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| Rosberg vs Schumacher; who will prevail | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 27 2009, 10:42 AM (1,489 Views) | |
| Brave_Lee_Flea | Dec 30 2009, 10:50 PM Post #31 |
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Fair enough, I thought so too. |
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| P1 | Dec 30 2009, 11:33 PM Post #32 |
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Voted for Schumacher to get the better of Nico. Though I like Nico and less so MS, the last long time at Williams, Frank W was not nearly as positively outspoken about Nico as earlier on. Is he not as good as first thought to be? MS recent performances at ROC and karting tells me he is back in tip top shape. The old master will be back. maybe with slight slower reflexes and a few more grey hairs, but he still has it and appears top motivated. Not at least to be teaming up with his old brother in arms R Brawn, chief guru of tech and race strategy. |
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| ELUSIVEJIM | Dec 31 2009, 01:53 AM Post #33 |
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But did anyone check M Schumachers pockets when he was leaving Ferrari's head quarters?? Maybe Mercedes know the Ferrari 2010 car already??
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| sportsman | Dec 31 2009, 08:23 AM Post #34 |
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I keep hearing this one about drivers needing to change their driving style. Alonso, who started in Abu Dhabi with over 100kg of fuel and went progressively faster without suffering any tyre degradation and no change in driving style. And that was in a car not designed or ballasted for these fuel loads. And Alonso himself hs said that he has no intention of changing his style, neither does he think that any others drivers will need to “I do not believe it (the refueling ban) is going to be decisive or change the races very much. The important thing will be to look after them (tires) in the first 10 or 15 laps, the first stint. But just because of that I don't believe the driving styles are going to change too much,” said Alonso to Spain's Marca, during a Santander event in Madrid. http://www.autoevolution.com/news/alonso-w...-ban-14175.html |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Dec 31 2009, 09:04 AM Post #35 |
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Another interesting snippet from that article reads
I thought the teams had fought off the proposed ban on tyre warmers on safety grounds and that they would now be allowed after all. Am I wrong about that? |
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| sportsman | Dec 31 2009, 10:23 AM Post #36 |
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No you are correct.But I used Alonso's quote.I think that the rest of the article is flawed as that is written by the journalist. But there is no reason to suspect Alonso's quote. Bridgestone on 2010 tyres. "The Japanese supplier has now revealed that additional changes will be made in light of the ban on refuelling for 2010 and the different race strategies that may therefore arise. "The construction is more durable, and the compounds have also been modified," said chief engineer Jun Matsuzaki. " http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=353481 |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Dec 31 2009, 10:33 AM Post #37 |
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Agreed, I wasn't arguing with that bit. |
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| RJHSaints | Jan 4 2010, 03:55 PM Post #38 |
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I'm not entirely convinced by Rosberg either. But Schumacher has been out of the car for over three years - his fitness may indeed still be excellent, but his sharpness and instincts will almost certainly have suffered due to inaction. And Rosberg in fairness has probably improved since the start of his career, has decent raw pace and seems to get involved in less incidents during races these days. Unfortunately for Schumacher, I just can't see him beating Rosberg over a season, it will take him a few races to get up to speed and if next year is anything like as competitive as this year was, then Schumacher could be some way behind in the points standings by the time he catches up, even with gaps of just a few tenths. |
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| Grieves | Jan 4 2010, 04:35 PM Post #39 |
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I remember the race when Schumacher returned from his broken leg...he absolutely killed the rest of the pack. His reactions may have slowed but I believe that he still has that hunger. I think there is only a couple of people on the grid that have the ability to match Schumacher in equal machinery when he has that hunger and I don't believe Rosberg is one of them. |
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| Rob | Jan 4 2010, 04:41 PM Post #40 |
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I think a lot of Shumi's rust will be dealt w/ in testing. A few sessions back behind the wheel and we may see the old Shumi returning (not the be confused w/ Old Shumi returning). |
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| P1 | Jan 5 2010, 07:48 PM Post #41 |
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Not to forget that both Rosberg and Schumacher will arrive as 'new' entrants into a 'new' team. Rosberg may be warm from last season's driving and will hit the tarmac with the wheels spinning but old Schumacher will be the one with most traction. If you like team talks, F1 politics etc or not, expect this also to be the case when they are off the tarmac.
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| John | Jan 5 2010, 10:19 PM Post #42 |
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you could be right but Mercedes have said Rosberg will draw first blood in the 2010 car by testing first, Schumacher is not scheduled to test until the second round of testing so Rosberg can hardly say Schumacher is getting special treatment over him. |
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| Brave_Lee_Flea | Jan 5 2010, 11:41 PM Post #43 |
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Nonsense, they're making Rosberg do the donkey work of ironing out the teething problems. He's being treated like Schumacher's tea boy. Oh ok, so I'm playing Devil's Advocate again. |
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| John | Jan 6 2010, 09:27 AM Post #44 |
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Naturally that is going to be the popular view of some, given the drivers involved, regardless of wether it was true or not.... that is life. |
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| AndyW76 | Jan 6 2010, 12:08 PM Post #45 |
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I have voted for Nico, though I don't believe there will be much in it. My reason being that as good as Schumi is, the best is yet to come from Nico and he is still trying to establish himself as a star, where as Schumacher has only come back on a 12 month contract, has nothing to prove and hasn't driven for 3 years. I see schumi coming back being like what happened to Mansell in 1995 (and our Nige actually raced during his time away from F1). |
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Schumacher will be the one with most traction. If you like team talks, F1 politics etc or not, expect this also to be the case when they are off the tarmac.

8:49 AM Jul 11