From: nuh-uh@nope.com
On 2025-08-12 19:32, Geoff wrote:
> On 12/08/2025 7:46 pm, Alan wrote:
>> 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.
>
>
> Yeh, but that was part of why they were in the spotlight.
>
Ummmm...no.
They were in the spotlight because of their results...
...with the possible exception of Montoya, who had the spotlight because
of his move from IndyCar to F1...
...and he was a race winner and pole winner in his first year.
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