[DeTomaso] F1 Drivers at Indy

[Dave]

Gray, you might want to check that. The first F1 Indy race was 2000. 2005 was the Michelin issue. The first race was pretty good. Morning rain and cold temps stalled a few fans. The win was Schumacher's  42nd. The first race had nothing to recover from. Drivers were in awe of the track as is everyone who races at IMS. ( maybe with the exception of Paul Tracy) They were genuinely concerned about the conventional first turn wall and speeds on the front stretch.
IndyDave

-----Original Message-----
From: Gray Gregory [mailto:rgg at gregorycook.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 8:53 PM
To: Dave; LS
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: RE: F1 Drivers at Indy

I don't think it was the drivers that didn't like it. As I recall they all were in awe of being at the speedway and generally had good things to say about the track. The tires definitely didn't like it the first year; the Michelins were delaminating due to the high speeds on the very stretch of track you're talking about and it resulted in all the Michelin teams sitting out the race after losing their plea to get a chicane put on the front straight. Unfortunately this lead to a very boring race and sadly set the US grand prix at Indy off on such a bad foot that it never was able to really recover. 

Gray

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:07 AM
To: LS
Cc: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] F1 Drivers at Indy

When F1 was at Indy-IMS, the drivers were not fond of exiting the road course in the short chute between the conventional turns 1 & 2, exiting the traditional turn 1 (counterclockwise) and traveling down the front stretch. As I remember, it was fastest F1 cars traveled on any course, at the time. The front stretch is 0.625 miles. The F! cars did not travel the entire front stretch before ducking back into the road course.
IndyDave

-----Original Message-----
From: LS [mailto:lashdeep at yahoo.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:59 PM
To: Dave
Cc: John Donahue; Boyd Casey; detomaso at poca.com
Subject: F1 Drivers at Indy

I am a huge MS fan and wish him a recovery worthy of his accomplishments.

Dave's comment has me wondering...

We all know that F1 drivers don't always translate to NASCAR success. This is due to a lot of reasons.

What I want to discuss is whether F1 skill can translate into Indy success. On road courses, sure...Villeneuve, Montoya and Mansell all mixed both well.

Has that always been the case?

LS

> On Jun 18, 2014, at 16:03, Dave <dave at damardirect.com> wrote:
> 
> Not too adaptable to high speed ovals and concrete. 
> IndyDave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Donahue [mailto:demongusta at me.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 6:47 PM
> To: Boyd Casey
> Cc: detomaso at poca.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Michael Schumacher
> 
> F-1 drivers are "special" people. 
> 
>> On Jun 17, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Boyd Casey <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Like "they" say," it's not over until the fat lady sings" . Lots of people are quick to count people out. Schumacher is a fighter . Seeing  him overcome the odds is an inspiration to people every where who are facing uphill battles. I wish him Gods Speed and a full recovery!
>> 
>> Boyd
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 11:04 AM, John Donahue via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:
>> He is out of his coma and going to rehab. Remarkable!!!
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