Comments on: Video: Best lap ever

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:55:58 +0000

Well as I wrote last year Alonso's first lap at the Hungaroring impressed me more. That was in the wet, just as Button's was at the Nurburgring this year.

By: Mad_Man_Moon

Mad_Man_Moon — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:24:10 +0000

All well and good, but wasn’t Senna’s lap in the rain?

Seriously, there still hasn’t been a better lap than Senna at Donnington.

By: Chris Jansson

Chris Jansson — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:01:30 +0000

Carldec, I didn’t say Fisichella was the overall best 2nd driver of last year. What I said was that he did actually provoke Schumacher to hit him (or whatever you like to think) two times last year.

By: Tommy B

Tommy B — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:23:57 +0000

Haha jenson. Alonsos first lap was amazing and he drove so well in the wet using the karting line. He showed shumi the rain master how its done

By: Journeyer

Journeyer — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 05:20:30 +0000

Alonso is right there when it comes to on-track driving. He’s good enough to beat a determined Schumi, and Kimi last year! A shame he let Lewis rattle him a bit this year. I just don’t like his off-track attitude.

As for better #2 driver, it’s easily Massa. 2 wins, picked up the points when needed, was at the sharp end more often (although he also made bad mistakes in a few tracks last year, notably Sakhir and Albert Park).

By: SoLiD

SoLiD — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:11:06 +0000

great driving indeed, his move on massa was great and he made it look so simple.
Schumi did drive really great as well with bad bridgestone wets… it was obvious;.. and I’m absolutly no schumi-lover … and again last race Alonso showed why he’s a two time world champion … I don’t believe much of massa’s bad tyres, Alonso is just the better driver.
In this video he shows his great abbilty to warm tyres (as we always see him do on warm up laps) -, be smart and a great driver… He obviously had great convidence in his car… and when that’s there noone (almos noone) can beat him)

Great drive!!

By: Carldec

Carldec — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:06:15 +0000

When Fernando is on his game, he is one of the greats of all time. This video is proof of that.

Chris, I love how you give Fisichella credit for hitting Schumacher… LOL. Fisichella was a terrible number 2 driver. Look at his bumbling at the race in China or his rediculous freak out when shumi came up behind him… He made a ton of mistakes last year, finishing behind Shumacher when Fisi had arguably the better car. He didnt even qualify in the top 10 in two races last year when he had arguably the best car.

No, Flippy boy was the best number 2 in 2006. dutifully blocking when needed, qualifying well, taking points from Alonso at critical times. Micheal just couldnt overcome his crash in austrailia, his retirement in Japan and his parking job at Monico.

By: Chris Jansson

Chris Jansson — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:46:08 +0000

Absolutley, now when Schumi has retired (being a Schumi fan) I can say that it is some impressive laps of Alonso.

One thing that springs to mind is that maybe Fisichella did a better job as 2nd driver considering the fact that he made Schumacher hit him atleast two times in the 2006 season, one on the Hungaroring where he damaged his frontwing and the second time he punctured his left rear wheel (I think it was, considering that T1 at Interlagos is a left while trying to pass Fisichella on the outside). But it could’ve been Schumacher beeing hotheaded aswell, or both.

By: Haas

Haas — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:59:54 +0000

If there was one race that he deserved to win based truly on his ability over other drivers that was the one!! But I somehow feel that walking out of that race with about 10 laps remaining gave him enough momentum to win the championship.
A Toast to a awesome drive in the rain!