Ah Snowy, you're too deep for me! And, so is Julian! But I'm just a poor old unsophisticated 'wanna be tifosi' who wonders why everyone so hates the red cars and their drivers
I say 'wanna be' because I don't think I'll ever see Maranello even from the OUTside.
Come to think of it, I'll probably not see Woking (now I'm misspelling it I know) either. I mean that place recently built somewhere in England by Goldfinger, oops, I mean Ron Dennis, to house the forces of Daimler Benz where they'd be safe from Bomber Command.
When I visit England, I am always drawn to the South and West, tho' I do plan next time to get up to Norwich. I always try to get as far from London as possible.
But come on, chaps. You've got to admit that the Germans are ganging up on the French and Italians: It's looking like next year Ferarri will be struggling to stay ahead of BMW Sauber for crying out loud!
As to Renault... I look to them dropping even further down, if not out altogether.
Maybe Kimi wasn't so dumb after all for leaving McLaren: if it was he being outpointed by the rookie, EVERYONE would be talking about how badly he had been over-rated. Instead, he's making Michael's little buddy look more and more like Rubino every day.
But wouldn't it be REALLY rich if the racing gods made Massa the WDC this year! It could happen; McLaren is long overdue for a little Ferarri luck in the reliability area. And as to luck, if Kimi didn't have BAD luck, he wouldn't have no luck at all!
But, in fairness to JayVee's lad, on the circuit, there's no question which driver is the more exciting of the McLaren duo. Lewis is a pure driver (like the seven time WDC Michael Schumacher), but Fernando, like Kimi and Juan Pablo Montoya, is a RACER! Look at hia overtaking clinic from Hungary again. (I think he didn't get past Nick because they told him to save his engine for the next race. Lewis, meanwhile, spent a lot of the race in Kimi's crosshairs.)
How lucky are we to get to watch (at least when the T.V. coverage is anything like average!) so many fine --and different kinds of-- drivers: all having a go at one another in qualys and races!
So. For now it's the Kimster and the Rookie with 4 each. And both of them with tired engines. So I am thinking maybe Felipe will "catch up" with Kimi & Lewis, thus going ahead of his partner again in WDC points --just the thing to make Jean Todt tear the bandages off his fingers & the remaining hairs from his head! Of course, for that to happen, Fernando's luck would have to desert him. I think the next race for the pole is going to be something to see! And Fernando is going to be so close to the edge that he could well go over it.
Oh. I know, this is all madness. But, jeez! it's two more WEEKS!! What else is there to do? (besides watching IRL cars take off and fly!!)
Jim Watt
My Racing Gods: Fangio, Vukovich; Senna & Mears --all racers all the time; graceful winners & generous in defeat, but never giving up!!
Whilst being in a reflective mood and troubled by a lot that I have read in the press and other forums I was not particularly troubled by your exchange. I am actually guilty of using it as a pretext to pin my firmly held convictions (which of course I am completely innocent of) upon. With little snippets of information filtering out about the actual events that occurred in Hungary I wanted to air my views. And I was rather hoping someone would put a match to them so I could be excused for going into a rant and having a bout of verbal fisty cuffs and at the end of it be able to claim innocently that I had been the victim of an unprovoked attack. You see I too am capable of learning! And Lewis Hamilton is IMO a worthy roll model and has some rather interesting moves both on track and off. 
), I very much doubt they will go down further, I think they are starting to recover from the loss of two major assets (Michelin and Alonso) and we are seeing Kovalainen do his stuff.
Yes! 
