you should change the debate to 'is montoya really that good' all we heard before australia was what montoya was going to do to ms,well we're still waiting.what's up hasn't lived up to all the hype has he so you've had to moan about the goings on at ferrariwell seeing as that ferrari have produced a good car this year, combined with all the input from bridgestone i would expect any driver with a subserviant team mate to do well.
allied with the fact that michelin ( by there own admission that they are being out classed by their competitors) are,nt supplying the goods.
surely you must realise ( or maybe you chose not too) that with ferrari having the input with bridgestone as to what to include with the compounds etc they will have an advantage over the all the other bridgestone runners as well
then compound that with the fact that bridgestone are out perorming
michelin,
you don't need to be a genius to see that the best michelin package [williams] are'nt up to speed .
so you can hardly blame montoya when he's making the best out of whats available
give him the car and you'll see what they can do
the thing with modern F1 is theres too many varibles, pitstop stradegys that come down to the speed of the pitcrew, not nesesarily the speed pf the driver ( how many times we seen a driver come in and get out in front coz of a split second)
the team being able to predict the optimum time to come in { ross brawn generally being regarded as the
best, hence him being lured away from benetton}
when you look at the cold hearted facts, no other driver in the last 8 years has had the deck stacked in his favour so much as MS
you can argue til the cows come home about MS records, but when you look at the manner at which they have been acheived, albeit a subserviant team mate being forced to move over, MS takin his team mates car coz thats the only way he can be fastest, copying his setup and telemtry, this does'nt sound to me like a brilliant driver.
williams and mclaren have always maintained that their drivers are allowed to race against each other whether the world title is at stake ( albeit coulthard letting hakkinen through, which was his decision)
and we have seen some titanic exicting battles that have made F1 what it is today, senna/ prost mansell piquet
but ferarri take the biscuit where they have to shackle a competitive teammate in order to let another driver win constantly.
If MS is that good then let him race like all the greats that he has been mentioned with, not make a mockery of F1.
the fact is that the ferrari fans hide behind this myth that MS is the greatest, when in actual fact no other driver has enjoyed the status of being out right number one at the cost of the sport they're particapting in
even prost had to race to senna! and look at that season, 15 wins out of a possible 16, this is what f1 is about, 2 drivers trying to out perform one another
this year, ferarri are enjoying the same benefits ( down to the facts that they have the largest budget) and what do we see? shades of a brilliant 1988? no we see a team so desperate to win that they rob the spectators of the very essence of the sport that they are tuning in to.
it pales into significance when compared to true racers like williams , who have the enviable record of most race wins per race starts.
and who can say that williams are'nt true racers?
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