gav Wrote:
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> > Maybe. But the car wasn't able to push much,
> wasn't it? Take Vettel and put it into a Virgin.
> I'm sure he wouldn't be doing much.
> My point is: When a good driver (and I'm sure
> Bruno is one) gets into a bad car, the bad car
> makes the good driver look as bad as the car is.
> Perhaps I'm wrong, but that's honestly what I
> think.
>
>
> When Alonso was driving the back-of-the-grid
> Minardi in 2001, everyone sat up and took notice.
> He ensured that thing went as fast as he could
> possibly make it go and it was clear for all to
> see the guy was deserving of a top seat (even if
> it wasn't immediately apparent that he was
> multiple world championship material). Again, in
> 2002, Webber showed everyone he was a strong
> driver, if not quite as impressive as Alonso.
>
> Poor cars generally are slow - that's expected -
> but a driver should still be able to show signs of
> quality at worst... and I don't think Senna did.
>
> More worrying, I think the best modern day example
> of a driver who looked poor in a poor car, then
> went to a decent team and looked decent was Pedro
> Diniz. If the best case scenario for Senna is that
> he is Diniz mkii, then... do I need to say more?
Well, you got a point there. But a slight difference is: the Minardi wasn't 4 seconds slower than any other car (except when Alex Yoong was driving
). Perhaps my opinion is right but just for 2010 backmakers.
Another good example that came to my mind is Sato in 2007, specially Spain and Canada. That were epic races for him and Super Aguri.
Stats: 139 Starts / 7 Wins / 9 Poles / 5 Fastest laps