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yeah, must agree that CMC is somewhat over-rated IMO.
he is a very fast and commited driver but whats the point if you never see the finish line!
He's bloody entertaining to watch, and ridiculously quick, just pushes it too hard quite often. But that's better than being scared to push it...
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yeah, must agree that CMC is somewhat over-rated IMO.
he is a very fast and commited driver but whats the point if you never see the finish line!
He's bloody entertaining to watch, and ridiculously quick, just pushes it too hard quite often. But that's better than being scared to push it...
Is it? You still end up with f-all either way.
Mr McRae is far from over-rated, he may have a tendency to have Nigel Mansell mood swings but he is one of the greatest drivers on the planet (even Herr Schumacher has respect for his abilities)
A few years ago when Brundle was driving for Jordan and McRae for Subaru their swapped cars at Silverstone as part of BAT promotion and McRae would have put the F1 car in the middle of the grid, setting lap times a fraction off Brundles.
A couple of years later the same was done by Williams and Mitsubishi and Makenin crashed.
The guy deserves some respect, his ability to drive a car hard in totally different situations is amazing (he is one of the few WRC drivers to have won events on all types of surface, most are specialists on one type)
davidy
But probably because he's British we must put him down, cos thats what we do with all our heroes.
A few years ago when Brundle was driving for Jordan and McRae for Subaru their swapped cars at Silverstone as part of BAT promotion and McRae would have put the F1 car in the middle of the grid, setting lap times a fraction off Brundles.
A couple of years later the same was done by Williams and Mitsubishi and Makenin crashed.
The guy deserves some respect, his ability to drive a car hard in totally different situations is amazing (he is one of the few WRC drivers to have won events on all types of surface, most are specialists on one type)
davidy
But probably because he's British we must put him down, cos thats what we do with all our heroes.
I think the main reason that the likes of Mansell and Mcrae get "put down" is due to their complete and utter lack of grace.
Granted Mcrae is slightly better now - but to blame Grist for not reminding him to turn up this time last year in Australia to draw lots for the running order and thus lose any chance of winning was a pretty good example of someone who needs to give himself a good hard look in the mirror of life and realise which side his bread is buttered.
Mansell took the biscuit - even when his williams ran perfectly and he nearly lapped the rest of the opposition he would claim that he'd had to manfully struggle against all odds to win - a complete insult to his mechanics and team who had worked their arses off to give him the perfect machine.
Both were/are spectacular and great to watch but IMHO completely lack class.
Granted Mcrae is slightly better now - but to blame Grist for not reminding him to turn up this time last year in Australia to draw lots for the running order and thus lose any chance of winning was a pretty good example of someone who needs to give himself a good hard look in the mirror of life and realise which side his bread is buttered.
Mansell took the biscuit - even when his williams ran perfectly and he nearly lapped the rest of the opposition he would claim that he'd had to manfully struggle against all odds to win - a complete insult to his mechanics and team who had worked their arses off to give him the perfect machine.
Both were/are spectacular and great to watch but IMHO completely lack class.
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