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Car Forum / Honda Cars / June 2008Correction: Honda F1 not testing Danica, but would like to
Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test with the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That report was a false start: Honda F1 CEO Nick Fry said there was no arrangement for Danica to test, and that she and the team have had no contact. However, Fry did say that if she wanted to test, they "would be more than happy to speak to her about it." The original source for the Danica-will-be-testing article was an Austrian newspaper interview with the same Nick Fry, which even included a ... Read More: http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/310744348/ ----------------------------------- Honda NewsHub: Latest auto news sourced from websites, portals and blogs http://www.carshops247.co.uk/news/Honda.html > Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test with the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That report was a false start: Honda F1 CEO Nick Fry said there was no arrangement for Danica to test, and that she and the team have had no contact. However, Fry did say that if she wanted to test, they "would be more than happy to speak to her about it." The original source for the Danica-will-be-testing article was an Austrian newspaper interview with the same Nick Fry, which even included a ... > Read More: http://feeds.autoblog.com/~r/weblogsinc/autoblog/~3/310744348/ > > ----------------------------------- > Honda NewsHub: Latest auto news sourced from websites, portals and blogs > http://www.carshops247.co.uk/news/Honda.html Danica couldn't drive a mini-car in a Shriner's parade. >> Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test with >> the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That report [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Danica couldn't drive a mini-car in a Shriner's parade. Really? How many Indy car races have you won? How many have you actually qualified for and were in contention for before some idiot took you out while you were exiting the pits? You tell her, and as she takes off her gloves and helmet, see how quickly you beg for mercy and look for a husky official to protect your cowardly a.s? Danica, 100 lbs. of talent, fire, and fury.  SignatureKent Finnell From the Music City, USA >>> Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test with >>> the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That report [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Danica, 100 lbs. of talent, fire, and fury. Doesn't matter how many Indy races I've won, does it. She's a hack. The only reason she is competitive is the weight advantage she has. Other than that, she's a CIBFH. >>>> Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test >>>> with the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > She's a hack. The only reason she is competitive is the > weight advantage she has. Other than that, she's a CIBFH. Weight advantage? Not up on the rules, are you? They are handicapping the cars just like they do race horses. If the heaviest driver is 200 pounds, they add 100 lbs. to Danica's car (and how ever many pounds necessary to the other cars in the field). I have a question for you, Bill. How are Spanky, Alfalfa, and you getting along in the Woman Haters Club? SignatureKent Finnell From the Music City, USA >>>>> Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test >>>>> with the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > I have a question for you, Bill. How are Spanky, Alfalfa, > and you getting along in the Woman Haters Club? What an imbecile. You clearly don't have a clue about the rules. The car weight is measured without the driver. Its been a point of contention since she hit the series. That said, she's still a hack. Not up to Lynn St. James or Sarah. She just has a better team and better marketability. But not a better driver. >>>>>> Yesterday we reported that Danica Patrick would test >>>>>> with the Honda F1 team at the end of the season. That [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > What an imbecile. Now who would you be talking about, P. Bill, you or me? > You clearly don't have a clue about the rules. The car > weight is measured without the driver. Its been a point > of contention since she hit the series. http://fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net/2008-indycar-rules-and-equipment-changes For the 2008 IndyCar season several rule changes have been introduced. The one to raise the most comment is the minimum weight required for IRL cars. (and the change gives Robby Gordon one less reason to Whine! - ed) The minimum weight has yet to be disclosed but the rule is intended to minimize the difference between the heaviest and lightest drivers, where the gap can be as much as 30 to 45kg. The drivers will be broken into three groups, with the heaviest getting a weight reduction and the lightest getting a maximum of 16kg ballast. 16 kg ~ 35 lbs 30 kg ~ 66 lbs 45 kg ~ 99 lbs The brief discussion doesn't say how much reduction would be allowed for the heaviest drivers, but I'd dare say that few if any of the current Indy drivers weigh in at the weights of the old NASCAR drivers like Junior Johnson and Tiny Lund (250 pounds and up). So say 185 pounds, less about 20 pounds from the car, effective driver weight, 165 lbs. Danica's effective weight 135, or a delta of 30 pounds sitting on the grid. How long would it take to burn off that amount of fuel weight at race speeds? > That said, she's still a hack. Not up to Lynn St. James > or Sarah. She just has a better team and better > marketability. But not a better driver. Who are you, Robby Gordon in disguise? Has Lynn or Sarah won an Indy car race? How highly have they qualified or placed over a similar time frame? Mind you, I'm not putting down Lynn, Sarah, or the two women who made the 2008 race. Did Danica bump you or your girlfriend from the race? You seem to have a hate on for the woman. SignatureKent Finnell From the Music City, USA >> That said, she's still a hack. Not up to Lynn St. James >> or Sarah. She just has a better team and better >> marketability. But not a better driver. > > Who are you, Robby Gordon in disguise? No, but I play one on TV. > Has Lynn or Sarah won an Indy car race? How highly have > they qualified or placed over a similar time frame? > Mind you, I'm not putting down Lynn, Sarah, or the two women > who made the 2008 race. How many had a team like AG backing them? > Did Danica bump you or your girlfriend from the race? You > seem to have a hate on for the woman. OK, so you're actually Danica. But your temper has settled down a lot from the screaming banshee you typically display. How totally wrong your are. How many races have you officiated? Danica is the Obama of racing. Only there because she's not a white guy. She is very short on talent. She would even have qualified for a race until the talent was so diluted by the open wheel split that the IRL would take anybody (even alcoholics) into their series. Lynn is a MUCH better DRIVER. She just never had a contract as a model. >>> That said, she's still a hack. Not up to Lynn St. James >>> or Sarah. She just has a better team and better [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > settled down a lot from the screaming banshee you > typically display. Hardly, I'm male, about 3 times her age and almost twice her weight. Speaking of weight, I notice that you snipped out my notation of the rules changes about adding and subtracting weight for the lightest and heaviest drivers respectively. But I do appreciate the "banshee" reference since, like Danica, I claim Irish ancestory. > How totally wrong your are. How many races have you > officiated? Oh, you can ask that but I'm not allowed to ask how many races you've won or driven in. I'd dare say that your answer should be the same as mine ... none. I'm not a race driver nor do I play one on tv. I'm not a race official nor do I play one on tv. Your answers should probably be the same. > Danica is the Obama of racing. Only there because she's > not a white guy. She is very short on talent. She > would[n't] even have qualified for a race until the talent > was so diluted by the open wheel split that the IRL would > take anybody (even alcoholics) into their series. So you're also a racist (just kidding, I don't like Obama either ... don't care much for McCain either). One of the other women there this year is also white (Sarah Fisher), the other Venezuelan (Milka Duno, Hispanic?). No blacks since Willie T. Ribbs (like I really believe that is his real birthname). Don't look now, but the split has been healed. Stupid internal politics, sometimes called cutting off your nose to spite your face. CART was a bad idea from the get go ... without the Indy 500, it had no anchor race, nothing with the prestige of Indy. > Lynn is a MUCH better DRIVER. She just never had a > contract as a model. Which came first, the driving contract or the modeling contract? Be sure of the sequence before you step into something smelly again. Lyn (correct spelling) is close to my age and still a good looking woman. She started her Indy career at age 45 and, like it or not, women that age don't get modeling contracts. It's highly unlikely we'll see a head to head match between she and Danica. Her best finish at Indy was 7th. Danica's was 4th. All the engines are Honda (IIRC), the chassis are pretty similar. The only real differences are the teams and the drivers. No bad drivers are going to make the field. Idiots like the one who took out Danica as they exited the pits, maybe, but no bad drivers. NASCAR drivers may drive up to their later 50s or early 60s, rarely Indy drivers. There was some talk last year about Danica going to NASCAR. I don't think it would work since the NASCAR autos are more than twice as heavy and handle entirely differently from Indy cars and F1s. SignatureKent Finnell From the Music City, USA >>> That said, she's still a hack. Not up to Lynn St. James >>> or Sarah. She just has a better team and better [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >Danica is the Obama of racing. Only there because she's not a white >guy. As opposed to everyone else who is only there because they *are* a white guy. >She is very short on talent. She would even have qualified for a >race until the talent was so diluted by the open wheel split that the >IRL would take anybody (even alcoholics) into their series. > >Lynn is a MUCH better DRIVER. She just never had a contract as a model. Well then I hope she gets a ride. I don't think there are any rules against there being two women drivers in the race. Danica won a race. That is all you need to know regarding her qualifications for being on the track. Now I have this bad mental picture of Max Mosley "testing" Danica. >Now I have this bad mental picture of Max Mosley "testing" Danica. I see Danica as doing the testing in that relationship. She would look good in khaki. |
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