Maybe you should get on Youtube like your buddy toil and do a little research. Here's one to get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FY8Q3PQha0
Wow, I have that race on dvd, and I never tire of watching him climb exonerably through the field after the start from hell. What a driver, absolutely class of the field, class of a lifetime. Forza Michael.....
I must say his last race was probably one of his best...he demolished the entire field...he started a lap down after that ****ing Fisichela hit him and punctured his tire..(couldn't stand the guy after that stunt) and overtook like crazy, his race pace was unbelievable...what a drive..and what a driver...
Was over 70 seconds down to 1st at one point after the tire explosion. Finished 24 down. Absolutely on another level that day.
Mika was generally honest about the car, and his performance. When he screwed up, he would say, "Driver error." I remember when he spun out of the lead at Monza in 1999 and went behind the bush to cry . . . the truth is that his car was having trouble shifting from 3rd down to second--second was sticking. He spun because his transmission jumped second and went into first, locking the wheels and causing the spin. Mika took the blame. And when asked about the crying, he simply said that he was passionate about his profession and wanted to wrench out the best result--of course he was disappointed when he failed. Extra points if you can name the driver that split MS and Mika -- or rather that MS and Mika split. On the prior lap, Schuey put him in the grass at about 180 mph. Man, F-1 cars were freaking beautiful then.
My wife and I attended that race, good day for Michael, not so good for his brother or Rubens at the start! We had a great time and the Australians could not have been any nicer.
The great, golden, years of F1. The best cars, a crop of good drivers, cars able to follow others without destroying their tyres, genuine overtaking, no battery bull****, no fuel limits and testing when needed to keep things competitive...... Seems like a dream now
OK, Coulthard drove for the 2 best teams of the time (Williams and McLaren), won 13 GPs, finished once runner-up in the WDC, and 4 times 3rd, but "he was crap" !! The rest of the post doesn't need commenting ...
His runner up was a fraud...Mika car was a time bomb, lololo and Rubens pretty much crap also...the rest of the post as lot of evidence..just look at Spa or Indy, or Suzuka 98 when he was so busy slowing the Ferraris he went of the track on his own!!
Singular way to dismiss one driver who was among the top contenders for several years, but it's your call, so we aren't going to argue about it. I cannot recall all of Coulthard's moves, but saying he was on a mission to stop Schumacher, seems a little exaggerated to me. Sure, he may have had more than one mistake in his career, but who hasn't? Schumacher perhaps...? LOL I remember Coulthard as a solid number 2, a gentleman on and off the track. Now he is a fair TV commentator and an astute businessman, I am told. I couldn't say a bad word against the Scott .
Quite like Coulthard, though I'm still pissed about Spa 1998 . Despite his colisions with Schumacher, the two still respected each other of track (took a while before the bad air of Spa 1998 to settle, a good 6 years or so IIRC!). It was either at the very last race of 2006 or Monza that Schumacher went up to DC and asked him to swap helmets, something he's very proud of. Also, Schumacher invited DC to plenty of after parties, where both ended up drinking, smoking cigars. I respect DC immensely for his commentary, he does a fantastic job at it. I do hope he and Brundle will commentate together again in the future as a team. As for Barrichello, I don't think he sucks, or ever did. He was so highly regarded before going to Ferrari, he was immense at Stewart. Couldn't hang with Schumacher, and it was a rare day when he did. Nice guy, though a bit whingy at times (aren't they all...).
I cannot see Coulthard responsible for that shunt. To me it was a racing incident caused by spray. Schumacher had no business blaming Coulthard for it; he shouldn't have been following blind so close. Senna made that mistake too once, and of course Pironi ended his career that way. When there is reduced visibility, you drive accordingly.
