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Car or Driver?; Which makes the difference?
Topic Started: Jun 11 2009, 08:45 AM (383 Views)
GordonB
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TheCompleteGuitarist,Jun 12 2009
02:00 PM
Fair enough, I was never really a big fan of Irvine.

Was anybody ever a really big fan of his?

Except for Mr. E. Irvine of County Down.

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AndyW76,Jun 11 2009
05:27 PM
RJHSaints,Jun 11 2009
02:24 PM
I dunno, Kovalainen has been generally around the pace of Piquet (slightly better sometimes) and is a good marker for Alonso-Hamilton comparisons in my view. In fact Heikki has occasionally been better than Hamilton this year, unlike last year where he sometimes outqualified him but almost never beat him in an actual race.

I suspect Alonso is simply driving slightly better than Hamilton in a poor car......of course, he has more experience of this though with his Minardi days and last year.

Lewis hasn't been at the back in all the races, only at the high speed circuits. In fact, he was looking good in Monaco practice until a rather uncharacteristic error ruined his quallie.

The McLaren performance is very much dependent on the circuit where as the renault does show some consistency.

I know that, Hamilton has had a couple of very good races this year. Bahrain was an excellent drive.

Point is, Alonso has driven well in every race this year, not just when the car suits the track. Hamilton for example is only 4-3 up on his team-mate in qualifying, whereas Alonso is 7-0 this season (25-0 overall!) up on Piquet.
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