How did Whiplash know that Tony Stark is going to the racing track?
In Iron Man 2 (2010), Whiplash (the villain) enters as a track marshal during a race on the Grand Monaco Racing Track, unleashing his weapons on Tony Stark when he’s most vulnerable.
But, Tony only decided to race the Stark car minutes before the race, which Whiplash couldn’t have known.
Was he able to predict that it was going to happen or is he that lucky? Then, how could Whiplash come so prepared without knowing that?
Best Answer
He doesn't. All he knows is that Stark will be there.
Whiplash's aim is not necessarily to confront Stark directly, but to humiliate him by attacking the race. showing that Stark's technology is not unique to him, to crack the world's confidence in Stark so that the government will have no choice but to step in to bring him down.
Stark choosing to drive the car, thus allowing Vanko to attack him directly, to "make him bleed", as he put it, is merely a very useful bonus.
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He knows that Stark is an egomaniac and he can't go to such a prestigious race meeting and sit by idly and not race.
It was pretty inevitable that he'd get into a car and drive, so it was a pretty safe bet.
Knowing Tony Stark, this shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone.
Whiplash also has an ego, hence disguising himself as a race marshal and attacking Stark in the middle of the race-track when he could easily have found a more discrete place and done the job properly.
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