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[Denthúl]

Reassuring to know there is someone else out there who shares my reservations about NR!

I had some slight suspicions about him after his "visor problems" excuse in China, but now it's all clear to me.

It's nothing wrong with the car either because Sam Michael was reportedly quite "pleased" with the upgrades to both cars in Spain.

And I thought Boutsen in his two years at Williams drove a lot better than Nico currently is doing so maybe Patrick should bring him back and see if he can do better.

He won a race each year in a car that most definitely wasn't the best...

He was nothing like Senna, Prost and Mansell, but he was good in the wet, used short-shifting to good effect and his drive at Hungary in 1990 was sublime, the kind of drive you see Raikkonen put in when he's not eating ice cream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIOcMuBCrk4

Hey, look who put his Tyrell in the gravel! Like father like son...

I'd have been so embarrassed if I did something as silly as starting to make my way out of the gravel only to smash my car up.

[Jensonb]

'Sneaky' test, eh?
That's a problem these days - how can you test a new driver with the current test ban? Straight-line testing on an airfield is not the same neither is a race simulator...

However, wasn't there a provision about testing new drivers?

Rings a bell. They could also let him do the "shakedown".

[scotty]

However, wasn't there a provision about testing new drivers?

Isn't it that they're allowed to test them between the end of this season and the start of 2010 (and no regular testing is allowed until the new year)...?