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[racechick]

Oh Im just so predictable aren't I .You know what... I kinda knew what comments my previous post would elicit too

Yes your is so predictable it has become endearing.

Ah! You say the nicest things (I guess you missed my reference to how predictable your response was:yes: )

I guess when you get old the more predictable you become, you know the feeling I'm sure .

You sayin im old Tex??.

[nikon133]

Well if the proof is in the eating it must be Kimi

Fastest laps 2008

Australia : Heikki Kovalainen
Malaysia: Nick Heidfeld
Bahrain: Heikki Kovalainen
Spain: Kimi Raikkonen
Turkey: Kimi Raikkonen
Monaco: Kimi Raikkonen
Canada: Kimi Raikkonen
France: Kimi Raikkonen
Britain: Kimi Raikkonen

that's my boy

Are there really 12 F1 fans in US?

[juggles]

For me, being the 'quickest driver' does not have a lot to do with consistency. It just means who has the most 'raw speed.' But that's very difficult to measure, because all the drivers are in different cars, on different strategies. My concern with using the in-race fastest laps, is that for some of those readings, Kimi may have been running at the front or in some other pocket of clear air, whilst either Lewis or Eyebrows might have been stuck trying to pass a slower car. This is just one circumstance in which you'd have to take the readings with a pinch of salt.

For me, the best indication of 'the fastest driver' is their performances in qualifying, whether this be in relation to their team-mate, or just simply how often they come above their rival teams. For example, the driver that many cite as the fastest of all time, Ayrton Senna, started 40% of all F1 races in which he competed from pole position. That is speed.

Of course consistent speed is the most important thing because winning GPs is the most important thing, not getting pole positions. But as a measure of who is the quickest, I think the latter is a better judge.

[Kiwi_Chris]

For me, being the 'quickest driver' does not have a lot to do with consistency.

I dont know about that juggles, drivers can be fast without consistancy but to be 'quick' i feel they need to be consistant

[PetroTK40]

Are there really 12 F1 fans in US?

ok fine, maybe 13

[texasmr2]

Yah 13 out of 250K+ who actually understand F1 so 13 sound's about right!

[Hanwombat]

Are there really 12 F1 fans in US?

ok fine, maybe 13

Just 13 in the whole of the US

[al4x]

Yah 13 out of 250K+ who actually understand F1 so 13 sound's about right!

hmm, i thought this forum had them all?

[texasmr2]

Yah 13 out of 250K+ who actually understand F1 so 13 sound's about right!

hmm, i thought this forum had them all?

You know what they say about 'thinking'?

[8-ball]

Most Americans have short attention spans and so something has to happen every 15 seconds in sport otherwise they'll just leave to find a burger . Hence why they don't understand why football is the beautiful game

[Rivelution]

Most Americans have short attention spans and so something has to happen every 15 seconds in sport otherwise they'll just leave to find a burger . Hence why they don't understand why football is the beautiful game

Thats not true at all. If this is the case then why is NASCAR, and baseball so popular? Neither is the burger part and the rest of the world thinks we're fat arsed idiots who shoot guns all day, which pisses me off because we most definitely are not!! Well there are fat arsed idiots who shoot guns all day and those are called rednecks, and nobody likes them.

[8-ball]

Most Americans have short attention spans and so something has to happen every 15 seconds in sport otherwise they'll just leave to find a burger . Hence why they don't understand why football is the beautiful game

Thats not true at all. If this is the case then why is NASCAR, and baseball so popular? Neither is the burger part and the rest of the world thinks we're fat arsed idiots who shoot guns all day, which pisses me off because we most definitely are not!! Well there are fat arsed idiots who shoot guns all day and those are called rednecks, and nobody likes them.

It was a joke. Clearly one that didn't work well. I am one of the few Europeans that actually likes Americans

[darwin dali]

Easy boys!

What would America be without its rednecks?



























A darn fine place

[Rivelution]

I am one of the few Europeans that actually likes Americans

Easy boys!

What would America be without its rednecks?



























A darn fine place

That was a good one!!

[onelapdown]

At the risk of actually getting back to the thread topic, I would say:

over a single lap: Kimi
Over a single lap under pressure: Lewis
Over a race distance: Lewis all things going well otherwise Fernando
Overtaking: Lewis
Over the course of a championship: Fernando

I do think Raikkonen has the most raw driving ability but he doesn't seem quite with it when it's really tight. When he's ahead, he's miles ahead, but... Hamilton also has this problem but not to the same extent in my view - don't forget that Kimi has SIX (count 'em) years more F1 experience than Lewis and should have got some of the less impressive aspects of his game out of his system by now. Alonso, for all his silly behaviour last year, is still an awesome driver and the most consistent of the three. He's probably the best at keeping a car behind him too.

That said, on his day in a car he likes I think Massa is the outright fastest driver on the grid...