusport
Justin Wilson #9
AJ Allmendinger #10

rocketsports
Timo Glock #8
Ryan Hunter-Reay #31

TEam Australia
Marcus Marshall #5
Alex Tagliani #15

mi-jack/conquest racing
Andrew Ranger #27
Nelson Philippe #34

dale coyne racing
Roberto Gonzalez #11
Oriol Servia #19

Jensen Motorsport
Michael Valliante #23

indycool · 4 Apr 2005, 11:30 (Ref:1269701)

Well, whatever it is will change from "probable" to "Long Beach Entry List" in four days.

mabs_nsx · 4 Apr 2005, 11:41 (Ref:1269716)

The new champcar season starts Friday and only 15 drivers have been confirmed??? Will there be 19 cars in Long Beach?

indycool · 4 Apr 2005, 12:01 (Ref:1269745)

The cars will be there. 18 will be paid for. And there'll be plenty of drivers around to stuff in 'em....after 82 pages of speculation here.

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