Edward Howard2 said:😕 Most people put Senna at the top of the GOAT list. If you haven't noticed, I’d actually rank Prost and Alonso right up there alongside MS. At least based on what I watched. Maybe there are some from earlier eras too. To me, MS is just 4th, and he's only marginally better than Jack Villeneuve—if they aren't basically tied. It's debatable.
Honestly, you clearly don't know anything about F1.🤷 And those few people putting Senna ahead of Schumacher are in the minority, no matter how much they try to deny it.😛
What an absolute idiot David Coulthard is. This isn't even up for debate—the blame lies squarely on him. There's no point in questioning whether Felipe Massa had any part in this. Honestly, he should just walk away from Formula 1 before he actually kills someone.
Williams' Kazuki Nakajima was the final finisher in this incredibly attritional race, taking seventh place despite running into Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) as he prepared for the final restart—damaging his front wing and ending the front row starter's race.
Forget Nakajima, we definitely didn't need another version of Takuma Sato. As if we weren't already dealing with enough from David Coulthard, Jarno Trulli, and the original Sato.
hollowhawk412 said:Brilliant strategy for Kubica... do they even have brains?
The BMW strategists spent the entire last season screwing over Kubica whenever they got the chance. They kept shoving him right into the traffic. This latest move is just a total disaster. Heidfeld always seems to come out on top in these scenarios, even though Kubica clearly has the pace.
The BMW strategists played a solid hand for Kubica once again 🙄 but it doesn't matter because Nakajima went full kamikaze on him—I’m assuming, since we didn't get a replay. Coulthard is a total moron; he keeps claiming he's got all this experience, but he drives like a complete rookie.
Some people root for the team, others just follow the driver. Personally, I don't care about loyalty to the brand. If they give my guy a decent car, fine. If they don't, I’m tearing them apart.
hollowhawk412 said:Man, you're such a Kubica fan...
Sure, Alonso is one of his closest buddies but my point is that Alonso saw what everyone else missed almost a month ago...
that the BMW is way faster than those testing numbers suggest...
The issues they ran into were just design risks and they're fixable—as we've already seen...
We'll see how it holds up long-term, though.
Look, I was bracing for a rough start to 2008 followed by steady progress. Even though I try not to judge an entire season based on a single qualifying session, this looks incredibly promising. I have zero doubt that BMW will find more pace and tighten everything up to be at the top level as the season unfolds.