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For some reason, the first example that popped in to my head was de la Rosa Vs. Schumacher, at the chaotic 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix. Schumacher was having a bad day and a charging Pedro, at the wheel of a McLaren, came up behind and took a few laps to pass for a combination of reasons; it was too w...

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Martin Brundle is always the man who springs to mind; very quick indeed. The man who pushed Senna to the wire in their pre-F1 days. I'll give a shout to de la Rosa too. Always horrendous bad luck, especially in his comeback 2010 season when he was easily as quick as Kobayashi (quicker in qualifying,...

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Martin Brundle - he had some stronger midfield cars but that was as good as it got.

Perhaps the pre-crash Olivier Panis.

Robert Kubica?

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Yeah, I've been a fan of Mark Webber since that famous debut race in 2002. In his Jaguar days I would cheer as he qualified high up the grid and bite my nails as he fell down the order on race day. At Williams and during his early Red Bull years I would moan constantly; When will this guy get a car ...

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Scott Speed and Will Power sprang immediately to mind.

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Rubens was still driving well on his retirement. After leaving Brawn, where he proved he was still capable of world-class performances, he had a superb year at Williams, performing consistantly well and pounding new guy, Hulkenberg. He followed that up next year by outclassing Maldonado too, but the...

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As for their time together at RBR, David comfortably had the measure of Mark in 2007, and even in a disastrous final season the Scot managed something the ever-dependable Aussie never did - another podium for Red Bull. Really? Mark's average qualifying position over the 2007 season was 9th, whereas...

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Oh, I'll miss this guy next year.

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I know Pedro de la Rosa has three daughters.

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As long as red bull keep suppressing Webber, Mercedes will have an advantage in their two good drivers. 1986 and 2007 would suggest that the opposite is true. The teams with the two drivers snapping at each others heels took points off one another and the team with the single challenger sneaked pas...

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Of course I cheered when he retired. He's the greatest opponent of Webber, Alonso and Rosberg, the three drivers I support. Were Alonso to have retired from the lead, I would fully expect and accept cheering from the Vettel crowd - it's a rivalry, that's what it's all about. I see it as all good fun...

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"Don't think so mate. Britney's in the wall." - One of my favourite lines. And for the record, I think that SH1348 picked out a lot of moments that were my favourites too. Slamming the glass of water down makes me laugh to this day! Also, Minardi debut, where I first began supporting him. Superb qua...

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Well, after Webber I supported Alonso and to a lesser extent, Rosberg.

So Alonso and Rosberg it is!

Plus Hamilton, a little.

Anyone except Vettel, perhaps.

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He turns 90 in a few months, is it really a tragedy or that sad if somebody in their 90th year gets cancer? You're really asking whether getting cancer isn't sad, just because of someone's age? Age is irrelevant - he's someone's father, grandfather. He's fighting fit and deserves to be here as much...

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Now I, like a number of others, am generally critical of Hill and his achievements. There's a lot of talk about his inconsistency and there are claims he could only win the championship because of the dominant Williams car. Yet he was obviously pretty skilled and turned in some great performances. F...

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I'd always remembered Montreal being a high-wear circuit.

Is that not correct then?

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I don't understand why Brawn is being ranked so highly? After Mercedes took over they fell back from their Brawn GP form and have been in limbo ever since. Their tyre wear has been abysmal from the start and now is just a joke. I'd much rather see Mallya ranked top after pulling his team further for...

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Because they're my favourite drivers, Webber and Alonso driving a '96 Williams.

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It's an undeniably likable team - very modest and realistic about where they are and they don't get themselves into the headlines for messing drivers around or playing dirty tricks like front-running (and even some midfield) teams do. They have quietly built themselves up year upon year and I hope t...

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Personally I thought he did well, and that Button was a whining wimp to be perfectly honest.

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gregwil wrote: Anyone who doesn't put him at the top of the current crop especially after today's race is surely kidding themselves.

Now THAT'S a laugh.

As for me? He'd probably scrape the Top 25.

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They will get interrupted/approached all the time, anytime they are out in public, so your approaching them isn't going to faze them most likely. I accidentally barged past a woman in London one time, turned and apologised, and when she said "It's no problem" I realised that it was Carrie Fisher. I ...

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Kimi has gone up dramatically in my estimations since his return to F1.

1. Alonso.
2. Hamilton.
3. Raikkonen.
4. Vettel.
5. Rosberg.
6. Webber - Button.

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I think it's a little strong to suggest that Villeneuve's desire to beat Pironi led to his demise. He'd have been going fast around that track regardless and if I remember correctly, it was only because another car was with him on the track that he lost control of his - it literally had nothing to d...

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As I said in an earlier thread, I thought Rosberg was great to watch today - always lurking in the background, and in many ways reminded me of some of the races Keke used to have! He has that raw speed as many (but not all) had suspected.

I sincerely hope he continues this form throughout the season.

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Mark.

Loved watching Rosberg in this race too, ever-lurking in the background, never letting Hamilton out of sight. Really had one of those races his father would have so often! Looking forward to seeing him battle the bulls again in future races.

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It still gets me when I hear the recording of Mark Webber directly after taking his first victory in Germany in 2009.

Having been a fan since 2002, I was right there with him.

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EDIT: Never mind.

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Centauri: my 2012 rating for De la Rosa results from my calculations. Is this so slow compared with Vettel, assuming same cars? Other examples may place PdlR's 2012 performance/rating in perspective: Graham Hill best-rated at 100.5, which means about 30-40 secs behind a top-rater in a race. Exactly...

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My rating stats are for drivers alone, car-neutral. So if de la Rosa was in the Red Bull, he'd be 1.2% slower than Vettel. That is about 1.2 secs per lap which translates to about 72 secs behind in a 60 lap race, which could be about one lap on some circuits. I don't consider this slow; PdlR is a v...

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Even de la Rosa finished 6th on his debut in an Arrows which started 18th.

This kind of list can be rather subjective.

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It's never that simple to assess drivers who have never had competitive machinery, but that fact that he was destroyed in qualifying and the majority of races by the 41-year old de la Rosa is rather telling. de la Rosa himself was beaten fairly soundly by Raikkonen when he was called up to drive the...

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I've been a Webber fan for 11 years, and usually despise most of what comes out of Marko's mouth. But fair play to the man - it seems this time he's actually thought about it before speaking and come out with something that is reasonable and makes sense!

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I don't think masses of credit can be attributed to Coulthard, but he certainly helped lay the foundations. If he'd stayed on another one or two years it wouldn't have made much difference as Toby said above - the big winner would have been Webber, but it wasn't to be.

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Definitely Pedro de la Rosa.

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Not always obviously, and he gave some truly great drives, but he was certainly capable of cheating or dirty driving, as Adelaide '94, Jerez '97 and Monaco '06 go to prove. But he's not the first or the last to try these kinds of things so there's little point in getting too hung up about it. Aside ...

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I can't even visit this thread any more. I feel like I should put in a disclaimer stating that "the views expressed by certain deluded Webber fans do not necessarily represent the views of all of his supporters", as some of what I'm reading is unbelievable! It's one rule for Webber and another for e...

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Some people are beyond the point where psychiatric help would make any difference.

I implore people to remember this before reacting angrily to the deluded OP.

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Sure it is. Alonso is arguably the best driver in the sport, and far more of a leader and a character, which is what Ferrari appear to favour.

Raikkonen was just another driver and became lost at Ferrari, and his motivation waned.

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All F1 drivers have big egos, whether they show them in public or not.

Could be worse, at least he's not lying!

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