Alonso to Skip Monaco, Race Indy 500

Kinja'd!!! by "macshome" (macshome)
Published 04/12/2017 at 08:37

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Whoa. McLaren must be pretty desperate to keep him happy. Does this mean Button will come back to cover Monaco?

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Kinja'd!!! "vondon302" (vondon302)
04/12/2017 at 08:47, STARS: 1

I saw Mcmike post this and I thought it was a joke.

Kinja'd!!! "McMike" (mcmike)
04/12/2017 at 08:55, STARS: 7

You want jokes?

All the flag-carrying Spaniards who have tickets to Monaco are feverishly emailing each other trying to figure out how they are going to cheer for Sainz.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
04/12/2017 at 08:56, STARS: 0

Whoa!

Kinja'd!!! "vondon302" (vondon302)
04/12/2017 at 08:59, STARS: 1

Ba da Bing! Right on cue.

Kinja'd!!! "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
04/12/2017 at 09:15, STARS: 1

Me too, I had to read like four articles before I believed it.

Kinja'd!!! "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
04/12/2017 at 09:16, STARS: 1

Wait, April Fools Day was 11 days ago. Has Alonso ever raced on an oval?

Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
04/12/2017 at 09:24, STARS: 2

Nope. Never driven an Indycar either. F1 drivers have historically done pretty well in Indycar. I’m sure he is going to have it figured out very quickly and Andretti is probably the favorites for this years 500 and is also home to some of the best oval racers in Indycar (Michael is an oval legend and Marco has always been fast at Indy) so he will have plenty of resources to learn from.

I see his month as being slower in practice, qualifying well, fading towards the back before coming back towards the front in the second half. Solid top 15 performance, top 10 if his cards fall right.

Kinja'd!!! "Viggen" (viggen37)
04/12/2017 at 09:24, STARS: 1

Nope! Luckily he’s got the rookie day and test period to get ready. Wouldn’t surprise me if a private test at another oval was done before hand and for seat fitting.

Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
04/12/2017 at 09:26, STARS: 1

I had to go check 3 different sites before I even began to believe McMike.

Kinja'd!!! "ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
04/12/2017 at 10:12, STARS: 2

Of course the last guy that came over from F1 happened to win the Indy 500 last year in his first attempt (and only second time on an oval of any type). While it is not going to happen, it would be cool to see Rossi take his seat for Monaco.

Kinja'd!!! "R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet" (r-saldana)
04/12/2017 at 10:16, STARS: 0

talked to JB, and he said he would race only if he could ride his bicycle instead as it would get further in the race.

Kinja'd!!! "R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet" (r-saldana)
04/12/2017 at 10:17, STARS: 1

Nope.