Driver of the Race - Belgium

[MissFerrari]

It was a difficult one but Kubica got my vote.

Others who impressed was Heikie and Sutil. Kimi had a flawless race and Massa was up there with him beating the McFerarri's 6-0.

[mp356a]

Sutil - too fun watching him wring the neck of that car.

[Peter Mallett]

can't vote yet;

Sutil, magic.

Webber, solid and a great move.

Rosberg, I loved his dad and he's stirrring the juices again. (No you wallies this is not a News of the World moment).

Kubica drove the nuts off the car.

Alonso did exactly what you'd expect of a champion.

Heiki blew Fisi away. Please let him retire Flav.

Kimi was peerless.

Massa was great fun.

Like Martin B I want to give it to Mark but just has he gets my vote Rosberg steps in and steals it. Bugger!

[NAC]

Originally Posted by Ralf's Girl

Kubica added - if anybody wants their vote changing, wave manically at a mod.

mods is this manically enough without getting stung with over use of smilies.

Please change my other vote to Kubica, Bononi also seconded my vote (see post 11)


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BTW nice work Ralf's Girl trying to get those boys in line, couple more weeks and you will have them all on order

[Peter Mallett]

Once she's finished the ironing, anyway.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Once she's finished the ironing, anyway.

ooh! that's not very PC!

So well done Peter,keep it up.

[Ralf's Girl]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Once she's finished the ironing, anyway.

I'd be offended, but I'm in charge of the ironing in my household so I really can't be. It's very therapeutic, you boys should try it sometime.

NAC, I've added a vote to Kubica, did you vote for somebody else originally?

[BertMk2]

Sutil gets my vote - he's doing a good job in the Spyker Good shows for Kimi, Heikki, Alonso, Heidfeld, Kubica and Rosberg as well.

[NAC]

Originally Posted by Ralf's Girl

I'd be offended, but I'm in charge of the ironing in my household so I really can't be. It's very therapeutic, you boys should try it sometime.

NAC, I've added a vote to Kubica, did you vote for somebody else originally?

No, voted for Kubica (other) as did Bononi see posts 9 & 11

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For the record I do my own ironing. There is no way in the world I would trust any other to get it right, it's also very therapeutic

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by Ralf's Girl

I'd be offended, but I'm in charge of the ironing in my household so I really can't be. It's very therapeutic, you boys should try it sometime.

NAC, I've added a vote to Kubica, did you vote for somebody else originally?

Did you put my vote in Kubica as NAC has mentioned previously ?

Oh BTW I do my own ironing too, I wouldn't let my missus do it anyway and I agree it's very therapeutic.

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by NAC

No, voted for Kubica (other) as did Bononi see posts 9 & 11

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For the record I do my own ironing. There is no way in the world I would trust any other to get it right, it's also very therapeutic

Hey NAC, I haven't read your post before mine ! Looks like we have the same ways in some aspects of life...

[Ralf's Girl]

Originally Posted by Bononi

Did you put my vote in Kubica as NAC has mentioned previously ?

I've removed 2 votes (yours and NAC's) from 'other' and added them to Kubica. Although really you could have moved your own yourself.

[pottiella]

they've really got you working your mod status, haven't they ralf's girl?

I want to change my vote to Alonso...no wait...can I vote for DC? I think I voted for Sutil..or was that Kimi...

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by pottiella

I want to change my vote to Alonso...no wait...can I vote for DC? I think I voted for Sutil..or was that Kimi...

Relax, that was an special situation.

[NAC]

Originally Posted by Bononi

Hey NAC, I haven't read your post before mine ! Looks like we have the same ways in some aspects of life...

Great minds think ........

[Felipe Rulz]

How could I vote for any one other than my man Felipe. He might not have won, but he was still the dotr in my eyes. Remember, I'm completely bias and I'm no ashamed of it. I also could not stand seeing he had no votes.

[Ralf's Girl]

That's quite admirable, maybe I should add Ralf to the options...no? You don't think? Anybody care to venture a vote for poor Lewis, the only driver still on 0?

[Felipe Rulz]

No, lets keep him on 0 votes. For once he really wasn't even close to the best.

I just want to add, I hate ironing. It's not therapeutic at all.

[NAC]

Originally Posted by Felipe Rulz

No, lets keep him on 0 votes. For once he really wasn't even close to the best.

I just want to add, I hate ironing. It's not therapeutic at all.

Second that. Not the bit about ironing

[Peter Mallett]

I may have said this before but Lewis was excrement this weekend wasn't he?

[Ralf's Girl]

It certainly demonstrates how much people have come to expect of Lewis when qualifying and finishing 4th is considered to be a poor result! Honda would probably hire Nigel Stepney, Mike Coughlan and Pedro de la Rosa if they were guaranteed results like that.

[Peter Mallett]

I thought they had!

At least I understand Stepney is being employed outside of motorsport.

[pottiella]

Ralf's girl, I don't want to dwell on it, but it's nothing really to do with Lewis...more the fact he has a car to do well in.

Nobody really expected a lot of Fisi to be that great, but he was at least expected to be up there with Alonso when they were at Renault together. The same goes for Lewis...rookie or otherwise. They are in equal equipment after all...and if you're naturally good and the car is as good as the McLaren, it shouldn't matter generally during races whether you're a rookie or not. It's only when it comes to the harsh end of a championship or difficult race circumstances does "experience" come into play.

Maybe I'm one of those people who can't hold a romantic view of Lewis being the most sensational rookie there has ever been, or even sucessful, simply by seeing how good the car is. That's not to say Lewis isn't very good...because he certainly is...it's just that the comparitive credit as a rookie is just a bit disproportionate I feel considering the circumstances he's landed himself in.

So now we've only got 3 races to go and he's already won 3 races in 14, of course people expect him to have done better at Monza and Spa, regardless if whether he's a rookie or not. I really do think by now the latter shouldn't be an issue anymore if you've got a comfortably brilliant car underneath you.

[Ralf's Girl]

There is, though, a tendency to forget that he hasn't even had a full season in F1 yet - he hasn't raced on every track and he doesn't have the level of experience that those he's racing against do. So even taking into account the quality of the equipment and personnel available to him, he's still relatively new to the sport without being allowed the usual room for error that rookies usually get.

[strider]

That's very true. I think we can disregard the factor of not having raced on every track, because the McLaren simulator takes care of that.

The thing that interests me is that he doesn't seems to make any mistakes of consequence, which is not what you'd expect.

When he won the UK Formula Renault title, there was a stutter and a few mistakes to begin with. In his first year in F3 he was arguably not with the best team, so he didn't win everything but he learned all he needed to and, having switched teams over the winter, won the F3 Euro Series title in his second year. As we know, he won the GP2 title at the first attempt and now he's headed in the same direction in his first year of F1, which no-one expected except perhaps he and his Dad.

For a number of reasons, I think it might better if he didn't win the title this year. I wouldn't like to guess how many titles he will win, but losing out this year, being beaten by his team-mate for the first time, might just make him an even better driver in the years to come. Scary thought.