Comments on: Jose Maria Lopez confirmed at US F1, Peter Windsor insists he’s good enough

By: Rodo

Rodo — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:08:51 +0000

hey Jay
i am Argenrinean and i don’t like pechito lopez either, but to say a nascar driver can race an f1 car, sorry but thats crazy. racing in circles is nothing compares to drive in silverstone for example.
sorry again but not even an indy car driver went well on a f1 car.

By: mario

mario — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:47:28 +0000

hey! nowhere in the site says this is all about a grammar contest or something like that, right?? and what about you typing “excpetionally”? maybe your English ain’t that good for an American…lol! (:-))
on a different matter, i think lopez could score some points this year, depending on how good his car is. sometimes in f-1 races, there are some extra conditions that make possible for non-top drivers to make their day!!!!!!!

By: joey

joey — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:58:49 +0000

I dont think its about him being a pay driver, this is about his abilities, I can’t think of a driver who came close(tester for Renault for 2.5 years) went away for three years( at least schumi and Glock had F1 racing exp.) and then came back because of their talent. He sucked at Renault, I hate to think how good he may be now after racing tin tops in Arg.

By: Tom�s

Tom�s — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:36:46 +0000

In reply to Antifia’s comment on the Buenos Aires track: I would urge everyone to type in “autodromo galvez” on Google World and take a look around. You’ll see that it’s not at all like a Tilke track. You’ll be able to see the fantastic long “slipstreamable” straights and high speed turn around the centrally located lagoon, where the F1 Grand Prix and 1000Km Sport Prototype races were held back in the 1970/80s and multiple hard-braking passing opportunities it could offer. Unfortunately, in the 90s the F1 safety boffins chose to run their races in the Mickey Mouse infield variants, turning a once exciting GP into a processional merry-go-round. But domestic races still use the fast stretches with wonderful results. Of course it would need sprucing up and bringing safety standards up to date before hosting a GP -and “Potrero de los Funes” might be an ever better design- but, Tilke? I think not.

By: Tom�s

Tom�s — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:16:43 +0000

The same kind of thing happens down your end of the woods: neither Hamilton nor Button have 100% support from the fan base, even though they’re both world champs.

By: J.A. Summers

J.A. Summers — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:01:06 +0000

It’s fun to see how your views contrast with those of the other Argentine poster who said L�pez was “just another guy driving a car”. I’ll give him at least the benefit of the doubt, and we can (and should!) of course always hope for surprises.

By: J.A. Summers

J.A. Summers — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:58:17 +0000

Oh yes please. I’m still rooting for Villeneuve to get the seat at Renault, but if he doesn’t, he would be easily the best available option for USF1. And a logical choice too. Now, I would really like to see Bourdais back as well, because he hasn’t been given a fair chance in an F1 car yet, so if Jacques gets the Renault seat and Seb goes to USF1, I will be very happy indeed.

By: J.A. Summers

J.A. Summers — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:56:50 +0000

Sorry to double post, but there is no edit button.

I would like to say about Hildebrand, that I’m slightly worried about him, and that he needs to get into a European racing class now, otherwise his development will slow down. One more year in Indy Lights or whatever will hurt his ability. The best American drivers (Cheever) “grew up” in European lower formulae, and especially with Rossi and now possibly Summerton going the same way, J.R. could find himself trailing the pack of next generation American talents if he doesn’t join them. Which, and that is also the reason why I post this comment, would be a shame, because I like him.

By: J.A. Summers

J.A. Summers — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:53:44 +0000

Mirko Bortolotti has also been dropped from the Red Bull young driver programme. At this rate, in a few years they’ll be out of decent young drivers because all the ones they sent away will have been snapped up by other teams.
I wonder if they would ever offer to take one back, something they to my knowledge have never done before, though Red Bull usually continues to sponsor them.

By: J.A. Summers

J.A. Summers — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:47:20 +0000

Sorry for not replying to the points you made, but I just wanted to say your English seems excpetionally good for an Argentinean.