Arie - Mr Orange
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The Marlboro Man has left the building.
Jan 08, 2019,05:12 AM
He got a 4 year run but couldn’t make it happen. Last season must have been the best chance in years for Ferrari getting the world championship back but they ‘failed’ (side note: I don’t think they would have beaten Hamilton & Mercedes even without the mistakes).
Now to me it feels it was as much Vettel’s ‘fault’ as it has been the teams ‘fault’. Vettel lost serious points by simply cocking up under pressure. However the team (pit wall) has made some very stupid strategic decisions during races and technically the made a wrong turn as well mid season in the development war.
Vettel:
Once again this season has made me wonder if his former status of super talent has been just. He cracked under pressure at Red Bull when Ricciardo arrived. So he fled to Italy in order to chase his dream becoming Schumi II. Nothing wrong with that. But the last two years it seems once more that he simply can’t handle the pressure. In 2017 we heard a lot of uncontrolled swearing and weird moves on track (against Hamilton and Verstappen). And last year while having a serious opportunity to fight with Hamilton we have seen him making some almost rookie mistakes.
Ferrari:
So I have said it before and I will say it again; they need some more calmness on that pit wall (put it non offensive enough this time?). And for Vettel? I think it is a very good thing Ferrari finally picked some young talent instead of the always safe strategy of a seasoned first and second driver. Question now is: will Leclerc make Vettel crack this year? Will we see team mates crashing into each other? More Italian drama? Or will we witness the rise of Leclerc and Ferrari? Vettel is someone Leclerc can learn a lot from so I have good hopes we will get more Prancing Horse action in 2019.
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The Marlboro Man has left the building.
By: Arie - Mr Orange : January 8th, 2019-05:12
He got a 4 year run but couldn’t make it happen. Last season must have been the best chance in years for Ferrari getting the world championship back but they ‘failed’ (side note: I don’t think they would have beaten Hamilton & Mercedes even without the mi...
+1000 [nt]
By: zabreg1 Mr White : January 8th, 2019-06:27
I personally find such comments offensive. Besides, Walter, I am willing to bet my wife would wipe the floor with you around any neutral track.
I concur!! I taught my wife
By: NickO : January 8th, 2019-07:05
How to drive an F1 flappy-paddle manual gearbox in our Maserati GrandSport. Within a month, she’s faster around the track then me - and my dad was a professional race car driver in his younger years so my speed genes are pretty decent! After nearly 20 yea...
yep....
By: Baron - Mr Red : January 8th, 2019-07:07
my wife's father was a racing driver. He taught my wife to drive and she can kick my ass easily as a driver.
Did you see that awesome episode of Top Gear?
By: NickO : January 8th, 2019-07:21
Jeremy Clarkson does a lap of the Nuremberg ring in a Jaguar S Type. Pro Driver Sabine Schmitz says “I can beat that in a van!”. She gets in a Ford Transit van and misses Clarkson’s time by only 9 seconds, LOL. Clarkson is a skilled driver, so pretty sure...
Yes! Big fan of the show.
By: Arie - Mr Orange : January 8th, 2019-07:24
And of Sabine Schmidt. Damn she can drive! Many YouTube vids where she is destroying other drivers with zwei Finger in die Nase.
This is a Fair Question
By: NickO : January 8th, 2019-10:17
However, to have female talent at the top of the pyramid (Formula One) you need to have significant numbers of female drivers at the other levels of the pyramid - that is, a strong base of female talent. But how many teenage women are there in Karting? In...
There have been in the past.
By: Arie - Mr Orange : January 8th, 2019-13:32
Physical strength is still a thing. As we see at all physical demanding sports man and woman are separated to make it honest. Secondly there are not many woman active in racing all together so by pure statistics the chance is very slim anyway because let’...
I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt 😀
By: NickO : January 8th, 2019-07:25
I know what you intended, but perhaps you could have phrased it like this: “Men are more likely to have accidents because they are driving too fast. Women are more likely to have accidents because of an error in judgement”. I think statistically that’s a ...
No problem
By: Arie - Mr Orange : January 8th, 2019-07:26
We do not need to be political correct, but we do need to (try to) be civilized.
no problem
By: Gelato Monster : January 9th, 2019-00:07
vettel did and still do crack
Teamwork.
By: myles721 : January 8th, 2019-06:21
Alonso is probably the finest driver of his generation. Hamilton as well but it is obviously the Mercedes team that makes the difference...Wolff, Lauda et al. Rosberg was very competitive with Hamilton but the constant was the team. Better car, better str...
Alonso is not.
By: Arie - Mr Orange : January 8th, 2019-06:31
He has got almost every skill needed, but he has a serious lack of team mentality. And I’m doubting is technical understanding / ‘translation’ of the cars as well. He has not been able to bring any improvement at McLaren and he has been saying more than o...
totally agree [nt]
By: Gelato Monster : January 9th, 2019-20:56
Alonso passion is betraying himself.
Partly agree with you there.
By: Arie - Mr Orange : January 12th, 2019-02:54
But let's not forget that Alonso did that everywhere. McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari and then again at McLaren. PS Don't think he ever bashed Renault back with Flavio Briatore. Guess not as: 1. Flavio is his manager. 2. He got a WC with them. 3. Flavio orchest...