Italians love anything fast and loud
A reader writes in regard to our IndyCar Italian Connection article, Quote “To be honest, I don't know. On the surface, at least, an IndyCar race at Mugello makes almost zero sense. After all, Italy is a Formula One (F1) mad country, and there is no Italian driver or Italian manufacturer (unless you count the Dallara chassis) currently competing in IndyCar."
I went to Italy for the first time this year. I was on the support crew for a car on the prestigious Mille Miglia. 1000 miles of insane driving from Milan to Rome and back! I’ve enough there in 3 days of driving to get about 3 life time jail sentence if it was done here in the USA. I notice while I was there that Italian are great motorsport fans. Doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it’s loud and fast… and if there’s a little bit of red won’t hurt also.
But again, whatever RP wants, IndyCar gets! Surfers Paradise was by far the best race weekend on the Champ Car schedule… we all know what happened there. Must be because RP's jet cannot fly that far. Martin Nadeau