My thoughts exactly. It was great to watch the moment when I knew, beyond any doubt, that he is a special talent and not just a potential one; di Resta's not fit to lick Hulk's arse clean.
I noticed that and I thought how refreshing it was to see someone with money who doesn't have Hollywood teeth. Are they really yellow though or just not bleach white? Then again, maybe he has to smoke to keep the weight down
If i were to critically analyse the pair of them, on set topics, i would say: Ability Hulk wins this, as he's shown more promise than Di Resta has. Hulk would have won the Brazilian GP last season if it weren't for Lewis Hamilton, Di Resta has never looked close to winning a race. Plus Hulk rarely makes mental errors, whereas Di Resta seems to make a lot. Feedback Hulk knows an F1 car, you can tell by his technical feedback over the team radio. The fact he's put a seriously difficult car in good positions shows that he knows how to analyse and drive around issues. Di Resta, on the other hand, clearly has no idea what he's doing set-up wise, choosing to blame his team for every mistake. Which leads me to.. Teamwork Hulk is a team player. He's still giving 110% even though he's not getting paid on time, you can see he's genuinely appreciative of the team's efforts. Di resta is the polar opposite of this. Beating Vettel Paul Di Resta beat Vettel in F3. Hulk just has a few f1 finishes ahead of Vettel, so Di Resta wins due to the prestigious nature of his triumphs.
please log in to view this image Tisk tisk Mr Vettel, the only thing which will faster than you in the future will be tooth decay with that glass of coke!
[video=youtube;b2lfHXdDpSk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2lfHXdDpSk[/video] Damn that Hamilton being alongside him when Hulk lost it. Hope the stewards are aware that some racing was taking place
I used to wonder why Hulk made his sideways move to Sauber for this season: it can't have been for any performance boost so I wondered if getting clear of di Resta, or the atmosphere around PdR, was a factor. I've heard there are rumours that Hulk may return to FI though so... Anyway, more and more it seems di Resta doesn't have the temperament for this sport despite all his family connections within motorsport; talent wise, he has had the odd moment but he's knocking on a bit now to be stuck in the 'potential' stage and wouldn't teams be wary of a driver who is extremely temperamental but with only sporadic shows of talent to match? As for your name change, I'd go back to Kyle if I were you but if you want some suggestions, I've got a few: Isabel Endlicker, Willi Pfister, ANL Wartz... Er, well, plenty more where they came from but my mind's just gone blank
Hulk moving to Sauber was not a sideways move in any sense. At the time Sauber were faster than Force India (it's important to remember that Kobayashi and Perez were 2nd and 4th on the grid at Spa, for instance) plus I assume they offered him distinct lead driver status - which may well prove invaluable in negotiations to replace Raikkonen - which he did not get at Force India. It's not turned out quite as well as he'd hoped but it made sense at the time and may yet prove very fruitful.
I half agree with you. You're right about Sauber last year, they were performing consistently well last season but it was just one good season and, IMO, they were only just shading FI in a general sense. I expect that Hulk and his people would have been well aware that Sauber are not a rich team and that without a big budget the probability of maintaining their 2012 level of performance would not be that high; it's the way of F1 through the years. On the other hand, right now it's great to see them getting back again to where they were last year.
Sauber and Force India are teams of similar standing. Last year though there were concerns over Force India's finances and Hulk may have felt (wrongly as it turned out) that Sauber were more stable. Another factor is that FI hadn't offered him a contract. They almost certainly would have but they leave it ridiculously late to sign drivers, and if a team of similar potential is offering you a guaranteed drive and a decent salary six months before your current team, generally you'd accept it. Sauber being based in a German speaking part of Switzerland may have played a part too, obviously his English is perfect but people tend to prefer speaking in their native language.
Well, I hope everyone enjoyed that! Some great racing. I found it thoroughly entertaining, although none were ever going to threaten Vettel, who I believe had plenty in reserve and could have gone considerably quicker. Some great performances as well as a few to forget. I was very impressed with Hulkenberg who made intelligent use of his advantage in traction and straight line speed to hold off enormous pressure from Hamilton. He always seemed to know he had the advantage, and when Hamilton forced his way past, Hulkenberg kept a very cool head. Great stuff. Both drove supremely. Meanwhile Alonso loitered with intent and seemed to be waiting (expecting/hoping?) for them to collide! I am certain Alonso's view of the action will have left an indelible impression: it could not have failed to impress him. Massa was poor. (Full stop?) Well, I could have left it at that but perhaps some back-handed homage is due. Despite the tantalising title challenge in what he will always look back on as his best ever season, he has always tended been too inconsistent, in my view. Unfortunately, it is clear that since that cliff-hangar season, his only development has been to pile on even more inconsistency… In my opinion, unless there is some miraculous turn around, he is all but washed-up. At the end of this season, he should consider a graceful resignation to something less mentally and physically taxing. Having eventually despatched Alonso, Webber was extremely unlucky to have the side of his car caved-in by an out of control Sutil. I believe it was this which pushed bodywork right onto the right side of the exhaust which led to the fire. Sutil outbraked himself in a scrap behind, spun, and collected Webber – who became a completely innocent victim of a racing incident. Very unfortunate for anyone with a balanced outlook. Di Resta did himself no favours either with what looked to me like a an elementary error. It seemed to me he failed to account or anticipate the 'pendulum effect' after taking a little too much kerb. His ignominious demise was therefore a surprise to me. Not expected at this level. Button did 'an Alonso'; playing the waiting game but in a lesser car. Nonetheless, once again, he set a good example to his team mate. Perez is too excitable by far. He overdoes the risk taking and needs to become more measured. I'm trying to avoid saying 'hot-headed', which hints at parallels with Maldonado; but there: I've said it… Loads of other drivers are worthy of special comment here, especially Grosjean and Räikkönen; but I've only time to throw in one thing more for the moment: Mercedes. Talk about shooting oneself in the foot! I can't remember a bigger single team calamity this season – and yes, that probably includes McLaren! Very entertaining race though!
I think I'm becoming immune to Vettel, I quite enjoyed the race and only really remembered that there was a car in front of second at the end Hulk drove like a man possessed, he had a bit of luck but didn't make a mistake and drove in such a controlled manner. Thats a good bit for his cv so hopefully Sauber keeps this up or he gets a better dive. The shock horror of the race, a Red Bull was top of the speed traps [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="width: 100%, align: center"][TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="class: BG-Main31, width: 100%, bgcolor: #404040"]Race[/TD] [TD="class: BG-Main31, width: 34%, bgcolor: #404040"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="class: BG-Main31, width: 100%, bgcolor: #404040, align: center"][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="width: 100%, align: center"][TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="class: BG-Main31, width: 1, bgcolor: #404040"][/TD] [TD="width: 100%"][TABLE="width: 100%"] [TR] [TD="class: BG-Main31, bgcolor: #404040, align: center"] Cla [/TD] [TD="class: BG-Main31, bgcolor: #404040, align: right"] Nº [/TD] [TD="class: BG-Main31, bgcolor: #404040, align: left"] Driver [/TD] [TD="class: BG-Main31, bgcolor: #404040, align: right"] Km/h [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"]1[/TD] [TD="align: right"]2 [/TD] [TD="align: left"]Mark Webber[/TD] [TD="align: right"]320.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: BG-Alt1, bgcolor: #F0F0F0"] [TD="align: center"]2[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4 [/TD] [TD="align: left"]Felipe Massa[/TD] [TD="align: right"]320.0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3 [/TD] [TD="align: left"]Fernando Alonso[/TD] [TD="align: right"]320.0[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: BG-Alt1, bgcolor: #F0F0F0"] [TD="align: center"]4[/TD] [TD="align: right"]6 [/TD] [TD="align: left"]Sergio Pérez[/TD] [TD="align: right"]318.8[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: center"]5[/TD] [TD="align: right"]12 [/TD] [TD="align: left"]E.Gutiérrez[/TD] [TD="align: right"]318.1[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
Utter bollocks from Benson. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24420547 Here's a few non biased pearls of wisdom: Talk about taking a light hearted quote and throwing his toys out of the pram...
Benson follows Alonso's best mate on twitter @lecterhanibal and he follows him back. So what does that tell us hmmm?
420. frankiecrisp Fangio and Schumacher two truly great drivers who won four in a row when racing was racing Vettel should never have the right to be classed along side such greats until he has won a championship by racing not getting to the front on lap one and staying their. I hope people in years to come remember there is a huge difference between Fangio and Schumacher and Vettel. I burst out with laughter because he is contradicting himself already These two had some of the most dominant cars in F1 history, destroyed everybody in qualifying and rubbed it in on race day by most time over a minute every time and often lapping everybody 2-5 times, this at almost every season they entered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Italian_Grand_Prix
