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Ryan Briscoe: Drivers
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Less than two weeks after suffering a frightening crash in Chicago, IRL driver Ryan Briscoe announced he hopes to climb back into the No. 33 Chip Ganassi car within two months. Briscoe, who turns 24 Saturday, was released from the hospital Monday to continue his rehab from multiple injuries.
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Toyota test driver Ryan Briscoe completed the most laps (51) and ... topped the timesheets in last year’s TF103. "Considering the difficult weather conditions that we have encountered during this test, we did a very good job today to complete a tyre test in the morning,” explained the Australian.
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"It all started two years ago when Wayne Taylor (Briscoe's agent) contacted us and asked if we had any opportunities available for Ryan (Briscoe)," said Tim Cindric, Team Penske president. "We needed a driver for our ALMS car and decided to give him a test. He did very well and Porsche agreed that he was the right choice."
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In 2006, Briscoe was announced as an endurance driver for Holden Racing Team, set to partner Jim Richards at the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. He ... drove in the A1 Grand Prix race at Laguna Seca in the USA for A1 Team Australia, scoring three points. At the Indy 500 he was a surprise late driver of the #48 car for A J Foyt Racing - the deal was so late he was still having his seat fitting with less than half an hour of Bump Day qualifying left, and he never got out on the track to attempt a qualifying run. He returned to the IRL the following week and drove the #5 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara to a third place finish at Watkins Glen International, a road course. He returned to the Dreyer & Reinbold team on a three race deal for the short speedways in the second half of the season, but recorded DNF's in 2 of his 3 races with the team. He then was tabbed to replace the injured Cristiano da Matta in the final two races of the Champ Car season for the RuSPORT team, including his home country's race at Surfers Paradise.
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Want to see how bad Briscoe is ? Take a look at the drivers Toyota have fielded over the last few years in F1. Look at the drivers being conssidered by Toyota for this year's team. Briscoe was in line for one of those seats. Toyota has had the weakest driver line up in F1's recent history and Briscoe can't break through.
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TOYOTA sources in Germany are whispering that the Toyota Motorsport test driver Ryan Briscoe will be racing at Melbourne this year - in one of the supporting races for the Australian Grand Prix. This is logical thing to do as Briscoe is an Australian and the crowds will be keen to see the country's newest rising star. However it is worth noting that knowledge of the Melbourne track will ... be useful for the youngster if he happened to find himself in a Formula 1 car in 2003.
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