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View Poll Results: Who was your Eurpoean GP driver of the race? | |||
M Schumacher | 23 | 36.51% | |
Barrichello | 1 | 1.59% | |
Button | 5 | 7.94% | |
Fisichella | 10 | 15.87% | |
Webber | 2 | 3.17% | |
Sato | 18 | 28.57% | |
Coulthard | 1 | 1.59% | |
Raikkonen | 3 | 4.76% | |
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll |
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30 May 2004, 13:52 (Ref:988200) | #1 | |||
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European Grand Prix : Driver of the race
OK here we are again. We will start with a quick reminder of what this competition is about.
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Michael Schumacher. Bosch! A win. Rubens. A different strategy. Jenson. Another podium. Fisi. Would he ever pit! A good sixth. Webber. Penalty, a little heavy. Points. Kimi. Second early on. Bang. DC. Heavy again, good first lap. Bang. Sato. The quickest Michelin guy. The quickest other than TGF. Daft move? Bang. Anymore, just say. |
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30 May 2004, 14:00 (Ref:988209) | #2 | ||
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Agree with all the above Adam. MS was a (Mickey the) shoe-in. RB did well but was hardly spectacular especially leaving the door open for "kamikaze". He was lucky to finish after that.
Kimi was good but he made the whole thing tedious. DC made a great run but it was never going anywhere. Fisi? Yep he's starting to show a bit of grit but............ nope. Webber? Best race of his season so far but I'm getting a bit disolussioned with him. Has to be Jenson just because he made a brilliant move on DC(both kept it clean) and kept out of trouble to score another podium. BAR and Button, the very best of the rest. |
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30 May 2004, 14:03 (Ref:988211) | #3 | |
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Sato for me.....his best qualifying yet, followed by his best race yet.
The move can be classed as daft I suppose....but it's one of those that could have gone right and made him look a star. Kudos to him for having a go! |
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30 May 2004, 14:07 (Ref:988216) | #4 | ||
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Sato - despite his faux pas with Barrichello.
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30 May 2004, 14:10 (Ref:988219) | #5 | ||
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i will go for MS... too good again no mistakes.... I could give it to Sato for driving well but he showed that one thoughtless moment can cost and MS did extreamly well to stay out of trouble with Webber and Panis
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30 May 2004, 14:16 (Ref:988226) | #6 | ||
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ms.....pole, race win, and a great opening stint....sato a close second....it goes from bad to worse for both mclaren and williams....
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30 May 2004, 14:20 (Ref:988232) | #7 | ||
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Michael. Would have been Taku, had it not been for the brain fart trying to overtake Rubens. Another fantastic drive from Fisi
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30 May 2004, 14:27 (Ref:988245) | #8 | ||
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I wonder if Ferrari will ever let Ruben's run Michael's strategy or is he always going to get the 2nd place one.
If he had the opportunity I am pretty sure he could bring home the win, in what is so obviously a dominant car. Button gets my vote. Good move on DC when he needed to, and was solidly consistent. Sato really needs to take some deep-breathing exercises. Not even close to try that move. |
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30 May 2004, 14:29 (Ref:988248) | #9 | ||
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Michael...
I almost was willing Sato on..he was soooo impressive until he made that silly over ambitious move..and that really ruined a great posititon and result (honestly, i think he'd get 2nd if he's more patient. So Michael nicks it again. Awesome pace, flawless race..another MS-style victory. The pace at which he raced at is simply mind-blowing.. and once again silence his critics. Oh..and while at it, i'd say good Fisi/Sauber ran another 2 stopper race to grab useful points, while Klien did a great job in a far inferior and struggling car to defend against JPM. |
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30 May 2004, 14:33 (Ref:988254) | #10 | ||
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i'm finding it hard to determine a best driver, mainly because the last 10 laps were so boring and i forgot who drove well
my best: MS Sato Fisi quiet achievers: button trulli alonso |
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30 May 2004, 15:09 (Ref:988321) | #11 | |
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Michael. Sato would have run him close.
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30 May 2004, 15:20 (Ref:988338) | #12 | ||
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I was going to go for Fisi, but dispite his "mistake" trying to take Rubens, i feel that Sato was still the man of the race, had it not have been for yet another Honda blow up, i'm confident that he still could have come home in 4th or 5th.
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30 May 2004, 15:24 (Ref:988341) | #13 | ||
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Sato. His move on Rubens may have been over-aggressive, but here is a guy who is willing to have a go. Dave Richards has told both drivers not to be afraid of going for the gap. Sato was taking that advice. I say good on him for having the cajones to go for that gap.
Add to that his race pace - the only one on Michelins doing ANYTHING all race - and his weekend pace previously and it was almost the perfect weekend. Almost... |
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30 May 2004, 15:25 (Ref:988343) | #14 | ||
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Without the Honda blowing up AND without that poorly judged move on RB, Sato could have scored his best result of 2nd!
He's impressive this race, and that blow up and mistake just looked more disappointing. But for once, he cleanly out-performed his respectable teammate. |
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30 May 2004, 15:26 (Ref:988345) | #15 | ||
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Fisi, 6th from back of grid in a Sauber is a good effort. MS is just predictably great from start to finish, no surprise there.
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30 May 2004, 15:53 (Ref:988380) | #16 | ||
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MS here .. .
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30 May 2004, 15:56 (Ref:988384) | #17 | ||
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Michael Schumacher because of the way he controlled the race from start to finish.
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30 May 2004, 15:57 (Ref:988387) | #18 | ||
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I really wished I could give it to Sato. Was his daft move enough to erase everything else? Hmmm.
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30 May 2004, 16:54 (Ref:988424) | #19 | ||
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I voted for Fisichella, Michael was brilliant, without a doubt, but starting from the back and finishing 6th, great race!
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30 May 2004, 17:17 (Ref:988440) | #20 | ||
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It's gotta be Michael, followed by Fisi, followed by Jenson.
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30 May 2004, 17:24 (Ref:988442) | #21 | ||
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TGF again, 14 secs clear in 6 laps, ok Raikkonen was holding the queue, but yet again he sealed the race before the 1st ad break!
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31 May 2004, 11:24 (Ref:989125) | #22 | ||
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I voted for Sato even though he stuffed it up in the end.
Thankfully he didn't put Rubens out. Schumacher was...well...Schumacher, but Sato by a wisker. |
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31 May 2004, 11:28 (Ref:989130) | #23 | |
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Ferrari is expected to win and place. The next best gets the award. Button.
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31 May 2004, 12:34 (Ref:989192) | #24 | ||
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Accepting once again that MS cannot win, my vote to Fisichella, I mean, starting from the last positions and get to the points grace to a flawless and intelligent racing.
After all is not driving a top car, and made it very well. Bravo. |
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31 May 2004, 15:04 (Ref:989314) | #25 | ||
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I had to say Fisi. 19th to 6th scoring 3 points. Well done.
Sato was a close second though. |
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