VDV23 wrote:

Emerson.F wrote:Captions this

Just congratulating the 2012 WDC.

You've got to wonder if Alonso then said to Adrian "See you at Ferrari in 2014"

The way I see it was that Jacques, after winning his WDC, decided to go for the money & Williams have never been known for being big payers hence Jacques joining BAR. And, I have to say, after religiously watching Indy Car at the time, I also think that JPM was the better driver &, if Williams had m...

I think Alonso is saying "Where's the qualifying pace in my reliable old Ferrari?" :lol: I like it. It certainly must have crossed his mind :D But as Blake said, this current point system was brought in for a particular reason, fair or not, & I was peed off at the time but I also agree that winning...

I am not surprised by the first two on the list. I can remember reporters predicting that Schumie would be the first billionaire sportsman long before he retired & Dale Jr, from memory, has won the most popular NASCAR driver voted by NASCAR fans for the last 10 years & that translates into huge doll...

Raikonnen should have won with Mclaren... I think it was 2002? I forgOt I am one of those people that think that whoever ends up with the most points at the end of the season deserves to win the WDC but, having said that, I was so impressed with Kimi when he drove for McLaren that I always thought ...

Does anyone really care what Flavio has to say these days? Schumie is a 7 times WDC who understands totally about drivers not interferring with the hunt for the Championship. Since I can remember, drivers in slower cars have been making it reasonably easy for Championship contenders to pass them in ...

Didn't vote as there isn't a "don't know yet" or a "let's wait & see what he does in 2013" button.

Hoping this has worked. I'm on the right with my eldest sister, brother-in-law & three of our nieces at my brother-in-law's 90th birthday party in early July this year

Laura23 wrote:Alonso can toot his own horn if he wants as long as he does it in private...

Touche

I've just realised what a sea change next year will represent in terms of driver eras and ages. With Rubens, Trulli et al quietly departing in the last couple of years, and dlR and Schumi now gone too, isn't Button going to be the most experienced F1 driver on the grid? I have a habit of forgetting...

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Jenson, to me, has always had a great sense of humour & I think that he probably said this with tongue firmly in cheek. I would have to see the live interview to see what questions were asked & what his answers were without journalistic licence to think he meant otherwise.

Oh come people, is this how low the forum is going to stoop in the off season. Talk about sour grapes by certain fans of the winning driver & team. You should look at the posts of ashley313. Until Vettel & Red Bull won both of the Championships & she changed her sig, I had no idea that she was a sup...

Kimi is just being Kimi & I like him like that. This year, to me, he seemed even more relaxed & actually smiled a lot more than he normally does. His radio communications also gave me the most laughs I can ever remember having during an F1 season & I hope we hear even more of them next year

A man walks into a bar and says, "Bartender, give me two shots." Bartender says, "You want them both now or one at a time?" The guy says," Oh, I want them both now. One's for me and one's for this little guy here," and he pulls a 3 inch man out of his pocket. The bartender asks "He can drink?" "Oh, ...

Posted this in the Official Michael Schumacher thread, but seems appropriate here with a few minor edits: Yes, thank Schumi for what you have given me as a fan over the past 21 years. I started following him from his first race when I was nine years old. I was naive enough at that age to believe th...

I love a bit of irony. All the dodgy moves Schumi pulled in his career and here we are, immediately after he's retired, complaining about him letting someone past. :thumbup: :lol: Poor Schumi, he can't win either way. Schumacher himself has also been in Vettel's position and he would know how fraug...

I think that this has been a really interesting pairing. When Jenson first joined McLaren, I did think that Lewis would absolutely school him. That didn't happen for all sorts of different reasons but it has been interesting to watch especially as they are such different drivers. It will be interest...

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I don't think this is new, from memory, Red Bull have done this every year

:thumbup: Congratulations to Sebastian for, not only winning this championship, but being the youngest 3 time consecutive WDC. You don't achieve that without a whole lot of talent. I just wish that he would stop doing the no. 1 finger thing right at the camera as it does get a bit annoying. If I was...

Now, one more thing: what if it had been a yellow sector? My question was sincere: what are the rules when people lift or brake? Say Alonso had been first, Massa second, and there is yellow on a number of sectors. Would the rules actually allow for Massa backing up the entire field by going slowly?...

RunningMan wrote:

schumi7 wrote:I'll go one step further and bet that a man will win the race.

I predict that man will be wearing. A helmet.

I'll go even further & predict that a man wearing a helmet will be driving an F1 car

What a ridiculous idea. Alonso is far from a legend. In fact I would argue that Massa is as good if not better than Alonso. Massa outclassed Alonso towards the end of the season when he got all the updates that Alonso's car had. I have little doubt that Massa would completely own Alonso if given a ...

To me it means I get some of my life back. On another forum that I am a member of I do all the race reports for F1, V8 Supercars, NASCAR & MotoGP which, on top of doing a lot of work at home, means I have very little time just for me. I only have one more V8 Supercar race weekend this coming weekend...

I voted yes even though I could have strangled him after he not only took out my driver, Alonso, at Spa but came close to landing his car on his head which could have killed him. I wasn't impressed with him during his first start in F1 but I have seen moments of brilliance this year & I think that, ...

Alonso's win in Valencia. I can't remember ever seeing him get so emotional and lively after a victory. Another fave was Schumacher dicing through the field in that race and getting to the podium. I loved how Webber just sat behind him and followed him up the order. Schumi setting the quickest time...

SnakeSVT2003 wrote:Until Vettel wins a WDC in a Minardi like Alonso and Hamilton did, he will never get the credit he deserves.

I voted yes simply because the other options didn't do it for me & that's from an Alonso fan since he first started in F1 in a Minardi. I don't think you can consider anyone a legend until they have finished their career & you can look back & analyse it with maybe the exception of Michael Schumacher...

I don't see why not. It will probably depend on what sort of car McLaren give him next year.

Well said, Blake, if a little scary as it was almost as if you were reading my mind . It was also nice to read a post where the person didn't feel the need to knock another team &/or driver in any way. I hope that the 2013 season will be as interesting as this one has been .

F1nsider wrote:No way in hell... Alonso and Ferrari are like made for each other. They fit so well together, why would he leave..

They will get their championships together. It's just a matter of time

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In my perfect scenario, I would have my money on Grosjean for winning the next new WDC. However, until he can regain his confidence and not end up nose first into another car, I'm gonna go for Maldonado or Perez. Maldo we know can actually win races and he has the pace to do so. Perez will have the...

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