Re: Welcome to the Big Time, Bourdais

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> >> >>>>
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> >> >>>>> 10. Sebastian Vettel - STR
> >> >>>>> 18. Sebastien Bourdais - STR
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Vettel had car problems and didn't post a time in Q3, so he
could
> > have
> >> >>>>> done better.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Bourdais didn't even make it out of Q1.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> FWIW, fan poll at F1.com says Seabass' performance was better
than
> >> >>>> Rosberg's
> >> >>>> or Hamilton's...
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> I was quite impressed with his driving. Staying in front of those
> >> >>> contenders with a notably inferior car is quite admirable.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -- 
> >> >>> forty
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "There's a very fine line between not listening, and not caring.
I
> > like
> >> > to
> >> >>> think that I walk that line every day of my life."
> >> >>
> >> >> He's no slouch, that's for sure.  I was at the Denver race in 2004
or
> > 2005
> >> >> when he was spun out at the very start of the race.  The entire
field
> >> > passed
> >> >> him while he was waiting for the safety team to get him going
again.
> > He
> >> >> came back to pass the entire field and won that race.
> >> >>
> >> >> alien
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > That's not saying much with that field. Any Andretti, and
> >> > most top drivers in the IRL, would have not only done
> >> > so, but would have then swept past Bourdais as well.
> >> >
> >>
> >> there's just no quantifiable way to determine this
> >
> > One could simply look to common ground such as his
> > participation (and thorough trouncing by those) at Indy.
> >
> >> > Let's see, started 17th, a first corner casualty, lucked into
> >> > a higher position due to a safety flag, a disqualification and
> >> > massive attrition but still managed (while running third from
> >> > last place) to blow his engine (causing a problem for pole
> >> > sitter and eventual winner Hamilton) and could not finish the
> >> > F1 race. Now that's REAL success (to and for a chump).
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> at least, that he's even in F1 says he has talent and is a success
> >
> > Hardly! Andretti, Kanaan, Wheldon ... would quite
> > fittingly NEVER have (and didn't need to as he had)
> > deigned to accept such a third class ride.
>
> Ha!
>
> Too scared

Wrong yet again:
"The whole thing with trying to repeat NASCAR with open-
wheel racing is just wrong. It is way too dangerous ... I would
not want to compete in the IRL because it is very dangerous
on the ovals." - The admittedly frightened Sebastien Bourdais
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/07/27/S****ts/Bourdais_not_IRL_trac.shtml

> to get their arses kicked more like !
>
> Mike P

But of course it's been Bourdais that's gotten HIS ass
kicked every which way from Sunday, not only at Indy,
but in F1 testing, qualifying and his ONLY race.