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Indian Racing drivers; Everythingoes may get his chance!
Topic Started: Aug 15 2007, 06:59 AM (311 Views)
Mrs Shrek
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India's first Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan has predicted a race driver boom from the subcontinent in the near future.

"In the next five years you will get some of the best drivers in the world from India.

"There is so much of talent in India and it is only a matter of time that they will start emerging on the international scene," Karthikeyan said.

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Come on ETG, it's time to get that drivers licence and show us what you can do... <peek>

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Paul_Murtagh
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It is time that we seen more drivers coming from that area of the world. We have only had Karthikeyan racing in the last few years, but with an ever-increasing interest in F1 in that area and other parts of Asia surely there will be more money invested in motorsport and developing more drivers to come through the ranks
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TheCompleteGuitarist
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Yoong?
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TheCompleteGuitarist,Aug 15 2007
11:35 AM
Yoong?

Good point CG, and I suppose we have had a big influx of Japanese drivers as well. I was thinking more middle Asia, like India, China and so on
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TheCompleteGuitarist
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No disrespect to Yoong, he had his fans, though he wasn't really meant for F1.

F1 should be worldwide and not so European, be good to see some Greenlanders in there. Russians, yes and from the East. We already have a Pole so it's moving slowly.
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Red Andy
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The problem is that even those drivers that are from outside Europe tend to have to come to Europe to race in the junior formulae if they want an F1 seat (Japan being the only obvious exception), so it's natural that there are more Europeans in F1 than drivers from anywhere else. I think the best way forward is to set up a proper junior racing infrastructure elsewhere on the globe, and with the proposed GP2 Asia series, it looks as though this may be beginning to happen.
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TheCompleteGuitarist
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I think that will happen. China have F1, they'll want some drivers in their eventually.
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TheCompleteGuitarist,Aug 15 2007
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F1 should be worldwide and not so European, be good to see some Greenlanders in there. Russians, yes and from the East. We already have a Pole so it's moving slowly.

How about Americans? We are the third most populous nation, and the richest by far. Oh never mind, we are not a develoing country and as such don't have any new marketing oportunities.

After all, we already have 5 cars each, cases of Johnnie Walker, and all the bogus finiancial services companies one would ever want. We have Dell and Microsoft (something nobody wants but everybody has), and we have cheating and gambling NBA referees, steroid pumped baseball heros, and many expatriots (Beck and Posh) so why would we want F1?

Just kidding guys. We have a country that is chauvanistic and near-sighted. <flirt>
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Red Andy
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The US's "problem," so to speak, is that it has its own racing infrastructure with its own top series - IRL and Champ Car in open-wheel racing. As such you get fewer Americans moving across the pond to compete in Europe at an early stage, and it is thus harder for them to make the step up to F1.
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Red Andy,Aug 15 2007
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The US's "problem," so to speak, is that it has its own racing infrastructure with its own top series - IRL and Champ Car in open-wheel racing. As such you get fewer Americans moving across the pond to compete in Europe at an early stage, and it is thus harder for them to make the step up to F1.

Yes Andy, that's what I mean by chauvanistic and near sighted. American football, the NBA, the "World Series" of baseball, and NASCAR are all domiciled in the continental USA. We seem to have little interest in international competition with the exception of the olympics.

Our sports are populated with international players and atheletes (especially baseball, basketball, hockey, and open wheel racing), but we have little interest in international sports, but instead look at North America as the "World."

Obviously, I don't feel that way.
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Mrs Shrek,Aug 15 2007
07:59 AM
India's first Formula One driver Narain Karthikeyan has predicted a race driver boom from the subcontinent in the near future.

"In the next five years you will get some of the best drivers in the world from India.

"There is so much of talent in India and it is only a matter of time that they will start emerging on the international scene," Karthikeyan said.

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Come on ETG, it's time to get that drivers licence and show us what you can do... <peek>

He wouldn't get past the breathaliser test the amount that one drinks <roflmao>

<peek>
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rickyclean,Aug 16 2007
01:08 PM
He wouldn't get past the breathaliser test the amount that one drinks <roflmao>

<peek>

You mean it's not usual for the tube on the sensor to melt???

<yikes> <yikes>
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Norbert,Aug 16 2007
02:43 PM
rickyclean,Aug 16 2007
01:08 PM
He wouldn't get past the breathaliser test the amount that one drinks  <roflmao>

<peek>

You mean it's not usual for the tube on the sensor to melt???

<yikes> <yikes>

Yeah, it's normal. If it melts more than half way your over the limit... I think <roflmao>
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u4coffee,Aug 16 2007
03:39 PM
Yeah, it's normal. If it melts more than half way your over the limit... I think <roflmao>

Ford told me last week the police normally give you a breathaliser with a titanium tube on it.....!

<yikes> <roflmao>











<peek>
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Whether or not there is a large influx of Asian drivers depends on whether or not there is the infrastructure in Asia to develop the talents and for some quality Asian junior series to be launched. Otherwise we will continue with the status quo where just the rich ones who can pay their way into recognised series will get the chance even though they may not be top drawer drivers.

An interesting question is why Japanese drivers have typically done so little on the World Stage? I think it is a question the rest of Asia need to try and answer if they want to have a number of successful drivers.
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