Driver of the Race

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Originally Posted by CavallinoRampante

Only a championship can make you all believers.

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This is getting more ridiculous by the day. Believers in what exactly?

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Originally Posted by aryan

This is getting more ridiculous by the day. Believers in what exactly?

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"make you a believer" is US slang... since I am American and Italian, I am entitled to use US idioms , phrasal verbs and slang expressions...
It doesn't have anything to do with religion or Jesus... it's just like saying: wait and watch out...

There is nothing ridiculous here besides the hat in your avatar.

If Ferrari win the championship (either of them), then I will be sad. :(

Why would you want to make me sad, CavallinoRampante? :p :

We should change our habits here a bit. Just have a Ioan's Driver of the race one post thread and be done with it. There's no point in embarrassing ourselves with our thoughts and opinions.

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Originally Posted by Big Ben

We should change our habits here a bit. Just have a Ioan's Driver of the race one post thread and be done with it. There's no point in embarrassing ourselves with our thoughts and opinions.

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:D

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Originally Posted by henners88

I do think it'll be a case of wait and see with Ferrari but not where winning the championship in 2012 is concerned. Alonso certainly put in an impressive performance on Sunday but he was quick to settle the media and bring everyone back to earth. The car is lacking in pace in normal dry conditions and this lack of speed will be very difficult to make up before mid season imo. I expect Fernando to get regular points and wouldn't be surprised if he wins again this year, but every team is making steps forward and at present McLaren have the pace. Lewis needs to start making more decisions for himself as strategy seems key to which his side of the garage have cocked up of late. I was aware of your Italian roots but thought you were UK born btw? I wouldn't be surprised to learn Perez has signed at the scuderia for 2013 after his performance on Sunday. He has close links already, but feel Alonso is perfectly happy at present having a teammate who is incapable of challenging him at the competitive end of the team. We'll have to wait and see or believe as you put it.

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I agree with everything you said.
I actually am US born, but live in Italy since 2003.
This year I would not mind if Hamilton won it. I think he deserves it. He's blindingly fast, and Button is no match for him in pure speed. He is just very good on tyres, and that allows him to win difficult races, but LH is 2-3 tenths faster than Button on a regular day.
I also believe Vettel is overrated, LH and Alonso are the best drivers on the grid, there is no question about it.
As far as Ferrari goes, I really hope they can sort the car's problems out be4 it's too late.
I know it's just wishful thinking, but why count them out just yet?
With a bit of luck, and a couple wet races we will be at 1/3 season and the new chassis will hopefully have a positive impact on Ferrari's hopes.

As Jenson said, being the fastest is not the same as being the best. Lewis may be the fastest (then again, he may not be - I think that Sebastian is faster), but I think that he is not currently better than Jenson. In recent years Jenson developed more. But I hate saying this guy is best, screw all the rest, because in different conditions excel. Certainly Lewis is one of the best, same about Alonso, Vettel, Hamilton. In his prime, Michael was top, but now... things change.

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Originally Posted by CavallinoRampante

Ferrari n.1 - hopefully this year Alonso will win the championship if Ferrari can sort out their car problems. Only a championship can make you all believers.

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I have to tell you one thing. I have noticed forum members have been a bit confused lately with some of your comments. Perhaps it can be analyzed more thoroughly, what is the exact point you want to make.

I think most people acknowledge that Alonso is an absolute top driver, so there is not much for him to prove to F1 fans here, championship or not.

If it is about Ferrari, then they don't have an excellent racing car at the moment and haven't won a WDC for 5 years, so this has made people slightly sceptical. But going back further, you would find 10 years ago people were considering Ferrari virtually unbeatable. I see that Ferrari as an Italian team is important to you, but they are mostly rated based on evidence. And everyone has their ups and downs. If Ferrari starts producing cars-to-beat in future years again, then be sure they will be rated very highly again. :)

Also you said that Vettel is overrated - so with a similar phrase as yours I may answer to you that Vettel should win the WDC this year to make you a believer. :)

In any case, while driver of the race was Alonso, teams of the race were Ferrari and Sauber. Ferrari had an excellent strategy, excellent quick pitstops and a very good setup for the conditions. So the race team deserves highest praise for utilizing the maximum from the car! Now it is up to the guys at Maranello to produce something great.

I mean, Vettel is the same guy who struggled to beat Webber in his first year with RB? Webber cannot be considered a champion. Vettel is also the same guy who is being outqualified by Webber so far this year.... He is a good driver, and had the luck to be driving an exceptionally fast RedBull for two years in a row, just like Button had the luck to be driving the Brown car which was unbeatable. I am not sold on Vettel just yet.... I hope he can make me a "believer" ... but I doubt it. Not this year at least.
LH is the best candidate for the Championship IMHO.

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Originally Posted by CavallinoRampante

I mean, Vettel is the same guy who struggled to beat Webber in his first year with RB? Webber cannot be considered a champion.

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Surely using that logic you doubt Alonso as well, considering that Trulli outscored Alonso in 2004, up until he was fired from Renault.