Re: Welcome to the Big Time, Bourdais

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> > >> >> >>> 10. Sebastian Vettel - STR
> > >> >> >>> 18. Sebastien Bourdais - STR
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> > >> >> >>> Vettel had car problems and didn't post a time in Q3, so he
> could
> > >have
> > >> >> >>> done better.
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> > >> >> >>> Bourdais didn't even make it out of Q1.
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> > >> >> >> FWIW, fan poll at F1.com says Seabass' performance was better
> than
> > >> >> >> Rosberg's
> > >> >> >> or Hamilton's...
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> > >> >> > I was quite impressed with his driving. Staying in front of
those
> > >> >> > contenders with a notably inferior car is quite admirable.
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> > >> >> > --
> > >> >> > forty
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> > >> >> > "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."
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> > >> >> 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.
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> > >> >> alien
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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.
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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 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).
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> > >> You really are the village idiot.  'Managed to blow his engine'??
> > >> Since when is that the sole province of the driver in F1?  You
> > >> conveniently neglect to include the other Ferrari engine
detonations.
>
> > >His pathetically feeble attempt at a rebuttal reminds me of
> > >the joke with the charge: "he's fat, stupid, balding, ugly and
> > >smells bad" and with the defense of, "Hey, he's not that fat!"
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> > If you can't argue the facts, argue the law.  Sheesh, that's the best
> > you can do?  Here's a tip.  If you have no defense of your (usual)
> > inane statements just give your keyboard a rest.  It could use one.
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> Go away, clown.

I thought Bourdais ran a pretty solid race. Yeah, he got some help
from quite a few drivers exiting the race early (fewest to finish
since the US Grand Prix event from a few years back) but I still felt
like he ran a decent race and although he did leave the race, it
wasn't driver error. Thoughts?

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