"If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari" - Gilles Villeneuve
Have you seen their training regiment?? Their diet intake?? Do you realize how many lbs. or ltrs. of water are expelled from their bodies at certain "hot" tracks?? They have personal trainers to keep them in tip top shape.
Not to mention the G loads their bodies take as someone mentioned.
Button at the time, ran marathons or triathalons during his F1 career....still does and a hot babe to boot.
Well said! As long as it doesn't affect Vettel's fight for the championship! Now go tell that to Dan or anyone else besides a rookie like Antonio. Stay behind Seb! Williams IMO wanted to do all they could for Bottas to make him $$$$ marketable. If he was that good , why else would he have been sold to Merc? Massa in the#2 Merc would have done as well poss. better. As far as Shumy @ merc . He went there expecting another Rubenized #2 driver. And he would have retired "At Home" looking like he did @Ferrari. Leclerc for Kimi is all anyone here wanted before this season started.
Personally, Sauber isn’t a good option for him to showcase his talent. Ferrari tried to get him in one of the haas car. But Mgene refused as their drivers contract is extended for a year.
I want to see Leclerc in haas car, which is 4th best car on the grid which will give clear picture of his skills.
Also vet had pre-contract with Ferrari & RB team was around DR young lad. They wanted to win championships with DR.
But still vet gave his best in quali. He was always a better qualifier than race craft during RB days.
At Ferrari he became good racer. One thing seb needs to improve is he’s quite emotional on track. This is where Lewis played mind games last year over vettel
This year, vettel seems to be on top of it. Hope his dream of 5th WDC with Ferrari comes true.
hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)
If Kimi does great to help Ferrari and Seb i wouldn't mind him staying. in fighting will only cause the team to desolve. Kimi and Seb are good together. Leclerc was at Maranello this weekend :) so he is the future for sure but maybe not next year, he himself says he has a lot to learn
hockenheim 2018 / China 2018 : Never forget how quick Ferrari can lose it all, be humble.
Positivity doesn't win you championships, whining about people being negative makes you blind!
lol ignore the bitter old cows ;-)
Leclerc at Sauber is great for his first year. If he can learn to drive a difficult car, he'll be awesome in a good car.
He smoked everyone last year in testing: http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/124...-ferrari-debut
Exactly. Ferrari doesn't need Ricciardo if they have Leclerc. He's the future of our team and he's very mature for his age.
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I still can't believe Dan or Leclerc want to or will sign that they will be #2 drivers, esp Leclerc, he's got so much going for him. He never had to "Move over, Let him pass !" in F2 and I'm sure as he moves up into the top 10 he won't want to be blessed as a #2 driver for his efforts in F1. Kimi is doing his job as #2 guy without too much grief. Does anyone think if he was blessed with the #1 status he would not be a #1 driver? For now he's relaxed where he is and still doing a good job . There's plenty of talent in his rear view mirror every race.
I don’t think Kimi is a number 2 driver, not the like of Rubens anyway, or Massa on the Alonso Time. Ferrari are letting them
Drive, the one which is ahead at the first corner is the number one for that race; at least until one is not a contender.
Whatever else anyone see in these races is having the same bias as the British media.
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Ric denied having any type of contract with Ferrari. Pre or otherwise.
We should expect that, shouldn’t we ?
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Ok so kimi says that he is free to fight for the championship... so why people here keep saying Kimi is assigned a number 2 ?
Link
http://scuderiafans.com/kimi-defends...y-fight-title/
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When has Ferrari not had a #1, #2 driver ? Kimi is just a great driver and person, knowing there's no good reason to talk about his team in any sort of bad way. The check is in the mail! And he's with Ferrari !!! Every drivers dream. F1 is Ferrari and 2018 is Ferrari's year.
Usually a sign that he has!!!.............so often in the past the more a driver denies he has a contract the more certain it really is.
I think Charles needs a couple of years in a less pressurised atmosphere before he takes on the responsibility of being a ferrari driver.
Too many young drivers enter the lion's den too soon and it can ruin what could have been a sensational career.
Mick Schumacher seems to know how to play it!
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I would LOVE if Ric goes to Ferrari for 2019.
Thank you but no thanks. Ricciardo is going to disrupt everything like Alonso did. People also seem to forget Ferrari's history with italian drivers. OK, Ricciardo isn't italian in his passport but he's as much italian as anyone can be without actually being one. Even Enzo himself was very hesitant to hire Alboreto in 1985 and only kept him for 1986 because he won twice in 1985. The following seasons both Johansson and Berger beat him easily. Remember Morbidelli, Capelli and Larini in the early 90s? I guess you don't. As for the earlier years, it's even worse with deaths being the worst. Anything "italian" inside a Ferrari usually ends in tears. There's just too much pressure from the media. Ascari being the exeption from the rule.
As for Massa, the only reason he lost the 2008 WDC was because of what happened in Singapore. That and Timo Glock being a in Brazil on the last lap.
Glock had no chance on wet track on dry tyres. However Singapore feels like a travesty, it is confirmed as fixed race yet points count and Hamilton had six more than Felipe.
Kimi is driving his best season since rejoining Ferrari and finally looking like real Kimi. The speed is finally here, it's not like 2014-17 when he was constantly slower. And listening to Seb, he's happy with his own pace. The results are creeping in, if not for terrible Bahrain pitstop he would have been right there with Vettel and Hamilton. He arguably deserves an extension more than anywhere earlier. I think it's no coincidence there is good atmosphere now at Ferrari. As much as I admire and like Alonso, his personality was driving Ferrari down, he wasn't helping with his comments, similar with McLaren 2007 or 2017. Vettel gets angry at times but he never lambasts Ferrari like Alonso did or does now with McLaren/Honda. Ferrari lost Allison but Binotto took over and there is no problem. There is quiet confidence and even when something bad happens (like in Bahrain) no one cries publicly.
"Alonso: Baku GP comeback the best race I've ever had" - Meh. Again, I appreciate him, he drove fantastic race, but it's getting really boring now.
Kubica deserved the title most in 2008. He was in inferior car and stayed within touching distance until penultimate race in China. Both Massa and Hamilton made some stupid mistakes and had some great races.
Yes, Hungary also qualifies in the same category as Singapore and Brazil for Massa's missed WDC. Only one of these three occasions had to go Felipe's way and he would have won the title.
Now, Felipe Massa is almost "italian" as Ricciardo from his grand father and father's side. But as I said, it ended in tears. Also, Massa was never a disruptive force, quite the opposite. I still wonder to this what LdM would have done back in the day (with Alonso) if Massa had won in 2008?
If they are; it's not working. Ferrari will always use team orders #1, $2 drivers, that dollar sign is there as the reminder , the check is in the mail. Winning pole and getting the lead at the start of the race should do it for a win. Ferrari sure as hell did not sabotage the wrong car? Seb messed up trying to be Max!! Kimi , one eye shut got the podium spot. If RB had team orders in place, maybe one of thier cars would have finished the race.
I believe Max at the wheel of Seb's car, pole, ahead at the start, would have won the race. Kimi would have been there for him in the #2 spot, not like Dan did . Seb IMO is obsessed with being another Shumy , and wants Ferrari to treat him as such. Send him to RB and let him do his thing there, and get Max in red. Him driving , and the sight of him in a Ferrari will put the fear of God in the rest of the teams! BTW, Leclerc looks great so far!
I love the rare occasions when you write lucid responses, even if I don't agree.
I don't like Max's style at all. He's fast, but incredibly reckless and shows little sign of developing. My favorite driving style is that of Alonso's. Even in an inferior car, I always felt like a victory was a possibility when he was driving for us. He was fast, shrewd, and calculating.
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