11 Raikkonen 1.46.409
18 Badoer 1.47.055
Come on Woody !!
Here's what your talkin' about!
May Luca channel the little known Greek god "Testiclese"!
for the other .145
BTW Thanks for going to bat for Ferrari!
Come on!
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11 Raikkonen 1.46.409
18 Badoer 1.47.055
Come on Woody !!
Here's what your talkin' about!
May Luca channel the little known Greek god "Testiclese"!
for the other .145
BTW Thanks for going to bat for Ferrari!
Come on!
0.6secs? Badoer should borrow Alonso's 6 tenths now and everything would be properly fine then! :D
Luca looks like he's on the softer to try and get through Q1
bye bye Luca :wave:
:rotflmao:Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
Bye Bye Luca! :wave:
Bye bye Woody! :wave:
This would have been a fitting exit but sadly I'll have to cringe for another 90 minutes tomorrow. :\
No way! Having seen his attempt at "overtaking" he'll be in the barriers before he gets to the top of the hill. :rolleyes: :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
At least he gave it a go....
And will be able to say he raced for Ferrari... ;)
and Luca is in his customary place; 20th :s
Love it! Luca's fastest at something. 324kph through the speed trap, 10kph faster than anyone else. However if you bin it two seconds later it hardly counts! :D
Dear oh dear oh dear. That really is an embarrassment. Nobody at Ferrari can surely ever argue that this was a good idea.
Must have been because he missed his braking point before he hit the barriers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
He is better than in Valencia, though, good luck for him tomorrow!
Give LdM some time, and I'm sure that he could pull some kind of excuse out of his... err.., come up with some explanation as to why. ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
Ferrari should have put Fisi in that car already in Valencia and they might have had a chance to keep 3rd in the WCC.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
LdM should not mix in the F1 team's decisions ever again!
Bah, feel sorry for woody2goody. :(
Badoer was actually a bit better than I expected. The loss was around 1 second, wasn't it? Well, at least less than 1.5s, which was another bet here.
There is no doubt about Badoer now!
I think Ferrari have to change him with somebody else...
Don't be, he dug himself in that hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
Actually it was 1.4 seconds, way to much in the same car.Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
He seems quite a nice and friendly MSF member, that's why he is missed. Forum needs positive people. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
I've got huge respect for Woody. He stuck to his guns and supported his man against the odds. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Well, I have to admit Ioan that you were right all along.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
However, Fisi, Trulli and Heidfeld are the top three, which kind of helps my argument about them being as good as Kimi.
Anyway, well done to Garry, and well done for Luca for improving.
Thanks everyone who was backing me on this too. Been a lot of fun over the past few days. :D
Ok guys, I'll see you all on October 1st (because I won't remember the 28th lol).
However I'm going to share something with you that you may not have known about me: that I am one quarter Italian in addition to one quarter French. (I am more passionate for Italy than France though :p ) So I am so happy that Fisi and Jarno are doing so well, and that's partly the reason why I have been backing Luca so much.
So see you later, and Forza Giancarlo, Jarno, and Luca!
1/4 French, 1/4 Italian and 1/2 Yorkshire! What a combo! See you on the 1st Woody!Quote:
Originally Posted by woody2goody
Have an enjoyable vacation from MSF, woody. :)
You are cool!Quote:
Originally Posted by woody2goody
No, overall, without race fuel after Qualifying 2, Badoer is 2.0secs slower than Raikkonen (Badoer eliminated in Q1) - therefore my bet of saying he will be at least 1.5secs slower than Kimi has come true.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
By the way - go Fisi! :)
Oops, not what Badoer needed.. there is no way he'll be in the car next time out. There was a line comparison during practice with Hamilton, Badoer braked about 50m earlier for the same corner. He's out of his depth. :down:
Poor, poor Badoer. Nice chap, by all accounts, and hardly likely to say "no" when Ferrari called; but totally utterly out of his depth. Still, at least he did what millions can only dream of.
I doubt there are millions out there who would love to disgrace themselves like Badoer did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
He should have refused knowing full well that he won't cut it. Now he'll be remembered as the biggest disgrace to ever drive a Ferrari F1 car.
I doubt he dreamt of sucking. I am sure he thought he would do a good job (hell any racing driver would like to think that).Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Disgrace is a strong word, he'll just be one of those strange pub quiz questions in ten years time.
Ok, time to drop him. I was glad he got the chance, but enough is enough.
If he had any common sense he would have given up after FP1 in Valencia, his pace and is attitude weren't right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sonic
Apparently he's got no common sense at all. Now everything is the press fault:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78138
Apparently he is also sucks pretty hard at giving excuses: http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/...er-qualifying/
Hmm, I wonder what those few small problems were? Maybe sucking too hard is one of them.Quote:
"I'm not happy because, this morning, at the end of free practice, I had hoped to make it through to Q2," Luca explained later. "Unfortunately, partly because of traffic and partly because of a few small problems, I didn't manage to put together a perfect lap.
Well, actually I somehow feel sorry for the guy. He never was an amazing talent, just an also-ran, and accepted the Ferrari test role, because he had nothing else. Coming back after spending quiet 10 years out of the spotlight, poor guy is getting butchered by the media and fans. Imagine what he must have dreamt the night he was given the news that he'll be stepping in for Massa. I'm sure he thought this was his golden chance to prove himself, until it all came crashing down in Valencia, and continues in Spa.
Well, tough life Mr. Badoer. Get ready to see even more of these things:
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/135488.jpg
The press makes you slow? Wow that's a new one!
He really doesn't seem a bright person this BADoer. Save some dignity, if there is any left, Luca and let someone better, anyone really, have a go in that car. Qualifying dead last on merit (on real speed), twice, is something that should have never happened to Ferrari. You are disgracing the memory of Enzo. :\Quote:
Originally Posted by I am evil Homer
I think comments like that are ridiculous, frankly. Yes, Badoer is clearly way out of his depth and shouldn't be in that car. But disgracing the memory of someone? That's way too harsh. After all, Ferrari under Enzo produced some utter dogs of cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Qualifying and finishing races last based on speed and nothing else? And than blame everyone else?! All this while the team mate is getting on the podium? It is even difficult to ridicule him enough for such low level achievements on track, not to mention his non-existent common sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
All this is very different to saying he is 'disgracing someone's memory'. As I said, Ferrari under Enzo was not always a paragon of excellence — far from it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Ioan you should look back at the contribution Badoer made to Schumacher's championships. He's doing as much as Ferrari need him to, fulfilling their obligation to run two cars. With Massa and Alonso supposidly set for Ferrari I don't think they really want to bring in a promising young driver at this stage.
They could have easily signed Bourdais or Piquet for the rest of the season, they are no promising young driver but certainly much much better than what Badoer managed to provide.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan
As for Badoer's contribution to MS championship I have no doubt that MS could have done whatever Badoer was required to do and at least twice as well.
I am sure that, had he not taken these two race drives and then had his contribution to Ferrari's success insulted by a member of this forum for some reason, you would have defended him to the hilt.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan