Comments on: Vote for the best pass of 2009

By: Soumya Banerjee

Soumya Banerjee — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:27:50 +0000

Lew,get your head checked. Why did Raikkonen close in on Fisi through Eau Rouge before overtaking him at Kemmel? I suppose people use KERS in Eau Rouge? And if none of you fine gentlemen voted for it, then who did?

By: Maciek

Maciek — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:19:23 +0000

Cool enough, Streaking Sorcerer.

By: The Nude Wizard

The Nude Wizard — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:40:10 +0000

oh dear, and that was a bad typo haha.. Schumacher!

By: The Nude Wizard

The Nude Wizard — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:37:10 +0000

Fair enough i was only speaking directly to you in the first paragraph the rest was rather general and not demeaning you. I was speaking generally about polls not specifically about you.

And for the record i’m Ferrari tragic, as if I’d be a fan of Button haha. But i call it how i see it having been neck deep in the sport for 15+ years and having to hear every reason why i shouldnt be a Shumacher fan, its probably the only sport i passionately follow. It was an admirable drive from Kobayashi no doubt, but “best pass of the year” haha its just not right and yes people are entitled to their own opinions, it doesnt make it right though and it seems we agree there

By: Maciek

Maciek — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:11:52 +0000

Hey now there, like I said in my original post – no need for demeaning comments, and it wasn’t my choice for pass of the year. I think that Button fans resorting to arguments about skewed poll opinions borders on the intellectually dishonest, to be frank. It was a patient move by Kobayashi, for someone in his 2nd F1 race – that is all – never said it was the best, just well-thought through and patient.

By: The Nude Wizard

The Nude Wizard — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:46:54 +0000

We see people get passed after they pit and are on green tyres / a heavier fuel load than the person behind in almost every race. It’s only the people involved (a greenhorn and a world champion who has been accused of winning a supposedly “weak” title by his detractors) that brought attention to it.

It makes it a good story, it doesnt make it a good pass. Under the rules next year it would have never happened. Button would have known he wasnt racing him for position, he knew he was in a faster car that point, wouldnt have got in his road once past, and Button finished ahead of him at the end. It’s as simple as that. A good pass is when you gain an advantage over an actual rival in the same race as you with and you beat them, not momentarily reorder the race for 10 minutes before you pit too.

All this proves is like every other poll taken in the history of the world. It’s full of biased one eyed opinion with almost zero knowledge of what they’re actually judging. I think almost every political poll can attest to that.. One flavour of the week is so quickly not at the drop of a hat. Uneducated people are fickle and easily mislead by a good story all the while ignoring, or more usually being completely oblivious to facts that dont suit the opinion they’ve formed.

By: Maciek

Maciek — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:11:47 +0000

If it was nothing out of the ordinary, we would see it more often, no?

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:58:01 +0000

You mean when Lewis simply let him past? What about it?

The battle with Kovalainen was a lot more entertaining. Kovalainen didn’t gain anything from that battle though and he ultimately even lost the place to Lewis.

So yeah, just letting a much faster car by can be the better descision now and then.

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:55:26 +0000

That Toyota was one of the top cars at that time. Probably right behind the Red Bull.

It took two second places in the races before and could easily have landed on the podium again in Brazil.

By: f1 fan

f1 fan — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 04:20:23 +0000

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