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[Redliner]

CONFIDENCE +15

Walk that into the bar with that kinda confidence, and the girls fall over like putty.
Walk in like Kubica, and you'll just scare them away

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Walk that into the bar with that kinda confidence, and the girls fall over like putty.
Walk in like Kubica, and you'll just scare them away

[Robert]

[kngrsll]

@ kngrsll - yeah man. Let me dig it out and take some pics of it.

And yeah, the racer mentaility better be cocky. But it bleeds into the rest of life. A lot of my confidence comes from racing, and when i tackle a normal work week, i just kick ass at everything else too. some call me cocky....and i love that they call me that, b/c I know i'm not. I'm confident bitches!

My friend Wade and I have discussed this numerous times. We agree 100%! Not only that, but I think it turns down the intensity of life down a few clicks. Like stuff that would have stressed me out before, does not now. And when you put someone like that in an environment where normal people are stressing the hell out, they think your made of iron, lol. So its remarkable helpful in all areas of life... Cheaper than therapy, amirite? :biggthumb:

i want one of those shirts!

[kngrsll]

Walk that into the bar with that kinda confidence, and the girls fall over like putty.
Walk in like Kubica, and you'll just scare them away

Or school... ive got a girl eating out of my hand now. you know what she loves? how confident i am and how no shit at school seems to phase me. hellz yah son

[tefnut]

I'm not sure where all this Emo-is-a-great-team-leader-and-Kimi-isn't stuff is coming from.

Emo got a fantastic car for two years. And he had a non-competitive teammate. So he won. If he's such a great team leader, he should have been able to go to McLaren and make the most of that situation. Instead he was a whiny bitch at McLaren, fracturing the team, and together they were able to piss away a championship in what was, by far, the best car on the grid. Team leader qualities not found.

As for Kimi... do any outsiders really know what's going on within the team's garage? What the quality of the feedback from driver to engineers is? What the relationship is between Kimi and his mechanics? I haven't heard many comments on this topic, good or bad, about any drivers, except for perhaps Wurz, who is supposed to be a legendary feedback driver (but still didn't manage to get Williams' up to championship level, so there's obviously only so much a driver's feedback and great relationship with the team can do )

Ferrari was supposed to implode after losing Ross Brawn, Schumacher and now Todt and only having a monosyllabic Fin to replace them with, but somehow they still won both titles last year. Kimi's doing something right. Because, well, Ferrari's not exactly going downhill is it? They're supposed to be the top team now, this after the last two years of Schumacher being failures. Kimi's doing what Schumacher couldn't do

I think this whole team leader thing is kind of opaque and overrated. Sure the driver feedback is important, and not being a bitch with the team is important, but at the end of the day the largest part is down to the car. I like Kimi's antics, he's my favorite driver, but I don't have any illusions - I'm sure that most of the backmarker drivers could also deliver solid results if they had a car as fast as the Ferrari or the McLaren.

[Redliner]

Or school... ive got a girl eating out of my hand now. you know what she loves? how confident i am and how no shit at school seems to phase me. hellz yah son

Hell yeah - during the off-season, I was getting all stressed out over little shit. Girls saw it, and I started to lose my composure. Got pissed off at a girl I was seeing and told her to eff off b/c of some drama. I just needed to get some days at the track in...2 weeks in a row of autocrossing, almost getting FTD and I feel like a new man :biggthumb:

But to hell w/ that girl -- she's still full o drama

I think that's what impresses me about LH the most -- he controls his emotions so well. To me, that's strictly confidence speaking -- Alonso...well, he goes wah wah.

[Nacho]

I'm not sure where all this Emo-is-a-great-team-leader-and-Kimi-isn't stuff is coming from.

Emo got a fantastic car for two years. And he had a non-competitive teammate. So he won. If he's such a great team leader, he should have been able to go to McLaren and make the most of that situation. Instead he was a whiny bitch at McLaren, fracturing the team, and together they were able to piss away a championship in what was, by far, the best car on the grid. Team leader qualities not found.

Emo expected to come in and have the team based around him. When it didn't happen, he self-destructed.

As for Kimi... do any outsiders really know what's going on within the team's garage? What the quality of the feedback from driver to engineers is? What the relationship is between Kimi and his mechanics? I haven't heard many comments on this topic, good or bad, about any drivers, except for perhaps Wurz, who is supposed to be a legendary feedback driver (but still didn't manage to get Williams' up to championship level, so there's obviously only so much a driver's feedback and great relationship with the team can do )

No one has ever accused Kimi of putting in time above and beyond like Schumi did. Wurz helped Williams turn it around compared to when they first split from BMW.

Ferrari was supposed to implode after losing Ross Brawn, Schumacher and now Todt and only having a monosyllabic Fin to replace them with, but somehow they still won both titles last year. Kimi's doing something right. Because, well, Ferrari's not exactly going downhill is it? They're supposed to be the top team now, this after the last two years of Schumacher being failures. Kimi's doing what Schumacher couldn't do

Momentum and :TeamOrders:.

I think this whole team leader thing is kind of opaque and overrated. Sure the driver feedback is important, and not being a bitch with the team is important, but at the end of the day the largest part is down to the car. I like Kimi's antics, he's my favorite driver, but I don't have any illusions - I'm sure that most of the backmarker drivers could also deliver solid results if they had a car as fast as the Ferrari or the McLaren.

One word: Schumacher.

[kngrsll]

Hell yeah - during the off-season, I was getting all stressed out over little shit. Girls saw it, and I started to lose my composure. Got pissed off at a girl I was seeing and told her to eff off b/c of some drama. I just needed to get some days at the track in...2 weeks in a row of autocrossing, almost getting FTD and I feel like a new man :biggthumb:

But to hell w/ that girl -- she's still full o drama

I think that's what impresses me about LH the most -- he controls his emotions so well. To me, that's strictly confidence speaking -- Alonso...well, he goes wah wah.

for sure... absolutely right. last year did alot of damage to alonso's reputation. I think that can be whats so irritating about LH, he should be really stressed out bc of all the pressure, but hes not! wtf! and emonso goes apeshit over every little thing. Alonso is unstoppable when hes happy and doing well, but when things start to get hairy, he blames everyone around him.

[tefnut]

Emo expected to come in and have the team based around him. When it didn't happen, he self-destructed.

Leaders don't self-destruct when things don't work out as planned. They adapt and find a way to win. Emo just complained and eventually left.

Although I give him credit for managing to get 109 points. That's not really self-destructing, it's just winning races ugly... and a credit to the team that even though they liked Hamilton better, they still sent them both out in the same exact equipment.

Momentum and :TeamOrders:.

Momentum from what? Two losing seasons?

And team orders were less for Kimi than Schumi. Schumi benefitted from team orders for what, 10 years, hundreds of races? Kimi got team orders helping for just that one race... the very last one where it was either a WDC or no WDC decision.

[Skyliner]

oh the blog is getting visitors from all sorts of places...

saudi arabia, norway, czech rep., hungary, austria, italy.

It's MY writing. If they don't find it funny, they're stupid.

/arrogance,

er ,

/confidence

[Redliner]

Leaders don't self-destruct when things don't work out as planned. They adapt and find a way to win. Emo just complained and eventually left.

Although I give him credit for managing to get 109 points. That's not really self-destructing, it's just winning races ugly... and a credit to the team that even though they liked Hamilton better, they still sent them both out in the same exact equipment.




Momentum from what? Two losing seasons?

And team orders were less for Kimi than Schumi. Schumi benefitted from team orders for what, 10 years, hundreds of races? Kimi got team orders helping for just that one race... the very last one where it was either a WDC or no WDC decision.

there are tiers of who's a good leader. If you're paired with a weaker mental team-mate, you are stronger. Emo was paired with a weaker mental team mate at Renault, so he led the charge. At McLaren, he was paired with a really strong, and confident LH, and he collapsed.

Schumi put that "dream team" together. He put Brawn, Todt in place...altho they didn't win the last 2 seasons, remember what Ferrari came from before MS came to Ferrari...they def. still carried plenty of momentum.

[kngrsll]

It's MY writing. If they don't find it funny, they're stupid.

/arrogance,

er ,

/confidence

[Nacho]

Leaders don't self-destruct when things don't work out as planned. They adapt and find a way to win. Emo just complained and eventually left.

Although I give him credit for managing to get 109 points. That's not really self-destructing, it's just winning races ugly... and a credit to the team that even though they liked Hamilton better, they still sent them both out in the same exact equipment.

Compared to his attitude at Renault, he self destructed.

Momentum from what? Two losing seasons?

Being a top team for the last decade + That generally doesn't just vanish overnight.

And team orders were less for Kimi than Schumi. Schumi benefitted from team orders for what, 10 years, hundreds of races? Kimi got team orders helping for just that one race... the very last one where it was either a WDC or no WDC decision.

It was more than that, it was from the day that they announced that Kimi was the #1 for the remainder of the year.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

Compared to his attitude at Renault, he self destructed.




Being a top team for the last decade + That generally doesn't just vanish overnight.



It was more than that, it was from the day that they announced that Kimi was the #1 for the remainder of the year.

basically after monza...

[yonson]

oh the blog is getting visitors from all sorts of places...

saudi arabia, norway, czech rep., hungary, austria, italy.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

you're getting there, one more week and you'll be the first in GP2 rank

but yeah basically the entire east and west coast loves the blog.. not so much love in the dakotas, montana, etc

[Nacho]

you're getting there, one more week and you'll be the first in GP2 rank

but yeah basically the entire east and west coast loves the blog.. not so much love in the dakotas, montana, etc

I claim all of KY's hits.

[Nacho]

basically after monza...

4 > 0

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

I claim all of KY's hits.

Pewee Valley, Jefferson Country and Lexington?

[Redliner]

I claim all of KY's hits.

I call all the TX hits!!

[DocGolem]

Most Iowa hits are from me, but I've sent the link to a few friends.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

I call all the TX hits!!

10 different locations

[Nacho]

Pewee Valley, Jefferson Country and Lexington?

Oh, i guess we have 1 extra. I haven't been to lex to hit it from my brother's.

Half the time my home IP comes back as peewee valley, the other half Jeff Co (Louisville). Then there's the computer at work i'm using now.

Are there any from southern IN? Like New Albany or Jeffersontown?