Fight, Fight, Fight....

Freefaller · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:38

penski said:
Rossi actually has permission to race with a specially-crafted sidecar just for his balls.

The man has talent in shovelfuls, a healthy lack of fear and, above all, a personality...Unlike Alonso, Schumacher, McRae et al...

*n

Agreed wholeheartedly!

Zip · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:45

penski said:
, above all, a personality...Unlike Alonso, Schumacher, McRae et al...

*n

I think Peter Solberg, Richard Burns(RIP) and Marcus Gronholm all have personality.
Must be a Rally thing

Edit:IMO Richard Burns had bigger balls then Rossi.

penski · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:48

No...99% of race drivers are soulless automatons. Ever see a press conference with Mika Hakkinen? Bloody painful.

*n

Zip · 16 Mar 2006 at 13:51

penski said:
No...99% of race drivers are soulless automatons. Ever see a press conference with Mika Hakkinen? Bloody painful.

*n

Rally Drivers are a whole different breed of people compared to Race drivers and a lot of them dont get the recognition they deserve.

SoliD · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:03

Zip said:
Rally Drivers are a whole different breed of people compared to Race drivers and a lot of them dont get the recognition they deserve.

ye otherwise you wouldnt get nicknames like hollywood for petter! something about the crazy scadinavians in rally that gives them a personality compared to the likes of hakkinen raikkonen etc.

penski · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:23

Zip said:
Rally Drivers are a whole different breed of people compared to Race drivers and a lot of them dont get the recognition they deserve.

I know that. The vast majority of them are still as dull as dishwater.

*n

Zip · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:26

penski said:
I know that. The vast majority of them are still as dull as dishwater.

*n

So are most Moto GP riders for that matter.

There are charricters that stand out in all sports and ones that dont

Shoei · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:31

Zip said:
So are most Moto GP riders for that matter.

There are charricters that stand out in all sports and ones that dont

Excluding Rossi, the ones in MotoGP with the most character are the ex-WSB riders, of which, only Edwards is left. Edwards is great, when asked by Honda Racing chiefs what they could do with regards his move to Yamaha, he replied "shake my hand and wish me luck".

Robb