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Iron Duke
I knew Schumacher when he was in F3, he was OK, but no one was blown away by him. All eyes were on Häkkinen at the time.23-01-2021 05:29
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Schumacher didn't have much competition for most of the time he was winning. Häkkinen was better, but he lost motivation and quit. Due to his new baby and earlier near death experience. Villenuve and Hill were average drivers in a fast car, but then finally Alonso came along and was simply better. Its one thing to think Schumacher is better than Alonso, but to think he's the greatest ever, better than Clark or Senna is unconscionable to me. Clark drove in an era of 8 races a year in a very unreliable car, but even so, he led 72% of all the laps he raced in! He used the same tyres for two race weekends. He was incredible! If Clark and Senna drove in more races in more reliable machinery as Schumacher did and todays drivers do, the records they would have set would have been untouchable. For the most part at Ferrari Schumacher had a tyre advantage. With the kind of advantage he had, he should have won more races. Bridgestone supplied Ferrari with better tyres than the other teams, so its not that the Michelin tyres were better, they just weren't running at a second a lap deficit like the other Bridgestone runners. Then there's the more than suspicious running faster in the middle of a race then he could manage in qualifying. Its funny how that stopped after Honda were found to have a hidden fuel tank. After that the Ferrari was a lot slower for some reason. Make your own judgement about that, but its not difficult to see ''honest'' Ross was up to his usual tricks. Schumachers era allowed for qualifying laps that's all, he's just lucky Senna wasn't still around otherwise he wouldn't have won much or even a single championship. It would have been amazing to see Senna not have to nurse fuel and tyres. In '88 at Monaco Senna out qualified Prost by 1.4 seconds! Prost was one of the greatest ever drivers and a four time world champion, we're not talking about Eddie Irvin here, so imagine that for a race distance! Jim Clark won the race at Spa in 1963 by just under 5 minutes in a deluge, with gearbox trouble, driving one handed while holding the gear-lever in place and missing 5th gear at the old fast Spa with the long straight (ish). The greatest drive in history in my opinion. Then you only have to watch '93 Donington to see how good Senna was in a very underpowered customer Ford McLaren. Back to Alonso, you can't argue with Massa, he's the only man on the planet with firsthand experience and he said Alonso was faster and better than Schumacher. .22-01-2021 21:23
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Of course Ocon has to say that, but he couldn't beat Ricciardo, so he has no chance at beating Alonso. Ricciardo is probably as fast as anyone, with the exception of Alonso. Alonso set a faster time then both of them in his first time in the car after two years away. The same car Ricciardo and Ocon had driven all year. Alonso is the best driver since Senna and he will still be the best driver on the grid in 2021.22-01-2021 15:07
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Iron Duke
Sounds like a lot of DNFs install for Red Bull.22-01-2021 11:26
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The turbo hybrid era has been horrible. The manufactures hijacked F1 and in the process they've ruined it. Its not just the PUs themselves (they are horrible), but the unfair system that allows Merc to always be ahead. If F1 continues down this road, I'll stop watching along with the many who already have. I've zero interest in Formula E and that's the way the manufactures are heading. There's a empty space left where F1 should be. Someone needs to start a new formula without manufactures, with customer 2.5L V8/V10 ICE made by Cosworth, manual gearboxes, customer tubs and brakes, with limited wing surface area, soft fat slicks and no ceramic brakes and be on free TV.21-01-2021 07:48
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I don't see Charles giving Sainz a hard time, Max didn't, but the Ferrari environment wont be fun and it can be less than fair on its drivers. Sainz, Lando, LeClerc, Max, Russell etc are all pretty quick drivers, but so far we've seen nothing to suggest any one of them is constantly quicker than the others. If the new regulations deliver we could be in for some good racing. Its just a shame this season will be boring. At least Alonso's back to liven things up a bit.20-01-2021 04:18
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Firstly the problem was caused by Grosjean himself, cutting other drivers up, so it was fortunate he was the one hurt and not an innocent party. The Armco barrier shouldn't have been at such a sharp angle to the track. They aren't designed for head on or sharp angle collisions, someone really should have noticed it. With the likes of Grosjean out there a crash is possible anywhere not just where we would expect it.20-01-2021 03:50
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It seems the McLaren had good traction, but was lacking in the aero department. The traction could have been down to the Renault and the McLaren with a Merc PU could possibly be worse. I hope not, but we'll see.20-01-2021 04:26
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Oh great, another corporate nonentity, just what F1 needs....19-01-2021 10:54
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Iron Duke
Precisely, the exhaust-pipe is just moved to the power plant out of sight, electric or renewable energy is a sham. ICEs still have many years of service left, they are very efficient these days and certain to become even more so in the future.19-01-2021 10:59