Tony Stewart / Lewis Hamilton "Seat-Swap"

[jspesh]

I never knew this had happened! Awesome.

[Suprahampton]

@jspesh Mclaren did a seat swap at the begining of the F1 season, at Bathurst, Craige Lowndes took the MP4-23 around the Mount Panorama track & Jenson got behind the wheel of his V8 Supercar

[jspesh]

@Suprahampton Such a great idea. I'll have to search for videos of that one too!

[Nesto885]

@aprilvergogna I'm an f1 nerd and you know fucking nothing about F1. F1 is much harder than nascar for the drivers physically and mentally. Chuck Norris could smoke Tony Stewart in a cardboard box. There is a reason 24 of the the best drivers in the world are f1 drivers. END OF STORY

[seikenflyer]

I dont think he pushed and the car was set to the circuit because the record of the indy car is 1,28.6 so the F1 car should do that time or better even in rain condition.

[nascarstopmotionguy]

tony didn't drive the 2011 f1 car :(

[015081986]

@nascarstopmotionguy Yeaaah its currently against F1 regulation to drive the current cars unless they are in an F1 race weekend...but non the less that 08 car is CRAZY fast and in my opinion even more valuable than the 2011 car...

[nascarstopmotionguy]

@015081986 really i honestly never knew that

[Suprahampton]

@015081986 Alot more valuable as it's the chassis that won the 2008 Championship (iirc)... I liked that Mclaren also did a seat swap earlier in the year with Jenson & Craig Lowndes at Bathurst

[015081986]

@Suprahampton agreed! I just saw bits of the Jenson swap maybe ill check it out if you say its worth it..

[taktikal24]

You guys are all freaking out about them beating each other's laptimes... They ran their own cars on a pretty damp track before they did the swap. In Lewis' case, he only ran a lap or two. Not a big deal, laptimes came up significantly as the track began to dry.

[SaintBEEP]

@aprilvergogna Mind you Stewart already had experience at Watkins Glen and in open wheel cars as he won the IRL championship in 1996 I think. This was Lewis' first time ever at Watkins Glen and a stock car.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@SaintBEEP: He won it in 1997. But he had NEVER run an open-wheel car on a road course, 1st road course for IRL was St. Petersburg in 2005!!!

[SaintBEEP]

@PhilipTheBigOne Yes I noticed that as I watched the video after i commented but he still has had experience in an open wheel car. Plus Hamilton hasn't ever run at Watkins Glen before either because they later ask him how his first time at Watkins Glen was. Not saying either did better or worse than the other, I'm just trying to prove a point.

[SaintBEEP]

@PhilipTheBigOne Also they do mention Lewis began lapping faster than Tony in the NASCAR and Tony was lapping faster than Hamilton in the F1. Ironic....

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@SaintBEEP: Yeah BUT... When they swapped seats, the track was MUCH dryer (if there's a word like that)... That's why they were able to go faster when they switched.

[iiredeye]

Super cool video, maximum respect to Tony for jumping straight in the F1 and making it look so easy. Lewis is one of the best drivers ever to walk the earth, he could make driving anything look easy.

[pacmancucumber1783]

Just like Gordon and Montoya(then in F1) did back in 2003.

[rogerpenskefan12]

@pacmancucumber1783 2001

[BlowoverKing]

@rogerpenskefan12 2003

[rogerpenskefan12]

@BlowoverKing It was 2001, look at the Monte Carlo...

[BlowoverKing]

@rogerpenskefan12 they were both running cars from the 2002 season, it was in 2003 look it up.

[PhilipTheBigOne]

@BlowoverKing: Guys, they did it in BOTH 2002 AND 2003!!!

[Brewcity227]

I want to see NASCAR race the boot.

[chris323i]

Such a cool promotion. If you love racing, you'll love driving either one of these cars no matter what your racing preference is.

[DialgaRules24]

i would love to see F1 at the Glen.