Cars and other kinds of motoring gibberish

Racer wrote:

Note: Renault won the F1 championship with Fernando Alonso...

Gomen :bow: 30 seconds after I made the previous post, I remembered that! :bonk: 10 years of domination by Michael Schumacher, you just get into a habit of expecting him to win all the time.

gaijin mark wrote:Racer wrote:

Note: Renault won the F1 championship with Fernando Alonso...

Gomen :bow: 30 seconds after I made the previous post, I remembered that! :bonk: 10 years of domination by Michael Schumacher, you just get into a habit of expecting him to win all the time.

That's what has made F1 sort of a bore... Alonso and Renault's win (though I wished it were Williams) was a breath of fresh air... :thumbsup:

Racer wrote:

(though I wished it were Williams)

I was kind of disappointed in Webber, I thought he would do better with Williams, but I'm still hacked off at Williams from when Montoya and Ralf were there. If they had spent half as much time fighting Michael as they did each other, :beatyou: one of them might have been World Champion !

gaijin mark wrote:Racer wrote:

(though I wished it were Williams)

I was kind of disappointed in Webber, I thought he would do better with Williams, but I'm still hacked off at Williams from when Montoya and Ralf were there. If they had spent half as much time fighting Michael as they did each other, :beatyou: one of them might have been World Champion !

The egos in F1 are as big as the budgets. ;)

bmwracer wrote:
There's been quite a bit of talk about him... I guess he's supposed to be "The Great American Hope" for F1... The U.S. hasn't had anyone decent since Mario Andretti won it all in 1978: in recent memory, Eddie Cheever was so-so and Michael Andretti tanked with McLaren despite having Ayrton Senna as a teammate...

thanks. i don't expect him to win a race or even finish on the podium this year but if the talent's there and he pushes his scuderia toro rosso car then i'm sure one of the big teams will take note.
as for michael andretti, sure having ayrton as your team mate isn't ideal, but i don't think he fitted in at mclaren. i mean he used to commute to every race from the u.s.! :shocked:

gaijin mark wrote:...10 years of domination by Michael Schumacher, you just get into a habit of expecting him to win all the time.

Because of that guy, I lost interest in F1 few years ago :shakehead: Despite he was weaker this season, still can't bring myself to start watching it again.

kenjilina wrote: as for michael andretti, sure having ayrton as your team mate isn't ideal, but i don't think he fitted in at mclaren. i mean he used to commute to every race from the u.s.! :shocked:

Possibly.

Having the Andretti name carries a bit of pressure as well... Maybe Michael was expecting an oval or two in F1... :hehe:

boris wrote:
Because of that guy, I lost interest in F1 few years ago :shakehead: Despite he was weaker this season, still can't bring myself to start watching it again.

it's not michael's or ferrari's 'fault' they dominated recently. surely it's everyone (mclaren, williams, renault etc) elses?
still, just like rossi's domination in moto gp i never tire of watching a genius at work. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Possibly.

Having the Andretti name carries a bit of pressure as well... Maybe Michael was expecting an oval or two in F1... :hehe:

i do recall michael saying he couldn't get used to the very short braking distances compared to what he raced in the states. i also rated zanardi and had high hopes for him in f1 but i guess going to williams at the time was a mistake.

When Michael Andretti was at McLaren they also had a piece of crap car. Senna didn't even start the season with a contract, he was racing on a race-by-race basis. But, having said that, I don't think Michael was ready for the higher intesity level of F1.

gaijin mark wrote:When Michael Andretti was at McLaren they also had a piece of crap car. Senna didn't even start the season with a contract, he was racing on a race-by-race basis. But, having said that, I don't think Michael was ready for the higher intesity level of F1.

Very likely.

Yet Senna was able to win five races for McLaren and give Williams-Renault all they could handle... Plus that stupendous drive in Donington Park (the greatest F1 raceever, IMO)...

Racer wrote:

Plus that stupendous drive in Donington Park (the greatest F1 raceever, IMO)...

So desu ne :applaud: That opening lap at Donington is kind of like a Koufax no-hitter. You just shake your head and think, "Genius at Work" :bow:

gaijin mark wrote:Racer wrote:

Plus that stupendous drive in Donington Park (the greatest F1 raceever, IMO)...

So desu ne :applaud: That opening lap at Donington is kind of like a Koufax no-hitter. You just shake your head and think, "Genius at Work" :bow:

Great analogy.


Clemens? The Big Unit? Pffft.

Koufax was the best there ever was. :thumbsup:

[image]Rain, , , what rain?

gaijin mark wrote:[image]Rain, , , what rain?

Ahhh, the Rain-Meister.... What a driver. :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

[image]Don't want the Lotus supporters to feel left out

gaijin mark wrote:Don't want the Lotus supporters to feel left out

Lotus?

Lotus? :headscratch:





:hehe:

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a worthy tribute.

i tried to ride my friends 749R duck, and it was awfully rough stock... even at idle (6k miles, broken in)... my ass was getting a painful massage.

krim wrote:i tried to ride my friends 749R duck, and it was awfully rough stock... even at idle (6k miles, broken in)... my ass was getting a painful massage.

Maybe it's the duck feathers. :hehe: