Fernando Alonso's decision to contest this year's Indy 500 is a supreme PR coup for McLaren and Honda, but most of all for the IndyCar series which hosts the event. Many F1 fans had never seen a lap of an Indy 500 or IndyCar race until Alonso's highly-publicised test at the speedway last month. We at ESPN thought we would dispel some myths about IndyCar we've been hearing since Alonso's participation in the series was confirmed.
"It's just turning left..."
Dismissing an oval as "just turning left" does a massive disservice to the risk of a super-speedway event.