MASSA - Without Him Ferrari's 2007 Chances Would Be Slipping Away

Ron, when you consider most are more interested in Kimi not winning that Felipe picking up the silverware and plenty think the weekend was a real disappointment it is going to be a long season for a Felipe fan on F-Chat.

Maybe like LeMans of old once Felipe has worked his ass off and got a commanding lead he could do a driver change at the last stop and hand Kimi his car and a win to keep all the miserable Kimi fans on the board happy. lol

 

Ron, did you look closely in the pits at MS and see the Futaba R/C set that he was holding? And the extra aerial on Felipe's car. That explains why he could adjust the moulding in the cockpit at 200mph while letting go of the steering..........................

It's all making sense now, whereas Kimi has to to drive his car himself.

 

Do live in kindygarten or something?

Come on there is a heck of a lot more to F1 than just winning races. Even when MS was boringly winning we were still discussing things.

How you win is what makes history ... not many people talk about all of Fangios wins, but many refer to his '57 German GP one, for example.
Pete

 

haha good one

 

Common here. with due respect to Hamilton, the current hype is going around him is due to the fact he gels properly with the word consistency. yes, no argument with the fact he's been working hard from the tender age of 9-10 years old to be where he is today.

but lets be realistic. just one fast lap, and 4 podiums and people are making a big fuss outta this. please, remember, i'm not his critic or anything like that, ( in fact, deep down, if the titles doesn't come to Maranello, i really wish Hamilton, and not FA will take it ). but, it just happens that Lewis is in a top notch team at the moment. good for him.

but, i think, it's a lil too early to be getting into the hype he's the greatest, and heck, Bernie even compared him to MS. MS came from a budget team, and to a midfield team, Benetton. he turned the team around, before moving to another midfield team, Ferrari. they were even struggling to win races when MS came aboard.

so how can Lewis be so highly rated? he's done thousands of kilometres in testing, he grew up around the team, and he should know the car inside out. he worked hard and earned his spot there, no question. but comparing him to Massa, and heck...even MS? thats rubbish...

 

Kimi is also with a top team which he has logged some kilometers with. What's his excuse?

 

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150437&page=4

checkout what i have to say about Kimster, post 79.

 

Yes Felipe is doing an excellent job so far. I'm just curious how things will go for him when it's raining.

 

well, according to Andreas, he'll sail away

can u imagine how cool it will be if it rain in monaco? Sato may come out on top...we may never know

 

Ah Monaco, the ultimate parade circuit. I do hope for rain, fog, ice or snow
Because if the weather is perfect, we will most likely know the race podium finishers after qualifying on Saturday. As much as I like the pageantry of Monaco, as far as racing goes, I would be happy if the FIA would not count it as a real race. OK, back to the topic. With thirteen races left, Kimi could easily be back in the WDC race with just a few wins. Remember last year, many though MS was out of it and suddenly in the European series of races MS came back to challenge.

 

Right now it seems like FM is more mouldable which hopefully will include his weaknesses. I'm a little surprised at how well he is doing. Hopefully Kimi gets it together soon.

 

The real issue to me is why does Kimi always look like he is hungover. the man just doesn't have the physical conditioning that Filipi does.

I am beyond impressed with Louis Hamilton. Leading the championship? Just insane. He WILL win a race. And he might even win the title.

oh, and I like Filipi. I always thought the media was way to harsh on him last season.

 

kimi's still the best driver out there IMO. his car broke this race, and he's always going out heavier than Massa.

It's still a long season Massa certainly is carrying the team but what about the first race of the season where Kimi totally dominated?

 

If I was given the opportunity to do laps on any circuit I would choose this one, even if the car I was given was a Toyota van. Completely challenging and bloody fast.

Pete

 

Still didn't win...

 

Not entirely the point. His and Ferrai's resurgence is what made the season much more exciting, and he certainly would have had his eigth title if it wasn't for that extremely random engine blow, with timing that was almost suspicious. So let's say that Kimi has plenty of time to get things together, whatever those issues may be, and win the title.

 

exactly....he's with a good team. I can see he is also a great driver, but would he really be doing as well if let's say he was on Red Bull, Honda, Toyota..etc.?

Monaco baby! two weeks! Can't wait!

 

He doesn't appear to be able to get past Massa and the more that Massa dominates him the less competitive Kimi becomes.

 

Right. So it all comes down to how long will it take Kimi to get his **** together. Also, will he do it in time to win enough races for himself?

 

Yes....because he is a massive 5 points ahead of Kimi so far.

What a complete embarrassment.

/rolleyes

 

When the season started, i was bound that Kimi will be the ruler in F1. But now, the F-Teams first member is Massa IMO. Kimi's in a summer dormancy.

 

That's because of the stupid points system. The same reason why Hamilton is leading the championship without one win. I'ts designed to keep everybody close together and therefor 5 points is massive and not that easy to repair (without relying on failures from the opposition). It also means that one or two DNFs will cost dearly and maybe the championship (look at last year as an example).