Quote of the day

manchild · Post 12 Sep 2006, 16:42

Alonso: - "Zidane retired with more glory than Schumacher"

Spencifer_Murphy · Post 12 Sep 2006, 16:53

lmao...at least he will do as long as Michael doesn't win this year's title.

Common Fernando!

I'll be screaming VAMOS! at the screen...hopefully it will help his vamos to the finish line first!

manchild · Post 13 Sep 2006, 15:12

Willi Weber: - "I regard Alonso as a brilliant driver, but his behaviour right now is just pitiful. Michael will give him a suitable answer on the track".

a suitable answer on the track - is that anouncement of something we've already seen in 1994 and 1997?

Tp · Post 13 Sep 2006, 15:36

Willi Weber: - "I regard Alonso as a brilliant driver, but his behaviour right now is just pitiful. Michael will give him a suitable answer on the track

Now that's a quote!

Venom · Post 13 Sep 2006, 16:47

What has Schumacher's sportsman/gamesmanship etiquette got to do with Alonso?

Alonso had a luck covering his arse for two years and now since the luck changed he blames schumi for his retirement. Very unprofesionall.

manchild, by you mentioning 1994, 1997 and so on has nothing to do with Alonso's baby comments. [-X

manchild · Post 13 Sep 2006, 19:15

1994 and 1997 are typical examples for how Schuey fights for title at the end of the season. That's a pettern.

DaveKillens · Post 14 Sep 2006, 04:39

There defininitely is a pattern to Schumacher's behavior. Throughout his racing career, he has consistently acted in the same manner. When he has the right car and situation, he can rattle of a textbook perfect race. But when pressed, he can and does make mental errors, both driving mistakes and judgement.
Some of Shu's fans admire him for his perseverance and willingness to win at any cost. And that's important to remember, that he does approach the championship as something fighting for with all the weapons available, and at any cost. And that sometimes means stepping outside the rules. His personal record of punishments and offences is long, up to and including Schumacher's points and his second place in the championship being stricken from the record books for the 1997 season. He wasn't punished for no reason, he was guilty. And he just keeps doing that stuff. he hasn't changed the way he does business.

pRo · Post 14 Sep 2006, 07:16

manchild wrote:Willi Weber: - "I regard Alonso as a brilliant driver, but his behaviour right now is just pitiful. Michael will give him a suitable answer on the track".

a suitable answer on the track - is that anouncement of something we've already seen in 1994 and 1997?

No, not yet anyway, he's still behind in the points.

Spencifer_Murphy · Post 14 Sep 2006, 22:47

he's still behind in the points.

Yes he is. And lets Remember, renault didn't win last year because of luck, or a fluke, nobody else produced a car fast enough (or in Mclaren's case, reliable enough!) Just because nobody else did as good a job doesn;t deminish their achievements. Just like Ferrari in 2002, Mclaren in 1988.

End of the day you'd be a fool to discount Renault and Fernando from this championship. JUST LIKE you'd be a fool to discount schumi and Ferrari.

At the start of 2006 a lot of my friends said "Schumi won't even challenge for the title, the Ferrari isn't going to be fast enough, just look at last year's car!" and at Bahrain they seemed to be kind of right, the Ferrari wasn't quite fast enough, but it was by no means slow.

I told them not to discount Ferrari and its turned out to be true. Teams don't usually just suddenly loose the ability to win races. Its often a grandual decline.

Ferrari are still a force to be rekoned with, but so are Renault. It looks like we're going to have a tense fight to the wire.