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[made in holland]

Originally posted by PunkRock
Strip DC of his #1 driver spot and give it to Kimi... he outqualified Coulthard at both races, and he finished on the podium at Melbourne... sad thing he blew it up this weekend, though...

DC, you'll never be the #1 driver in any team, even if you ended up at Minardi... hang the helmet...

I agree. He is a very good driver, but i think he misses that little bit extra that a fighter for the worldchampionship needs. Some killer instinct or something

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by PunkRock
Strip DC of his #1 driver spot and give it to Kimi... he outqualified Coulthard at both races, and he finished on the podium at Melbourne... sad thing he blew it up this weekend, though...

DC, you'll never be the #1 driver in any team, even if you ended up at Minardi... hang the helmet...

Perhaps a little harsh after the second race! We'll see over the season.

 

[-Fred-]

well, David's been in Formula 1 since 94... he jumped in the best car of the field, replacing Senna... but did nothing all too good, which is somewhat normal for a first season (excluding Villeneuve's first season, which was brilliant)... but, a guy with 8 years of F1 experience at both Williams and McLaren should be better than he is... Sure, he won a few races, he's been well positionned in the championship...

but he always jinx things up when it's important for him to do well...

he just doesn't have the consistency to be a truly great driver...

 

[vat_man]

I'm inclined to agree - given the talent coming through at the moment - Raikkonen, Massa, Heidfeld, Button - the list goes on and on - I really think that unless David delivers this year he might be in trouble. There's simply too much talent putting pressure on him for Ron Dennis not to consider other options. Reubens would be another one under pressure at the moment (although you're going to be hard-pressed to find someone to pick up the poisoned chalice that is the number 2 seat at Ferrari).

Good to see McNish run solidly - what happened at the pitstop? I heard something about Salo coming in unexpectedly and the crew not being ready.

 

[Jordan]

Originally posted by made in holland


The man is a wuss. He was asking before the race if they please could not make any accidents at the start and during the race.



That is like asking at rugby if they could please not make physical contact with eachother, cause someone could get hurt.

And why was Montoya punished for something schumacher caused??

I'm not a big Schumacher fan, but I really don't understand your reasoning here. Formula 1 and rugby are two completely different sports. F1 is not a destruction derby; I think Michael's comments were a request to the other drivers not be too agressive at the start in order to avoid a collision like that in Melbourne.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by Jordan
I'm not a big Schumacher fan, but I really don't understand your reasoning here. Formula 1 and rugby are two completely different sports. F1 is not a destruction derby; I think Michael's comments were a request to the other drivers not be too agressive at the start in order to avoid a collision like that in Melbourne.

... which you have to consider as being ironic given his very aggressive chop of Montoya...

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie


... which you have to consider as being ironic given his very aggressive chop of Montoya...

I can't wait until he finally cleans up the entire front half of the grid doing that - which he will do eventually, and then finally we might see the FIA do something.

Still, he only made one move, unlike Reubens in Melbourne who looked like he was putting together a rug.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by vat_man
Still, he only made one move, unlike Reubens in Melbourne who looked like he was putting together a rug.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by vat_man


I can't wait until he finally cleans up the entire front half of the grid doing that - which he will do eventually, and then finally we might see the FIA do something.

Have already been thinking along this line in this thread see here...

 

[Jordan]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie


... which you have to consider as being ironic given his very aggressive chop of Montoya...

LOL, yes, very true!

 

[made in holland]

Originally posted by Jordan
I'm not a big Schumacher fan, but I really don't understand your reasoning here. Formula 1 and rugby are two completely different sports. F1 is not a destruction derby; I think Michael's comments were a request to the other drivers not be too agressive at the start in order to avoid a collision like that in Melbourne.

A real F1-driver does not ask if they can take it easy at the start, a real F1-driver wants to make the best start he can make. And a startcrash is a risk that comes with the job. If he wants a calm start, he should join the European Renault Clio cup. Those cars make 160km/h at top speed.

 

[Jordan]

Originally posted by made in holland


A real F1-driver does not ask if they can take it easy at the start, a real F1-driver wants to make the best start he can make. And a startcrash is a risk that comes with the job.

Crashing is obviously "part of the job", but do you really think drivers want to crash before they even get in one lap? A driver can only make the best start if he isn't crashing.

 

[vat_man]

Originally posted by Jordan
Crashing is obviously "part of the job", but do you really think drivers want to crash before they even get in one lap? A driver can only make the best start if he isn't crashing.

Tell Ralf Schumacher that.

Michael does seem to get involved in a few start-line incidents - he had quite a few last year (including the infamous Fisichella incident at Germany, where Giancarlo was sitting on the outside minding his own business and suddenly had a Ferrari in his lap).

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Chances are it's just a Schumacher game so he can get ahead at the start, by conning everyone else into believing they should take it easy.

As Villeneuve said at Monza "These people [the fans] didn't spend six months saving up to come see me take it easy on the first lap".

Perhaps there should be a rule that says until you get to, say, 50m from Turn One Lap One, you should be confined to the side of the track on which your grid place was located...

 

[made in holland]

Originally posted by Jordan
Crashing is obviously "part of the job", but do you really think drivers want to crash before they even get in one lap? A driver can only make the best start if he isn't crashing.

That brins back memories to the best starter F1 ever had, Jos Verstappen
That man could make some places after the start, just unbelievable.

 

[VIRacer]

hmm. strange to see this thread. I live here. Malaysia. I read earlier that our coverage is bad. I agree. They are some pretty stupid broadcaster that focus on 2 or 3 person that they like. i feel sorry for my country to let you guys down. hehehe


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