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18th March 2012, 22:32 #41
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TBH I don't think the accident affected Massa
He is what he is and had one good season in F1 where the car was lightning fast and he could do his usual thing of getting a pole and then disappearing out front.
Massa is a great front runner and nothing else. Even in that 2008 year he got help in Belgium. was pathetic in Silverstone and lets not forget that in 2007 with an even better car, was outclassed by Kimi who won.
Admittedly the car is difficult but this just proves to show the difference between a guy like Alonso who can will a car to perform beyond its means and Massa who simply can't handle it whatsoever. If there were at least flashes of brilliance or signs to suggest that he is being severely compromised by the team, then I could understand. But as it stands, the guy is a serviceable F1 driver with no gusto. If I were ferrari I would call up Sauber and offer a driver trade for either perez or kobayashi (and maybe both drivers and sauber would refuse) but it is unimaginable that Ferrari would go for 19 more performances like this.
Its funny I recall Damon hill calling Rosberg an AI driver, but TBH the real AI driver is massa, gives you a performance within the parameters of the car, incapable of adjusting, lacking that racer's edge and relying on an engineer to supply him with input at every lap throughout a race.you can't argue with results.
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18th March 2012, 22:37 #42
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18th March 2012, 22:41 #43
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Originally Posted by BDunnellMarco Simoncelli 1987-2011
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18th March 2012, 22:58 #44
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18th March 2012, 23:17 #45
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
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18th March 2012, 23:23 #46
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18th March 2012, 23:42 #47
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[quote="Koz"]They got Fisi, didn't they?[/QUOTE
How could I forget that?
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19th March 2012, 07:04 #48
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I don't want to take sides in the debate going on here, though I think it's kind of funny that, at some point in the race, Petrov saw Massa's tail. Petrov's sorry interview after his car DNF'd was also humorous. He seemed to imply, quite optimistically, that seeing Massa's tail at some point showed how good Caterham's cars have become.
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19th March 2012, 07:56 #49
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
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19th March 2012, 08:48 #50
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Originally Posted by N4D13
At 19:15 Saturday, the FIA are announcing a new WRC event for 2025 at Sardegna. The event, I don't know - perhaps Paraguay.
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