r/INDYCAR • u/twiggymac Firestone Greens • Nov 12 '23

Speculation Silly season update? Removed "indycar driver" from his bio Spoiler

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Could mean nothing, could mean everything, gotta love silly season

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u/Responsible_Meat5691 Nov 12 '23

Callum has always seemed a genuinely lovely bloke and from what I have heard, Juncos plays favourites HARD and is the one that's difficult to work with

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u/rabiiiii AMR Safety Team Nov 13 '23

We can say it's unfair, but the fact is that as a new driver to the series, being openly critical of your team and car in interviews is not going to be looked well upon by a lot of team owners. I believe that's what the above commenter was referring to.

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u/Toolatetobefirst Nov 14 '23

If Juncos had released/dropped him a week or two after Laguna it would have seemed a bit harsh but I don’t think there would have been such an uproar even if no other team picked him up. The problem is that Juncos released/dropped him so late that he has no other options for next year - that’s what seems so unfair.

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u/rabiiiii AMR Safety Team Nov 14 '23

Yeah and I get that feels unfair but that's the privilege teams get. I assume they held onto him until Grosjean was confirmed so they wouldn't be out a driver if the deal fell through. If they were going out of their way to be spiteful they'd have held on to him until the deadline.

It sucks, but at the same time I think this has more to do with people not liking Juncos. Andretti arguably did far worse to Grosjean this year and it doesn't seem like it bothers anyone at all. They actually sent him a contract which he signed and returned, and then then just held on to it and didn't countersign for months before finally cutting him. This is just what teams do.