Charlie Kimball @ WGI Indy Car
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Charlie Kimball @ WGI Indy Car
Lots of controversy surrounding Kimball at last weekend's race.
Re: the Rahall incident, don't see fault with Kimball. He was all the way out on the curbing so the argument that he didn't give Graham room doesn't hold much water IMO.
The contact with Power seems a little tougher call. I hear what Mears is saying but Kimball had momentum and went where there was open space at the time. Also question the idea that Power wouldn't have known he was there and was just taking the normal racing line.
Gaining momentum up thru the Esses in order to set up a pass at the Bus Stop was happening throughout the race and I'm confident Power knew he was under threat at that point.
Appears stewards came to similar conclusions but curious what others think.
Videos of both incidents:
http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/ne...idents-816048/
Mears comments:
http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/ne...-clash-815863/
BTW, this was a great race!
Re: the Rahall incident, don't see fault with Kimball. He was all the way out on the curbing so the argument that he didn't give Graham room doesn't hold much water IMO.
The contact with Power seems a little tougher call. I hear what Mears is saying but Kimball had momentum and went where there was open space at the time. Also question the idea that Power wouldn't have known he was there and was just taking the normal racing line.
Gaining momentum up thru the Esses in order to set up a pass at the Bus Stop was happening throughout the race and I'm confident Power knew he was under threat at that point.
Appears stewards came to similar conclusions but curious what others think.
Videos of both incidents:
http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/ne...idents-816048/
Mears comments:
http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/ne...-clash-815863/
BTW, this was a great race!