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Juans Girl

Some of those names do bring back some memories. Titans of a time gone by, who as Blake said got along very well off forum. Also the leash was a little looser back then

I miss those days

Juans Girl

What I read is that they're doing very good and heading to the right direction. Title is misleading A company that is having financial issues is not going to admit it. They have spent an enormous amount of money on developing the road cars, and are yet to see a viable return. And the profits made b...

Juans Girl

I still can't understand why McLaren chose to go with Honda, especially after the Peugeot experience. To expect the Honda engines to be competitive out of the box is expecting a bit much. They should've done what they did in the '80's when they got Honda. Let another team (Williams) help turn the en...

Juans Girl

I'm much in favour of a fining system for this type of incidents than reprimand system which result in stupid grid penalties. Even though footage shows it was indeed dangerous I loved seeing the gesture. It reminded me of Mansell giving Senna a lift back in 1991. Exactly. The incident was a bit dan...

Juans Girl

His arrogance is a major turn off.

There are parallels with Schumacher , though Michael also had a bit of humility at times, and didn't act like a spoilt brat.

The notion that people dislike him because he is beating their favourite driver is downright childish.

Juans Girl

villeneuve and pironi imola 82 must top this surely? What happened? Wow, you don't even know this and you are asking questions like you asked :frown: I never watched F1 in 82. I wouldn't ask a question to open a thread about this if I did. Neither did I, I only really got into F1 in the late 80's a...

Juans Girl

I just want to add my final opinion on this matter and thought that this was the best thread to do it. This whole incident has proved one thing, that is that the majority of people that argue against Vettel do so purely because of their dislike for the guy and no other reason.. Just like you give t...

Juans Girl

Schumacher making Barrichello move over on the last corner of the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix (I think it was that race). Schumacher did not make Barrichello move, it was Todt or Brawn. My mistake, I never watched F1 in 2002. OK, but what I want to say is that no driver can issue a team order, the ord...

Juans Girl

Its all boils back to the old "Schumacher" defence.

Whenever he was critisized for something unsporting, his fanbase always used the " Oh, but Senna did it too" comment.

Seems like history repeats

Juans Girl

People who should know better are trying to say that Vettel's action today is no worse than Silverstone '11. Webber was told to hold stationback in '11. In essence he did. He did not pass Vettel Vettel did not. He passed Webber. The completion of the act is EVERYTHING, as one driver robbed the other...

Juans Girl

I think Vettel has been stung by the reaction to his action in passing Webber, hence this odd comment. Sort of reminds me of Austria 2002, when Schumacher was stunned by the reaction to his undeserved win.

Too little too late, the deed has been done

Juans Girl

Silverstone '11 keeps getting brought up. Did Webber pass Vettel in that race.........No You should say could Webber pass Vettel in that race.........No (but he certainly did try) Did Vettel pass Webber today...........Yes and Could Vettel pass Webber today...........Yes There's a fundamental diffe...

Juans Girl

Silverstone '11 keeps getting brought up.

Did Webber pass Vettel in that race.........No

Did Vettel pass Webber today...........Yes

There's a fundamental difference between the two, and any comparison is weak and futile

Juans Girl

No.

Though he should cop some sort of monetary punishment from the team. They need to re affirm to him who works for who

Juans Girl

People can go on about Vettel being a racer, and all that jargon. The fact of the matter is he was told to hold station, and he didn't. Not even Schumacher ignored a team order (mainly because all were in his favour). Very poor form by Vettel. RBR will surely sweep this under the carpet, as they do ...

Juans Girl

Not a good look when the fans boo, though I think it's done when they feel they've been robbed of a proper result, or an injustice has occured.

Austria 2002 springs to mind. This case is a bit odd as it also involed team orders, though this time they were ignored

Juans Girl

The best part about this election was watching the dummy spits at FOX News. The mood was heading towards depression when they realised Obama was going to win. Then Karl Rove had a massive dummy spit when FOX called Ohio in Obama's favour. He ranted and raved until FOX literally retracted their call....

Juans Girl

It's funny how us Europeans stick our noses up at older American muscle cars. I've had a ride in both a '65 E Type, and a '65 Corvette with a 427 V8.

One handled like a pig, was severley uncomfortable, and felt like it was going to fall apart everytime it hit a bump.

It wasn't the Corvette..

Juans Girl

I think Jenson could do much better

Juans Girl

I would bet my last pound that had it been Vettel having a poor race instead of Webber, that Marko would've kept his mouth shut.

This is not a critisism of Vettel, before the fanboys jump all over me....

Juans Girl

I don't see it happening, quite frankly. The Mclaren/Honda relationship didn't end on the best of terms back in '92, with rumours Honda were upset at Mclaren building the F1 road car (Honda were deluded in thinking it was going to steal sales from the NSX :lol: ), plus the fact Honda were upset that...

Juans Girl

As for the "Bespoke" Bridgestones also having more grip than his rivals, so what? Other marques could have chosen to use Bridgestones, they went with Michelins instead. Their choice. Of course, heath fails to mention that the Michelins were vastly superior in the wet at that time too if I remember ...

Juans Girl

If Perez signs for Mclaren, Telmex will replace Vodafone as title sponsors, as is normal in F1 a commercial decision not a racing one. Why else would any team principal sign a driver who came 4th in F3, 12th & 2nd (to Maldonado) in GP2 and who is marginally faster than Kobayashi in F1 when there ar...

Juans Girl

Most of the muslims dont like USA for being a bully. And the guy who made the video knew that his movie will cause severe reaction. That was the sole purpose of the movie. Regarding the freedom of expressing opinion, there is a difference between giving your opinion and trolling. A religion is some...

Juans Girl

. And i really think governments owe it now to place some sort of law to respect religions, i mean this is not a topic for debate this is an agree-to-disagree kind of thing so why allow someone to insult what others believe in? That is never going to happen, nor should it happen. It may work in a c...

Juans Girl

As an aside I remember seeing a similar incident describing Alesi and Heidfelds differeing approaches in a test when teammates. Heidfeld had said he was getting understeer at a particular corner - sinmply couldn't get the car to turn in. Alesi had reported no problem but wasn't about so they decide...

Juans Girl

He's the modern day Damon Hill. Above average driver who could shine on his day in a dominant car.

But nowhere near the top tier of drivers

Juans Girl

All I remember is that Salo and the other Mika (the one that won 2 WDC's) did not like each other one bit.

Juans Girl

Webber has been a bit off the past few races, but he is still only 10 points behind the driver that is second in the championship. He also has one more race win this year than his highly rated teamate. I agree in that I would not put him in the top echelon of drivers, but in my view there are only 3...

Juans Girl

Actually Ron Dennis mentioned the status issue in an interview in F1 Racing magazine in the late 90's, so it's a bit more than a media beat up. Senna had personal sponsorship (Nacional) during his time at Mclaren, so I do think Dennis was negotiable on this particular issue. Schumacher was earning a...

Juans Girl

Whilst Ron is still alive I don't see the trophy situation changing. Ron has a massive ego, and if the negotiations came down to this, he'd probably let Lewis walk. Remember back in '95, Dennis and Mercedes offered Schumacher the same money Ferrari offered, but Dennis put a halt to negotiations when...

Juans Girl

I think, Gary Anderson gives brilliant technical insights but his opinion on drivers and comparisons are absolute rubbish. He was on ESPN-Star in India all of 2011 and he was plain biased. His sheer loathe for Vettel, Schumacher and Button was well and truly established during this period. As for t...

Juans Girl

Although it looked aggresive, I don't think Alonso's move was worthy of a penalty, nor was it illegal.

Perhaps it would have been different had it been like the chops Schumacher used to pull, where he had a car literally alongside him.

Juans Girl

He was nothing short of woeful in this race.

It's performances like this one (and he's had a few) that in my eyes don't put him in the top 5 of the current drivers.

WDC or no WDC.

Juans Girl

I provided several very lengthy posts on the old forum listing many such events that I deemed obnoxious / unprofessional. I even went so far as to ask how they happened - and offered advice on what could be done to improve their performance. But just off the top of my head. 1. Rust - speaking exces...

Juans Girl

Report from 1994 Brasil: The season started off in Brazil and all the native fans were supporting Senna. It was no surprise that Senna took pole ahead of Schumacher, Alesi, Hill, Frentzen and Gianni Morbidelli. At the start, Alesi took second from Schumacher while Wendlinger and Verstappen got ahea...

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