A bit like comparing soccer and football. How well would Beckham do as a Colt?
It is exactly the difference between oval and road courses that make road courses so appealing to me. Add the ultra-high tech of F1, and it is a sport *I* prefer.
Now, Group B Rallye has (had) it all.
LeMans is another great event in motor racing.
And THEN there are those who actually watch golf on TV....now THAT's a thrill-a-minute!!!
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I remember people rolling on the floor laughing at Ford's choice of drivers for LeMans in '67.
Touche, touche. Now if I could only remember the name of that rookie who won the CART championship in 1999.... :-)
Kevin
*smirks*...for a second there there i thought you were talking about this guy:
Jacques Villeneuve is notable for winning the 1995 CART Championship, the 1995 Indianapolis 500 and the 1997 Formula One Championship.
I guess it is not about the drivers, eh?
1960s were truly a Golden Era. Guys would race Indy and F1 (and Le Mans!) in the same year. People laughed at Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt?? I guess they showed 'em! I love how the GT40Mk IV had the "Gurney bubble" in the roof to accommodate Gurney's tall frame.
Kevin
You just might mention that Juan Pablo is having the BEST rookie season of ANYBODY, EVER. Better than Gordon's rookie year, just ask Jeff.
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Yep, some of my friends thought it was hilarious, some NASCAR guy thinks he can win LeMans in of all things a _FORD_.
I kind of feel sorry for Enzo Ferrari though--I suspect that he went to his grave still trying to figure out what hit him.
Rookie? My information says that Montoya started racing in CART and F1 (you know, the hard kind of racing) since 1999. This NASCAR stuff is easy in comparison, right? Keep in mind that in Montoya's "rookie" season, he was
32 and Gordon was 22 in his.todd
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Sun, Oct 7, 2007, 6:51pm (EDT-3) snipped-for-privacy@email.unc.edu (Kevin) (ok, Group B rally cars, but they banned those in 1986)
Ooh, ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Group B cars. Forgot about them. I want an Audi Quattro.
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You talkin' swamp buggies? Those guys are sooo nuts..in a good way.
It would be smart on McLaren's part to yank Alonzo from the final race and replace him with Pedro de la Rosa. It's the only way McLaren can be sure a McLaren driver will take the championship. Pedro de la Rosa may be helpful in keeping the Ferraris from running away with the race -- all Hamilton would have to do is place well.
Alonzo won't be with McLaren next year and has no loyalty to anyone but himself. Hamilton doesn't have to win, he just has to stay close to Alonzo. If Hamilton is on Alonzo's tail near the end of the Brazilian race, Alonzo's only chance for a championship is to take out Hamilton, hoping he (Alonzo) can continue after the incident. This would be a repeat of what Schumacher did to Mika Hakkinen at Macau, an incident which thrust Schumacher into the limelight for F-1 and from which Hakkinen (IMHO) never recovered.
My guess -- if McLaren allows Alonzo to race, at some point he will try to take out Hamilton and they'll both DNF, giving the championship to Kimi.
Jacques Villeneuve was the best driver I ever say -- more skilled than Schumacher (either one), Hakkinen, Prost, or anyone else. What he didn't/doesn't have is the single-mindedness and dedication that took Schumacher to new heights. Schumacher never seemed to stop trying or lose focus, but Villeneuve won the F-1 championship and then seemed to lose interest -- just as Alonzo has become a prima donna and Raikonnen has spent too much time "enjoying" his personal life.
There are a few people in sports that are able to combine natural skills with complete focus and total dedication. Tiger Woods, Bret Favre, D Earnhart (but not Jr.) and a few others come to mind --
From here it looks like Hamilton may have a combination of skill and dedication similar to Schumacher's, but we'll have to wait for a year or so to find out for sure --
I agree with you, I tend to think Alonzo is capable of just about anything. He clearly has no love for Hamilton, and like most drivers, coming in 2nd is no better than coming in last. It's going to be a very interesting finish!
Kevin
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Since Alonso is leaving McLaren at the end of the season, I think he will be lucky to find wheels on his car when the lights go green. He will certainly have to pump his own gas in the pitstops.
lucky to find wheels on
in the pitstops.
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, maybe they shouldn't run him at all.
lucky to find wheels
in the pitstops.
He has a theoretical chance of winning the World Championship. In order to at least gain a semblance of striving for the moral high ground, they have to let him race.
That was good.... just wow...just plain wow
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