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[FLAT_OUT]

As I understand, motivation plays a crucial role in winning a race, not to mention a quick car on the track, driver's skills, plus a touch of luck.

My question is, who do you think is more fired-up at this point in time.. and why, Massa or Hamilton?

[bud]

Lewis

Massa deep down knows he is not the worthy winner of Belgium but at Ferrari they teach their drivers on how to deal with beneficial actions from the governing body so he should be alright

[Matkins]

As I understand, motivation plays a crucial role in winning a race, not to mention a quick car on the track, driver's skills, plus a touch of luck.

My question is, who do you think is more fired-up at this point in time.. and why, Massa or Hamilton?

I think they're both very fired up. But maybe Lewis is a little more because of how conned he must feel by the recent court decision. But i am not sure if that's a good thing for him though.

Because for me the ability to maintain focus for a very long time is probably the most important thing for winning a race. I can qualify in pole on most tracks in an F1 racing sim, in the best car and after a couple of practice sessions. But then if i try to do even a half length race i struggle to go that long without having some sort of off track incident resulting in losing a place or several. Of course the real thing is even more difficult, with the G forces and immense strain on your neck, keeping concentration surely must be the biggest challenge, and i beleive it's been the number one downfall for practially every F1 driver ever, because none of them are/were rubbish drivers, but they've all had an abysmal moment, or several.

Normally you get in a rythem and your subconscious is taking control of everything. You automatically brake in the right place, and turn into the corner at the right moment at the right speed. But ocassionally the rythem behind all this is disrupted and then you can't rely on that anymore, you've got to concentrate and make sure you do it correct. Such times are when approaching traffic and you've got to concider different lines and back off here and there if a collision seems likely, and immediately after a pit stop when you've got to re-find your rythem from scratch, you will approach the first corner at a totally different speed to normal, with cold tyres and a heavier load of fuel. Judging where to brake with all that to concider is not easy at all. So in my oppinion, winning races comes down to the ability to focus all the way from the start line to chequered flag, and so i wouldn't be supprised if the regular race winners throughout history were practitioners of meditation or something similar.

[AKR]

Massa because this is probably the only chance he'll ever get at winning the world drivers championship.

[texasmr2]

I would think that Lewis is just a tad more fired up with last year's ending and this year's penalties weighing heavily upon him. It should be a great fight till the end.

[Gaz]

Yeh Lewis because of the Spa penalty and also because he knows he's got a good car for wet races.

I expect Massa might be abit worried in that respect even tho they say they have the problem with wet weather fixed they said that about the engine before Kimi's went. And although he was okay in Monza he was easily in a position to make a massive Jump on Lewis and coudn't deliver.

[cap-dude]

People simply think Lewis because of the extreme media coverage he gets on English TV. I'm sure if you asked someone from south america, they'd say Massa.
But come on, its the world title. You can't say that neither of them is fired up to the maximum they could be.

[Gaz]

People simply think Lewis because of the extreme media coverage he gets on English TV. I'm sure if you asked someone from south america, they'd say Massa.
But come on, its the world title. You can't say that neither of them is fired up to the maximum they could be.

Well just because someone is Brazilian it does not mean they are a Massa or Ferrrai fan they may support Rubens/Honda as some Brits support Button/Honda.

If you want a true unbiased opinion as a German BMW fan lol.

That said i expect an unbiased person would say Lewis has more reason to be fired up based on the events of the past week.

[texasmr2]

That said i expect an unbiased person would say Lewis has more reason to be fired up based on the events of the past week.

Thank you but you did leave out the event's of last year but that's just nitpicking right.

[Gaz]

That said i expect an unbiased person would say Lewis has more reason to be fired up based on the events of the past week.

Thank you but you did leave out the event's of last year but that's just nitpicking right.

Well if anything what happened last year will drive lewis more right?

[bud]

That said i expect an unbiased person would say Lewis has more reason to be fired up based on the events of the past week.

Thank you but you did leave out the event's of last year but that's just nitpicking right.

Well if anything what happened last year will drive lewis more right?

i think Tex means after missing out and coming so close last year it will make him hungrier this year

[Gaz]

That said i expect an unbiased person would say Lewis has more reason to be fired up based on the events of the past week.

Thank you but you did leave out the event's of last year but that's just nitpicking right.

Well if anything what happened last year will drive lewis more right?

i think Tex means after missing out and coming so close last year it will make him hungrier this year

Yep

[f1s best fan]

motivation is a huge part of racing even though i'm only in karts i went into my first race but neither of my pparents or family were there i ended having a nightmare race, though next time they were and i came second, this point i think hamilton wants it more, he's been cheated by the FIA so he wants to prove he can win even when things go against him, i think Hamilton will win this years championship

[McLaren Fan]

I take it you found a karting school today then and have started already.