Mrkim Report This Comment Date: May 25, 2011 02:31PM
I always felt it was a huge injustice Senna didn die from another driver
crashin him out like he'd done so many times in his career. The closest thing
to a Dale Earnhart I ever saw in F-1.
In the end they both got what was deserved .... RIP fuckers
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: May 25, 2011 08:34PM
Biggest asshole in F1? Did you not follow Schumacher's career?
Senna was a driving genius, and I for one would have liked him to be around for
longer entertaining the fans.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: May 25, 2011 10:05PM
I beg to differ GAK. I always admired Schumacher and he seemed an absolute
gentleman both on and off the track. He was just as gracious in defeat as he
was when he won, always payed the proper respect to his team and sponsors and
.... the fans. All things considered I thought he was an owner/sponsors dream
driver. I saw him do things that were amazing and never saw him intentionally
crash anyone out, something I saw Senna do on numerous occasions.
Senna by comparison was the most arrogant, wreckless and self centered POS
driver I can recall ever seein! I watched him crash many drivers, whine like a
fuckin baby when he lost, never commended his team for their efforts unless he
did win and avoided fans like the plague. Though he was a phenomenal driver, he
also was a whiny bitch boy to boot.
Racing, real racing is NOT just ability, nor is it driving to win at whatever
cost to others on the track.
The comment so prevalent from NASCAR fans that "Rubbin is racin" is
the same kinda mindset Senna seemed to agree with. Problem is, in open wheel
racing it seldom ends with just swappin some paint and regardless, that's NOT
what racing is about anyway
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: May 25, 2011 11:57PM
I think you are forgetting Adelaide 1994 when Schumacher took out championship
rival Damon Hill, and Jerez 1997 when he took out Villeneuve. Not to mention the
team orders that meant he got vicoties and points he didn't deserve. Then you
need to take into account how Ferrari had a tyre supplier formulating their
tyres to suit his car and style of driving (and all the other users of that tyre
having to live with those consequences). Then there's the political wheeling and
dealing that meant that Ferrari had more money from FOM than any other team. He
was a good driver, but he was playing with a stacked deck. Look at his recent
form - his inexperienced team mate usually beats him.
Sure Senna may have been arrogant and aggressive on the track, but if I was
putting a fantasy team together I would have Senna in the cockpit over
Schumacher.
Mrkim Report This Comment Date: May 26, 2011 03:44AM
Yep, but I also remember Shumi takin a nothin Benneton team to their 1st
championship with a car that wasn't the fastest on the circuit and then takin
Ferrari to the championship in just 2 years when they haddn even won a race in
years!
Comparatively Senna went straight to the then dominant team/car when he went to
Honda, won championships, then when Honda left F-1 and the team went to McLaren
& the team/car was not the dominant group he did not win. Then when his
contract was up he begged Frank Williams for a ride and even offered to drive
for free just so he could again be on a dominant team since Williams was the
team/car to beat at the time.
Sure Michael had the benefit of the best financed team in F-1, so what, that's
always a given in one team or another and usually changes hands kind of cyclicly
in F-1. He also managed to field a team that was devoted and actually made the
Ferrari altogether one of the best in many years, which also lead in no small
part to his success as well as the Ferrari effort overall. And ... there's no
way in hell you can fault the driver for team orders. The deal is, only one
driver can be the champ and the team with the dominant car/drivers will always
pick one driver to be that champ if it's in the cards for them to do so.
Senna was a spoiled rich Brazilian brat that had had everything handed to him on
a platter, Shuie at least worked for what he got and succeeded by his efforts
while at the same time building a team that was the darling of F-1 because the
team as a whole was the best in the business.
I saw Senna do some amazing things .... amazingly ballzy, dangerous, and
arrogant that led him to many championships.
Conversely, I saw Michael do amazing things too, but his were based in skill,
calculated risk and immaculate talent
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: May 26, 2011 06:59AM
I think we are going to have to agree to disagree.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: May 26, 2011 12:35PM
race him for it. no rubbin' allowed.
whocarez Report This Comment Date: May 27, 2011 11:54AM
would it be too hard to spell his name correctly?
It's Ayrton, morons. Not Aryton!
Fuckin dyslexic idiots...
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: May 27, 2011 06:43PM
@whocarez: Yeah there are some idiots on here. I'd suggest that the easiest way
for you to identify one is to look in the mirror.
Firstly you referred to idiots, as in plural, and yet there was only one use of
'Aryton' on the whole page.
You may think that you're perfect, but even without knowing you I know that
you're not (and yes I am aware that I am not either). It's easy enough to make a
mistake. For instance, starting a sentence without an uppercase letter, or
removing a letter from a word and not putting an apostrophe in it's place. I
wouldn't be so petty as to point those things out to somebody though. You need
to remember that you can't go back and edit the title once it has been
posted.
My advice to you would be to chill a little.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: May 27, 2011 07:50PM
so if you don't care that he cares that you could care that he doesn't care,
then why would you care?
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: May 28, 2011 01:55AM
I never said that I don't care whether he cared, but I couldn't care less what
he cares about, but thanks for caring fossil.
He can care about whatever he wants to care about, but why I responded is that
he decided to go on the offensive over something so trivial as a typo.
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: May 28, 2011 02:10AM
i was more making fun of him, but thanks for fallin' on the sword.
GAK67 Report This Comment Date: September 20, 2011 04:21AM
So Mrkim, after Schumi's antics at Spa do you still think he's a gentleman on
track?
