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Originally Posted by Jerico
I wasn't talking about just Scott. Scott is good very good, but he doesn't walk on water or turn water into wine. All the hot air sounds a bit like the young wonder boy CL who went to Europe to race open wheelers and was going to set the world on fire, he'll be our next F1 driver. How did that all go? Brock didn't set the world on fire out Australia either did he. people get carried away sometimes. Scott maybe a great one day, but he isn't yet.
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You're on a roll with your driver bashing here, champ.
Lowndes was promised the earth, but TW merely opened up a few doors for him. Like for any Aussie trying to break into the European scene, money was the underlying issue for Lowndes.
The fact he could simply jump into a McLaren F1 car and run within a second of Button around Bathurst showed he's always been extremely capable.
Brock never sought an overseas career - he instead preferred to compete in his own country, in his preferred category. On his few forays abroad, he did pretty well, all things considered.
As for Scotty, he's currently a class above, and has been for some time. Whether he truly wants to move to international competition is yet to be determined; however there is nothing to suggest he wouldn't be highly competitive in an international series.
And getting back on topic, adding a Bathurst victory to his resume seems to his current priority, with a 'win-it or bin-it' attitude:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...d7cf6e9a5e2b97