F1 Testing week 2 @ Jerez

[sunama]

yes I know, but I've watched F1 avidly since about 1978 and I can't remember overtaking ever being that common place.

I don't think anyone is saying that they want overtaking every single lap. What we are arguing is about the distance between the car behind and the car in front.

In general, this is what creates the excitement for the viewing public and the driver.

Even if you realistically can't get past the car in front, if you are only a few inches away from the bumper of the car in front, it looks very exciting.

Look up Mansell VS Senna at Monaco 1992. This explains what I mean very well. Mansell has no chance of getting past Senna. However, at times, both cars are almost touching.

This creates excitement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O8yn5gb25c
Watch from 5 minutes onwards.

When I was watching that race live, my heart was pounding as we all knew, with Mansell, anything is possible, but we also knew that overtaking at Monaco with those wide cars is near impossible.

 

[BoostedDC2]

What Ron Denis said is that Alonso is an introvert and is an extremely private person. He keeps himself to himself and doesn't like to let people into his private life.

I have no problem with someone wanting a private life. I guess it does bother some of the media who then may want to make it seem like he is an ass.

I can't wait to get this season going, that is for sure.

 

[sunama]

I think that what Denis was getting at, was that Alonso was resisting becoming part of the McLaren family. The word he used was, "recluse".

In stark contrast, you had Hamilton, whose father, brother and probably other family members, had been fully integrated into the McLaren organisation.