Maldonado. Not of this planet..

[jamiebae]

FourWheelDrift said:

Depends on their behaviour at the stewards meeting. Maldonado might be very apologetic and offer sexual favours from his girlfriend.

Unlikely I'd say, I understand he's a weapons-grade arse from those who have worked with him.

[HTP99]

jamiebae said:

Unlikely I'd say, I understand he's a weapons-grade arse from those who have worked with him.

I'm sure Martin Brindle; this weekend, said that he was one of the nicest and approachable drivers in the paddock; when out of the car.

[jamiebae]

HTP99 said:

I'm sure Martin Brindle; this weekend, said that he was one of the nicest and approachable drivers in the paddock; when out of the car.

Sadly Sky don't broadcast F1 in Swiss-German so I don't have the pleasure of Brundle and co anymore. What I've heard suggests not, but there are a few drivers whose media/public personality is very different to the one the team and others see.

[ajprice]

jamiebae said:

...but there are a few drivers whose media/public personality is very different to the one the team and others see.

Kimi Raikkonen, party animal.

[MartG]

HTP99 said:

jamiebae said:

Unlikely I'd say, I understand he's a weapons-grade arse from those who have worked with him.

I'm sure Martin Brindle; this weekend, said that he was one of the nicest and approachable drivers in the paddock; when out of the car.

A case of....



?

[HTP99]

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

[Arklight]

HTP99 said:

http://hasmaldonadocrashedtoday.com/

[FourWheelDrift]

Did you hear the stat yesterday?

Maldonado has taken part in 80 races in 5 seasons with Williams and Lotus. How many races has he scored points in?




8. Unbelievable! Bruno Senna scored more times (10) in one season as his team mate. Maldonado scored 5 of his points scoring finished that year.

[BrettMRC]

Massa not happy!

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/118609

[SeeFive]

Aaaah. The formula one I know and love. Maldonado still shunting and Massa still whining.

Nice to see nothing changes.

[Crafty_]

Lotus blamed Pastor for the retirement today, reckon he could have grabbed P7.

It will come to a point that they can attract enough revenue that they can look elsewhere for a driver.

[TUS 2 CON]

The two worst jobs in F1:

1. Kimi's PR 'minder'.

2. Maldonado's bodywork fixer.

[slipstream 1985]

TUS 2 CON said:

The two worst jobs in F1:

1. Kimi's PR 'minder'.

2. Maldonado's bodywork fixer.

What about nico toiletries buyer?

[Inertiatic]

slipstream 1985 said:

TUS 2 CON said:

The two worst jobs in F1:

1. Kimi's PR 'minder'.

2. Maldonado's bodywork fixer.

What about nico toiletries buyer?

Ecclestones Smithers?

[NRS]

TUS 2 CON said:

The two worst jobs in F1:

2. Maldonado's bodywork fixer.

Not really; look at it this way: guaranteed work = job security, plus lots of overtime hours to earn extra money.

[ajprice]

Inertiatic said:

Ecclestones Smithers?

"Todt, what's that noise?"

"I think it's your heart beating again, sir."

"Ooh, that takes me back!"

[Jasandjules]

Crafty_ said:

Lotus blamed Pastor for the retirement today, reckon he could have grabbed P7.

It will come to a point that they can attract enough revenue that they can look elsewhere for a driver.

Thing is it generally isn't just his car but the damage to the other cars he hits, sometimes costing them millions in points too..

[jamiebae]

On the subject of him finishing in the points only eight times in his career (less than 10% of the races he has contested) he hasn't finished better than 9th since November 2012 and the only time he has finished in the points more than once in a season was in 2012. By way of comparison his teammates managed the following:

2011 Barichello 2 points finishes (PM 1)
2012 Senna 10 points finishes (PM 5)
2013 Bottas 1 points finish (PM 1)
2014 Grosjean 2 points finishes (PM 1)

So it appears other than 2012 he's never really been in car capable of decent results, he managed three points finishes while his teammates got five.

However, given his fists of ham, and apparent car development skills of a gibbon is there actually an issue that the teams suffer as a result of having a driver who can't give them the feedback they need to develop the car?

[FourWheelDrift]

You know he had problems driving into the pits this year in China. I had forgotten he did the same thing last year but with the gravel and tyre barrier stopping him - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF7B6oTbwnQ

Senna's commentary "I think what he should have done is just go straight". Yep like he did this year


Mouldy - "I crash"
Pits "Oh, Ok"

[Xtriple129]

In my eyes, he seems to be quite a fast driver but utterly stupid with it? He seems to have zero common sense or intelligence. Or, if he has, he certainly doesn't seem to use either!