Re: Justin Wilson plc

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:29:31 +0100, DC <gojphNOSPAMTA@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:40:40 GMT, Mark@xxxxxxxxxxx (Mark Jones) wrote:
>>On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:42:56 GMT, "John Briggs"
>><john.briggs4@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>Martin Evans wrote:
>>>> "John Briggs" wrote:
>>>>> Of course, starting young and making your mark is still no guarantee
>>>>> - the young David Coulthard did very well indeed, but never quite
>>>>> made it.
>>>>
>>>> Surely he has the record for most 3rd places in the
>>>> championship?.......something Schumi may aspire to but never achieve
>>>
>>>But that *is* an impressive achievement. I've never been a David Coulthard
>>>fan, but I have to say that his failure to win a WDC is down to sheer bad
>>>luck - when he had the right car he didn't have the team commitment, when he
>>>had the team commitment he didn't have the car.
>>
>>Bad luck? He's spent most of his career in very competitive cars -
>>moreso than the likes of Damon Hill and Hakkinen.
>
>Which is why he's about to become only the 4th driver to score more
>than 500 F1 points (in pretty impressive company). But even you have
>to admit that it was bad luck to be at McLaren when Mika was Ron's
>blue-eyed boy.

It's so much easier to generate a big points total now than even ten
years ago, that statistic doesn't impress me. Think what Schumacher
or perhaps even Villeneuve could've done with that second McLaren back
then.

>I like DC, but his inconsistency has always irked me enough to prevent
>me becoming a big fan. OTOH, I'm a fan of some of the passing moves
>he's pulled on Schumcaher...

I'll bet.

- Jones
FORZA!
.

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