Patrick Carpentier
Patrick Carpentier
Patrick Carpentieris a Canadian professional auto racing driver. He is best known for his career in the Champ Car World Series and the IndyCar Series, where he got five wins and 24 podiums, as well as two third place championship finishes in 2002 and 2004. The long-time Champ Car driver switched to the IndyCar Series in 2005, but moved on Grand Am in 2007 and spent a bit more time running his ranch. After a few NASCAR races in 2007,...
ProfessionRace Car Driver
Date of Birth13 August 1971
canada racing
Racing in Canada would be so much fun.
accomplish beginning definitely expecting finish happy strong year
I'm really happy with what we've been able to accomplish this year, ... I definitely wasn't expecting a strong finish at the beginning of the year when things weren't going so well for us.
next
I have no idea what I'll be doing next year,
biggest hoping impressed mindset needs race speed
I'm very impressed with these cars. The biggest thing for me will be consistency. A 24-hour race is a completely different animal, and your whole mindset needs to shift. I'm hoping that everyone can get me up to speed real fast, and hopefully, I'll be in the Rolex 24.
ahead cars conference finished good happy home liked pit pleased press promote question quick race strategy sure teammate throw toronto week
I'm very pleased with this result. Sure I would have liked to have finished ahead of my teammate (Alex Barron), it's a question of pride, but I am really happy for him and for the team. We had a good weekend. Qualifying wasn't that great, but we got it back during the race. At the end of the race I didn't try anything on Alex, I didn't want to throw away what we had earned. Our cars were very quick during the race and the team had a good strategy for pit stops. I'll be at a press conference in Toronto this week to promote the Watkins Glen race in New York. After that I'll head home to Las Vegas.
bit bull came car chance earlier fantastic fourth guys happy helping pushing quite red seeing speed start stopped toyota weekend
I'm very happy. The car was pushing too much at the end and when I stopped earlier on in the race. I didn't want to take a chance anyway. It was pretty fast. I'm very happy for Red Bull Cheever Racing. It's really amazing. For me the weekend started really badly, we didn't have any speed at all. We came up through the race, and we're fourth quickest overall. The guys did fantastic job. Toyota has been helping us quite a bit lately. We can start seeing the improvements.
best bit calmed car couple crazy definitely ended far fast fun great guys happened hate race racing sorry stick time wrong
It was a great day for me, but I'm definitely sorry about what happened to Alex. You always hate it when these things happen, and he's just ended up in the wrong place a couple of times this year. For me, it was very fun racing today. Things were a bit crazy at the beginning, but the guys calmed down and made the car a lot of fun to drive. This was by far my best race on one of these fast ovals. It was the first time that we were able to stick with the leaders, but it's not going to be the last.
race start
The race is going to be competitive, ... It's a long race, you've got to be there at the end. But when you start up front, it's a different game. It's a lot more fun, I'll tell you.
close coming conditions help quite race testing
Coming here and testing is going to help us quite a bit, especially so close to the race where the conditions are probably going to be very similar.
accomplish advantage banking carousel chance definitely fun happy helps last lead learning nicest passing race sustain tracks turns uphill week
This is one of the nicest tracks I've ever been on, but I'm definitely still learning it. The chicane and carousel turns are tricky. It's a high-speed track with banking that helps sustain momentum. The race should be a fun one, with passing on the uphill backstretch. It's long and with drafting, it'll lead to some passing or a chance to take advantage of those making mistakes. We were pretty happy with what we were able to accomplish last week at the test, but I think we can definitely still improve.
great hearing offer start stay team teams wish
I'd like to stay with this team and in the IRL because I think we made some great improvements from the start of the season, Right now, I keep hearing a lot teams want me, but I wish one of them would offer me something.
care cars happens hope indy montreal support
I don't care how it happens but I hope it does. I think Montreal would support a doubleheader of Indy cars and NASCAR.
care cars happens hope indy montreal support
I don't care how it happens but I hope it does, ... I think Montreal would support a doubleheader of Indy cars and NASCAR.
fun looks project
It looks like a fun project for the whole of Canada.