Ferrari fans.... and McLaren- new trabant?

[massamuusi]

Ok, I just saw something that I can't remember ever before seeing on a Formula 1 GP, Kimi was catching Schumi, and suddenly his rudder-thing explodes off, and the car goes out in a straight line. Now, two things in my mind:
1) McLaren is less reliable than a Trabant. It seems their mechanicians are recruited from the DDR Trabant factory.
McLaren is like the Forrest Gump chocolate box- you never know what you get.
2) The ferrari fans- they cheered when Kimi's car crashed to the sidewall. Now, I have always known that ferrari, a sure winner, attracts cowards and other despiseable people to support it, but still, it's not right. Did I ever cheer when Schumi drove out? No. Do they actually wish that the only person who can make the sport somewhat semi-interesting would get hurt?

[TCon88]

His rear wing came off due to a problem with the carbon bonding apparently, after this happened he had no control and so the car 360ed and crashed into the tyre wall.
And yea, i know what you mean about the Ferrari fans being slightly sadistic in cheering when Kimi crashed but he's not the only one who can make the sport interesting, Jenson Button is also a very good driver who is quite capable of catching Schumacher.

[TonkaToys]

I was disappointed that the Maclaren suffered such a destructive failure just at the point where it looked like Kimi might be able to challenge Schumi. It would have made it a more interesting race for the lead.

Button is improving, but is the BAR? Assuming the cars and the drivers are improving, then BAR, Renault and Maclaren might be able to challenge Ferrari, however Ferrari seem to be improving just as fast as their rivals.

As for the Tifosi, they were out of line to cheer. Any driver in an accident like that might not survive, where they have no downforce to assist braking out of one of the fastest straights. Thank goodness he was OK, if a little peed off.

PS: welcome to the Org TCon88

[Balin son of Fundin]

Quote[/b] (massamuusi @ July 25 2004,17:41)]Ok, I just saw something that I can't remember ever before seeing on a Formula 1 GP, Kimi was catching Schumi, and suddenly his rudder-thing explodes off, and the car goes out in a straight line. Now, two things in my mind:
1) McLaren is less reliable than a Trabant. It seems their mechanicians are recruited from the DDR Trabant factory.
McLaren is like the Forrest Gump chocolate box- you never know what you get.
2) The ferrari fans- they cheered when Kimi's car crashed to the sidewall. Now, I have always known that ferrari, a sure winner, attracts cowards and other despiseable people to support it, but still, it's not right. Did I ever cheer when Schumi drove out? No. Do they actually wish that the only person who can make the sport somewhat semi-interesting would get hurt?

Ok, i am a Ferrari fan, and i just want to let you know i didnt cheer when i saw Kimi go off.. When a rear wing fails, it is really dangerous as the driver is a passenger..
The ferrari fans that cheered were Germans, in Germany watching a German driver being chased by a Finn. In their defence it may have just been sick patriotism?

[TCon88]

Quote[/b] (TonkaToys @ July 26 2004,03:06)]Button is improving, but is the BAR? Assuming the cars and the drivers are improving, then BAR, Renault and Maclaren might be able to challenge Ferrari, however Ferrari seem to be improving just as fast as their rivals.

Id say yes BAR are improving as are Renault and McLaren and out of the 3 of these id say BAR will be the first to fully challenge Ferrari/Schumacher although Kimi may do it sooner if it wasnt for all his car malfunctions. And yes, Ferrari are improving as well but not as fast as the others, i mean Barrichello finished in 12 or something like that, and his grid posistion at the start wasnt great either although his finishing position could be blamed on the accident at the start.

[rasoforos]

I m a Williams fan. I cannot stand Kimi. Everytime he crashes this little orc is abussive to the stewarts that are trying to help him , to the photographers , and he is just plain rude to the reporters. Doing all that he miraculusly manages to also be very very ...very boring I think he should start behaving or be punished. I prefer to see Alonso , Button or Webber becoming champions , Kimi is a helluva driver but just plain spoiled.
For as long as he continues to behave like that, and as long as he doesnt get hurt, i do not mind seeing him having to quit every race there is.

[massamuusi]

You haven't seen any of his finnish interviews, he says a lot more in finnish, as he isn't paid for speaking fluent english or being a to amuse you.
One of his early comments was My dad always told me, if you've got nothing to say, don't say anything. Which is btw quite common here. Also, we finns aren't very talkative. It's much easier to just type stuff or send sms than to speak. Everyone here bought mobile phones before anyone in the world just so we can avoid talking at all costs.

[rasoforos]

i dont mind him not talking. I dont like him elbowing stewards and being rude , he doesnt have a speech impediment , he has a behavioral problem.

[massamuusi]

If someone has a behavioral problem, then Schumi, he basically intentionally knocks other people out of the track... And laughs And he claims that he is being challenged He wins every race by several laps, and he claims he is being challenged
And I don't understand what you mean Kimi elbowing stewards, must be a language barrier there.
If you mean him sometimes being pissed off after the car fails to start 6th time in a row, then you I really don't understand what you're whining about. Unless you mean you would be just happy to have the most unreliable piece of carbage on the track.
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