DaveKillens wrote:mx_tifosi wrote:The rookie drivers that impress the most are those with relativeley poor chassis and still give good results. Thus proving in their early F1 years that even without one of the best chassis on the grid they can still perform.
As in Michael Schumacher and Ayrton Senna? Michael started in a Jordan, while Senna began his F1 career in a Toleman. Then as we all know, they earned rides in more famous marquees.
But I do agree, in a great car just about any F1 caliber driver can look very good. But a great driver can make a crappy chassis appear decent.
To that list I would add......Fernando Alonso, and Kimi Raikkonen (at least). Minardi and Sauber respectively. Unfortunately Raikkonen stands out from the other three due to the fact that he is the only one to have not won a F1 DC, yet.
A personal credo for life is that you should earn what you recieve. Like M.Schumacher and A.Senna, they both started in not-so-good teams/chassis, but they impressed teams up the ladder and recieved a race seat in return.
What you say is very true, just about any F1 caliber driver can accomplish good drives in a great car, but only a great driver can can make a crappy chassis appear decent.
Too bad many drivers have not been able to show their full potential in under performing chassis. I guess it's up to luck sometimes.
That might be the case with Speed and Liuzzi, I'm not sure. Even if they have the talent and should race with better teams, their reputation isn't one of the best in the paddock. Their eccentric personalities are to blame. The top teams do not look forward to having these type of personalities represent them. Especially the likes of Ferrari and Mclaren. We all know what happed to Alonso's wild hair after joing the Woking squad.
(One exception: in MotoGP. With Valentino Rossi).
As always, I wish them the very best.
