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pokerman

That may have something to do with a head injury that needs resting, also there is no need to rush back to drive a car that is clearly not ready to race.

pokerman

Lets hope the FIA intervenes like the did in 02 & 04 , so as to balance the field a bit. other wise , judging from rosberg's lap, the final podium place will be the main event. :thumbdown: I think they tried to when they banned the FRIC suspension, what did they do in 2002 and 2004? The points syst...

pokerman

How does Alonso make his team mates before worse? Vulcan mind control? How about the idea that Alonso makes them look like they perform worse because he smashes them so badly? You don't like that theory much I guess? You asked before for elements to support my points, and I gave you sensible things...

pokerman

I don't think that is correct. I don't recall Grosjean having to give way to Kimi as the default position. In fact, how often did Grosjean actually challenge him? I don't agree team orders were a significant part of the Lotus campaign I'm surprised you didn't notice well perhaps you could remind me...

pokerman

I've not been able to contact HulkStrong, are forumers happy for me to continue on in running the competition?

pokerman

I don't think that is correct. I don't recall Grosjean having to give way to Kimi as the default position. In fact, how often did Grosjean actually challenge him? I don't agree team orders were a significant part of the Lotus campaign I'm surprised you didn't notice well perhaps you could remind me...

pokerman

Lets hope the FIA intervenes like the did in 02 & 04 , so as to balance the field a bit. other wise , judging from rosberg's lap, the final podium place will be the main event. :thumbdown: I think they tried to when they banned the FRIC suspension, what did they do in 2002 and 2004? The points syst...

pokerman

you make it sound as though it was a regular thing. But I don't recall it being so. Of course it wasn't race by race, but if they were together on track Grosjean had to concede position to Kimi, if he was behind Kimi he couldn't challenge him, later in the season after Kimi decided to leave and no ...

pokerman

Of course it wasn't race by race, but if they were together on track Grosjean had to concede position to Kimi, if he was behind Kimi he couldn't challenge him, later in the season after Kimi decided to leave and no longer in contention for the WDC, when asked initially to let the faster Grosjean to...

pokerman

I'm sure most people are happier when they are the beneficiary, but I still don't get the relevance in regard to reputations. As for the lap dog comment, I can only remember a couple of incidents, both when they were on different strategies. I'm not sure that's justified. Well its relevant to the p...

pokerman

The swearing incident came after Kimi ran Grosjean off the track, it seems Kimi was far happier with the situation when he benefited from team orders, the comparison with Ferrari was just to show just how big a lap dog Grosjean had become. I'm sure most people are happier when they are the benefici...

pokerman

Alonso did not make the strategy call, Webber needed to win the race so gambled, Ferrari panicked I still don't see that answering the question, though. You gave Ferrari laying the blame on a strategist as evidence. Alonso was running in 4th behind Vettel, Hamilton and Button, they didn't pit when ...

pokerman

The swearing incident came after Kimi ran Grosjean off the track, it seems Kimi was far happier with the situation when he benefited from team orders, the comparison with Ferrari was just to show just how big a lap dog Grosjean had become. I'm sure most people are happier when they are the benefici...

pokerman

Alonso was running 4th were he needed to be, Webber had to win the race so Webber gambled, Alonso did not need to gamble, Alonso did not make the decison that's not answering the question, though, is it? Alonso did not make the strategy call, Webber needed to win the race so gambled, Ferrari panick...

pokerman

I'm not sure that it did. There was a lot more discussion on how Lotus seemed to stop backing him - remember how they swore at him to get out of Grosjean's way? - than there was about his performance. Grosjean only beat him on track on a handful of occasions and I think Kimi's reputation was still ...

pokerman

I believe Ferrari themselves put the blame on the person who made the tactical blunder Be honest - do you see any scenario where they would have put the blame on Alonso for missing the title? Seriously? Alonso was running 4th were he needed to be, Webber had to win the race so Webber gambled, Alons...

pokerman

Neither did his reputation nosedive (he got the arguably most coveted seat in F1 the following year) nor did Grosjean perform better (Kimi comfortably beat him despite not even attending the last races) - but hey maybe two negatives makes a positive. I think the inference is that the reputation sta...

pokerman

I believe Ferrari themselves put the blame on the person who made the tactical blunder Be honest - do you see any scenario where they would have put the blame on Alonso for missing the title? Seriously? Alonso was running 4th were he needed to be, Webber had to win the race so Webber gambled, Alons...

pokerman

:thumbup: During Kimi's Mclaren days he was considered to be one of the top drivers on the grid and possibly the fastest. The only question mark against him was whether he was a car breaker. His reputation has gone downhill ever since he left Mclaren, although it rose briefly when he joined Lotus a...

pokerman

but it does change it to shared blame. The way it's written makes it look as though the failure was completely down to Ferrari, which is not the case It was Ferrari's fault. Alonso's poor start dropped him from 3rd to 4th. At that point, 4th was still enough for him to take the title so the poor st...

pokerman

You should pay more attention during races, and if you read the thread someone else remember what happened. _ He has the wrong tools in the sense that his team mates usually perform worse(not only in terms of points) than the seasons before. You are OK if Ferrari "back" the lead driver and you are ...

pokerman

Strange how none of the team bosses have seen what you seen, and make him the highest paid driver on the grid. What makes alonso has the wrong tools to transform a team? I don't remember that monaco thing, you are just making it up . You should pay more attention during races, and if you read the t...

pokerman

Partly yes, and certainly in hindsight. But he could have made it a bit different for himself by starting well - which he didn't. Losing a place to Button meant he was more exposed to Webber behind him and this triggered Ferrari into covering Webber and betting on Alonso to be able to recover the p...

pokerman

Feel free to revisit my comments in 1 year or 2. Alonso will either trash Button or will be beaten and will leave the team. I have seen many F1 seasons to conclude that he has the "wrong"(for the team not for himself) tools to transform a team. It's like I(Alonso) ask my boss to buy a particular ob...

pokerman

Feel free to revisit my comments in 1 year or 2. Alonso will either trash Button or will be beaten and will leave the team. I have seen many F1 seasons to conclude that he has the "wrong"(for the team not for himself) tools to transform a team. It's like I(Alonso) ask my boss to buy a particular ob...

pokerman

:thumbup: During Kimi's Mclaren days he was considered to be one of the top drivers on the grid and possibly the fastest. The only question mark against him was whether he was a car breaker. His reputation has gone downhill ever since he left Mclaren, although it rose briefly when he joined Lotus a...

pokerman

The first F1 driver I can find that I was older than is Pedry Lamo as far as I can tell, and that would've been the year 1993. David Coulthard is 7 months older than I, and started racing the year 1994, and it was actually DC that I feel I have more of an affinity with in terms of age relation. In ...

pokerman

Feel free to revisit my comments in 1 year or 2. Alonso will either trash Button or will be beaten and will leave the team. I have seen many F1 seasons to conclude that he has the "wrong"(for the team not for himself) tools to transform a team. It's like I(Alonso) ask my boss to buy a particular ob...

pokerman

I'm not sure I agree. The person driving the Ferrari last year didn't look like Kimi Raikkonen, Remove Alonso as his team mate and nobody would be saying it and just blaming the car. Uh, no. Lots of people have been saying before 2014 that Kimi never looked like he did at McLaren. It's my personal ...

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If a team wants to thrive, he is simply the last guy among the World champions to hire. . Which is why he is the highest paid driver in the sport and Mclaren just rehired him after the drama of 2007. Spot on you are. Feel free to revisit my comments in 1 year or 2. Alonso will either trash Button o...

pokerman

Lets hope the FIA intervenes like the did in 02 & 04 , so as to balance the field a bit. other wise , judging from rosberg's lap, the final podium place will be the main event. :thumbdown: I think they tried to when they banned the FRIC suspension, what did they do in 2002 and 2004? I don't think t...

pokerman

What i find rather unique about Massa's career is his teammate list: # Nick Heidfeld # Giancarlo Fisichella # Jacques Villeneuve # Michael Schumacher # Kimi Raikkonen # Fernando Alonso # Valtteri Bottas I wish he will write something about his teammates driving styles and their best strengths in a ...

pokerman

If a team wants to thrive, he is simply the last guy among the World champions to hire. . Which is why he is the highest paid driver in the sport and Mclaren just rehired him after the drama of 2007. Spot on you are. Feel free to revisit my comments in 1 year or 2. Alonso will either trash Button o...

pokerman

Kimi scored only about 1 third of Alonso's points. I agree he should do better than this, at least closer to half. We should remember that other than 2010, a season which Alonso made many mistakes, Massa never scored half of Alonso's points either though. And we know Massa is pretty much as good as...

pokerman

In F1 when it comes to drivers emotion tends to overtake logic even by the bosses themselves. The only area I can see Raikkonen doing better next year is having a different benchmark which will be an illusion more than anything else. Lets be clear Raikkonen did not always perform to his potential i...

pokerman

hk77 wrote:Lets hope the FIA intervenes like the did in 02 & 04 , so as to balance the field a bit.

other wise ,
judging from rosberg's lap, the final podium place will be the main event.

I think they tried to when they banned the FRIC suspension, what did they do in 2002 and 2004?

pokerman

I don't mean that they expected Kimi to be a Schumacher clone, but I do believe they thought they were getting the fastest man in F1 and the status quo would be resumed. But by the end of 2007 it became apparent that Kimi wasn't delivering what they expected of him. Now, I have my own theories on t...

pokerman

I still don't see how you came to that conclusion from that statement from Ferrari. Kimi and Massa were treated relatively equally because their performance on track was relatively equal. Agreed. I think Ferrari expected Kimi to assert his dominance, both on and off track, in the manner of Schumach...

pokerman

I don't believe for a second Ferrari really expected Räikkönen to behave like Schumacher, especially not off the track, but not on it either. Actually working with him - about which they were very complimentary indeed - may have been a bit different from what they had hoped, but not from what they ...

pokerman

This season would be more exciting if the main deciding factor in the cars (engine) wasn't restricted for development during the season. At least when Red Bull had dominant runs, any team smart enough could copy it. Not with these engine rules. It's sad knowing who will be WDC and WCC before the fi...

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