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#1 mads

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 08:05 PM

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 08:19 PM

here is something scary, that last season i would never had said... cause i would've cursed Ferrari if it ever happened...
I'd like to see Alonso at Ferrari...

shoot me... i'm starting to like the guy.

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 08:22 PM

here is something scary, that last season i would never had said... cause i would've cursed Ferrari if it ever happened...
I'd like to see Alonso at Ferrari...

shoot me... i'm starting to like the guy.

me too

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 11:24 PM

alonso is the man. i never understood all the hate.

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 11:40 PM

I'm torn. While I would be psyched to see Alonso at Ferrari, I'm not sure if I could fly the Ferrari flag again (I took it off the wall when Massa was confirmed after Schumi retired) if Massa was still there. :werd:

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Posted 14 July 2008 - 11:44 PM

alonso is the man. i never understood all the hate.

hate comes from him not being British

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 01:32 AM

Eh. He cries and whines when he gets beaten. I liked the guy a lot when he was at Renu before, but at McLaren, he just looked like a pummeled little girl against LH. I admit tho, now that he's at Renault again, I quite like him.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 01:58 AM

Eh. He cries and whines when he gets beaten. I liked the guy a lot when he was at Renu before, but at McLaren, he just looked like a pummeled little girl against LH. I admit tho, now that he's at Renault again, I quite like him.


i think alonso was the guy who got shit done at mclaren though as far as setting up the car. hamilton just drove.

this season you can see on the tv that he drives harder than anyone. not to mention he makes his teammate look like an amateur. i don't know what happened at mclaren last year but with renault both before and after that he has been very impressive and the fact he took on schumacher in a car that fisichella could only run mid-pack in made an impression on me.

he's one of my favorite drivers right now. i think my fave is trulli though. :werd: (if only he wasnt in a cursed toyota :hs: )

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 01:58 AM

Alonso is #1 forever

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 02:08 AM

Alonso is #1 forever


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Posted 15 July 2008 - 03:28 AM

I like him when he's not in the WDC fight.

In 06 and then in 07 he whined constantly whenever he wasn't winning every race. Now that he's back in the expectation-free Renault (after a terrible year for that team) he seems better.

Of course, it could just be that not as many people are reporting on him. :werd:

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 04:12 AM

i think alonso was the guy who got shit done at mclaren though as far as setting up the car. hamilton just drove.

this season you can see on the tv that he drives harder than anyone. not to mention he makes his teammate look like an amateur. i don't know what happened at mclaren last year but with renault both before and after that he has been very impressive and the fact he took on schumacher in a car that fisichella could only run mid-pack in made an impression on me.

he's one of my favorite drivers right now. i think my fave is trulli though. :hs: (if only he wasnt in a cursed toyota :hs: )


I agree -- when he beat MS at Imola being pressured like that, I was like :werd: His pass at 130R was just...greatness. No fear...

And he def got his shit setup well, but he still whines a lot when he's losing to his team-mate. When Fisi beat him on worn tires, and he came out and said "he felt alone" was a clear crack in his mental facade. The fact that when he started to get challenged by a rookie team-mate, instead of stepping up his game, he faltered and looked totally owned in races like Canada, doesn't impress me much at all.

I dunno...Things like that, puts a big "I like him...BUT" for me in my book.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 04:23 AM

if alonso had kimi's mental strength and cool he's be :werd:

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 04:24 AM

if alonso had kimi's mental strength and cool he's be :werd:

Kimi is in no way superior to Alonso.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 04:26 AM

if alonso had kimi's mental strength and cool he's be :werd:



Kimi is in no way superior to Alonso.



Not so much mental strength, but more like Kimi's ability to just not give a shit about public opinion, that would be awesome!

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 04:57 AM

Not so much mental strength, but more like Kimi's ability to just not give a shit about public opinion, that would be awesome!

:werd:

as long as you don't stand on his bag, there is no way to fluster kimi.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 05:34 AM

:hs:

as long as you don't stand on his bag, there is no way to fluster kimi.


:hs:

I chuckled.

But yeah, Kimi's mental "I don't give a shit" is pretty amazing. I think that's why we have man crushes on KR...well, I do anyways. :werd:
Even tho he's not exactly who I would use as a role-model :o

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 05:58 AM

:hs:

I chuckled.

But yeah, Kimi's mental "I don't give a shit" is pretty amazing. I think that's why we have man crushes on KR...well, I do anyways. :werd:
Even tho he's not exactly who I would use as a role-model :hs:


It's just such a cool attitude to have towards life.

He has 1 job to do and that is win, so he goes out there and he tries to win.
when he doesn't win, he shrugs it off and tries again in 2 weeks time.

that's like the streamline mentality for any athlete, 100% on the field, 0% off it. Leave it all on the field, no regrets.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 06:43 AM

I dislike him less now, but all his whining in the past means I'm not a fan. But then I'm a such a huge Schumi nut hugger, my perspective might not be totally unbiased.

I felt bad for him crashing out this year in Canada though.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 08:30 AM

I dislike him less now, but all his whining in the past means I'm not a fan. But then I'm a such a huge Schumi nut hugger, my perspective might not be totally unbiased.

I felt bad for him crashing out this year in Canada though.



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At least he was doing something right. Also, he went up against the British media (and Hamilton for that fact) anyone gets mad props from me for that.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 08:47 AM

here is something scary, that last season i would never had said... cause i would've cursed Ferrari if it ever happened...
I'd like to see Alonso at Ferrari...

shoot me... i'm starting to like the guy.

:hs: :werd:

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 12:42 PM

I'd like to see him go to Red Bull

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 02:30 PM

I'd like to see him go to Red Bull

Over Skittle, fo sure.

God, i hate that muppet.

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Posted 15 July 2008 - 02:31 PM

he faltered and looked totally owned in races like Canada, doesn't impress me much at all.

:sato:

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Posted 16 July 2008 - 02:15 AM

Alonso is #1 forever

best post in this entire forum




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