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   Alan to Yazoo   
   Re: VER v.HAM Hungary 2025   
   12 Aug 25 00:46:02   
   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-08-12 00:15, Yazoo wrote:   
   > On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 11:28:34 -0700, Alan  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-08-11 10:50, Mark Jackson wrote:   
   >>> On 8/11/2025 1:20 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-08-11 02:25, Yazoo wrote:   
   >>>>> On Sat, 09 Aug 2025 07:26:02 +0100, vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole)   
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> ...   
   >>>>>> I really hope that next year's Red Bull is an absolute dog of a car   
   >>>>>> and he   
   >>>>>> gets fed up enough of it that he quits the sport, as he's threatened   
   >>>>>> to do   
   >>>>>> on occaision. Can't wait to see the back of Team Verstappen...   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Well, personally I'd like to see him go. He is a good driver, but not   
   >>>>> respectable in any way. I would not miss him.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> He's not that much different than any other F1 driver.   
   >>>   
   >>> It only appears that way if one uses a log scale.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Nope.   
   >>   
   >> While there are certainly exceptions, more F1 drivers are like   
   >> Verstappen than you might think.   
   >>   
   >> It's just that we don't see it as much.   
   >   
   > We can agree to disagree.   
   > I've been following F1 since mid-seventies.   
      
   So have I.   
      
   >   
   > There were some competitive and arrogant drivers: Hunt, Senna, Alonso,   
   > Michael Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve, Montoya, Nelson Piquet,   
   > Hamilton.   
   >   
   > But only match in this regard with Max Vertsapen could be Michael   
   > Scumacher. These two stand out in this group.   
   But each of those you've mentioned was in the spotlight.   
      
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