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was a pretty good race !! the back straight where 4cars can drag at the same time were exciting !!
regarding to kimi, i reckon his the best driver on the grid right now !! foucs and hungry for a win/WDC.
i think asia needs more go kart events !!! maybe then in 10years time we will see some result !! most of the good "asian" racer get trained in England or france !
Kimi best driver on the track?
Sorry but i disagree.
Michael is the best driver out there by a long shot.
Remember it comes to testing and qualifying etc.
Not just race day, also the amount of experience.
Alonso is in Kimi catergory in my opinion.
Jacques and Coulthard are both great drivers.
i think kimi is actaully a better driver. I jsut think its teh car under michael that is the difference between them.
Yeah, Sato's got two things going for him.
1. He's asian, which Honda loves.
2. He's quick, very quick.
I know he tends to self destruct but he's young, he'll mature, and i think if he does manage to mature he'll be a contender in the future. I'm also a Sato fan, coz he drives, doesn't hang around waiting for a pit stop to pass someone..
And it would be bad for team morale if the mechanics have to bust their arse for someone who they know wanted to leave the team. I think better to let Button go (they still get their second place $$) and pick up coulthard for a year.
Who knows, maybe coulthard can make a go of it in his last chance? And if not, he's steady and will rack up points.
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I'm sorry but you can't be for real.
Even in the same car Michael would beat him.
Sato a front contender?
I doubt that, he has the same car as Button and he isn't doing as well.
Yes he has come 3rd that was a one off, and from memory half the field wasn't there.
Its like saying when Fisichella won he will be the next WDC.
Next WDC contenders are (in my opinion only)
Kimi
Button
Juan (next few years only)
Webber (depends on how he goes in Williams)
Alonso
Sato might be a Coulthard and just be the "2nd" driver for a team mate, but i can't see him being number 1 driver at BAR.
sorry, by Sato being a contender i meant for race wins, not titles, Button has to be the hot pick for titles once Schumacher retires, if he ever does, Kimi is about on par with Button i think, maybe slightly better on his day.
although its hard to judge on this years performances from him, he's had terrible luck, but then again, last year Schumacher had bad luck which let him fight for the title.
I think Juan would be a chance, but like you said, he's running out of time and Schumacher wont retire for a few years yet, and he can't beat him in a straight fight.
Rubens could do it if Schumacher retired, depending on if the Ferrari boys stayed with the team after he left.
And Sato's young, so he's quick but makes mistakes, give him time and I think he'll do well in the right car.
yeh good point about if the Ferrari crew remain, becuase as F1 magazine reported, when they invited Schumacher into Maranello they simply said, name the price, bring who you want, choose the second driver and do it your way. Once Schumacher retires, which wont be to atleast end of 2005, where will his crew go?
His crew will go to the next big team who is dominating F1 or work for another team trying to bring them up to the big boys field.
do you think his crew will all stay together? i mean, as with drivers, isn't it all to the highest bidder/best package etc? like drivers the tech crew are just another commodity
great article in this month's wheels on chris dyer (schu's race engineer), also with sam micheal at williams its good to see a few aussies involved in F1
as well as paul stoddart and mark webber of course :D
it might be a bit off-topic but the 'chinese connection' is there:
jean todt and michelle yeoh (bond girl in 'tomorrow never dies') to marry
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/09/2...401636611.html
I reckon his crew will scatter, some of them probably even retire.
yeh well with Jean Todt likely to take over Max Mosley possibly as early as 2006, the remaining crew would not be the same without his control.