Barrichello vs Irvine

[pole2pole]

Yes thats how I look at it MS team mates will always finish second to him no matter how good there race performance is. You could look at it another way....Who has moved over the most times to let MS win? All I can say is thank god ferrari didnt get there hands on Kimi that would of been a disgrace and we would of been robbed

[Irv the Swerve]

It is very hard to compare two such different characters. There is no doubt that Eddie destroyed Rubens at Jordan right from his very first grand prix - (someone earlier on said that a 12-5 qualifying ratio was pretty even....hmm, i didn't know Rubens Mom was a member).

In many ways Rubens was made for the brash loudmouth arrogant Irvine and let there be no doubt, psychologically he went to town on him.

At Ferrari, Eddie was the agitator of Williams and McLaren, he was the joker in the pack. No one knew exactley what he was going to come up with on the track or in press conferences or in the paddock etc..that has got to be unsettling. But he was definatley out for himself, subversive in putting himself forward.He was Thady McGurk in many ways, (will any one get that reference!)

Rubens took a long time to grow up in F1. It only happened in 1997,98,99 at Stewart. That is where he started putting things together. At the moment he is a genuine threat to Mick and a contender at every GP. OK the car is much better than when Eddie was there, and the overall Ferrari team is a much better, but Rubens deserves serious credit for his performances.

A better number 2? - Eddie. jaysus you gotta have a laugh while Mick beats the **** out of you.