Was: F1, Now; mixed nuts

[Michael Riebs / Audi V8]

In other words, once you are good in F1, you can do anything else, but being
good in any other automotive sport anywhere doesn't mean you can compete in
F1. So - my point has been made! F1 is the one that requires THE most skill.
Thanks!

Michael L. Riebs
Grand Rapids, Michigan

'90 V8Q
'98 A6QA

www.1stchoicegranite.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brady Moffatt" <bradym at sympatico.ca>


> If you're going to change the order (F1 to CART/Indy/IRL) then almost
> everyone who made the switch was very successful:
> Mario Andretti,
> Emerson Fittipaldi,
> Alex Zanardi,
> Nigel Mansell,
> Graham Hill (or was it Jim Clark) in the Lotus at the Brickyard in the
60s,
> etc., etc...
>
> Cheers,
> Brady Moffatt
> Montreal, Quebec, Canada
> 86 4ksq, 286,000km
> 86 4ksq, 208,000km parts car
> 72 Datsun 240Z, 180,000 miles
> In early stages of quattrosis accumulatus
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Riebs / Audi V8" <AudiV8 at 1stchoicegranite.com>
>
>
> > MARIO Andretti MARIO not Michael! Remember him in the Lotus, alongside
> > Ronnie Petterson in the 70's? He was world champ!!!
> > MARIO MARIO MARIO
> >
> > Michael L. Riebs
> > Grand Rapids, Michigan
> >
> > '90 V8Q
> > '98 A6QA
> >
> > www.1stchoicegranite.com
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <tihol_tiholov at sd27.bc.ca>
> > To: <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 5:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: Was: F1, Now; mixed nuts
> >
> >
> > >
> > > >few of those guys have successfully made the jump to F-1 (Zinardi,
> > > >Villeneuve, Montoya, Andretti, etc.)
> > >
> > > I'd make the above about 50 % unsuccessfully (Zanardi and Andretti -
> both
> > > stayed one season and came back), one questionable as yet (Montoya)
and
> 1
> > > successful
> > >
> > > > it seems that the guys moving from F-1 to IRL are the ones that
> couldn't
> > > quite make it in F-1.
> > >
> > > Going to IRL means they didn't make it even in CART, let alone F1.
> > >
> > > >Maybe with the exception of Andretti.
> > >
> > > As above - he didn't make it at all in F1
> > >
> > > Greetings,
> > > Tihol
>
>
>
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