Comments on: Tied at the top: Who will be champion?

By: sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr

sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:13:37 +0000

at end of the day gladiatior, this is keiths site, therfore he can write about what he wants if you dont like his views dont read it. i find this website very honest and in general keith is fair to every driver on the grid.

yes massa was crap at silverstone, raikkonen was crap at monaco. you seem to be missing alot of facts in your argument to twist the truth the way you want it to be.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:48:18 +0000

That is correct, Keith. Also, Michael Schumacher was under no pressure when he spun towards the end of the US Grand Prix in 2000. Lack of attention can afflict even the greatest drivers.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:30:49 +0000

I only remember Massa going off once at Monaco, whereas I think Raikkonen went off twice before hitting Sutil.

By: The gladiator

The gladiator — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:23:20 +0000

-Are u going to compare a racing incident on a wet track (Monaco Kimi-Adrian)at high speed with the 3 Massa spin/slip that took place under no visible pressure or?

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:11:48 +0000

Occasionally people accuse me of the the crime of having opinions. Of course I have opinions. I make no attempt to disguise that. (And opinions are, by definition, subjective). As for, "Massa has no ability to neither control his car on wet," that's AS's opinion, I respect it and I even agree with it to an extent - in fact I said as much earlier this year. But I don't agree you can say he has "no ability" to control his car in the wet. Massa's drive at Monaco this year wasn't perfect but it was a sight better than Raikkonen's - just ask Adrian Sutil. And Monaco is about the hardest place to drive in the wet. More opinions coming later by the way with the first part of the 2008 driver rankings later today...

By: The gladiator

The gladiator — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:47:08 +0000

-Unfortunately Mr. Keith,it must be stated that Ayrton Senna (or whoever he/she is) has mentioned two valid points,while you -as usual-tried to downplay his opinion with your subjective opinion.
Yes and even if you do not like it (exactly like u do not like the results of the FIA vote in the Max Mosley case), Ferrari is currently the only F1 team which has 2 high caliber drivers fighting for the crown.McLaren and BMW have obviously a very good driver and an almost good-for-nothing driver!

-Massa did some very fatal mistakes (Sepang,Monaco and Silverstone) which has cost his team and himself alot of very crucial and necessary championship points!
How on earth can u spin on a dry track while you are not under pressure from a competitior (Sepang)?

This is the big difference between him and the master Schumacher who led home his Brazilian team-mate, Rubens Barrichello at the US Grand Prix 2000 despite a spin five laps from the end of the race

-And the Monaco slip was also unnecessary.Right?

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:25:47 +0000

Didn’t Massa beat Raikkonen in the wet at Moanco? I think you’re being a bit harsh on Kovalainen as well.

Also, I don’t believe you really are Ayrton Senna…

By: Ayrton Senna

Ayrton Senna — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:22:07 +0000

-The race for the driver’s f1 crown will be between Kimi,Lewis and Robert…as Massa has no ability to neither control his car on wet (Monaco and Silverstone) nor on dry track (Sepang).
-Ferrari will win the constructors crown,no doubt as it is the only team that has two wining drivers.The other team e.g. BMW and Mclaren have only one “world class” F1 driver and a second soap class driver.

By: Fireblade

Fireblade — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:55:18 +0000

It will be a very cool final between Kubica,Kimi and Lewis!
Massa is too unexperienced and easily fooled by his ego…see Malysia,Monaco and Silverstone.
Ferrari will win the championship.Period.

By: sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr

sChUmAcHeRtHeGrEaTeStEvEr — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:51:00 +0000

im suprised how many people seem to think that kimi will walk it aslong as there are no wet races and ferrari stop cocking up. Kimi has won 2 races to massa’s 3, when massa is on it kimi doesnt get anywhere near him (nobody does) ive been dissapointed in him this year i though that now the pressure of becoming a champion was gone he would blow massa away, but he hasnt. kimi and massa will take points off eachother until it is mathmatically impossible for 1 to win the tittle. during this time lewis and kubica (who are 9/10 beating their team-mates will stay close. I think lewis has the best chance because of this. if he can win a couple more races maybe 2 or and get the kind of consistency we saw from him in the 1st half of last year he’ll win it. the problem ferrari have is, although they have the best car, neither driver is very good in the wet, and theyr both prone to having “off” days when they just dont look like they want to be there and perform nowhere near to the maximum potential.

for kubica to win he will have to win another race and hope ferrari and mclaren keep messing up.

i saw a comment earlier form i think Architrion sayin how good alonso has been this year. have i been watching different races to you??

theres been a couple of opportunites for alonso to score big points in races eg monaco where hes messed up bein gway too aggressive. i think it may have something to do with the fact he knows he cant win the tittle o hes just gambling to try and win a race but ive been slightly dissapointed with him.

my money is on lewis because kimi and massa will take points off eachother