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IMS Scoring pylon with Alonso's
name displayed on 2017 Indy 500 Pole Day. (the Tomaso Collection)
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But Surely Fernando's Coming to Americre' for the 2019 IndyCar Season, Righto?
Recently, when reading; Err listening to
Another Grizzled Journo's F1 Notebook's tomes, this one from Soggy Austin, I
was fairly amused to hear this reputable Formula 1 Journalist mention that
Fernando Alonso was in contention to run the 2019 Indianapolis 500 in a third
car for Ed Carpenter Racing; Huh?
As I was 86% certain that when I'd read the Racer article
awhile ago, it had confirmed Ed Jones as Jordan King's replacement for the
Twistie's portion, nee Road and Street Courses aboard the No. 20 next year,
while Team Owner FAST EDDIE' campaigns the Ovals.
And that Scuderia Corsa is joining forces
with Ed Carpenter Racing and will run a third Dallara-Chevrolet at
Indianapolis, the No. 64 for Jones, with Ed Carpenter in the #20 and Spencer
Pigot in the #21.
Although it's easy for me to say now, how initially
I thought this melding of two racing operations was a bit Odd, as I still don't
know if Scuderia Corsa's just cutting Ed a Cheque? But it makes sense with the
announcement afterwards that ECR's longtime sponsor's pulling the plug...
But back to our current "Villain"
at Hand, Eh? As Me Thinks perhaps some of this Fernando driving for TG' &
Company's race team conjecture apparently was spurred by the previous rumours
denoting Alonso's tarnished relationship with Honda, after mocking them
ceaselessly over the course of their Formula 1 engine partnership, whilst le
Reggie', nee Renault's PU hasn't exactly pushed them up front this year.
But then again how much of McLaren's current
woes are chassis induced instead? As the B-I-G BULLZ', nee Red Bulls haven't
exactly been slouches this season, with Max Verstappen racing his way from P18
to runner-up at the just concluded USGP at COTA, where Daniel Ricciardo
qualified P4.
Not to mention the
Tour de Force performance Red Bull displayed at Mexico City, with Red Bull 1-2
and Renault 7th & 9th in Qualie', with Fernando P12. Before Alonso was the
race's first retirement whilst Max Verstappen led Flag-to-Flag en route to his
fifth F1 victory...
Thus, if I had to guess, going upon what Rob
Edwards was also quoted saying recently in Racer, Andretti
Autosport will almost definitely run an extra car or two at Indy this coming May
per their usual Six Pack Armada of Indy Cars.
Hence, this would seem the most likely destination
for Alonso to land, if he runs the 2019 Indy 500, which I'm expecting him to do
so. But if the Hondre' engine angle's an issue, then why couldn't Mikey A';
Uhm, I meant George Steinbrenner IV wrangle up an Indy Only Chevy engine lease
and run a third Bowtie Harding Steinbrenner Racing entry next May at Mother
Speedway for the popular Spaniard, Ci?
And what sent me into typing madly once again
were two thingys', first the apparent misinformation about Alonso at ECR and
then coincidently, Indy Cars OLD-est Blogger; Hya! Geo. Phillips noting
correctly how Fernando's been Toying with the Heartstrings 'O IndyCar Fans and
Reporters via the Media's various
outlets, which seems mostly to keep his Ego inflated!
As I'll admit I swooned over Fernando's
initial running at Indy, and felt his charm and enjoyment of participating in
his first Month of May festivities were genuine. But at the same time, I've
grown tired of his constant Bellyaching over whatever his latest excuses are for the McLaren being such a Crapwagon!
Having even gone so far previously as to
mention that perhaps part of McLaren's current woes are Fernando himself? While
fellow F1 competitor Kevin Magnussen definitely isn't a Fan of his, going so
far as to recently proclaim Alonso thinks He's God!
As I'll very
unscientifically Speculate that Alonso indeed will run aboard an extra Andretti
Autosport Honda powered chassis next May, with hopefully Andretti's other
"One-off" Indy Specialist being Stefan Stork' Wilson.
But we'll have to
wait 'N listen to Fernando toying with us another 246 Days 'till we know for
certain, Eh? As Happy Halloween Fernando...
(Photo c/o No Fenders ‘Offical Photographer
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