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Pullrod

No-one's suggesting the teams don't choose their drivers. But several factors contribute to that choice. Hamilton went knocking on Red Bull's door but was rejected. Does that mean they think he wasn't good enough? Or - more likely IMO - were they just happy with the lineup they had and didn't feel ...

Pullrod

BIB: I would suggest it's more naïve to think otherwise. None of the drivers can significantly influence a car's development, not these days. It was Vettel's good fortune that he joined Red Bull just before they hit the big time; it was Hamilton's that he did likewise with Mercedes; and it was Alon...

Pullrod

Because he thinks he's the best driver, and any time he wins he deserved it because he was the best anyway. I don't think it's hard to figure out, whether or not you agree with him. It's the same reason he considered Lewis a deserving champion in 2014 despite having virtually no opposition - he thi...

Pullrod

BIB: I would suggest it's more naïve to think otherwise. None of the drivers can significantly influence a car's development, not these days. It was Vettel's good fortune that he joined Red Bull just before they hit the big time I'm not really that sure about this. Remember some comments about Newe...

Pullrod

Regarding Alonso then what did he mean by all the trophies that drivers have that they don't deserve and every trophy he has he has deserved? Because he thinks he's the best driver, and any time he wins he deserved it because he was the best anyway. I don't think it's hard to figure out, whether or...

Pullrod

Toyota didn't need Alonso to win Le Mans so dropping Davidson wasn't a necessity, am I missing the Alonso message that F1 is unfair because of car disparities yet he himself is happy to walk into an advantaged position? Mercedes didn't need Rosberg and Lewis either, they wanted them much like Toyot...

Pullrod

Regarding Alonso then what did he mean by all the trophies that drivers have that they don't deserve and every trophy he has he has deserved? Because he thinks he's the best driver, and any time he wins he deserved it because he was the best anyway. I don't think it's hard to figure out, whether or...

Pullrod

Yeah yeah yeah, the real truth is known by some randoms on the internet and not James Allison of Ferrari, he's just lying coz reasons. Yawn. And no I haven't heard Seb ask for a Mercedes and nor should he with the cars he's had. You seem to be glossing over the fundamental reason why Alonso would w...

Pullrod

I see your point but McLaren themselves had not won a race since 2012 and the last title was in 2008 and would have a totally unproven engine, if he couldn't see Ferrari turning things around anytime soon why were Mclaren going to do any better? I think they just offered two bites at a cherry he kn...

Pullrod

Pullrod

McLaren(the winning and positive team) died the moment Hamilton went to Mercedes. He took away from Woking the winning mentality, the positivity, the passion and the FANS. Nobody is 150% committed in this NEW McLaren project and the team is chock-full of mercenaries, impostors and lazy engineers/pe...

Pullrod

McLaren(the winning and positive team) died the moment Hamilton went to Mercedes. He took away from Woking the winning mentality, the positivity, the passion and the FANS. Nobody is 150% committed in this NEW McLaren project and the team is chock-full of mercenaries, impostors and lazy engineers/pe...

Pullrod

Vettel now has 11 wins for Ferrari, which equals Alonso's tally. Vettel has achieved this in 66 races. Alonso drove 96 races for Ferrari. In Alonso's defense, the 2018 Ferrari is a much better car than anything Ferrari gave him. This is my post of March 03, 2015 You asked before for elements to sup...

Pullrod

McLaren(the winning and positive team) died the moment Hamilton went to Mercedes. He took away from Woking the winning mentality, the positivity, the passion and the FANS. Nobody is 150% committed in this NEW McLaren project and the team is chock-full of mercenaries, impostors and lazy engineers/per...

Pullrod

Why offer him a contract extension and why's James Allison claiming he tried to change his mind? The entire press pack chased him around for a year asking if he regretted leaving and this myth of a firing still persists. It's bizarre. There's zero evidence of it and buckets of it that he simply los...

Pullrod

Why offer him a contract extension and why's James Allison claiming he tried to change his mind? The entire press pack chased him around for a year asking if he regretted leaving and this myth of a firing still persists. It's bizarre. There's zero evidence of it and buckets of it that he simply los...

Pullrod

The bigwigs at Ferrari had enough of him. He was not wanted anymore and if it was not Vettel, it would have been Hamilton(Marchionne loves Lewis). So in my book he was "fired". Alonso and Briatore are so bitter and wish ill to Ferrari at any occasion for a reason. Well I believe it was a terminatio...

Pullrod

From SkyF1 note the word "terminated" "Alonso's Ferrari deal was supposed to run until the end of 2016 but with relations between the 33-year-old and the team's new management hierarchy headed by Marco Mattiacci breaking down, Sky F1 understands that the contract was terminated by mutual consent on...

Pullrod

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24182/9502110/red-bull-announce-that-sebastian-vettel-is-leaving-at-the-end-of-the-season Why offer him a contract extension and why's James Allison claiming he tried to change his mind? The entire press pack chased him around for a year asking if he regretted leavi...

Pullrod

This is what I can't get past and why I don't put as much weight into the stats in these type of sports as others do but it's subjective of course, people value different things but this is along the lines of what was first put to me in a similar conversation. You can literally not need to change a...

Pullrod

Same old same old.. Alonso this Alonso that but he is winning nothing (yet), only teammates wars. I think the biggest fallacy is to confuse teammates performances with "ultimate" performance. I have zero doubt if McLaren was a TOP car, Vandoorne would perform much much better but it is fair to say ...

Pullrod

Does anyone seriously think if Vettel's engine had blown up on the last lap at Abu Dhabi in 2010 and the last lap at Interlagos in 2012 he would be a worse driver because he only had 2 titles? Does anyone think it would make Alonso a better driver because he would have 4? Even though both drivers w...

Pullrod

Does anyone seriously think if Vettel's engine had blown up on the last lap at Abu Dhabi in 2010 and the last lap at Interlagos in 2012 he would be a worse driver because he only had 2 titles? Does anyone think it would make Alonso a better driver because he would have 4? Even though both drivers w...

Pullrod

Same old same old.. Alonso this Alonso that but he is winning nothing (yet), only teammates wars. I think the biggest fallacy is to confuse teammates performances with "ultimate" performance. I have zero doubt if McLaren was a TOP car, Vandoorne would perform much much better but it is fair to say ...

Pullrod

Lets take a look at Alonso's record - 2003 - 6th in WDC in the 4th best car. 2004 - 4th in WDC in the 3rd best car. 2005 - Champion in the 2nd quickest but more reliable car 2006 - Champion in probably the joint quickest car, hard to tell 2007 - 3rd in the WDC but level on points with 2nd. I believ...

Pullrod

Same old same old.. Alonso this Alonso that but he is winning nothing (yet), only teammates wars. I think the biggest fallacy is to confuse teammates performances with "ultimate" performance. I have zero doubt if McLaren was a TOP car, Vandoorne would perform much much better but it is fair to say t...

Pullrod

Ricciardo and Verstappen drive like they are playing videogames and are overoptimistic with their moves and overtakes. They are making Bottas look like a Top Top driver and this alone is telling. The RedBull car actually has some serious pace and is held back by its drivers. They are both OVERRATED ...

Pullrod

Kimi can do no wrong.
Change the driver's name and you have complete different answers in this same thread.

Pullrod

He didn’t rate Rosberg either, and we all know how that turned out. Hamilton is probably regarded as the best qualifier ever in F1. Well did you know Rosberg outqualified Ham 12 vs 7 in 2014. (Head to head other years 2015 - Ham 12 - Ros 7 2016 - Ham 12 - Ros 9) And I think most would rate Ricciard...

Pullrod

I have never rated Ricciardo myself and he became the media #1 guy just because Alonso(the previous media #1 darling) was not fighting at the front anymore. I still maintain to this day that Sainz Jr. would give Verstappen a much harder time pacewise(and at the starts) than Ricciardo. It his unbelie...

Pullrod

Someone needs to explain to me why in all these contacts with top cars Verstappen is often involved.

Hamilton has had a very long career same as Alonso and I dont remember them driving this way and doing damage at the start when they were nobody.

Pullrod

What a Shame... A WDC race Now ruined by a guy(Verstappen) who thinks he is still playing videogames. This was the same stuff Verstappen did to Vettel in Canada. Vettel had lost downforce after the contact today so he could not brake properly to avoid Hamilton. What a shame. Good job. Are we watchi...

Pullrod

What a Shame...
A WDC race Now ruined by a guy(Verstappen) who thinks he is still playing videogames.
This was the same stuff Verstappen did to Vettel in Canada.

Vettel had lost downforce after the contact today so he could not brake properly to avoid Hamilton.

What a shame. Good job.

Pullrod

BTW is it just me or do Ferrari only up the engine to max for the second runs in the Q3 and their first runs are maybe at a lower mode? I can't recall well but don't their drivers often improve their first Q3 runs by tenths in the second run? Yes! :thumbup: Vettel pulled the same trick in Austin on...

Pullrod

BTW is it just me or do Ferrari only up the engine to max for the second runs in the Q3 and their first runs are maybe at a lower mode? I can't recall well but don't their drivers often improve their first Q3 runs by tenths in the second run? Yes! :thumbup: Vettel pulled the same trick in Austin on...

Pullrod

Max is already in... and it is not his fault. He should have never been allowed to drive an F1 car at 17 years old. He can do whatever he wants and all you will hear is "he is a kid", "he will learn". Of course he feels omnipotent being the youngest and geniusest(his opinion) of all the drivers. F1/...

Pullrod

If this chart is anything to go by: https://f1metrics.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/rbr_str_drivers.png Source: f1metrics.wordpress.com I fully expect Sainz to have the edge over Hulk. I'd put Hulk a quarter of the way from Sainz to Kvyat so we should see the remaining races be drawn 2-2 or come out ...

Pullrod

If this chart is anything to go by: https://f1metrics.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/rbr_str_drivers.png Source: f1metrics.wordpress.com I fully expect Sainz to have the edge over Hulk. I'd put Hulk a quarter of the way from Sainz to Kvyat so we should see the remaining races be drawn 2-2 or come out ...

Pullrod

No, I'm properly done with this. I'll just repeat my advice to backtrack the discussion to see how everything started with pokerman making an innocent statement revolve around Hamilton for the umpteenth time and create the train wreck this thread has become. Pokerman has to post many times because ...

Pullrod

No, I'm properly done with this. I'll just repeat my advice to backtrack the discussion to see how everything started with pokerman making an innocent statement revolve around Hamilton for the umpteenth time and create the train wreck this thread has become. Pokerman has to post many times because ...

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