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View Poll Results: Should Ron Have Signed Tommy Byrne? | |||
Yes | 4 | 16.00% | |
No | 21 | 84.00% | |
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31 Jan 2018, 15:00 (Ref:3797172) | #26 | |
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Jan though didn’t seem interested in F1. The story goes they left him in the Stewart motorhome to look at telemetry readout, and when they came back they found him playing minesweeper or solitaire! JYS did rate him as high as Senna in terms of talent, it’s just he was too lazy
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Makes you wonder. If he felt they were good enough to drive for him, why the need to patronise them like that? I wonder how he sold it to them??? "Nowww then Jaaan, the aim of the exercise is to drive sooooo precisely and smoooothly that the cup of water on the bonnet of the car doesn't spill" |
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1 Feb 2018, 11:29 (Ref:3797412) | #28 | ||
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I find it ironic that JYS used to do this too, most patronising for the drivers......in the latter years of his F1 driving, the F1 Tyrrel cars that he drove were complete boats with very short suspension wishbones that caused a very "snappy" suspension system, which absolutely required the driver to hack the steering wheel and deal with all sorts of oversteer incidents, not smooth driving at all.
Watch this on-board footage from 1973 and you will see what I mean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkq8Q26N52g The smoothest driver ever was Jenson Button........I run my 12 year old son to a professional level in MSA karting around the UK, I have employed numerous national championship winning 1:1 driver coaches over a 4 year period to get my son as fast and as smooth as possible.......in the last year we had 16 podiums, 3 wins and won a championship.......I respect JYS, but his talk on driving does grate with me. |
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1 Feb 2018, 19:41 (Ref:3797534) | #29 | |
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I think Tommy might have had some speed but in an F1 environment he would have imploded with all the responsibility involved and getting his party lifestyle under control. Him and Ron would have never worked, ever.
His only real chance would have been having a mentor/coach/agent that could have got him in order and kept it that way. Maybe after a few years of that he might have gained some maturity and perspective and got it together. Someone mentioned that people in teams didn't like Mansell. Well most F1 drivers are not likeable people during their careers, but if they get the job done they are respected for that. What Mansell did have was a very strong mental application and self control. He had a solid family life and wasn't out every night partying till 5 AM or blowing all his money up his nose. |
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There is actually much that can be learned and to me you can never learn enough. We have coaches in every other sport and I think only in recent years have people come to understand that drivers need them as well. I think any driver that would consider coaching as patronizing is a complete moron. I'm not a complete JYS fan but I do remember in the earlier seasons around 2005 or so, JYS taking James May around a track in a road car and by the end had shaved 20 seconds off his time. Jan Magnussen was another who might have had a little turn of speed but never had the mental application or desire to be champion. I think he had his chances with McLaren, Stewart and in CART and he just couldn't keep it together. Again another person that would have benefited from a coach. |
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I am sure that Rob Wilson or the other guy (can't remember his name..) at least show their pupils some element of respect and intelligence. |
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2 Feb 2018, 00:12 (Ref:3797614) | #32 | ||
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So in regards to Jan, I think JYS was trying to get him to get it together and after giving him his chance they had to let him go. At the end of the day this is a ruthless brutal industry of results and you either do the work or you get cut and shown the door. JYS was his boss, Jan was just a young guy that hardly knew anything at all and again, get with the program or find new employment. Personally I don't think he was ever that great anyways. I think he was just the Autosport man of the moment. |
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4 Feb 2018, 09:43 (Ref:3798378) | #33 | ||
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Definitely NOT! Ron Dennis should have signed the true 1982 British F3 Champion, the Argentinian driver Quique Mansilla, who was the best on the entire F3 grid, but due to political causes (Falklands et al) couldn't shine because his incomes were blocked by the European parliament. Mansilla could still compete because the team owner was sure the money invested by Financiera Munro will be given to him when the disclosure of the funds would be allowed.
Aside that, Byrne had a rocambolesque style of life to be a proper serious racing driver. James Hunt, despite his lifestyle, was more correct than him. Byrne has to be grateful to have these three GGPPs he got in Theodore, because when teams owners knew about his manners, they highly will doubt (as they did) that Tommy could be responsible enought to have a serious F1 campaign. And Tommy's racing carreer after that largely proved what I said on these lines. |
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4 Feb 2018, 11:45 (Ref:3798397) | #34 | |
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Definitely he needed a manager did Tommy. In fact he think he actually said he wishes he had one when he went to meet Ron to discuss a contract, as his attitude let him down.
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6 Mar 2018, 14:01 (Ref:3806244) | #35 | ||
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The final results of the poll show that 14 of you thought Tommy had shot himself in the foot with his attitude and general misbehaviour, whilst three of us thought Ron should have bitten the bullet and signed him on speed alone.
I appreciate the test was only a prize for winning the British F3 championship, but if the manners and demeanour had matched the speed, then I'm sure Ron would have found a way to move Wattie aside.. What might have been! |
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12 Mar 2018, 15:19 (Ref:3807517) | #36 | ||
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Would've Ferrari had taken him if he had Ferrari's ear and a space in the line-up?
Ron Dennis is probably the worst guy to approach if you are an *individual* let alone the hyper-volatile Tommy Byrne. I don't care how much of a drill sergeant type you are; you'd probably need a tranquiler dart to keep Byrne quiet and contented. |
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12 Mar 2018, 17:07 (Ref:3807532) | #37 | |
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The thing is he probably didn't just cost himself a McLaren drive, but possibly a drive in another team. He was unlikely to get into McLaren straight away, especially with Wattie and the Rat already there
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12 Mar 2018, 18:56 (Ref:3807557) | #38 | ||
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McLarens biggest faux pas must have been letting Gilles Villeneuve slip through thier fingers in 1977.
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12 Mar 2018, 23:49 (Ref:3807607) | #39 | ||
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"The Prince of destruction." McLaren let Scheckter slip through their fingers too. A far better development driver, and less prone to dumb crashes. Also lost Fittipaldi to contractual brinkmanship. The biggest loss though would have to be faux pas would have to be one A. Newey though. Last edited by wnut; 13 Mar 2018 at 00:05. |
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Famously Enzo didn't care much for his drivers, but he did have a soft spot for Gilles, loving the fact that he always drove to (and above) the absolute mechanical limits of his cars. And if you doubt my words, just ask Nigel Roebuck, the journalist closest closest to Gilles in his latter career. |
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Villeneuve, Scheckter and Fittipaldi all raced under Teddy though. And Jody was a bit of a crasher in his first season |
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And about Emmo, he'd have left McLaren anyways, the Copersucar thingy done by his brother was taking his time...
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24 Mar 2018, 09:29 (Ref:3810364) | #45 | |
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I had forgotten a polemic from Mike Lawrence on this very topic
https://www.pitpass.com/58775/Self-Immolation |
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26 Mar 2018, 09:27 (Ref:3810855) | #47 | |
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Seems he let himself down by thinking everybody owed him. In motorsport no one owes you anything, you have to work hard for it all the time. And the fact that he seemed to treat motorsport more as a hobby than an occupation can't have helped
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