Here's the comparison:
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Montreal This Year (time):
CART Pole: Alex Tagliani 1:19.665
F-1 Pole: Ralf Scumacher 1:15:53
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Fontana Last Year (2002- last time they raced on the same track):
IRL Pole: Sam Hornish Jr 224.088 mph
CART Pole: Tony Kannan 232.011 mph
It's unfair to compare preformance between CART and F-1. It all depends what team your on. Look at Jaques Villenunve for example. Excellent in CART, won a championship at Williams, goes to BAR and sucks (for lack of a better word).
Mika Salo was decent in F-1, but got stuck on a crappy CART team and didn't do so well.