I would argue he might have a point about Raikkonen and Grosjean though and i can't image Pirelli tyres being something Senna would enjoy. Hopefully someone more clued up than me can determine if good technical knoledge really is more important now than in Senna's day. A little bitterness definatelty from Piquet, but they're comment that don't deserve to be thrown out.
Well, I think a fair case could be made to suggest technical knowledge becomes ever more important with technological advances; but if Senna was alive today, he would surely have moved forward with the technology and therefore be similarly competitive with how he compared with his fellow drivers at the time. This is why such hypothesising is utterly futile, and why I berated little Piquet for coming out with such an indefensible, foolish statement.
I think it's fair to say that anything Piquet Jr. has to say can be taken with a pinch of salt. Given his track record in F1, he'd be better served by keeping his head down, mouth shut and enjoy being mediocre in NASTruck.
I think we're reading to much into Piquet's words here. What he's actually saying is "look at me, look at me, pay attention to meeeeeeeee" ....FACT
Ha! Actually, I get the impression there is at least a possibility it's Old Man telling Junior what to say! (Again?)
I did think that too. I vaguely remember Piquet Sr being critical over senna and calling him over-rated back then.
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Quite. It seems to me that he's never recovered from Senna A. and may be using his son as further resource for a battle in his own head. Opinion: There seems to be a lineage of like-mindedness. Little Piquet's paternal grandfather was a politician of considerable (ahem) ⦠influence. I wonder if Nelson feels he did not properly fulfil his dynastic role, and senses a personal bitterness âin addition to his little boy's total failureâ which he still needs to sweeten? â Does he feel, for instance, that without a self-glorifying movie, his only means of fixing history is through the mouth-piece of his own marionette?
P.S. to Bando: I was called away after beginning my last, and have only just seen your excellent 'digging a hole' post! I think that between us, my guessing and your digging may be unearthing an underlying truth…
I only have a passing interest in Moto GP, but I've noticed as the season's gone on that they have their very own Andrew Benson in the form of Steve Parrish. He raves and raves about Casey Stoner with the same fanboyish enthusiasm Benson talks about Hamilton with. Unlike Benson he doesn't allow comments at the bottom, so unlike Benson he doesn't even try to restrain himself to avoid abuse: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motogp/18986784 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motogp/19314411 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motogp/19358601 I know it's not F1 but I thought the many Benson fans on here might be interested. please log in to view this image
Fail to see how. Like you I only have a passing interest in Motogp, but even I'm not particularly enthusiastic about Stoner. I know he can ride like the clappers, but I just can't support him as enthusiastically as other Aussie sportsmen. Shame really.
Immensely troubling tweet from Jake Humphrey. If this is true and the choice of watching F1 is between watching it on Sky and watching it with any involvement from that fatuous **** then it'll be the end of my relationship with F1. I already struggle with the corruption, cheating, flip-flopping of the rules and eradication of any sporting ethos. Just the hint of a rumour puts me off the Belgian GP this weekend.
As much as I love him on Top Gear, it wouldn't work. He's ******ed, he's biased and would only talk about Mclaren, and he'd kill someone.
