Re: Welcome to the Big Time, Bourdais

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> >>> > 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.
> >>>
> >>> Well if Seabass lasts longer than 13 races, he'll have already done
> >>> better than Michael
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> >> Many, including both DaMatta and Zanardi stayed far longer,
> >> in fact entirely too long, yet didn't begin to accomplish nearly as
> >> much in all that time as Michael Andretti did in considerably less.
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> So they accomplished **** all too, it just took them longer! Brilliant !
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> >>> > Let's see, started 17th, a first corner casualty, lucked into
> >>> > a higher position due to a safety flag, a disqualification and
> >>> > massive attrition
> >>>
> >>> That's what he's employed to do. Keep it on the track when others
are
> >>> busy falling off and getting DQ'd.
> >>>
> >>> Michael Andretti managed 4 laps in his first 3 GPS, all due to
accidents
> >> of his own making..
> >>
> >> Does mechanical error or the name Wendlinger ring
> >> a bell? How did either he or Senna fare?
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> Well, Michael achieved a few points and one podium, Senna finished 2nd
in
> the title race in the same car.
> There was no mechanical error (surely you mean failure?) In the first
three
> races. If Michael hadn't screwed the start in Brazil.. by forgetting to
> change gear (!?) Wendlinger wouldn't have been near him. It was actually
> Berger who finally took him off, but the accident was of Michael's own
> making
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> >>what are they doing these days and which would you rather be? You
quite
> >>clearly don't know what you're talking about.
>
> I get a choice between dying a legendary racing driver, hero to millions
> worldwide.. or a fat chap who never really won that much and whines a
lot?
> Hmm.... let me think.
>
>
> >>>.he did improve a lot in the latter part of the season, but Seb's
started
> >>>off better than he did.
> >>
> >> Michael: wasn't forced to plead for and finally have a position
> >> granted with a series bottom dweller, wasn't allowed to benefit
> >> from testing, didn't qualify 17th, didn't screwup the first corner,
> >
> > I think you'll find, dotty boy, that in his first race, ran into the
back
> > of Derek Warwick on the 4th lap and crashed out. So yes, I'm wrong.
> > However, his second race he screwed the start up and ended in the
gravel
> > at the first corner. Oh, and guess what happened again in his 3rd
race?
> > Yes, off at the first corner again... then IIRC he spun out at San
Marino,
> > finished 8th at Monaco after driving on the pace between taking his
nose
> > off on other cars a couple of times, off at the first corner in
> > Silverstone..
> >
> > Bourdais sure has a lot to live up to to be that bad.
> >
> >
> >
> >> didn't detonate his engine, didn't oil spray the leader, didn't
> >> benefit from a disqualification, didn't gain positions from the
> >> massive attrition of more than 75% of the field
> >
> > Well he wouldn't would he? He rarely stayed on the track long enough
to
> > get the chance.
> >
> > He did ok in Hungary and got a podium in Monza though, so he did learn
,
> > albeit slowly
> >
> >
> >>... Again, and
> >> as usual, you simply don't know what you're talking about,
> >> but then that's your usual modus operandi.
> >
> > I think you'll find everything above is factually correct...
> >
> >>> >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.
> >>> Much more of this, he'll have to change his name to Andretti..
> >
> >
> >> You have no business mentioning them in the same sentence.
> >
> > Obviously. Such a shame to mention a 4 time champion in the same
sentence
> > as the most overrated family in Motors****t.
> >
> > I suspect you will counter that by saying that Seabass never beat
anyone
> > good in Champcar... which is just the same as AGR in the IRL
> >
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> > Mike P
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Wow, what a truly pathetic attempt at a rebuttal, and it
only took two attempts and at least an hour and forty
six minutes at that. Btw, I don't remember Wendlinger
being all that fat or whining (the one thing that chumps
truly are champions at).