Muh free market

That’s oval racing. Pole rarely wins.

Maybe if they stop insulting America and its drivers....

Keep Tilke away from America’s great tracks.

Who wants a moustache ride?

While I wholeheartedly agree with this I will add an asterisk. Alonso did what he did because of his intelligence. Alonso learned and understood and was able to execute unlike any other rookie because of the cerebral approach he had to things. I think Lewis is much more of a natural talent with a much different…

Good cartoons though, none of that Afganistanimation here!

I follow both series very closely (And I live in Indy.). Having said that you can’t make an apples to apples comparison of any drivers in the last decade who have jumped from IndyCar to Formula 1 except maybe Montoya. They’ve gone from back of the pack teams in Formula One to great IndyCar teams (Alonso, Rossi,…

So the reasoning’s this?

On a pay-per-pass basis...

Allow the drivers to race in other series, that seems to get people interested

yeah but the race would be over after turn 1 when the btcc champion takes out most of the field :p

Or maybe Mario Andretti? Three-time USAC champion? 1978 F1 champion? Maybe?

Um, Jacques Villeneuve ring a bell? 1995 IndyCar World Series Champion, 1996 F1 Runner-up, 1997 F1 Champion? Just a tinkle?

7 of the top 10 were Hondas. Try again.

Having races on channels people actually get is a big deal, too. When I was digging for viewership numbers, I ran across this tidbit on moving the Long Beach IMSA race from FS2 to Fox: