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Old 12 Apr 2017, 10:21 (Ref:3725778)   #1
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Alonso at Indy (to Miss Monaco)...
...to race in the Indy 500..!

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Old 12 Apr 2017, 10:28 (Ref:3725780)   #2
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Very surprising news, but why not aye?

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Old 12 Apr 2017, 10:32 (Ref:3725782)   #3
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How exciting. Never saw that one coming.
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Old 12 Apr 2017, 10:37 (Ref:3725785)   #4
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Monaco, probably Honda's best chance for points.
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Old 12 Apr 2017, 10:41 (Ref:3725788)   #5
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Monaco, probably Honda's best chance for points.
Exactly. Interesting choice.
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Old 12 Apr 2017, 10:46 (Ref:3725789)   #6
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Very interesting. Possibly an attempt to keep Fernando interested...
Or is it a cop out? Have they promised him a potentially race-winning car in his 2017 contract (but craftily not mentioned that this won't be in Formula One)?
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Old 12 Apr 2017, 16:18 (Ref:3725886)   #10
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interesting times these are!

JV came pretty close but i dont see him getting another shot at it. as mentioned earlier, JPM has a chance but is LeMans something he wants to do?

i guess more interesting for me is if this is what this means for the future of Mclaren...can they feasibly do both series or is this just a one off?

with a little over a month until the Indy 500 this idea seems like a really late idea in terms of preparation at least...surely if he is serious about the 'triple crown' he should run an oval race once or twice before Indy no?
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You never know.

He did of course do a test in a Porsche LMP1 car at Bahrain last year (or the year before that)
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interesting times these are!

JV came pretty close but i dont see him getting another shot at it. as mentioned earlier, JPM has a chance but is LeMans something he wants to do?

i guess more interesting for me is if this is what this means for the future of Mclaren...can they feasibly do both series or is this just a one off?

with a little over a month until the Indy 500 this idea seems like a really late idea in terms of preparation at least...surely if he is serious about the 'triple crown' he should run an oval race once or twice before Indy no?


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Seriously?

Very interesting and excited for Alonso as he's had a rotten run of late but it seems a low percentage move to throw him into an IndyCar at THE speedway. Hate that he'll miss Monaco and hopefully he can make the field. He should by just showing up, considering the potential numbers.
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"Fernando Alonso, who has started 275 Grands Prix, has won 32 of those races, has become Formula 1 world champion twice, and has been Formula 1 runner-up three times."

Impressive to have those championship results with so few wins
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"Fernando Alonso, who has started 275 Grands Prix, has won 32 of those races, has become Formula 1 world champion twice, and has been Formula 1 runner-up three times."

Impressive to have those championship results with so few wins
Remember his titles came early in his carreer when he had a high winning percentage and he has been stuck in slow cars for quite a while now. At the same time the number of races per season increased from 16-18 in his title winning times to up to 22 now. That makes stats less comparable to say VET and HAM.
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"“Could Fernando win this year’s Indy 500? Well, I wouldn’t be so silly as to make any such rash prediction, but I expect him to be in the mix. Put it this way: the team he’ll be racing for won the race last year, using the same Honda engine, and he’s the best racing driver in the world."

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At least a Dallara DW12 Honda has a chance of victory..
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And as Zak Brown realises his share of the F1 TV rights fund is sliding down year by year, he does something that reminds Liberty that the McLaren brand isn't F1 dependent.

Handy, as renegotiation of the rights is a hot issue with the teams.
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Incredible development!!

Something going on as why would team/manufacturer want to lose their best chance of a strong result in Monaco?!

Is this part 1 of Liberty promote the F1-IRL tie up programme mentioned a couple of months back?
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Incredible development!!

Something going on as why would team/manufacturer want to lose their best chance of a strong result in Monaco?!
Yeah - the Indy 500!
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Very surprised by this.
I would have expected him to try Le Mans rather than Indy.
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Very surprised by this.
I would have expected him to try Le Mans rather than Indy.
No Honda at Le Mans = no go for Fernando Alonso.

(I had fun typing that!)

At least this way Honda get some - arguably more - PR mileage from Alonso than they would have done if he had raced in Monaco, even though that race would be the best chance of a good result.

Fernando's given up on this season, and I think this signals the end for his time in F1; I don't see him getting that Mercedes drive barring exceptional circumstances. So hopefully next year, he'll be at Le Mans
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At least this way Honda get some - arguably more - PR mileage from Alonso than they would have done if he had raced in Monaco, even though that race would be the best chance of a good result.
I have a feeling Honda pushed for this, so that they can continue to use Alonso promoted as a Honda driver with success.
Any result at Monaco (assuming they could get anything) would be attributed to the car not the engine.
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