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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 08:53 AM
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I am extremely disappointed with Hamilton and his attitude and his driving for that matter. Being confident I can understand but brazen cockiness is not very sporting and honestly speaking all his talk of I can go faster I can go faster has started to become very irritating. What does he think he drives a Thrust SSC that he can just sit in there and floor the pedal. I think he is not nursing the car at all, he is too busy pushing it all the time (exmpl. grainy tires yesterday). One of these days the McLaren is going to give and he is going to have a big accident.
I must say I am starting to agree more and more with Marco's outlook towards him.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 08:57 AM
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Honda- what the hell is wrong with you guys. Thank god Honda got Ross Brawn because whoever was incharge of this years program has already been shot in my head a couple of million times. Also Button has been diasppointing so far this year.
What Honda needs is to buy some BMW guys so that they can quickly turn the car around.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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I'm not putting Lewis in the gutter just yet. I still think he's incredibly talented and all in all, a sporting guy. I simply think he feels this way the same way Alonso felt last year. He thinks he's going to be given the WDC on a platter and doesn't expect Kov to be his competition. I do think he would have probably beat Kov if he hadn't had the pit problems today. Sometimes things happen and there's not much you can do about them.

Kov is a hell of a driver and absolutely has the attitude of a winner. I think ol' Louis just needs a little reality check.

If his attitude does get worse like Alonso's did... Then I will have no more respect for him any more either.

"If you want to win, you must go Finn"
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Flite,Mar 23 2008, 02:16 PM
I'm not putting Lewis in the gutter just yet. I still think he's incredibly talented and all in all, a sporting guy. I simply think he feels this way the same way Alonso felt last year. He thinks he's going to be given the WDC on a platter and doesn't expect Kov to be his competition. I do think he would have probably beat Kov if he hadn't had the pit problems today. Sometimes things happen and there's not much you can do about them.

Kov is a hell of a driver and absolutely has the attitude of a winner. I think ol' Louis just needs a little reality check.

If his attitude does get worse like Alonso's did... Then I will have no more respect for him any more either.

"If you want to win, you must go Finn"
The irony of the situation would be delicious. Go Heikki!!!

F1 is like a soap opera centered around race cars.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by [gTr
,Mar 23 2008, 06:57 AM] What Honda needs is to buy some BMW guys so that they can quickly turn the car around.
I think they've spent too many years with too many people trying for a quick fix. Keep Brawn, work the team, look for a younger driver (in 2-3 years) and they seem to have the ingredients for success.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Flite,Mar 23 2008, 12:16 PM
I'm not putting Lewis in the gutter just yet. I still think he's incredibly talented and all in all, a sporting guy.
Not to mention that, oh yeah, HE'S STILL LEADING IN POINTS.

Sheesh. You kids are as silly as baseball fans. Haven't you ever heard of "sample size"? One race does not a season make -- either way.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by GPMike,Mar 23 2008, 01:03 AM
Poor Massa....he either breaks or takes himself out. I think this is his last season with Ferrari. I don't think they see him as reliable.
You may well be right. I think that he has some serious turning around to do in the remainder of the season. Although we have to wait out the season, I think that the loss of traction control is perhaps beginning to separate the really good drivers who have quickly adapted to its absence from the rest of the field. Too me, today's incident looked like Massa just oversteered the car and brought the rear end around. Alonso, although a prima donna in what may prove to be a second tier car, really rung his Renault by the neck to finish in the points. He had his car slip-sliding around but kept it together. He drove like a two time world champion. I think the BMW's are making the season interesting, and it was nice to see Kubica's second place finish.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 05:27 PM
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Yep, I'm still a LH fan. He still has an easy-going positive attitude. He expresses just the right amount of confidence and I don't hear bragging, only normal smoke screens (of course we had more fuel...).

Those positive personality qualities are EXACTLY what Alonso lacks. He is such an uptight prissy loser. I admire his driving skill but I'll never be an Alonso fan.

Other complaints about Coulthard. Did you catch his interview about the damaged car? Oh yeah, the team gets paid highly to fix his ill-advised driving. Can't Red Bull find a driver with less of a chip on his shoulder?

I like the start of this season. Lots of drama and maybe BMW will make a three-way battle. What was up with not-so-quick Nick this race?
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 05:31 PM
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yaa bmw has improved a lot and are the best of the rest. triman54, u r right in that alonso showed us how a 2x world champ handles a car that oversteers. massa needs realize he is number 2 or learn to adapt his driving style a lil better.
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Old Mar 23, 2008 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by samerthehammer,Mar 23 2008, 08:31 PM
yaa bmw has improved a lot and are the best of the rest. triman54, u r right in that alonso showed us how a 2x world champ handles a car that oversteers. massa needs realize he is number 2 or learn to adapt his driving style a lil better.
LOL yeah....he needs to finish some races. How many races during last year and now this year did he DNF due to himself flying off the track. The amazing thing is....if you click my sig...Massa seems to have the talent and desire...I think his concentration is off, which is not good at F1 speeds. Kimi schooled Massa this race. Kimi schooled the field to be more precise. As long as his Ferrari stays reliable he could very well be a repeat Champ. Go Kimi!
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