Well, ok, they have one good driver and one expensive one ;) :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
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Well, ok, they have one good driver and one expensive one ;) :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
You mean Trulli costs too much? :P I tend to agree, he has a 3 years deal with Toyota (I mean even world champions dont have that long a deal in F1) ,his ass is safe for 3 years he will make 20mil euro during that period of time and he got beaten by Ralf in 2005 in 2006 and so far in 2007.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Of course you're always going to find people claiming that Trulli is the better of the two just unlucky, but thats complete non-sense. You can not be better and still got beaten for two consecutive season. full stop. If you want to beat your team-mate you need more than luck, you need to perform very close to him and you need a certain amount of race-intelligence that Trulli lacks.
also, dont forget that Ralf has beaten Trulli againts all odds. Toyota particulary hate his ex-manager Weber and isnt a great fan of Ralf's attitude either. They want someone nice and polite and politicaly correct, the sort of corporate guy that Trulli is. the team clearly favorised him from the start, let him climb the Barcelona podium in 2005 instead of Ralf who deserved it better and needed all the confident-boost he could get at that time, pretty much the same happend last year in Suzuka, and yet Trulli singed the 3 year deal which is ridiculous in the modern era of F1 unless you are MS or Nando. I like the way Ralf keeps proving them wrong on the track, he earns a ridiculous amount of money? true, but he delivers and thats the only reason why Toyota dont sack him. Even Toyota cant be stupid enough to sack their better pointscorer.
You are combining Truli's first-half of the season's performance with RS's occassional magical races to get that one good driver, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
IF that's true...it says a great deal, and does anyone wonder why? A certain multi-year, multi-million dollar contract, and little to show for it perhaps :crazy:Quote:
Originally Posted by Heidfeldrulez
If anyone needs a performance-based points=$s contract it's Ralf. Then we might see more of this ability he has shown from time to time.
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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
fact remains, its not him who has the 3yrs deal.
if you read German press you'd know Weber openly talked about the same issue I did (Toyota favouring Trulli) and criticized the team for not improving the package. His relationship with Toyota went so bad he didnt visit the their box for nearly half a season, to top it up, he criticized Cora for making decisions instead of Ralf. Then Ralf dumped him ... a week later he was smiling on RTL with the new contract singed.. go figure :D
if it wasnt for the Ralf/Weber split, Ralf would be without a contract now.
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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
So you think he is, how shall we put it? Motivationally challenged rather than an average driver? :D