Montoya talks about Busch testing an F1 car
Quote selected text Published May 18th, 2008 in NASCAR News
WHAT KIND OF A CHALLENGE WOULD IT BE FOR KYLE BUSH TO TEST IN AN F1 CAR?
Montoya: “I think the first problem he’s going to have, whether they’re going to try and give him a test to try the car or a test for real? It’s like what we did for Jeff (Gordon). We took the real car and the real deal – actually when Jeff was there, the car had no rpms. I told them, ‘You can’t do that.’ So when Jeff drove the car, I actually convinced them to put in all the rpms like we normally would when we race it. And he did pretty good. Jeff did really good actually. We were very impressed with Jeff.
But going from a demonstration to an actual test is a big difference. He’s going to get the pleasure to drive a Formula One car, but from there to actually get a proper test, the first problem you’re going to get is your neck. You need to train for months to be able to hold the neck. At least for the Formula One car. They give you a day or a half-a-day, you’re not going to do anything and nobody is going to look at you. Can he do it for talent? Maybe. But you have to remember, all his life he has done ovals. He’s not a road course expert. Yeah, he won in Mexico, but he’s not a road course expert.
Part of the challenge that he will have is the same challenge that I had when I came here. I’ve done how many IndyCar races on ovals? Seven or eight races a year on ovals? So I did about 16 races on ovals before I came to NASCAR. So that’s a tall order. People don’t understand that, but it is. When I tested for Williams, I was racing Formula 3000 and I thought I was pretty good; I could hold my head and everything. I trained for two-and-a-half month’s non-stop. I had rubbers against a bed; I could move the bed with my head when I was training. When I went into a Formula One car, I couldn’t do five laps in a row.”
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He’s probably too tall to fit comfortably. Who cares? It’s only the shrub.
I care….I want the shrub to go away! LOL. Just go ahead and go to formula one…I would be very pleased. But he wouldn’t survive long with the nickname the wrecking ball!
Interesting….about the neck. Lots of people think that all those drivers do is steer the car around the curves and go fast. It’s like a Blue Angel pilot…the body has to be trained to handle all of it…and then, the mind. Very difficult.
If you ever watch a F1 race on Speed they have G meter and it is crazy. Under Braking it is 3 G’s forward!
What is this Shrub nicknmae did I miss something?
Little Bush=Shrub
gigolo george wrote:
Both the Schumacher’s where pretty tall I think. F1/IRL/CCWS cars are bigger then most people think, you are pretty open to any height driver, its just girth that you have to watch l0l.
Wurz was 6′4.
Also, a lot of the challenge comes from keeping your arms and legs stable under such high g-forces. That alone makes it many times more difficult to drive the car properly.