Barrichello v. Amon

[TimD]

Rubens has not (so far) put himself in a position of dominance where he could stand a good chance of winning. However, I have every expectation that he can, and that in a very short while he will.

The thing with Chris Amon is that he was one of the dominant drivers of his era, a proven winner in other formulae, and utterly without fortune in F1.

It's the old saying, if it wasn't for the bad luck, he'd have no luck at all.

Classic example was perhaps the last season in which he stood a good chance of winning, when he was driving the V12 Matra. On two occasions that I can think of, he had a healthy lead, with a few laps to go. On the first occasion, he cut a tyre, on the second occasion, his engine ingested a pebble.

I think in the final analysis, he could count about a dozen races in his career that he was in a position to win, only to have a mechanical gremlin jump up and bite.