2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335269

By racechick - 20 Nov 12, 00:53

- 20 Nov 12, 00:53#335269

I can't understand the Di Resta fuss. Except he's in with the Coulthard clique.

Granted, it's been a while since I've heard di Resta on the subject, but some things stick if someone doesn't really make headlines in other ways.
It started with "I would have also become champion in that Red Bull, I beat Vettel in Formula 3" and many similar comments followed to the point it seemed he wanted to build his image on "I beat the world champion".

No that's not what I meant. I meant I can't understand the fuss, as in the hype surrounding Di Resta. To me he appears mediocre and boring.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln

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Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335327

By mnmracer - 20 Nov 12, 10:19

- 20 Nov 12, 10:19#335327

I can't understand the Di Resta fuss. Except he's in with the Coulthard clique.

Granted, it's been a while since I've heard di Resta on the subject, but some things stick if someone doesn't really make headlines in other ways.
It started with "I would have also become champion in that Red Bull, I beat Vettel in Formula 3" and many similar comments followed to the point it seemed he wanted to build his image on "I beat the world champion".

No that's not what I meant. I meant I can't understand the fuss, as in the hype surrounding Di Resta. To me he appears mediocre and boring.

Oh, I can shake your hand on that :cloggynmarki:

That's why I thinnk he made such a fool of himself with those remarks. If Hamilton was saying that, I'd be interested in discussing it and seeing it again in Formula One.
But it's di Resta :hehe:

The less intelligent observers say anyone could do it in that car.

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335340

By Hammer278 - 20 Nov 12, 11:52

- 20 Nov 12, 11:52#335340

BTW Coulthard is still the best and by far the coolest F1 driver Scotland has produced!

Breaking News:Lewis Hamilton has officially overtaken The Fonz in race wins. With 88 races less. Lol(Without a specially built blown diffuser, illegal front wing, preferential treatment)

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335346

By LRW - 20 Nov 12, 12:07

- 20 Nov 12, 12:07#335346

BTW Coulthard is still the best and by far the coolest F1 driver Scotland has produced!

The BEST?? .... apart from Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart...? :wink:

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335348

By What's Burning? - 20 Nov 12, 12:09

- 20 Nov 12, 12:09#335348

No one did more for drivers in the sport than Jackie, and that's very cool.

"I don't want to be part of a forum where everyone has differing opinions." Boom...

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335351

By Hammer278 - 20 Nov 12, 12:16

- 20 Nov 12, 12:16#335351

BTW Coulthard is still the best and by far the coolest F1 driver Scotland has produced!

The BEST?? .... apart from Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart...?

Never saw them drive....but I'm sure they're pretty cool as well, especially Stewart. My ears are glued to the screen whenever he speaks, I just can't help mimicking him!

Breaking News:Lewis Hamilton has officially overtaken The Fonz in race wins. With 88 races less. Lol(Without a specially built blown diffuser, illegal front wing, preferential treatment)

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335779

By BottasForPresident - 22 Nov 12, 15:31

- 22 Nov 12, 15:31#335779

BTW Coulthard is still the best and by far the coolest F1 driver Scotland has produced!

The BEST?? .... apart from Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart...?

Never saw them drive....but I'm sure they're pretty cool as well, especially Stewart. My ears are glued to the screen whenever he speaks, I just can't help mimicking him!

Well Jim Clark was at the time, by most, considered the best driver ever. And Jackie Stewart not only has three world titles to his name, he also did an incredible job at making the sport safe.
So even if DC is a great driver and guy, he comes nowhere close to being the best Scottish driver ever. :wink:

Coolest you could argue, since that has pretty much nothing to do with racing whatsoever

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335790

By andrew - 22 Nov 12, 18:02

- 22 Nov 12, 18:02#335790

BTW Coulthard is still the best and by far the coolest F1 driver Scotland has produced!

The BEST?? .... apart from Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart...?

Never saw them drive....but I'm sure they're pretty cool as well, especially Stewart. My ears are glued to the screen whenever he speaks, I just can't help mimicking him!

Well Jim Clark was at the time, by most, considered the best driver ever. And Jackie Stewart not only has three world titles to his name, he also did an incredible job at making the sport safe.
So even if DC is a great driver and guy, he comes nowhere close to being the best Scottish driver ever. Coolest you could argue, since that has pretty much nothing to do with racing whatsoever

As someone who knows Scotland pretty well, I can assure you that Coulthard is not thebest Scottish F1 driver ever. That honour goes to Jim Clark who was not only awesome in F1, he was awesome in every series he entered. And he shunned the glamorous drivers lifestyle. :thumbup:

Jackie Stewart is a close 2nd. Coulthard would be 3rd at best.

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335842

By LewEngBridewell - 23 Nov 12, 00:44

- 23 Nov 12, 00:44#335842

I hold so very much respect for Jackie Stewart, who is to me, one of the most inspirational F1 people of all time.

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Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335884

By headless - 23 Nov 12, 10:29

- 23 Nov 12, 10:29#335884

He comes across as a bit of a sausage sometimes though.

You're like a dog chasing a car. You'll never catch it and you just wouldn't know what to do with it if you did
:starwars:

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335886

By racechick - 23 Nov 12, 10:46

- 23 Nov 12, 10:46#335886

Jim Clark best Scottish one for me. Superb talent and a gentleman.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#335985

By headless - 23 Nov 12, 20:27

- 23 Nov 12, 20:27#335985

Jim Clark best Scottish one for me. Superb talent and a gentleman.

You're like a dog chasing a car. You'll never catch it and you just wouldn't know what to do with it if you did
:starwars:

Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#336922

By Frontrunner - 28 Nov 12, 04:27

- 28 Nov 12, 04:27#336922

last update on Quali duels

Vettel 11 - 9 Webber

Button 3 - 17 Hamilton

Alonso 17 - 3 Massa

Schumacher 10 - 10 Rosberg

Raikkonen 9 - 10 Grosjean

Di Resta 8 - 12 Hulkenberg

Kobayashi 9 - 11 Perez

Ricciardo 16 - 4 Vergne

Maldonado 18 - 2 Senna

Kovalainen 13 - 7 Petrov

de la Rosa 17 - 3 Karthikeyan

Glock 13 - 6 Pic

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Re: 2012 Qualifying Duels (and what it means)#336947

By LewEngBridewell - 28 Nov 12, 09:28

- 28 Nov 12, 09:28#336947

Interesting that Kovalainen wasn't as dominant against Petrov in quali as he was against the qualifying master Jarno Trulli! Mind you, I suppose Petrov didn't have steering wheel issues for 3/4 of the season. :hehe: