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Careful with that... Lew might become a Mercedes fan.
They look bigger in gym.And he is black, so his muscles are different. Best proof for that is NBA, white players mostly look like girls compared to those beasts.
Uh, Vladster, that is a kinda questionable comment, in a hundred different ways. But I get what you are trying to say, I think.... But keep in mind, most inner city kids don't have access to swimming pools, so they are not great swimmers, they don't have access to golf courses, so they are not great golfers, and many don't have access to football fields, so they are not great "football" players. What they do have, is basketball courts -- cheap, don't require much, if any, maintenance, take up little real estate -- so the end result is a lot of great basketball players, because that's what the society funnels them toward.
But on the "muscles" question, did you ever see Tim Tebow, or some of those "girls" in the NFL? Kind of shoots your entire argument down, my friend.
I don't know if you get me in the right way, English is not my native language, so I make mistakes sometimes.
They look bigger in gym.
Uh, Vladster, that is a kinda questionable comment, in a hundred different ways. But I get what you are trying to say, I think.... But keep in mind, most inner city kids don't have access to swimming pools, so they are not great swimmers, they don't have access to golf courses, so they are not great golfers, and many don't have access to football fields, so they are not great "football" players. What they do have, is basketball courts -- cheap, don't require much, if any, maintenance, take up little real estate -- so the end result is a lot of great basketball players, because that's what the society funnels them toward.
But on the "muscles" question, did you ever see Tim Tebow, or some of those "girls" in the NFL? Kind of shoots your entire argument down, my friend.
There are always those who are different, but I know that even now Shaq looks like a giant from a fairy tale.
Fernando Alonso believes Lewis Hamilton remains the "strongest driver" on the grid even though he may not be his main opponent this season.
Rivals at McLaren in 2007, Alonso and Hamilton have shown a growing respect for one another in recent years, often tipping each other for success.
However, instead of adding to their combined three titles, it is Sebastian Vettel who has come to the fore, winning three successive Championships.
But despite the German's success, it is Hamilton who Alonso believes is the "strongest" driver out on track although not necessarily his "main" rival.
"I do not know who will be my main opponent for this season, he who has the best team, with the best year in terms of preparation, luck, testing, all of these factors, will help a driver or team to come on top of others," the Ferrari driver told Autosport.
"But as for strongest opponent, who is strongest driver? My answer is Hamilton. It was true last year, it was true this year.
"The strongest driver? It is a personal opinion, not political, not to make people think something.
"Who is the strongest opponent, the strongest driver on grid? Who is the one you have to keep an eye on? It is Hamilton - and it will still be Hamilton next year."
Hamilton faces a tough challenge this season as his new team Mercedes have claimed just one victory since purchasing the Brawn GP team at the end of 2009.
Alonso, though, reckons Hamilton has the ability to turn Mercedes into a winning team.
"I am sure he will be able to win. He is a super good driver because he won every year with any car: he won in 2007 and 2008.
"In 2009 they started around two seconds off the pace with the McLaren, and Hamilton was able to win races - and it was the same in 2010.
"Last year also Nico [Rosberg] we saw winning in China with Mercedes. So with Hamilton he will be able to win more than one race."
As for his own prospects this season, Alonso, who lost out on the title by a three points in 2012, says he is entering the Championship "more confident" than ever before.
"I am more confident, no doubt.
"The rules are continuing more or less the same as last year in terms of aerodynamics. In the 2012 winter we changed completely the exhaust position compared to 2011, and it was a little bit of a guess what we found on the car.
"But this year everything should be much more normal and we are much more confident.
"We can be faster or slower [than the others] but not 1.5 or two seconds off the pace, because it was a record what we had last year. It is maybe impossible to be worse than last year, so I am confident."
RESPECT.
there clearly is respect between those two. They know, everything else being equal, who their greatest competitor is.
"That brings us back to his method of preparation, the way he shuts himself off from the rest of the world, so that he can still call on reserves that other drivers might not have: Fernando Alonso, for example, who is busy with politics and funny comments.
"Vettel ignores it all, he doesn't read the newspapers, or the internet. And that's the point, you see, we concentrate on our job: to make the fastest car and the best team possible."
He added: "Alonso is constantly involved in politics.
"I believe we saw the stress he was under towards the end of the season.
"Saying things like, 'I'm competing against (Lewis) Hamilton, not Vettel,' and 'I'm up against (Red Bull design chief Adrian) Newey,' these psychological skirmishes. We said, "Just ignore him.'"
I bet Hemlut Mark has Vettel wallpaper. And bedsheets. And a cuddly Vettel toy.
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