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Title: Dario Franchitti
Post by: Banjax on 11 October 2010, 00:47:36

not that you'd know, but "super" Dario won the 2010 Indycar Championship - that's him won 3 of the last 4 seasons in Indycar 2010, 2009 and 2007 (he didn't compete in 2008 as he was racing NASCAR)

Too soon to call him a legend?  :y

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: robbo2345 on 11 October 2010, 09:36:34

Bring him over to F1 be interesting to see what he can do  ;) :y

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: bob.dent on 11 October 2010, 09:41:22

Great driver :y - used to watch him in the German DTM series then followed his progress in Indycar. Shame he never gave F1 a go as he's probably better than many that are currently in it. ::)

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: Banjax on 11 October 2010, 09:42:51

if i recall he's been offered, but never from a big team and he's not interested in going to F1 to just to make up the numbers - i think that ship has sailed  :(

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: Varche on 11 October 2010, 16:38:46

Yep, I always rated him and wanted to see him in F1 . Probably too late now.

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: redelitev6 on 11 October 2010, 17:33:59

 :D His wife is nice as well,the actress Ashley Judd :y

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: albitz on 11 October 2010, 20:17:06

Drivers who came from U.S. type racing in the last 15 years or so havent tended to do very well in F1. F1  requires a much more technical approach - more head than heart - nowadays. U.S. racing is more old school, seat of the pants type approach.
Remember Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya ?  ;)
Franchitti is probably smart enough to realise this and knows where he is well off.

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: robbo2345 on 11 October 2010, 22:01:38

Agreed Albs  :y, but the same cannot be said of the F1 boys that go over the pond after thier F1 experience , Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi , Nigel Mansell  :y :y :y

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: albitz on 11 October 2010, 22:35:32

And Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Nelson Piquet...... :y

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: robbo2345 on 12 October 2010, 09:01:38

that was the other driver i was trying to think of Nelson Piquet.......... although i know the other two they are a little before my time ... :( ;D ;D although i do remember Graham Hill driving in F1  :-[

Title: Re: Dario Franchitti
Post by: bob.dent on 12 October 2010, 09:24:46

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Drivers who came from U.S. type racing in the last 15 years or so havent tended to do very well in F1. F1  requires a much more technical approach - more head than heart - nowadays. U.S. racing is more old school, seat of the pants type approach.
Remember Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi and Juan Pablo Montoya ?  ;)
Franchitti is probably smart enough to realise this and knows where he is well off.

Ah yes but don't forget, Dario Franchitti is Scottish, not American and cut his teeth racing in the UK to begin with. ;)