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3 Apr 2005, 17:40 (Ref:1268986) | #1201 | ||
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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3 Apr 2005, 19:34 (Ref:1269114) | #1206 | ||
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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)
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There is absolutely no chance Jacques Villeneuve will race a ChampCar this year, in my opinion - and probably not ever in the future either.
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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. Last edited by Hazard; 3 Apr 2005 at 19:45. |
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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. |
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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.... |
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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.
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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 ??? Last edited by macdaddy; 3 Apr 2005 at 23:39. |
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... 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...
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How sure are they about the 3rd forsythe/3rd coyne car?
Are Mazzacane and Lavin definitely ruled out now? |
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I also think something could be terribly wrong on this page
http://www.champcarworldseries.com/F...ttersGuide.asp |
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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.
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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 Last edited by mabs_nsx; 4 Apr 2005 at 11:17. |
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Well, whatever it is will change from "probable" to "Long Beach Entry List" in four days.
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The new champcar season starts Friday and only 15 drivers have been confirmed??? Will there be 19 cars in Long Beach?
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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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