Will SchM succeed in his comeback?

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Originally Posted by henners88

Just watching the live practise and they mentioned that Schuey has admitted he needs to raise his game as he was 0.5 seconds off Nico's pace. "Maybe I am a little rusty, and I need to raise my game".. Alot has changed since he last raced and the cars are vastly different. The cars are longer, and have narrower front wheels etc. I'm sure he'll find his groove, but it seems at the minute that Nico is finding the car alot easier to handle and is faster on merit. Go Nico... :)

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MS is 0.5 seconds of the pace but to be fair to him when Hakkinen came back after a few years he was 4-5 seconds off the pace.

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Originally Posted by ioan

Because Mercedes wanted German drivers, Heidfeld was looking to get into McLaren and MS kept them waiting with his decision.
TBH I would have taken Sutil over Rosberg, but probably the Rosberg name is much more marketable for Mercedes than Sutil.

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What has Sutil ever done? got beaten by his teammates like old fisi? He is nothing special. I dont consider rosberg as one of the top pilots overall, but he is by far better than Sutil.

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Originally Posted by ioan

MS is 0.5 seconds of the pace but to be fair to him when Hakkinen came back after a few years he was 4-5 seconds off the pace.

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Well, to be fair to him, they said afterwards that he was not really going for times at all and was on heavy fuel and the same tyres all day long.

The gap to Nico is narrower in FP3. In the end, I won't be surprised if Michael beats him in qualy.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Oh yeah its to be expected, I think in most aspects the hype has built his comeback up and people expect him to start where he left off.

As I said he's been out of the cockpit for 3 years and it'll take time to adjust to racing once more. He is in a fortunate position where all the drivers are adjusting to vastly different cars, so he's not too far behind. :)

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For goodness sake - SchM is right up there among the faster runners. What are you talking about?

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Originally Posted by henners88

All Massa ever had was doubters as he'd not got near proving himself up until the end of 2005. Thats just my opinion.. :)

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And one not shared by Jean Todt, Ross Brawn or Michael Schumacher. The 2003 season Massa had as Ferrari test driver had already revealed the talent that was yet to be refined.

Still, what do they know compared to you?

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Originally Posted by henners88

Every response lately seems to be negative, why is this?

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Probably something to do with the quality of your posts.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Well put me on ignore then and stop leaving provocative one liners. You are a troll you really are, you've effectively picked something out of my post simply to derail the thread.

I'm not the only person to have doubted Massa in this thread so why quote me and not the previous posters??? I admitted I was wrong, yet you still feel the need to ridicule.. Grow up ffs.. :mad:

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If you don't like it, leave.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

Probably something to do with the quality of your posts.

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Not that I want to start a war here, but........

Henners did quantify his remarks by adding the phrase "IMO". Everyone's entitled to one, hence why we're on a forum in the first place.

Peace and love :)

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Originally Posted by Sonic

Not that I want to start a war here, but........

Henners did quantify his remarks by adding the phrase "IMO". Everyone's entitled to one, hence why we're on a forum in the first place.

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Yes, he did, and indeed everyone is entitled to an opinion.

But those opinions are also subject to debate and subject to analysis and criticism..... and he seems to get very upset when people point out the abundant flaws in his opinions, not to mention the lack of facts (a particular speciality of his).

Therefore, be it an opinion or a comment, until the quality of what he posts improves he can only expect criticism.

However, I think we can safely say he won't improve and he'll just cry "troll" whenever anybody highlights the inaccuracies and inadequacies of his musings.

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Originally Posted by Sonic

Peace and love :)

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Bloody Hippy!

Let's get back on topic, eh. ;)

About half a sec slower than Rosberg in practice, only 0.3 sec in qualy. To me that's an indication that the come-back will be successful. I think he'll match Nico no later than in China. And then...