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I think Dale Caukins is putting words into JPM's mouth.
Monty can stir the pot and has, but he says he thinks Kimi will be faster, All-tough in the same breath he said Michael could beat him but it would surprise him.
Sure they will put all they can into the car to make his return a success. They surely aren't going to do anything like leave upgrades off so MS would fail. Dumb statement Dale.
The story also lends credibility that Ferrari would sabotage Kimi's car, which is BS. Ferrari needs every point they can muster to salvage this years performance numbers.
I think all h e l l would break loose from Kimi if he felt the Ruben's days were back.
Another bias blurb. F1 reject my a s s, He walked himself and I'm sure several teams would have paid for his services, had he made them available to them.
I,m far from an avid JPM fan, but lets call a spade a spade.

sessions

Well Dale, I was snickering a bit reading the article esp "snivelling failure"

Although I agree it wasn't a completely innocent statement: it seemed like JPM threw a barb and my first impression was he was being sardonic, but it is a bit hard to judge intent without context and actually hearing the tone of his comment.

True, so until that can be determined (which may or may not be available to hear or see) lets hold up on the Dales defensiveness that shots are being taken at the Reds.

sessions

Shots' taken more at MS than the Reds methinks.

However, even the underlying sense (seems disparaging to me) one gets from his comments, no need to get into a huff about 'em. So I'm not bothered by JPM and what exactly he meant.

And I guess the headline is provocative to increase in traffic, get people to read and all that good stuff.

So what....Kimi is in racing shape, while MS is just to replace felipe as long as it takes....it is normal that kimi perform better...

You've got to love all these comments from a failure in F1.

Who the @#$%& is Merlin?

O/T

I wanted to comment that Dale has been very active recently! New articles every few days from him. Good going.

All this talk is pretty stupid! Michael Schumacher is a very good communicator and can tell the Engineers how he wants the car set up and what he wants it to do. Then he just goes out and out drives everyone on the track! Is this the "Advantage" everone is talking about????? Is this the "unfair advantage" Ferrari is willing to give Michael Schumacher????? I am hearing a lot of whining from people that don't like the fact that Michael Schumacher was and is the greatest Formula One race car driver the sport has ever seen. If he is able to take to the F60 race car quickly, it will be a testimony to HIM! If he is able to produce equal or better pace then Kimi, it is because he is the finest Formaula One race car drive there ever was!

Wait a minute, HE was the one completely out-classed by Kimi in Maclaren which made him run away to NASCAR.

And he knows that if a 40 year driver beats Kimi that will make him look even more stupid. So he started to run his mouth - Ferrari going to give Michael something extra to make sure he beats Kimi.

What a load of BS by him, knowing that all the factories are CLOSED.

Monti is always jealous of Micheal.

Indeed Tifosa, I have been endowed with some more free time as of late.

I should say it would also be absurd for Ferrari to sabotage one driver's chances over the other, though I think this was the point. Juan Pablo has been whining and complaining of bias (in his teams and those of others) with little to support his statements. He felt he was given a poor car, he though Schumacher had an unfair advantage, but in the end, he was just @#$%&.

In fact he most certainly is a reject. Six years with the best teams and only seven wins? If he spent half as much time driving (which no doubt he can do) as he spent complaining about everything, then maybe he could have done better. But he did not and now he races in NASCAR. Leaving on his own accord or not, it really does not matter. He was never going to be one of the best, only one of those good enough to succeed and fall from stardom.

Perhaps I have put words in his mouth, though surely there have been more than enough which have been vomited out, to put back in.

to be fair its a given kimi will beat schumi right from friday practice onwards BUT it can change at spa since schumi is more of the engineer type himself he knows everyone at the team well enough and when he gives his input they all understand his words like its coded with the cars performance! given his ability to communicate well enough with the engineers and reflect it on the car can be vital.. he might just get to setup the car better than kimi from spa onwards! i wouldnt be surprised at all if schumi annihilates kimi at kimi's favorite and his own favorite track spa!

how come you are very keen to listen to any other "snivelling failure," that praizes your false god SC(h)UMacher, or blasts other drivers that are hated by schumacher fans?

Just admit that Monty kicked SCUMy's ass a couple times to many for your liking. It's obvius you tought noone could nor should beat SChUMY and then some Colombian guy comes and goes right trough him without no.:1 status in the team, without FIA help and with a much worse car

besides Montoya isn't to far off (if you get the comment, without flipping it arround in a bad way), they'll upgrade the car so Schumacher's return will look better and people like you will write articles on how Schumacher came to the team and "miracly lifted the car to competitivness".

FYI Kimi has schumacher's engineers, so it's a question on how keen tey'll be on giving their best when working with Kimi, non the less, they won't like beating their buddy with some Finn.

Raikkonen had problems with pit stops in allmost each race, where he was infornt of Massa or very close behind, bound to jump him after pitstops. Kimi had problems (one of the wheels just wouldn't get on), and at every race, he had a 'superb' strategy, where he made up some places after the start, but then lost a lot more when he stopped (He had more fuel than Massa and still he had to pit sooner than Massa, and just when his tyres were working and he was all over the back of Massa). The opposite was for Massa, who gained positions. In Hungary, where only Kimi was racing, they did a good job with the strategy and everything else, even the pit stops were OK, if we don't count that antistall kicking in. So, it just shows that if the team is motivated to suceed with their driver, they can, and if they don't they won't.

But i would be surprised if schumacher will have the balls to come back. He wanted to test F60 to see how much behind Kimi he'll be. If the gap was to big, he wouldn't even think about coming back again.

Upgrade the F60 all you like, then let me drive it. Hell, I've driven a few fast cars on tracks! So, where would I come? For sure, I would be lapped 6 times by Force India (if I didn't total it).

There seems to be some misguided idea that the car will drive itself and that some miracle gismo has been deliberately left off so far. Sometimes we take our sport for granted without realising just how good these guys are - all of them (including JPM). However, some of them are that little bit better than the others and they all know it.

This ic3m4nSLO, seems to not understand any aspect of the situation. Assumptions of believes held with evidence non existent. Statements irrelevant and unimpressive.

Perhaps I have leapt, though surely they have fallen head first of a ten storey building.

you're a typical clueless schumacher shitface "fan". One that the real Tifosi would bash his face in, if they saw him in Monza.

Because of people like you, and attitudes like yours, Schumacher's fans have a bad reputation. And because of people like you, other fans think badly of Michael.

At least i have an excuse for my imperfections, what's yours?

I hope you don't commit suicide, now that Schumacher chickened out and canceled his comeback He never had the guts to face Raikkonen. Maybe he loved Formula 1, but he left when he was to race with Raikkonen and he's still a chicken

Go outside, breathe some fresh air. It will do you good

Have fun watiching Formula 1 and remember, no matter what you say here, you won't change the facts. I know you probably intend to lure more people like you here, but with years, there will be less and less of your kind

ic3m4nSLO - give me one good reason not to delete your post and ban your sorry demented ass?

We all have opions and the right to express them without attacking each other. You threw the first stone, only you did it in our house, so don't be surprised if you get a few stones thrown back your way.

To address your claims, Schumacher is not afraid of facing anyone, and has raced against Kimi before so your claim is pointless. Montoya has never achieved anything in F1, was fired mid season, is a bitter and useless F1 reject overcome with jealousy. Much of that is fact and not opinion.



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Our house indeed, Goggs.

I do not seem to remember holding Schumacher up as any sort of deity, though I suppose he would be no more false or authentic than anyother. Nor do I recall stating I do not listen to others who comment on Schumacher, positively or negatively. In fact, Niki Lauda recently commented on Schuamcher rather positively and as I recall, I disagreed with him.

I also did not assert any statement which would suggest Montoya did not beat Schumacher on occasion. In fact, Montoya had seven victories. Now Schumacher had 91, but surely Formula 1 drivers are not compared to each other by wins, or championships...

Attitudes like mine? You mean one which realises Montoya is far less successful than Schumacher an most other top drivers? One which rather honestly recalls that Montoya frequently made (and still makes) complaints rather than just getting down to racing.

Suicide, well I should think this an extreme reaction. Especially as I am not particularly surprised by his not racing.

Change the facts? Again, I would remind you of the results over the years between Schumacher and Montoya. As well as Montoya's propensity for complaining.

@ic3m4nSLO, Montaya kicked Schumi a few times?
Come on mate, switch your brain cell on, it was a few lucky moves that stick. He was basically taking himself off and Schumacher most of the time, in a situation where Schumi had something to lose, and he had nothing to lose.

Yes that's right he could throw his car aggressively to others because he had nothing to lose, he was a nobody.

That NO 1 status and FIA assistant is becoming a bit of a common phrase for those who are just flat out stupid.

He claimed that NO1 status because he destroyed everyone on the grid, nothing to do with political, you dumb a$$.

And you think FIA made him 4 seconds faster than the rest in Spain 96? Brazil 2006???? And how about Monaco 97????

Something your dream boyfriend MOntaya could never do.

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Montoya has never achieved anything in F1,

I begged to differ Goggs.

He achieved the "a$$-hole championship" many times, which, unfortunately, wasn't noticed because of Schumi domination in racing.

Lets take a look.

He carelessly bumped into camera guy and he insulted at him
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Arguably the most unsporting moment of all time. He break tested to Ralf and caused three cars collided. You can see the announcers saying that was just unforgivable.
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He ra into the back of Schumacher behind the safety car. It seems that he takes every opportunity he gets to do something to someone he doesn't like.
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What a dirty driver. F1 is better without him.