Just a Schumacher beater :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
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Just a Schumacher beater :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Indeed with the huge 7 point lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
A world champion, nonetheless. Regardless of what people think of Indy Car, he won it, unless what you're saying, ioan, is that all of his competitors in Indy Car were chumps and as useless as Rosberg? Surely Mansell won the 1992 and 1993 championships in two of the best cars, but he did win it nonetheless, and was the world champion two years in a row, BTW beating a 47 year old impressive Fittipaldi in Indy Car.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
If that Mercedes was a world beater, going by the last two years Rosberg would be going for back to back championships battling his "out of prime" teammate.
A lead nonetheless, which I doubt he'll be able to overcome at Brazil, unless Rosberg seriously cocks up his race. So then this will be two years in a row, the "greatest ever" would have been beaten in qualifying, race and overall points table by Barbie Alsoran.Quote:
Originally Posted by i_max2k2
I'd rather focus on the huge progress of MS - he was miles behind Nico last year and he is much, much closer now. Although he has lost his incredible pace and ability to adapt to new cars and tracks, he remains a clever racer.
regardless of his glittering career, I think MS is slightly flattered this year by the fact that the Merc is in a zone all of its own, well ahead of the other teams but plenty behind the top 3. As a result, even though Rosberg tends to be 3/4's of a second or more ahead in qually, it rarely translates to more than a place on the grid. From there MS is able to race with Rosberg directly with no cars in between. What is clear is that Michael is a match for Rosberg in most races, however if the Merc we on the same pace of some of the other teams they might have been separatedby several cars on the grid and Michael would have to clear them before being anywhere near Rosberg. Its no coincidence that earlier in the season when the cars were less spread out MS made the most places on the 1st lap than anyone else. That is partly his racecraft at the start of the races, and partly qualifying below the cars potential IMO
Robinho, I think that Michael is benefiting from the easier overtakes, just like Jenson in McLaren.
I have to disagree. I have seen very few Daft Racing System overtakes by The Shoe this year. He has, however, consistantly been the leading overtaker on the first lap, just as he was last year if memory serves me right.Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
I dint think you would pretend to be so naive with all your statics, MS had 5 dnf's vs barbie's 2. Well lets see how YOUR greatest ever Kimi does when he comes back, although I did like him when he was there, and he is stil in his early 30's. I doubt if you went in your 40's in F1 you wouldn't win it ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CaptainRaiden
I dont think we can quantify the difference to 3/4th of a second, its probably more like between 2/10th to 3/10ths. and his race pace is usually with Rosberg and usually a little faster. I do agree with cars spread over and below, this has its advantages but more or less he really needs to worry about the quali pace. Apart from that he is more then a equal to Rosberg even now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinho