Jenson "I am the best"

Quote from : The Times Newspaper

i cant be bothed to type up the whole article but heres the quote

JENSON BUTTON strode into Silverstone yesterday with one conviction that many will doubt unless he wins the British Grand Prix. He believes he is the best driver in Formula One - and that includes seven time champion Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, the championship leader, and Kimi Raikkonen, who has helped the spaniard to carve up most of the victories this season....

..."It's annoying because i 100 percent dont think they [the other drivers] are as good as me - that's only my opinion, but it is my opinion" he said yesterday as Formula One gathered under the rain clouds at the former Northamptonshire airfield "I am not worried about anyone in F1 when it comes to challenging them if we have got equal equipment. It is frustrating, but you have to stick at it and stay determined as i know my time will come. I am not getting to downbeat because i know i am with a very good team. In fact, it is quite exciting to try to fight back."

is this just trashtalk for the british fans or what?
seriously is he smoking the stuff stoddart uses and extremely high when quoted? because he is far from the best in F1 and by going to williams mate you arent going to win the title anytime soon

hmmm prob been errr hyped a bit but c'mon..

is he really gonna say.. yeah i think xx is better than? :\

imo kimi is waaaayy better than any1 out there.. but i wud put JB 3rd/4th best..

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

That has to be a miss quote. Nobody, especailly not someone who has never won a race, is that far up there own arse. Even Eddie Irvine, who really did think he was a driving god, thought he wasnt the best.

As for challenging with equal equipment, if i was him i'd be worried about Fisi, since he pretty much slapped him silly last time

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/2005 10:36PM by DaveEllis.

I agree with Dave. Jenson's always going to talk himself up, which most drivers would probably do, but not to that extent!

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I heard next year will be Jenson's year.

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REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS

He got trounced in 01 by fisichella,who is getting hammered by alonso so draw your own coclusions but facts speak for themselves HE IS NOT THE BEST maybe 5th or 6th best

..."It's annoying because i 100 percent dont think they [the other drivers] are as good as me - that's only my opinion, but it is my opinion"

Its gotta be a misquote because he sounds Californian. "i 100 per cent don't think......"

Button the best? At what, hype? First the "All Button" version of the new F1 Racing Magazine and now this tripe. Button isn't even in the top 50% of F1 drivers, much less the best. And when he joins his overhyped new teammate Webber at Williams next season we will all see the incredible depths that team will crash to.

Button the best... at PR maybe but at very littel else F1 wise....



"There are some pikeys there at Turn 10 putting tarmac down - what do you think of that?" - Martin Brundle

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Alesi no1 Wrote:
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> He got trounced in 01 by fisichella,who is getting
> hammered by alonso so draw your own coclusions but
> facts speak for themselves HE IS NOT THE BEST
> maybe 5th or 6th best


This is not fair conclusion since Jenson drove his 2nd F1-year in a team with maaany problems. Maybe Fisico was better to handle those problems with a team which he knew for several years.
In my opinion Jenson is a very gifted driver but better than Kimi, Alonso or even Schumacher?!? Hard to say...I don't think so
That's the problem with those drivers like Montoya, Alonso or Button: Blah blah blah but up to now no great victory. Kimi is in this case a lot better

Very diffcult to say who's the best when none of them have equal equipment.

Even team mates have different cars, due to their car setup.

I'll of course say Raikkonen is the best, but it might not be true. Jenson does seem to have a certain...something about his driving though.

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Far from it. Its when you stop belive you can be the best is when you walk away.

Going in thinking your the best stright away is simply ego. Going in thinking you have what it takes (or KNOWING you have what it takes) to become the best is different

Only schumacher, perhaps Alonso, at a push, Kimi, can claim they are the best on the grid at the moment

IMO anyway

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/08/2005 11:44PM by DaveEllis.

dunno what the mindset is of an F1 driver, but surely they must all think if they had the best overal package they'd be top dog.

thats what Jenson is obviously thinking

If you've never had the top car but have proven you can run at the front then theres always the element of what if?


i'd have been more suprised if he had said " maybe i'm a top 3 driver with the right car & thats my limit


Mansell went all those years without a victory and a team member at lotus i believe was quoted as saying that mansell would never win so long as he a hole in his arse, yet nige still had belief that he had what it took

when the right package came at the right time in 92 and it all finally came together he was proven right

Buttons never had a truely great car, and when he was competitive last year he still had the awesome ferrari to fight with, but he did a sterling job despite mclaren and williams and renault being off the pace

I think Jenson could be a world champion given the right car, unfortuanately up to yet he's only had the second best car ( 2004) yet he put in some superb drivers, hockenheim being one, he was definately the star of the show that race


i'm not a button fan, but he has shown he can be a top driver when the car is working well, not this year though


maybe the main problem is ITV overhyping him, but thats out of his control

i just feel he's being given a bit of raw deal by you guys, he's proven he can cut at the sharp end when the cars good




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DaveEllis Wrote:
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> Far from it. Its when you stop belive you can be
> the best is when you walk away.
>
> Going in thinking your the best stright away is
> simply ego. Going in thinking you have what it
> takes (or KNOWING you have what it takes) to
> become the best is different
>
> Only schumacher, perhaps Alonso, at a push, Kimi,
> can claim they are the best on the grid at the
> moment
>
> IMO anyway

fully agree

Vader Wrote:
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> I heard next year will be Jenson's year.

No, no, no, it's obviously DC's!

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I like to think that if i raced in F1 I would be the best.. prob not true..but its nice to think so..at least makes feel happy when i trying to get a 1.2 corsa to hit 100

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Say what you will about DC. He has shown in the past he can run up front consistently and also has a few wins under his belt. How many wins does Button have again?



"There are some pikeys there at Turn 10 putting tarmac down - what do you think of that?" - Martin Brundle

Alonso Had trouble last year keeping up with jarno trulli, kimi had it with nick, and i bet if juan get it right for the rest of the season he'll be very close and that would make him not that "special", Juan was pretty much tied wiht ralf so they're both not that special., jenson is the only guy in the grid along schumacher whom can say they've dominated their teammates., in 2001 the car was totally awfull and he had zero experience, and 'bout fisico being beaten by alonso and fisico beating jenson., i got a better one., jarno TRASHED alonso last year and jenson beat jarno in 2002., so......, and alonso is not beating fisico fair and straight, fisico has been unlucky., but i bet till the end of the year there's gonna be some races where fisico will get the best out of your alonso

cheers!

Jagdpanzer Wrote:
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> Say what you will about DC. He has shown in the
> past he can run up front consistently and also has
> a few wins under his belt. How many wins does
> Button have again?

Well, to be honest, DC doesn't really have many for the cars he's had...

I mean, ok, he's won Silverstone, Spa and Monaco, but for the quuality of car he's been driving for most of his career, he's underperformed by quite some way.

Having said that, he has done very well this year

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