Comments on: Coulthard hits back at Kravitz

By: Jean

Jean — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:52:30 +0000

DC could have replied on Kravitz’ comments “he just does not understand”. enough said.

By: antonyob

antonyob — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:52:30 +0000

eh? what was i supposed to do Keith? lay a wreath? thats a cheap card to pull on me to be frank. I was highly upset when Senna died, i dont need to continue that for the whole of my life. The point i was making is perfectly valid, how brave do you need to be in the modern era, nowhere near as brave as before the 1990′s is the answer. Its not obscure, its part of the very fabric of F1, and F1 wouldnt exist today if it hadnt changed- as the sport changed so did the type of driver who could flourish.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:45:05 +0000

Antonyob – I think it’s utterly heartless to describe two deaths in such flippant terms in an attempt to prove some obscure point about Coulthard’s bravery. A man who, incidentally, survived an aircraft crash in which two people were killed in 2000, and raced to the podium the following weekend despite still having broken ribs and other injuries from the crash.

By: antonyob

antonyob — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:35:33 +0000

oh yeh real balls. i remember DC saying he loved all the electronic aids as it meant he could floor the throttle mid corner and the computer would allow him to go the maximum speed possible. thats not balls, its ******.

DC didnt drive in the age drivers got killed. dont quote me senna nd ratzenberger, they were the exception. just check out the 60′s and 70′s if you want to see drivers with balls.

By: antonyob

antonyob — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:32:04 +0000

haaha toby. what are you DC’s mum?

IF DC was “the man” hed have come into Williams as the young hot shot and given his no 1 team mate somthing to think about. As Prost did to Lauda, Miki to Senna, Lewis to Alonso etc, he didnt and whatever his mum says the vast majority will rate him as middling, at best. You’re entitled to your view however few agree with you. As for the hotel, it means, twaddle brain, – hes surely above petty potshots, something, you it would seem are not. Now you run along and start making DC’s packed lunch or he’ll be all cross again.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:28:04 +0000

Why would DC care if he retired then or now? Why, because he gets to drive Formula One cars for his day job!

Damn right!

I don’t see the relevance of Hotel ownership in this. Should they sack Trulli because he owns a vineyard?

I think it should be compulsory for F1 drivers to own vineyards, just to play to the stereotypes NASCAR fans have about F1…

By: Toby

Toby — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:15:58 +0000

I’m with you, Senor Paz.

Whilst DC may not have seemingly taken his opportunities for Championships, he’s still won 13 races and accumulated the most points of any British driver. This is obviously through longevity, but that says enough in my opinion. Men wise enough, and certainly more knowledgeable than us have kept him in decent-to-great F1 cars for 15 seasons, regardless of the circumstances that saw him get his break.

Beneboy – You’re joking about McLaren giving equal opportunities to their drivers, right?

the limit –

However, I think it would have been prudent of him to have retired say two or three years ago rather than face years as an alsoran.

Why would DC care if he retired then or now? Why, because he gets to drive Formula One cars for his day job! Why stop if the team says go?!

Antonyob –

Another reason BBC should keep Kravitz. DC is having a laugh if he thinks hes a has been, he couldnt even beat Damon in a Williams.

Funny, when was that? Was that at the start of DC’s career?

I think any driver that comes anywhere close to an experienced team-mate in his first (even second) season is doing ok, especially with no TC, LC or any other rubbish. DC started when it still took real balls to drive an F1 car really fast. Hill nearly won the Championship (arguably should have) in 1994. Don’t forget that he was replacing Senna, too. How’s that for pressure?!

More than half of the Championship contenders would’ve ended up in hospital this year if they drove as badly when DC started. Maybe they take more risks nowadays because of the safety standard increase, but who knows….

How do you think Hamilton would have fared in the same circumstances, especially noting his no-TC mistakes this season? Probably better is my guess, but neither I, nor (pointedly) you, would know any better.

….well if a guy who’s raced in F1 for 15 years and owns a hotel in Monaco feels the need to get catty about a guy in a jumpsuit who calls the pitstops then hes a very little man indeed.

I don’t see the relevance of Hotel ownership in this. Should they sack Trulli because he owns a vineyard?

I think the little man here is Ted Kravitz. He’s taken a poor, and frankly amateur, potshot at DC the driver – or is it DC, the guy who’s effectively taking Ted’s job – sans fake pit overalls?

By: Senor Paz

Senor Paz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:07:29 +0000

Ted:
“Could he not have overtaken the Renault?”

Was he being serious? Does Ted Kravitz know anything about F1 or is he just a plain moron?

David:
“The public relies on so-called expert opinions, but very often the opinion-formers are people who don’t have any direct experience of what they are talking about.”

Lovely work, David. It is hard to believe how ITV would hire a pathetic idiot such as Ted Kravitz. Then again, James Allen is the commentator, so at least they’re being consistent.

Oh, by the way, David also notices ITV’s bias for Lewis Hamilton. Well done.

By: the limit

the limit — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:05:35 +0000

I liked the snippet about Hamilton, and Coulthard does share his opinion openly, but I have this to say. If I was driving that McLaren, and had Coulthard ahead of me, I would have been cautious too.
Coulthard has been involved in so many crashes this season alone, colliding with Massa, Vettel, Barrichello, Button, Nakajima, and so on. He then gets upset when he is criticised, I would think that would be obvious. Coulthard is a great driver, but his boat sailed along time ago when he was at McLaren alongside Hakkinen.
Those years were his best opportunity to become champion. From 2004 onwards, he has been drumming along in the midfield, causing the odd shunt whilst attempting overtaking that were never going to work.
This also comes, from a man who claimed that Hamilton would struggle last year adapting to Formula One.
I may not live in England, so I have not seen the pro Hamilton camp in all their glory, so maybe this has affected Coulthard. However, I think it would have been prudent of him to have retired say two or three years ago rather than face years as an alsoran.
Better to burn out than fade away, as the song goes…

By: beneboy

beneboy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:15:44 +0000

I’ve not checked the stats but I reckon Coulthard has probably partnered more championship winning drivers than anyone.

Throughout his career he’s had some of the best cars on the track available to him and has consistently failed to win a championship while many of his team mates have won.

He doesn’t even have the Schumacher excuse that Rubens/Irvine had as Williams & McLaren normally give both drivers the chance of winning.

Lots of points but you can’t show them to the grandkids.