Comments on: 2006 Turkish Grand Prix - Race - Massa Wins as Alonso Inches Closer To Championship

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:37:21 +0000

Ugh.. What are you even talking.. One race Michael makes a mistake and you say he cannot make the final distance? Either you’ve become amnesiac or you have selective memory regarding Michael’s skill..

By: Haas

Haas — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:10:12 +0000

Mistakes, He made a major mistake in Hungary costing him as many as 4 points. Made it in Quali(twice in two hot laps) costing him pole and a race win. Finally in the race costing him second.

We saw Alonso have 4 bad races and he did not make a single mistake in anyone of them, that too when everyone was breathing down his neck saying his car is not good(and frankly compared to the Ferrari’s it wasnt)

This season is close and all I said was Im betting on the guy who has nerves of steel.

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:11:18 +0000

Making mistakes is not a sign of him not having what it takes to go all the way. Maybe he made a mistake, so? Does that take away from his skill? Did Alonso not make a mistake yesterday, which Michael was unfortunately not able to capitalise on, but nonetheless he did.
And what would the situation have been, had Michael been ahead of Alonso after second pitstop?

The worst part of that point is, even after all that Michael has done, the records he has created, shown his skill, he is still considered “not good enough”

But the best part, his making a mistake once is considered so significant because he makes so few of them.

By: Haas

Haas — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 05:50:26 +0000

Making mistakes is not a sign of him not having what it takes to go all the way.
Excuse me… read that sentence again. In F1 the ones that do well are the ones that dont make any mistakes… Michael did that for 7 championships and Alonso did it last year and has done it this year as well.

Trust me nobody is taking anything away from the 7 time champion… Its just that “because he has won 7 times he should win this time” idea is crazy… He has probably had one of the best seasons compared to the guys on the grid but Alonso has a better season and is not crumbling under pressure.

his making a mistake once is considered so significant because he makes so few of them.
Exactly my point… makes you wonder that for a driver who made one mistake in like a season what must be running in his head to make 3 in 2 days and that too when all he had to do was not over do it.

Thats the only difference I find between the two drivers, other than the fact that Ferrari is clearly stronger than the Renault… In my “opinion” that will be more than enough to make or break the championship