From: geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org   
      
   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.   
      
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   geoff   
      
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