EC83 Schreef:
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> Not up to Heidfeld's speed? Really? During their
> 12 races as teammates JV outqualified NH 7-5, and
> when Nick did qualify ahead Jacques was rarely
> more than one place behind him. He also outpaced
> Heidfeld in a number of races. That alone shows
> otherwise.
> And calling his retirement in Canada a "silly
> mistake" is being unfair IMO. Jacques had to
> suddenly run wide off-line to avoid a very slow
> Ralf, who was being a complete tit and refusing to
> park a crocked car. The marbles off-line by that
> stage of the race were so bad that cars were
> uncontrollable if they got off the racing line.
> Once he got off the racing line he was always
> headed for the wall. Sure, he binned it, but he
> certainly had mitigating circumstances in that
> one.
My bad on the Canada crash then. But if everybody here is so sure that they were pretty equal, OK I guess that was the case then. I've never really liked Villeneuve, so that might've influenced my memories about him somewhat :P