spanish qualifying
Posted by LS.
look at the situation and facts for once!!
Done. Now your turn - listen to the experts, watch Schumacher in the car. The reason Schumi is number one is because he's so bloody good and he's deserved that status, and the team realise that if Barrichello has a decent race, but Schumi is right behind, then it's more than likely that in the next race, and the rest of the season for that matter, Barrichello will have a slump in performance, whereas Michael won't. MS is more consistant, and faster.
if he had done the unsportmanly thing of making mclaren a one man team and made DC defer every race and give up his positions to allow mika to gain extra points, mika would have sewn the title up way before the end of the season.
Look, you're clearly just saying things you haven't actually thought about. Why don't you look at the facts?
2000
Classifications: Schumacher/Hakkinen/Coulthard
1/-/-
1/-/-
1/2/3
3/2/1*
5/1/2
1/2/3
-/6/1
1/4/7
-/2/1*
-/1/2
-/2/3
2/1/3
2/1/4
1/2/-
1/-/5
1/2/3
1/4/2
*By my reckoning there are two races in which Coulthard finished higher than Hakkinen, and in which Schumacher did not win. I'm not including Monaco because a) Schumi would have won, and b) Hakkinen had problems anyway. At maximum, that is 8 extra points for Hakkinen had he finished above Coulthard due to team orders. Schumi won the championship by 19 points. Do you see my point? McLaren didn't even have a chance to use team orders really, save in those two circumstances.
For the rest of the time, had you actually looked at the facts instead of telling everyone else to, you'd have noticed that Hakkinen finished second to a dominant Schumacher. The final four races saw some of the greatest Schumacher victories.
i suggest you check the stats of 2000
Don't sound quite so superior now do you?
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Done. Now your turn - listen to the experts, watch Schumacher in the car. The reason Schumi is number one is because he's so bloody good and he's deserved that status, and the team realise that if Barrichello has a decent race, but Schumi is right behind, then it's more than likely that in the next race, and the rest of the season for that matter, Barrichello will have a slump in performance, whereas Michael won't. MS is more consistant, and faster.
if he had done the unsportmanly thing of making mclaren a one man team and made DC defer every race and give up his positions to allow mika to gain extra points, mika would have sewn the title up way before the end of the season.
Look, you're clearly just saying things you haven't actually thought about. Why don't you look at the facts?
2000
Classifications: Schumacher/Hakkinen/Coulthard
1/-/-
1/-/-
1/2/3
3/2/1*
5/1/2
1/2/3
-/6/1
1/4/7
-/2/1*
-/1/2
-/2/3
2/1/3
2/1/4
1/2/-
1/-/5
1/2/3
1/4/2
*By my reckoning there are two races in which Coulthard finished higher than Hakkinen, and in which Schumacher did not win. I'm not including Monaco because a) Schumi would have won, and b) Hakkinen had problems anyway. At maximum, that is 8 extra points for Hakkinen had he finished above Coulthard due to team orders. Schumi won the championship by 19 points. Do you see my point? McLaren didn't even have a chance to use team orders really, save in those two circumstances.
For the rest of the time, had you actually looked at the facts instead of telling everyone else to, you'd have noticed that Hakkinen finished second to a dominant Schumacher. The final four races saw some of the greatest Schumacher victories.
i suggest you check the stats of 2000
Don't sound quite so superior now do you?
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Yo Sup
"An example of this in real life is scottish football. Rangers and celtic have dominated for so long that the result is a 50 / 50, no other team has a chance. The league is uninteresting, few follow it (compared to english league)."
Yup, im Scottish and thats EXACLTY right. I dont think a team outside rangers or celtic has won the Scottish permier league in the ladt 20-odd years?
If F1 turns into this then screw it, im watching Indy car.
F1 is getting really boring cos of the inconsistant rules and the constant bending of them, im sick of it.
Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps
"An example of this in real life is scottish football. Rangers and celtic have dominated for so long that the result is a 50 / 50, no other team has a chance. The league is uninteresting, few follow it (compared to english league)."
Yup, im Scottish and thats EXACLTY right. I dont think a team outside rangers or celtic has won the Scottish permier league in the ladt 20-odd years?
If F1 turns into this then screw it, im watching Indy car.
F1 is getting really boring cos of the inconsistant rules and the constant bending of them, im sick of it.
Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps
But just think of the situation this way, you're a schumi fan, but do you REALLY want to see him uterly dominate the field until he retires in 3 years?
This is is a totally different matter altogether - however, I do agree with you. I don't want to see him so utterly dominant that the sport is boring - but the fact is, and my point is, that Schumacher is the greatest driver at the moment. This discussion was actually in reference to the 2000 season, which was thrilling without a doubt - and Schumacher was dominant only because of his own superb driving. This superb driving was carried over into 2001 and because he had an even better car, the results were even more impressive.
But again, I don't want to see him so dominant that it's boring. I don't think this will happen, however. Of course, there's always the chance that if he does win the championship this year then he will retire, and perhaps Button would take his place which would be brilliant. However, I wouldn't be sorry to see him carry on for a few years.
This is a bit of a rant, but I'm sick of the pro schumists saying he won't ruin f1
I don't recall saying anything of the sort. However, that doesn't mean I disagree. So is it your opinion that the 1998 season was completely boring, and that Hakinen ruined the sport that year? No? Because Schumacher was good enough to lug the Ferrari round and challenge him.
Gee, this discussion is getting long-winded, and I'm getting some serious Deja-vu. Anyone else feel the same?
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This is is a totally different matter altogether - however, I do agree with you. I don't want to see him so utterly dominant that the sport is boring - but the fact is, and my point is, that Schumacher is the greatest driver at the moment. This discussion was actually in reference to the 2000 season, which was thrilling without a doubt - and Schumacher was dominant only because of his own superb driving. This superb driving was carried over into 2001 and because he had an even better car, the results were even more impressive.
But again, I don't want to see him so dominant that it's boring. I don't think this will happen, however. Of course, there's always the chance that if he does win the championship this year then he will retire, and perhaps Button would take his place which would be brilliant. However, I wouldn't be sorry to see him carry on for a few years.
This is a bit of a rant, but I'm sick of the pro schumists saying he won't ruin f1
I don't recall saying anything of the sort. However, that doesn't mean I disagree. So is it your opinion that the 1998 season was completely boring, and that Hakinen ruined the sport that year? No? Because Schumacher was good enough to lug the Ferrari round and challenge him.
Gee, this discussion is getting long-winded, and I'm getting some serious Deja-vu. Anyone else feel the same?
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