This is a legit question as it comes to oval tracks, and Simona is at a major disadvantage.
She's a rookie as far as that type of circuit, and HVM doesn't have a vast amount of experience either. As one of the Champcar teams, they don't have a thick book on the Dallara and have never had an experienced IRL driver to set them up.
One car teams get far less testing miles, and the input from all of the AA drivers has to help Danica too.
So on ovals, expect Patrick to be well ahead of Simona. The road course challenges will be the equalizer for the differences of equipment.
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