Comments on: The talented few of motorised sport http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/the-talented-few-of-motorised-sport/ The original motor racing magazine Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:44:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rob widdows http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/the-talented-few-of-motorised-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-9407 rob widdows Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:10:03 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=1464#comment-9407 Hum! Not a very good bet, was it? I thought Hamilton had already learnt not to win races in the first corner. If he really is a great driver, then Sunday will make him even stronger. If not........well, he could take a look at how Alonso goes racing. Maybe he should have done so last year. The 2008 championship is being organised very nicely....................and looks like keeping us hooked all the way to Brazil. Hum. RW Hum! Not a very good bet, was it? I thought Hamilton had already learnt not to win races in the first corner.
If he really is a great driver, then Sunday will make him even stronger. If not……..well, he could take a look at how Alonso goes racing. Maybe he should have done so last year.
The 2008 championship is being organised very nicely………………..and looks like keeping us hooked all the way to Brazil. Hum.
RW

]]> By: Filipe Amoroso http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/the-talented-few-of-motorised-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-9172 Filipe Amoroso Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:17:37 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=1464#comment-9172 It was an extraordinary bet from the start line until turn 1. Good luck with your recovery! It was an extraordinary bet from the start line until turn 1.

Good luck with your recovery!

]]> By: rob widdows http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/the-talented-few-of-motorised-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-9088 rob widdows Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:46:54 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=1464#comment-9088 Dear All Having safely completed my pit stop I am now traing hard to be a one-handed typist. Luckily the anaesthetic had dissipated by the time the cars went out for qualifying in Japan this morning and I managed to make tea, tie my shoe laces and get in front of the TV, all with one hand. Forgive the odd bit of nonsense - it's caused by the damn laster cast hitting the keyboard. Anyway, after Hamilton had taken a vital pole position, the phone rang and it wa Jo Ramirez, the man who was for so long the team manager at McLaren, looking after both Prost and Senna in those halcyon days. "I think Lewis is learning now that sometimes he must slow down, drive for points, if he's going to win the championship," said Jo, "he's definitely maturing and the team seems to be more organised than last year. Ron is still very much in charge, you know, and he has the title very much in focus. I cannot understand what happened in Monza, with the tyre choice in the wet sessions, but the team is back on track, and Lewis looks a lot calmer, a lot stonger than this time last season." Ramirez is in London, on his way to Mexico for the 2008 La Carrera Panamericana road race which starts on October 23rd. He will drive a Volvo, as he did last year, when he won his class. I was due to be there myself until I realised I would not be too useful with one hand out of action. Mexico is not the place for a one-armed bandit. The Panamericana is the last of the great road races, a truly spectacular event that demands skill, courage and stamina. This year Jan Lammers is also taking part, in a Porsche, as are the young Bleekemolens from Holland. "Jan says he's only there to have some fun," says Ramirez, "if you believe that, you believe anything. He's a racer, we all are." I will be reporting on the great race, with photos from the stages and some comments from local hero JR as he goes for another win in the Volvo. Early start for Fuji tomorrow then, and all looks set fair for Hamilton. But, as many of you have reminded me, we've been here before. Kimi to win, Lewis to rack up some more points, that's my bet.We shall see. This takes ages with two fingers...............! RW Dear All
Having safely completed my pit stop I am now traing hard to be a one-handed typist. Luckily the anaesthetic had dissipated by the time the cars went out for qualifying in Japan this morning and I managed to make tea, tie my shoe laces and get in front of the TV, all with one hand.
Forgive the odd bit of nonsense – it’s caused by the damn laster cast hitting the keyboard.
Anyway, after Hamilton had taken a vital pole position, the phone rang and it wa Jo Ramirez, the man who was for so long the team manager at McLaren, looking after both Prost and Senna in those halcyon days.
“I think Lewis is learning now that sometimes he must slow down, drive for points, if he’s going to win the championship,” said Jo, “he’s definitely maturing and the team seems to be more organised than last year. Ron is still very much in charge, you know, and he has the title very much in focus. I cannot understand what happened in Monza, with the tyre choice in the wet sessions, but the team is back on track, and Lewis looks a lot calmer, a lot stonger than this time last season.”
Ramirez is in London, on his way to Mexico for the 2008 La Carrera Panamericana road race which starts on October 23rd. He will drive a Volvo, as he did last year, when he won his class. I was due to be there myself until I realised I would not be too useful with one hand out of action. Mexico is not the place for a one-armed bandit. The Panamericana is the last of the great road races, a truly spectacular event that demands skill, courage and stamina. This year Jan Lammers is also taking part, in a Porsche, as are the young Bleekemolens from Holland.
“Jan says he’s only there to have some fun,” says Ramirez, “if you believe that, you believe anything. He’s a racer, we all are.”
I will be reporting on the great race, with photos from the stages and some comments from local hero JR as he goes for another win in the Volvo.
Early start for Fuji tomorrow then, and all looks set fair for Hamilton. But, as many of you have reminded me, we’ve been here before.
Kimi to win, Lewis to rack up some more points, that’s my bet.We shall see.
This takes ages with two fingers……………!
RW

]]> By: Aleš Norský http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/the-talented-few-of-motorised-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-8629 Aleš Norský Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:27:51 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=1464#comment-8629 If you rate driving skill and success, M.Schumacher must easily be close to the top on any Top 10 Grand Prix divers list. I would say that in the history of Formula One only Fangio was (marginally) more accomplished and only Clark was actually better. And for the Senna crowd...bring it on! On the other Champions, it is hard enough to try comparing Grand Prix drivers from different eras, let alone drivers/riders across various forms of racing. Let's just say that I am quite certain that all of them would beat me in their sleep in any kind of machinery. If you rate driving skill and success, M.Schumacher must easily be close to the top on any Top 10 Grand Prix divers list. I would say that in the history of Formula One only Fangio was (marginally) more accomplished and only Clark was actually better. And for the Senna crowd…bring it on!

On the other Champions, it is hard enough to try comparing Grand Prix drivers from different eras, let alone drivers/riders across various forms of racing. Let’s just say that I am quite certain that all of them would beat me in their sleep in any kind of machinery.

]]> By: rob widdows http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/the-talented-few-of-motorised-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-8617 rob widdows Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:12:09 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=1464#comment-8617 He is not in my top 10 either. Too much skullduggery! Thanks for your view, and hope you enjoy the magazine. Cannot type much today. Had a small op on my right hand!!! RW He is not in my top 10 either. Too much skullduggery!
Thanks for your view, and hope you enjoy the magazine.
Cannot type much today. Had a small op on my right hand!!!
RW

]]> By: Dave Cubbedge http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/f1/the-talented-few-of-motorised-sport/comment-page-1/#comment-8594 Dave Cubbedge Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:41:13 +0000 http://www.motorsportmagazine.co.uk/?p=1464#comment-8594 I have been following motorsport since the mid-60s, and consider myself somwhat of an historian of GP racing. So I am prepared to take some flak by saying that Michael Schumacher barely registers on my all time top 10 list. (For reasons why, see Nigel Roebuck!) There are at least 10 World Champions that I would rate higher, and that doesn't even include Moss and the pre-war set. Despite having said all that, it would be neat to see all of them in a three-way contest; let them each drive F1, MotoGP and WRC machinery and compare. I have been following motorsport since the mid-60s, and consider myself somwhat of an historian of GP racing. So I am prepared to take some flak by saying that Michael Schumacher barely registers on my all time top 10 list. (For reasons why, see Nigel Roebuck!) There are at least 10 World Champions that I would rate higher, and that doesn’t even include Moss and the pre-war set.

Despite having said all that, it would be neat to see all of them in a three-way contest; let them each drive F1, MotoGP and WRC machinery and compare.

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