Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy UltimaDork
10/18/17 12:54 p.m.

Robert Wickens is giving up his Mercedes DTM ride to come Indycar racing.  The last Canadian pairing was way back, with Paul Tracy and Greg Moore in the Players cars.

I shall watch with interest.  Wickens was a reasonable player in the DTM, so i hope he can do something here.  Hinchcliff won at Long Beach this year, then proceeded to do pretty much nothing of note for the rest of the season.  Odd, I thought.

Snrub
Snrub Reader
10/18/17 2:27 p.m.

Cool.

I think you mean Tracy and Carpentier.  Prior to that it was Tagliani and Carpentier.

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy UltimaDork
10/18/17 8:05 p.m.

I read the statement and didn't question it... You are correct.  

I hope they do well.

drdisque
drdisque HalfDork
10/19/17 3:51 p.m.

Since Mercedes is leaving DTM after next season, this is a pre-emptive move. He'd be looking for a ride next season regardless.

I also think that when he tested the cars twice earlier this season, he thought they were a lot of fun and now that he's older he's probably thinking of moving back closer to home and starting a family, so IndyCar is a way to do that.

ncjay
ncjay SuperDork
10/19/17 5:25 p.m.

If I could photoshop, I'd make a Tim Horton's Indycar.

Brian
Brian MegaDork
10/19/17 9:43 p.m.

If one goes full Canuck, they will never win a race with all that “No, after you”cheeky 

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