Dario Franchitti wint in Mid-Ohio, Juan Montoya in Watkins Glen, en het Schumacher-incident houdt nog steeds velen bezig. Enkele mooie en opvallende uitspraken van de afgelopen week.
“It’s my 25th win with Honda, 25th with Firestone. Before I came to America I was driving on Bridgestone in Europe, so it’s been a very long association.“ – Gisteren won Dario Franchitti zijn 25ste IndyCar-race.
“He was an idiot. It was an idiotic manoeuvre that was extremely dangerous. It was incredible. He wasn’t thinking and it was just pure arrogance that he thought he could just drive another driver into the pit wall. He got punished, but I don’t think he got punished enough. He should have got a one race ban because it was one of the worst manoeuvres I’ve ever seen. But I don’t think he should retire. He’s always done stuff like this and has intimidated people for a long time, but he got away with it because he was Michael Schumacher. He was the ‘the’ Michael Schumacher, but this Michael Schumacher isn’t getting away with it.“ – Eddie Irvine, even uitgesproken als altijd.
“These [IZOD IndyCar Series] races are almost two-hours long — almost half an hour longer than an F1 race. From warming up your tires to things like hitting the push-to-pass button by mistake with my knee, there are so many little details that can add up to make a big difference.” – Adam Carroll heeft nog veel te leren, maar is goed op weg.
“I had nothing for Montoya there toward the end. Congratulations to him — he drove a heck of a race. Just a lot of fun racing a guy with that much talent. He was swinging around the corners, jumping curbs, locking tires. It was just a really good battle, something I’ll take away from this weekend as a memory I’ll never forget.” – Marcos Ambrose moest het afleggen tegenover Juan Montoya, die reed zoals we hem kennen uit zijn open wheel racing-jaren.
“I remember that during the race last year I cracked my visor under yellow one time to try to get some air and the air outside the car was warmer than inside. I was trying to get air but it was horrible feeling.” – Graham Rahal rakelt herinneringen aan de IndyCar-race op Mid-Ohio in 2009 op.
“I was actually adjusting his collar.” – En dat deed Hélio Castroneves met heel veel woede, twee weken geleden in Edmonton.