Dario Franchitti
Dario Franchitti
George Dario Marino Franchitti, MBE, known professionally as Dario Franchitti, is a retired British racing driver. He is a four time IndyCar Series champion, a three time winner of the Indianapolis 500as well as a winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona. Franchitti started his career in his native United Kingdom in the early 1990s, competing in Formula Vauxhall and Formula Three and was also the winner of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award in 1992. After Franchitti did not secure...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth19 May 1973
corner expect late next passing
It has a lot more to do with how you get off the corner and how late you can brake going into the next corner. I expect a lot of passing tomorrow.
paul shock
I'm still in shock about the whole thing. I didn't know Paul very well, but I've been through this before. I just feel for his family. It's such a tragedy.
caught hard
It caught me by surprise, because I've never had the back end come around like that there. It's going to make it a hard day (today).
quick season strong
I think performance-wise we had a strong season and we were very quick in most of the races.
asking battling figured good surprised
He's figured this out very, very quickly, asking a lot of good questions. I'll be surprised if he's not right up there battling (for the lead).
direction four heading test
We're OK. But it's all about tomorrow. All four of us had different setups most of the weekend, but we're all heading in one direction for the race. The real test comes tomorrow.
friend good lost means six
I lost a good friend here six years ago and this means a lot to all of us who were friends of Greg Moore.
friend good lost six
I lost a good friend here six years ago,
closer
I actually thought it was closer than that. It was close enough.
last nice track
Very nice to be the last one on the track for one-lap qualifying.
fell finishing high last left people problems sets sure team win year
Finishing 1-2-3-4 last year was amazing. It was something people thought we couldn't do, and we weren't so sure we could do it. Things just fell our way as a team last year. I was disappointed not to win it because of the problems in our pit. We left Homestead on a high note. We really did. That sets us up for the whole season.
capable character few generous helped last men roles selfish strange tony year
Tony is a very strange character. He is one of the most generous and most selfish men I have met. I think he is capable of doing it. I helped him a few times last year to the championship. If the roles were reversed, I would do the same thing for him.
finish friend good great heck helped kicking lost means proved racing several six team today tony win work
This is a bittersweet win because I lost a good friend here six years ago. It was important for me to win here today for several reasons. Tony and I battled all day, and this is a great way to finish the season. For Tony to have helped me out at the end really means a lot. There's more to racing than kicking the heck out of your teammate; you have to work as a team and we proved that today.
course guys last positions possible rest street trying typical
After last year's race, anything is possible Sunday. It's a typical street course race. You've got to get through that first turn. Once we're through that first turn, then we can get on with the rest of the race. Guys are going to be trying to make up positions there for sure.