What's your problem fousto?
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What's your problem fousto?
Massa is making it a habit!
I know it's only practice. Bla, bla, bla!
you are acknowledging that Massa is inferior to Rak??????Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Don't think that has been proven yet
No I don't! In fact I hope Felipe comes out on top. But why are you so in rage?Quote:
Originally Posted by fousto
I think a lot of people hear (or read) the name Massa and think 'Sauber, 2003'. Ok, so the Ferrari was a really good car last year, but it was ( as shown by Michael Schumacher) still a car designed around the usual Ferrari/Byrne principles of design, which make the most of the fact it oversteers more than it understeers, and that helps the driver's style. The last time Massa had a car like that, he threw it at the scenery, but he didn't do that in '06. He just isn't the same driver, he has learned! Ferrari doesn't hire anyone as a test driver in the middle of a huuuuge rule change (single-tyre rule 04-05) who crashes the car all the time.
Put it this way, every team boss in F1 ever has always said it's much easier to make a quick driver consistent, than to make a consistent driver quick! What we are seeing with Massa is that stage where he is still quick, and is consistent. It's not 2003 and he's not in a Sauber!
If the driver does not learn this consistency he is unreliable and prone to errors even when not running on the edge, we saw this with Alesi all through his career even in the DTM! That is the difference between potential and evidence. In Massa we are seeing evidence combined with potential, same as Raikkonen. Let's just say this year will be a challenge for them both, but that may prove to be too much of a challenge for Ferrari to balance this with their own needs as a team without a definitive focal point for the team, such as Schumacher. I can't see either driver providing this at the present time.
I can quite easily see 4/5 drivers battling for this year's title, but I for one would definitely include Massa in that bunch :up: Hope so anyway!
Massa should flourish even more this year, with the continuing spur of competition from Kimi. What was it that Mario Andretti once said - you can tidy up speed, but you can't speed up tidiness. Perhaps that phrase applies to Massa more than most.
I am rooting for Massa.
If the team does it's job, Massa will be the new champ.
Based on what? Massa is better than Kimi? Dream on...Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Heh...you guys will get sooooo disappointed during the season.
And Kimi is better because he has won 0 WDC after numerous seasons with Mclaren :?:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalafi
Massa is cleaning up the lazy drunkard Kimi during testing and hopefully will carry this form into the race calendar.
Go Massa :up:
Brave words RA :) It'll be quite something if you're proved right :s mokin:Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado