"Maybe JV is just trying to keep his name in the papers." Dario Franchitti source: pitpass.com During one of his recent rants, BAR star Jacques Villeneuve suggested that Dario Franchitti, who switches from CART to IRL this season, will find the move unfulfilling, even boring. Not so, says the Scot. "For Jacques to say that is very strange," says Franchitti according to Speedvision. "He's not talking from a position of knowledge, he's never driven one of these cars, and he's never been to an IRL race. Basically those comments are assumptions. Yes, sure I'm going to miss racing on road courses a lot, but this is still an exciting move.As a team we are coming into this new," he adds. "And that is a challenge, and there are some very strong teams to beat. But that is part of the fun, and winning is too, and we are working to be in a position to do that from the start. When was the last time Jacques looked like winning a race?" "I can assure you that racing as close as it is here is not boring" he continued. "How boring is it to be running around at the back in F1?" At the time, Villeneuve, who in recent weeks has lambasted a number of people, said that having opted out of CART for IRL, teams should not be allowed to return to CART at a later date. This too didn't go down well with Franchitti: "It's not nice of him to criticize the team that basically put him on the map," says the Scot. "Maybe he's just trying to keep his name in the papers." Maybe indeed Dario. Then again as revealed exclusively on pitpass on December 18, with his great mate buying the remains of the PacWest CART team, ahead of a return to racing in 2004, perhaps JV has a vested interest.
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