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Space Racist posted:I'm assuming Marco has that seat for as long as he wants it owing to his last name? As long as his dad owns the team, yes.
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Does his dad think he's poo poo, too?
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It doesn't matter what he thinks, or what anyone thinks. His last name sells sponsorship. Also Pruett/Miller haven't backed down from their reporting that Honda/Rossi and Andretti is a done deal. Pretty interesting.
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Aug 29, 2017 19:59
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If it were anyone else, I'd be a little wary, but given those two, yeah... I think it's all but confirmed at this point.
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iospace posted:As long as his dad owns the team, yes. I'd say yeah, it's his until he retires, because Paul Tracy already nailed his only other ride option.
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Cygni posted:It doesn't matter what he thinks, or what anyone thinks. His last name sells sponsorship. Which is weird because Andretti (the superteam) has had the worst of it lately with being under-sponsored. Unlike Penske or Ganassi, Andretti basically needs to be subsidized by one of the manufacturers either through Sato/Rossi's Honda money or whatever Chevy was offering.
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....So his name doesn't actually net sponsorship.
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Aug 29, 2017 21:01
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Marco's name helps offset some of the carbon fibre cost
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Wirth1000 posted:....So his name doesn't actually net sponsorship. hes got more sponsors than rossi or sato's car, and had a fulltimer signed until they went bankrupt right before the season, so
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I have to wonder whether DHL would follow RHR or stick with AA.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I have to wonder whether
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Bentai posted:Fixed, best sponsor. An even harder question to answer because I'm not sure who's With all that said it's a moot point because RHR is The Guy Who Told Roger No. Either RHR or AA would need to gently caress up in completely unprecedented ways for them to part ways.
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Looks like we've got a chance for our first rain race of the season this weekend at The Glen https://twitter.com/RaceWx4You/status/902748471882547201
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Alonso to Andretti, Rossi to McLaren in a one year swap deal while Honda get their poo poo together in F1, the boldest prediction
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Vando posted:Alonso to Andretti, Rossi to McLaren in a one year swap deal while Honda get their poo poo together in F1, the boldest prediction Strong avatar text/post combo here.
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Veach nearing multiyear deal with new sponsor at Andretti: http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/143632-veach-never-been-this-close-to-full-time-indycar-drive
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And Uritia close to a third SPM seat perhaps in combo with Bellardi: http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/143637-urrutia-to-indycar-by-sonoma
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https://twitter.com/alo_oficial/status/902990632393863170
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Yes, Nando. Yes.
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NandyCar Series 2018: Sí, Nando. ¡Sí!
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God, I love that man.
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He's gonna gently caress with us for the rest of the off season, isn't he? 
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Don't get your hopes up, because reports today suggested that McLaren are about to drop Honda for Renault, but I'm pretty confident he'd come to IndyCar full-time if McLaren stuck with Honda for 2018.
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So TK has a ride next year but its not at Penske, Ganassi, or Rahal. I doubt its Andretti either. Could it be the #7 for SPM? Maybe taking the #21 over for JR at Ed's shop? Or, dare we think it, Foyt?
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Cygni posted:So TK has a ride next year but its not at Penske, Ganassi, or Rahal. I doubt its Andretti either. Could it be the #7 for SPM? Maybe taking the #21 over for JR at Ed's shop? Or, dare we think it, Foyt? Current TK at Foyt would be, uh... Costly.
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Muñoz isn't sure he'll have a seat next year so who knows. http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/143628-munoz-unsure-about-his-indycar-future
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It's mostly the car but he hasn't looked particularly impressive this year.
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Cygni posted:So TK has a ride next year but its not at Penske, Ganassi, or Rahal. I doubt its Andretti either. Could it be the #7 for SPM? Maybe taking the #21 over for JR at Ed's shop? Or, dare we think it, Foyt? Bentai posted:Muñoz isn't sure he'll have a seat next year so who knows. From everything I've heard, after Munoz was brought on-board by Foyt last year, AJ wanted to bring in a veteran driver to help mentor Munoz because AJ saw promise in him. However those plans were derailed by Foyt hiring Conor Daly. Allegedly Conor got his ride this season because Derek Daly or someone called in a long-standing personal favor owed by AJ A likely 2018 scenario would be for Munoz to stay at Foyt and for them to bring in TK as that mentor for Munoz.
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Alright, it's official: http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/08/08-31-Andretti-staying-with-Honda-in-2018 Andretti is staying Honda.
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I wouldn't be surprised if the reason they wouldn't confirm it until now was to make that domino video.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I wouldn't be surprised if the reason they wouldn't confirm it until now was to make that domino video. It was a really good touch, I have to confess.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I wouldn't be surprised if the reason they wouldn't confirm it until now was to make that domino video. The only thing that would surprise me was if Michael Andretti himself set up all those dominos, still a cool video
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Let's add another big driver to the silly season lineup, Brendan Hartley http://www.racer.com/indycar/item/143665-lmp1-champ-hartley-on-honda-s-indycar-radar Now I wonder if silly season would've been more sane if Andretti switched the Chevrolet at this point.
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Brendon Hartley is a victim of the relentless and poo poo filled world of Red Bull contract drivers and I'm glad he found success elsewhere. He deserved a proper chance in F1 and he'd be a great addition to IndyCar. Way better than that sack of cash Guiterrez who brings nothing.
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Wirth1000 posted:Way better than that sack of cash Guiterrez who brings nothing. Nothing except for a sack of cash Also Brendon Hartley would be amazing for IndyCar to nab
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The fact that some of the names being thrown around are actually legit drivers gives me a lot of hope for the future. 
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In the Pruett/Miller podcast, they mention that Hartley is likely in the 10. Ganassi wanted Felix, but he can't get out of his contract. Looks like Ganassi could be anywhere from 2 cars to 4 next year, with TK and Chilton confirmed gone, and Chuck has most of a budget but is still short. Still lots of shopping and moving going on. Andretti is looking to run 5 cars next year, but I imagine that would be dependent on someone with some cash like TK, Chilton, or Chuck joining.
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Double post for cool vid: https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/903343049148833792
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So, confirmed: -TK Rideless -Harding is starting with Chaves and potentially one other -Andretti is sticking with Honda -Sato to Rahal Unconfirmed but highly likely: -Heilo to May only status to run the DPi full time -Chilton and Kimball to Carlin -Juncos to do more than May -Alonso returns for the 500 Hot rumors: -Alonso full time -Hartley to Ganassi
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