Maldonado. Not of this planet..

Maldonado. Not of this planet..

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HustleRussell

24,602 posts

159 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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Perez and Massa are normally fun

BarbaricAvatar

1,416 posts

147 months

Monday 15th February 2016
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jamiebae said:
FIREBIRDC9 said:
So now that our Man Maldonado is no more.


Who are we going to look to for the daft antics now?
That's a tough question actually. The driver least worthy of his place on the grid in terms of talent is (in my opinion) Marcus Ericsson, but that doesn't mean he'll be constantly causing accidents.
Ericsson's pretty good on a Sunday, his errors usually just involve himself and a gravel trap. I'm with the previous poster that Verstappen's going to get crashy this year. The pressure's worse in a drivers 2nd year because of expectation, and we learned in Monaco last year he's not immune to poor judgement.
Or it could be Wehrlein, trying too hard to impress in a car with a bad chassis.

If i were a betting man however, my money would be on Esteban Gutierrez. He wasn't up to much when he was a Sauber driver and Ferrari only took him because of the size of his wallet. But he'll likely be convinced that he got his 3rd Ferrari driver role because of talent and will be eager to show it to everyone, which is precisely where it will all go wrong.
Yes, the Maldonado spirit will be secure in 2016.

FIREBIRDC9

736 posts

136 months

Wednesday 17th February 2016
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ajprice said:
Manor second seat, Verstappen when he goes for a 50/50 overtake that doesn't work out as planned. Maybe a rematch of Raikkonen/Bottas if/when they are on the same bit of track.
That seems reasonable


I feel that Verstappen may bite off more than he can chew on more than one occasion this year.


I am expecting Verstappen to be one of the most watched Drivers this season.



toppstuff

13,698 posts

246 months

Wednesday 17th February 2016
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coppice said:
There may be a central heating engineer from Basingstoke
Actually, I know a central heating engineer from (near ) Basingstoke. He is the worst driver I know of. Terrible attention span, easily distracted, no spatial awareness and drives too fast for the road conditions.

Anyway, as you were... smile

MartG

20,622 posts

203 months

Friday 19th February 2016
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Silly season US style - Maldonado in Indycar ?

http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/herta-confi...

rohrl

8,712 posts

144 months

Friday 19th February 2016
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MartG said:
Silly season US style - Maldonado in Indycar ?

http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/herta-confi...
Christ, can you imagine the sort of pile-ups he'll be able to create on a 220mph oval?

MartG

20,622 posts

203 months

Friday 19th February 2016
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rohrl said:
MartG said:
Silly season US style - Maldonado in Indycar ?

http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/herta-confi...
Christ, can you imagine the sort of pile-ups he'll be able to create on a 220mph oval?
All too well frown It would only be a matter of days before he killed someone

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Friday 19th February 2016
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MartG said:
All too well frown It would only be a matter of days before he killed someone another person

hairyben

8,516 posts

182 months

Sunday 21st February 2016
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jamiebae said:
That's a tough question actually. The driver least worthy of his place on the grid in terms of talent is (in my opinion) Marcus Ericsson, but that doesn't mean he'll be constantly causing accidents.
Much as I'd like to see the narcissistic twerp take his smug face and bag of (daddies?) money elsewhere, he has been somewhat annoyingly competent.

jamiebae

6,245 posts

210 months

Sunday 21st February 2016
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hairyben said:
jamiebae said:
That's a tough question actually. The driver least worthy of his place on the grid in terms of talent is (in my opinion) Marcus Ericsson, but that doesn't mean he'll be constantly causing accidents.
Much as I'd like to see the narcissistic twerp take his smug face and bag of (daddies?) money elsewhere, he has been somewhat annoyingly competent.
Competent, but not fast. I expected Nasr to be the worst of the last crop of rookies, but he has consistently outperformed his teammate in spite of looking ropey as hell in pre season testing.

Maybe Haryanto could be a dark horse of the Manor is any good, if not he'll be too far behind to hit anyone properly.

jamiebae

6,245 posts

210 months

Thursday 25th February 2016
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So Haryanto seems to have binned the Manor twice already in testing. As far as I know nobody else has got stuck in the gravel at all. However, the car looks like it's going to be the slowest on the grid again this year so there won't be many cars around for him to hit...

Gandahar

9,600 posts

127 months

Thursday 25th February 2016
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jamiebae said:
So Haryanto seems to have binned the Manor twice already in testing. As far as I know nobody else has got stuck in the gravel at all. However, the car looks like it's going to be the slowest on the grid again this year so there won't be many cars around for him to hit...
Go on, blame it on Rio.



FIREBIRDC9

736 posts

136 months

Sunday 20th March 2016
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Well , one race down and we appear to still be Maldonado Free



Verstappen was very Hot Headed in that race.

I think he needs to wind his neck in or his temper may bite him later on.

coppice

8,562 posts

143 months

Monday 21st March 2016
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Really- don't you want to see drivers with some aggression and fire then? How should racing drivers behave? Personally I look forward to Sainz/Verstappen friction ratchetting up even more over the season.

slipstream 1985

12,127 posts

178 months

Wednesday 23rd March 2016
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rohrl said:
MartG said:
Silly season US style - Maldonado in Indycar ?

http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/herta-confi...
Christ, can you imagine the sort of pile-ups he'll be able to create on a 220mph oval?
"Maldonado" I crash

"pit" ok what corner

"maldonado" all of them

patmahe

5,744 posts

203 months

Thursday 24th March 2016
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slipstream 1985 said:
rohrl said:
MartG said:
Silly season US style - Maldonado in Indycar ?

http://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/herta-confi...
Christ, can you imagine the sort of pile-ups he'll be able to create on a 220mph oval?
"Maldonado" I crash

"pit" ok what corner

"maldonado" all of them
And then wait for the pit interview for him to explain how it is in no way his fault.

Surely he is more suited to Nascar

elwe

192 posts

219 months

Thursday 24th March 2016
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Is there a world championship for demolition derbies?

Some Gump

12,671 posts

185 months

Thursday 24th March 2016
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elwe said:
Is there a world championship for demolition derbies?
Yes, but no-one watches it. BTCC is much better.

FourWheelDrift

88,377 posts

283 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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In 2017 Pirelli tyres will work better off track than on.

http://www.crash.net/f1/news/230004/1/maldonado-ba...

FW18

243 posts

140 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Pastor Maldonado to help with 2017 tyre barrier testing...