He has been going too slow to be dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
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He has been going too slow to be dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
They should remove Badoer now, he is embarrassing himself and will only be looked back on in future years as a useless driver, when without these races he would have been an average driver who never got a chance in a decent car!
F1 is funny really. I remember some people over in History & Nostalgia voting Badoer as the 49th best driver of all time (!) - because of his test driving duties with Ferrari. This was already stupid, but now after Valencia, would they still vote him in at 49th???
well this is a sad state I must say. Then dumbass Ferrari is going to waste spa by letting the stone drive again. Maybe I will send him a decal from the space shuttle because if he tries eau rouge flat he will be launched. The guy is scared and that does not go well in motorsports. Gene has be driving some fast machinery this year and I can't imagine the stone was chosen over him.
And Gene makes it clear that he is unhappy with t he teams decision, even if he accepts it:Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77965Quote:
"These past weeks have not been easy for me," Gene wrote in his column in El Mundo newspaper.
"It's hard to assume that you won't be racing at your home grand prix after winning the Le Mans 24 Hours and having completed over 10,000 kilometers with Ferrari and Peugeot.
How is it possible that Ferrari overlooked a LeMans winner, someone who drove several races in very high performance machinery this season?
The answer is LdM's big ego and lack of knowledge of his own team.
Supposing Ferrari is so kind to give Badoer more chances, we hope he can make some improvement. It was excusable for driver who hasn't driven quite long for the whole race. Although at the end team has to prepare the worst probability from the consequence of selecting replacement drivers.
I am not really sure these two drivers will drive that slow, I named two names, Mark if not Michael...
I must say though, as much as I support Badoer's efforts, its been a while since we've had something like this. A driver returning and making a bad impression on some. When was the last time? I guess it would have been Tarso Marques in 2001, who had raced previously in 1997. Though I'm still hanging on for Spa. Téigh Lúcas mo sean-bláthana!!
He still managed to mingle with the backmarkers thanks to KERS at the start ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Garry Walker
That could've ended badly considering how spacially inept he appeared to be after his pitlane incident.
Well somebody ran into him at the start so we'll never know. I know it's fashionable to jump on the bandwagon of having a go at the poor guy, but he did make up 6 places on the opening lap before being shunted on that lap and spinning off on the second lap I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by theugsquirrel
Oh and FYI, Ide was 2.8 slower than Sato in Australia qualifying, 1.7 in Malaysia, 3.9 (!) in Australia, and 1.6 in his fourth and final race, in Imola.
I will almost guarantee Luca will be within 0.5 of Kimi even by the next race. Comparisons of Ide are stupid. I bet if Michael Schumacher had been in the car, he would have been half a second off Kimi at least due to having to learn the car/track etc. By the end of the race he would have got there but only just.
Luca's race pace was on par with most of the midfield runners for most of the race. He would probably have beaten Grosjean, Alguersuari and Glock without the spins and penalty.
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Originally Posted by woody2goody
I am glad to see that I am not alone in this jungle :p : ;)
I do not usually post in F1 on drivers unless involving an incident.
Luca has hardly been in a race car this year because of the testing ban.
He has not actually raced for several years.
Considering I think he did a reasonable job.
There could be a considerable step up by Spa. He now knows the car. It will be a track he has raced at although years ago and changed. He deserves the chance. If he is as far off the pace again then he should probably be replaced.
In addition to Gene and the Ant do not forget Piquet and Bourdais would jump at the chance to drive. Of course, JV would also probably be willing!!!!!! :eek: :D