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#128185
McLaren Fan wrote:Villeneuve was never really good enough for Formula One in his prime
I think that is a pretty silly comment to make considering he beat Frentzen who had more experience in F1 than JV . He was an average driver, yes, but I think this comment was just posted out of hate.
#128187
Rivelution wrote:
McLaren Fan wrote:Villeneuve was never really good enough for Formula One in his prime
I think that is a pretty silly comment to make considering he beat Frentzen who had more experience in F1 than JV . He was an average driver, yes, but I think this comment was just posted out of hate.
You don't just cruise around the outside of Schumacher without any high amount of skill, regardless of differences in the car! He was no legendary driver, but a pretty damn good one.
#128192
scotty wrote:
Rivelution wrote:
McLaren Fan wrote:Villeneuve was never really good enough for Formula One in his prime
I think that is a pretty silly comment to make considering he beat Frentzen who had more experience in F1 than JV . He was an average driver, yes, but I think this comment was just posted out of hate.
You don't just cruise around the outside of Schumacher without any high amount of skill, regardless of differences in the car! He was no legendary driver, but a pretty damn good one.

Well said, shame his career fell apart after that. His head got to big later on though.
#128203
I do wonder if the transition from slicks to grooves was a little too much for him to handle. I mean, look at what happened to Damon - he couldn't even get close to Frentzen in 1999 in a car that challenged for the championship at times.
By Gaz
#128205
scotty wrote:
Rivelution wrote:
McLaren Fan wrote:Villeneuve was never really good enough for Formula One in his prime
I think that is a pretty silly comment to make considering he beat Frentzen who had more experience in F1 than JV . He was an average driver, yes, but I think this comment was just posted out of hate.
You don't just cruise around the outside of Schumacher without any high amount of skill, regardless of differences in the car! He was no legendary driver, but a pretty damn good one.
Yeh you don't win a WDC by being an average F1 driver.
#128209
Denthúl wrote:I do wonder if the transition from slicks to grooves was a little too much for him to handle. I mean, look at what happened to Damon - he couldn't even get close to Frentzen in 1999 in a car that challenged for the championship at times.
It was tough for Zanardi too...
#128252
Rivelution wrote:
McLaren Fan wrote:Villeneuve was never really good enough for Formula One in his prime
I think that is a pretty silly comment to make considering he beat Frentzen who had more experience in F1 than JV . He was an average driver, yes, but I think this comment was just posted out of hate.
:thumbup::yes:
scotty wrote:
Rivelution wrote:
McLaren Fan wrote:Villeneuve was never really good enough for Formula One in his prime
I think that is a pretty silly comment to make considering he beat Frentzen who had more experience in F1 than JV . He was an average driver, yes, but I think this comment was just posted out of hate.
You don't just cruise around the outside of Schumacher without any high amount of skill, regardless of differences in the car! He was no legendary driver, but a pretty damn good one.
:yes:
Rivelution wrote:
Denthúl wrote:I do wonder if the transition from slicks to grooves was a little too much for him to handle. I mean, look at what happened to Damon - he couldn't even get close to Frentzen in 1999 in a car that challenged for the championship at times.
It was tough for Zanardi too...
I liked Zanardi. He was amazing, as in he kept racing after his accident...
#128266
headless wrote:So what, he still won it.
he had a Monster of a car? You can't expect nothing else, Look at Bourdais? he's :bs: IMO. But now in F1 he is terrible? Champ Car he was the man? if he was in Red Bull now he would get a podium here and there? It's the car, he had a good car, end of!
#128398
Vanilla-Bear wrote:
headless wrote:So what, he still won it.
he had a Monster of a car? You can't expect nothing else, Look at Bourdais? he's :bs: IMO. But now in F1 he is terrible? Champ Car he was the man? if he was in Red Bull now he would get a podium here and there? It's the car, he had a good car, end of!
He could race Champ Car or whatever.
F1 has the best drivers in the world.
#128423
headless wrote:
Vanilla-Bear wrote:
headless wrote:So what, he still won it.
he had a Monster of a car? You can't expect nothing else, Look at Bourdais? he's :bs: IMO. But now in F1 he is terrible? Champ Car he was the man? if he was in Red Bull now he would get a podium here and there? It's the car, he had a good car, end of!
He could race Champ Car or whatever.
F1 has the best drivers in the world.
Fernando would tell you otherwise. Formula One has the luckiest drivers in the world ;)
#128426
headless wrote:
Denthúl wrote: Fernando would tell you otherwise.
?
He's admitted on several occasions that drivers better than himself have slipped past Formula One whilst less talented ones have gotten in because of connections or sponsorship deals, or else just being in the right place at the right time.
#128431
Denthúl wrote:
headless wrote:
Denthúl wrote: Fernando would tell you otherwise.
?
He's admitted on several occasions that drivers better than himself have slipped past Formula One whilst less talented ones have gotten in because of connections or sponsorship deals, or else just being in the right place at the right time.

Thats sooooooooooo true!!!! Thats how we get guys like Nakajima, and Piquet in F1.
#128437
Denthúl wrote:
headless wrote:
Denthúl wrote: Fernando would tell you otherwise.
?
He's admitted on several occasions that drivers better than himself have slipped past Formula One whilst less talented ones have gotten in because of connections or sponsorship deals, or else just being in the right place at the right time.
Mmm very honest.
What a legend.
#128490
Wow Fernando realizes something we already know, stop the show! Fernando is very talented but he is no legend.
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