Sunday, October 01, 2006
A word about Kubica
Amazing.
Okay, a few more words: in the early part of the race we heard Coulthard's mechanic say 'we think Kubica behind you is two-stopping', ie 'let him past'. But it seems that Kubica was one-stopping (I think). In which case, he did amazingly well.
All right, the first lap incident was his fault. But he climbed back up the pack to get within ten seconds of his team-mate. And okay, changing to dry tyres was a bit rash, but again he climbed back up the pack as fast as he could to finish 13th.
Overall, this guy's really great, but he's still learning and making mistakes. One problem it seems he's going to have, that he won't have control over, is that he's not very marketable.
Okay, a few more words: in the early part of the race we heard Coulthard's mechanic say 'we think Kubica behind you is two-stopping', ie 'let him past'. But it seems that Kubica was one-stopping (I think). In which case, he did amazingly well.
All right, the first lap incident was his fault. But he climbed back up the pack to get within ten seconds of his team-mate. And okay, changing to dry tyres was a bit rash, but again he climbed back up the pack as fast as he could to finish 13th.
Overall, this guy's really great, but he's still learning and making mistakes. One problem it seems he's going to have, that he won't have control over, is that he's not very marketable.
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I think though that that's something that could have been leveled at Michael in the past and possibly Kimi.
If you're really fast you're marketable anyway and Kubica really really is super fast.
I did say when he came out of the pits (rather rashly) "Kubica could win this thing" (but as Stewart was there to hear me say it I feel there is no point in hiding it).
It was a brave decision to put him on slicks, but it was a team decision because they knew Nick was coming in in two laps and they had to have an answer for him and he was further up the road. It was a shame really.
Other people who should have some words said about them were Kimi whose moves were amazing before the exact kind of car failure that has made him have to change teams (that thought must be nagging in the back of Alonso's mind).
And of course Michael, whose race proved how simply awesome that 6th place was yesterday in that he wasn't short fuled no other bridgestone runner was faster than the slowest michelan runner. And for that overtake on dry tires on the wet paint to take a wobbly Fissi - truely World Champion driving.
If you're really fast you're marketable anyway and Kubica really really is super fast.
I did say when he came out of the pits (rather rashly) "Kubica could win this thing" (but as Stewart was there to hear me say it I feel there is no point in hiding it).
It was a brave decision to put him on slicks, but it was a team decision because they knew Nick was coming in in two laps and they had to have an answer for him and he was further up the road. It was a shame really.
Other people who should have some words said about them were Kimi whose moves were amazing before the exact kind of car failure that has made him have to change teams (that thought must be nagging in the back of Alonso's mind).
And of course Michael, whose race proved how simply awesome that 6th place was yesterday in that he wasn't short fuled no other bridgestone runner was faster than the slowest michelan runner. And for that overtake on dry tires on the wet paint to take a wobbly Fissi - truely World Champion driving.
I did forget about Kimi by the end of the race - but watching the re-run I remembered how amazingly he was doing. Could he have won? Or was Fisi just holding him up to give Alonso space?
Seeing as I'm ill today and staying home, I may just watch the race for the 3rd (and a half - I watched some of the highlights too) time to try to figure out the situation.
Anyway, I hope Kubica can break in to a top team. He seems to have the same determination that Alonso does, and the same strange dislike of his own country.
Seeing as I'm ill today and staying home, I may just watch the race for the 3rd (and a half - I watched some of the highlights too) time to try to figure out the situation.
Anyway, I hope Kubica can break in to a top team. He seems to have the same determination that Alonso does, and the same strange dislike of his own country.
How do we know that BMW won't be a top team?
They seem to be doing a lot better as a new team than some of the others have. (Mentioning no names Toyota).
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They seem to be doing a lot better as a new team than some of the others have. (Mentioning no names Toyota).
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