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
car caution good happy lucky others
We were lucky with those caution flags, and I am happy with our finish. My car was well balanced, but not as good as the others were.
car keeping piece talking
You're talking about keeping the car in one piece for 24 hours. That's the important thing.
car drive exactly fine gave gets job matter tomorrow
We made some fine adjustments before qualifying and the car was really good. It was just a matter of me doing my job and not making any mistakes. They gave me a car that was exactly the way I wanted to drive it. Tomorrow is another day and that is when it gets difficult.
cannot car clutch continue creep engine forward mechanical pedal problem race slowly took
I had the clutch pedal depressed, but the car slowly started to creep forward and the engine stalled. So another mechanical problem took us from a race that I feel we had the car to win. We just cannot continue to have these things happen.
car chance definitely doubly fast fine run sure
The car is definitely fast enough, which makes it doubly frustrating that we didn't get a chance to run for the pole. I'm sure we'll come up with something and be fine (today).
car fantastic truck weekend
The car has been fantastic all weekend right off the truck and I just had to do my job. I didn't make any mistakes.
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.
last nice track
Very nice to be the last one on the track for one-lap qualifying.
happy hard next push
I was not very happy with the way things were going, ... I've lightened up considerably, but I will push very hard for that championship next year.
happy
I was not very happy with the way things were going.
quick season strong
I think performance-wise we had a strong season and we were very quick in most of the races.
cannot continue
We just cannot continue to have these things happen.
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.
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.