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[sambro]

so its the car, not the driver, all along then?

[R1Geezer]

If the drivers are equal then the better car wins yes but generally it's the driver that counts.

[R1Geezer]

Or they could put maureen from driving school in the fastest car and pay her 2 bob and hour!

[T&S]

I heard an interesting suggestion regarding F1. It went along the lines of if there are 20 races and 10 teams, get every driver to drive for each team in 2 races. Then whoever has the most points has proved themselves to be the best driver as they all have to drive for the cr*p teams and the good ones.

Any thoughts?

[Gormless]

Very occasionally there is an OUTSTANDING driver, in our generation, it was Ayrton Senna, who could go fast in anything, e.g. the Toleman at Monaco.

By and large though, given that all F1 drivers are tops, it is the car, e.g. Mario Andretti's championship season was very much down to the Lotus he was driving.

A fascinating season in prospect? All luck to Button, but if he wins it, it will have been at least 50% car.

[sn�gs]

Stick Lewis Hamilton in a Force India car and he won't be anywhere close to where he'll get in a McLaren... he'll qualify lower... therefore start on the grid lower and will have less speed... his pit stops will be slightly slower too...

However... put Giancarlo Fisichella in a McLaren and he'll still be sh1t... and winge as much as he always does...

[sn�gs]

Having said that ^... McLaren are not too hot at the moment so maybe Lewis would be better off in a Force India seat!

[Jugglering]

Virtually none of us *normal drivers* would have a hope in hell in being able to even keep a F1 car on the road, never mind drive it properly.. so please don't knock these guys. Even the so-called *bad or poor F1 drivers* are actually tremendously talented and able in their field... it's just that us armchair F1 experts think we could better... no, we could not !

How many of you have even been on a skid pan ? (I have and I know just how tricky that is... to an F1 driver that would be oh so easy lol)

[123everton]

Schumacher did quite well at Bennetton.

[mark01]

juggler - how many of us *normal drivers* have ever had a chance at this 'sport' ?

[sambro]

so all them titles schumacher won,it must have been the car.Button has won one grand prix,and all of a sudden, hes one of the favourites tonight!!

[mark01]

Button on pole position now

[trt]

I could beat them all in my Mondeo ; - )