Good interview w/Newman, Bourdais and da Matta

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http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/roadracing/14893/

It's centered around the 24 of Daytona, but a lot of interesting comments about Cristiano's desire to be back in Champ Car, his experience in F1, Newman's view of the direction of the series and a lot more. Well worth the 10 minutes to read. :thumbup:

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Q. Sebastien, did you have a chance to get a look at Autosport's "Top 50 drivers of 2004?"
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Q. It seems you were the top-rated North American series driver at [position] 13. It seems that perhaps they were not counting or giving a lot of credit to the American drivers or the American series drivers, I should say.

CRISTIANO da MATTA: What a surprise coming from the Europeans.

PAUL NEWMAN: Very well-stated, Cristiano.
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Gotta like SeaBass and his humor:


SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS: What Mike is saying is if it depends on the weather. As I'm the frog, if it rains, it's for me. :laugh: :laugh:

Also noted that CDM wants to run this year w/ NH. :thumbup:

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I've copied this thread over to "Others". Let's keep DP/Grand Am comments over there.