Buxton: Jeff Gordon will have “Broken F1 in the US” in the bar move

NASCAR Superstar was once a time in F1 history Jeff gordon Was in consideration for a seat between “Best Drivers in the world”. And this week, lead commentator for Indicated Fox and experienced Formula 1 journalist Will Buxon spoke with NASCAR Legend Kevin Harvick On his podcast, Kevin Harvik’s Happy Hour, About Gordon’s possible forces in open-wheel racing in both Indycar and Formula 1.

Buxton said, “The team was going to come to the team cool green in Jeff Indicar and one or two runs in a season, and Dario (Franchise, Three-Time Indie 500 winner) was about to visit the bar (British American racing) in Formula 1.” “And the long -term plan was that the lineup for the bar in Formula 1 was going to be Jeff and Dario. And he was going to do a doubles season in Indycar to train himself.

“Now it must have been a box office, and it would have broken F1 20, 30 years ago in the US. Drive to surviveYou get Jeff Gordon Racing in Formula 1 with Dario French-these two great all-time champions are out of US Open-wheel and stock car racing. And are they running as team colleagues in Formula 1? Boom. Work done. It would have been very big. ,

The deal is believed to be taking place around 1999, when Gordon won three of the last four cups series titles. Bar competed in F1 from 1999 to 2005, never won the Grand Prix, but collected 15 podiums with drivers which included Janson button and Takuma Sato.

Gordon never got a chance to race in F1, but he attended a ride swap with Juan Pablo Montya (who later left F1 for NASCAR), run the Williams FW25 at the Indianapolis Road course in 2003, impressed engineers with his speed.

Larsen capacity

On the show, he also touched the current NASCAR superstar Kyle LarsenWho once called himself a “better all-round driver” compared to the four-time F1 World Champion Max Verustapane He competes due to various various subjects. Larsen also ran a strong range as a crook in 2024 Indianapolis 500, before a late race fined his day derailed. McLaren F1 team’s boss Zak Brown has also talked about the desire to bring him into the car for F1 Test or a simple ride swap.

“I would like to see the best that NASCAR has tried and jump on Formula 1,” Buxton commented. “I would like to see someone like Kyle Larsen, not only the Indie 500, but also go to Monaco Grand Prix or whatever.

He said that there is no excuse that the NASCAR Cup series is a higher value on the super license scale than being champions or being top-3 in Indycar Standing. System stopped American Indycar Star Colon horta From Possible F1 Switch due to not having enough points to qualify for super license,