What do you think about this F1 test?

Question

Kyle Busch to test F-1 car: Kyle Busch will test a Formula One car with Toyota later this year in Japan. As teams get ready for Saturday’s Sprint All-Star Challenge, Busch said Formula One is something that appeals to him, but not on the near horizon. "I'm planning on retiring at 30 and going Formula One racing,” the 23-year-old Busch said at Lowe's Motor Speedway. He also reveled his plan to drive an F1 car for the first time at the end of this year when he goes to Japan to do NASCAR exhibition runs for Toyota. "We're working on a test session right now at the end of November, or the beginning of December, sometime going to Japan and doing a little exhibition, to see what it's like," he said. "We'll take a Cup car over there too and just run around there at either Twin-Ring or somewhere like that to show them what the Cup cars are like and try to get into a Formula One car too. Your thoughts?

Answer 1

I hope they televise it...it would be interesting to see if he is fit enough to last more than half-a-dozen laps.

If he's "planning on retiring (from Nascar) at 30" to go into F1, he may find that things aren't quite that straightforward...

Answer 2

He was kidding, they asked him if he was just trying to have fun or if he was planning on a serious career, so he joked: "I'm planning on retiring at 30 and going Formula One racing, how's that?? (laughs)”. So yeah, blame the press this time..

Here are a couple of things he said seriously:

"We'll see how well I test first," Busch added. "We'll see if my neck can stand the g-forces of braking and everything. I wouldn't mind. If I can do it and if I'm good at it then I'll give it a shot and try it."

"It seems as though the racing isn't all that great," he said. "They get stuck in line, the aero takes over everything and Toyota is not necessarily one of those companies at the moment that's like Ferrari or McLaren, or like Renault was a couple of years ago.

"I don't think it's only a driver that you put in the seat that's going to make it go, you know. You need a little bit more of a car."

I think it was an honest opinion. Some drivers would rather drive a Toro Rosso than the best IRL or Nascar car but he has his opinion. We'll see if they manage to force him out of the car once he experiences the glory.

Answer 3

He doesn't sound like a man who knows a lot...

Answer 4

Could be worse than Montoya! Hes about 7 years too late to jump to F1.