Would a NASCAR driver be ompletely out of his element.....?

Question

....racing in an F1 car, at an F1 track. Considering he has to actually make right turns, and not just go in circles for hours, would this hinder his driving/racing ability?

I think an F1 driver can certainly handle a much slower and inferior car, and race track if he were to be put in NASCAR, can the same be said if a NASCAR driver went to F1?

Answer 1

i won't even comment on your additional details - i'll let their ignorance speak for themselves.

as for the main question - of course a nascar driver would be out of his element in F1, and vice versa - at least for a while.  anyone who would think a driver from one of those series could jump out and immediately win in the other is delusional.  but the best of the best can learn, and they do, and they have.

'nuff said.  you've already taken three minutes of my life i'll never get back...

Answer 2

good answers to your question, i do believe that they could adapt to almost any type/style driving....but your insult to Nascar is uncalled for...

the one they are totally out of element is..

"Dancing with the Stars" (exception Helio C )

can you picture it now?? Tony ,Jr, Kyle , Gordon, Bowyer,Harvick, Johnson in tight sequin pants and shirtless...well i could take the shirtless but not he sequins...hehehehehe(I may be old but eyesight is Excellent)

Answer 3

Isn't it funny how when the 5 times a year that NASCAR's 2 top series run road courses it's the regulars that win everytime. BTW, several years ago Jeff Gordon took a few laps in Montoya's Williams around Indy. Gordon was only 1 second off the qual time, with only a few laps in the car.

chrg, between the Nationwide and Sprint Cup series NASCAR does 5 road courses Montreal(oddly enough the same course F1 uses for the Canadian Grand Prix), Mexico City, and Watkins Glen. Cup side it's Infinion and The Glen and at one point even started it's season off on a road course (Riverside,CA).

Answer 4

Well look at the new drivers from f1 who cant even get a top ten much less a win !

Juan Pablo Montoya where did he come from ? and yes he did win but where ???? ON A ROAD COARSE !!

Sam Hornish Jr. can do any thing



who else should i talk about?

Answer 5

If the racing's [that good] over there??....

Why don't you go, ''F-1'' yourself ??

Answer 6

What's ompletely mean? Check your spelling before you ask a stupid question.

Answer 7

NASCAR drivers turn right so take it easy there Mr. Testoserone.  Your girlfriend says you can be replaced with a Carrot stick.

Easy on Juan "BESTANSWER".  He does a pretty good job but I get your point.

I hate this hat..   Ahh better.

Answer 8

Of course he would be out of his element, it's a completely different car and track. What kind of dumb question is that. And obviously F1 drivers can't handle it too much better seeing how the only race a former F1 driver has won in Nascar was on a road course. Look at Jacque Villanouve, he isn't even driving now because he couldn't do it.

Answer 9

Some drivers would do okay...They do have 2 road races in NASCAR every year...Your assertion however that F1 guys would do so great in NASCAR however is laughable...It's like saying that because someone can drive a ferrari flawlessly that they would be awesome at driving an 18 wheel big rig...F1 and NASCAR are 2 totally different animals and f1 guys (Jacques Villanueve and JP Montoya to name 2) have made the jump from F1 to NASCAR with limited success Montoya being the only one to win (on a road course)...So your comment is niether fair nor accurate...

Answer 10

Nope, in fact many have driven open wheel! Montoya proves your point to be false.

Answer 11

if an F1 driver can 'certainly' handle the inferior cars, then why has juan pablo montoya, a former F1 champion and a guy who won 4 F1 races in one season just a few short years ago, proven to be nothing more than a field filler in NASCAR, running midpack every week? did you see him spin out in the coke 600 with no one around him? hilarious! and if NASCAR drivers are 'out of their eliment' making right turns, then why in all the years that the road course 'ringers' have been trying to win a sprint cup road race have none of them ever once beaten the NASCAR regulars to the checkered flag? NASCAR has the best drivers on earth, if they chose to run more road races, they would continue to dominate road course ringers as they already do twice a year. but NASCAR prefers ovals because the racing is much more challenging and exciting.

EDIT: the ONLY reason montoya won that road race last year was because he gambled on fuel milage and luckily didn't run out of fuel. the leaders in that race had to pit for fuel because they were racing for points, they couldn't afford to risk running out of fuel and having a terrible finish. montoya was so far back in the point standings at the time, another bad finished wouldn't have really mattered, so he could afford to roll the dice, he was actually running midpack for most of THAT race, as usual.

Answer 12

it would take time. Yes, Juan and Jeff swapped cars at a demo at Indy about 5 years ago and yes both went well....but that means nothing since it wasn't "in the heat of battle".

Juan's trying to do too much, same with Dario, AJ and Sam....Scott Speed has the right idea I reckon; start off in the Truck Series and work from there.

As for going the other way....again, they'd have to do something like the GP2 series before tackling F1. Heck, we all saw Alex Zanardi go from CART to F1 in 1999 and was a huge flop despite the fact that the CART cars were openwheelers and raced on more road courses than NASCAR do.

So all up, personally, I don't think a driver should jump straight from Cup to F1 (or vice versa) without going through (at least one) a lower tier first unless they're (and their new team is) prepared to have a shocker of a first year.

Answer 13

No doubt. Buts its just as difficult for F1 drivers to "just go in circles for hours" on a competitive level.

Answer 14

Read this.

Answer 15

All the F-1 drivers in NASCAR right now SUCK, so maybe it's not as easy as it looks.

Answer 16

duh!

Answer 17

yep

Answer 18

A few years back Jeff Gorden and Montoya did a car swap at Indy. Montoya was impressed by the weight and poor response of the cup car. Gorden was impressed by the lateral Gs that the F1 gar had along with the braking and acceleration.

It's been interesting to see how Montoya has gotten familiar with the cup cars. I don't think the cup drivers would be competitive for a long time if they switched.

The difference in set-up, handling, and style would be very hard for a cup driver who is used to the go and slow on an oval. The best ones on road courses are better drivers to begin with.