Maldonado. Not of this planet..
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gadgetmac said:
Can't see Maldonado still being with Lotus next year to be honest.
If Renault buy them and can backfill the cash then I agree. But then with reduced oil revenues, maybe Venezuela may not have as much to share. I think he will still be racing though. I'm not as negative as many, I think he has flashes of very good driving, it's the balance of rookie errors that erode him. He is quite quick, he's also impetuous. Easier to add control than to add speed, it just seems he hasn't managed to.
Vaud said:
If Renault buy them and can backfill the cash then I agree. But then with reduced oil revenues, maybe Venezuela may not have as much to share.
I think he will still be racing though. I'm not as negative as many, I think he has flashes of very good driving, it's the balance of rookie errors that erode him. He is quite quick, he's also impetuous. Easier to add control than to add speed, it just seems he hasn't managed to.
And in fact he himself has said he has no intention of changing his driving style.. so unless that was bravado then it's not a case of him not "managing" to add control, it's that he isn't trying!I think he will still be racing though. I'm not as negative as many, I think he has flashes of very good driving, it's the balance of rookie errors that erode him. He is quite quick, he's also impetuous. Easier to add control than to add speed, it just seems he hasn't managed to.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9GtxYrMQcI&fe...
The Maldonator
A 12 minute film summing up Pastor's F1 career.
The Maldonator
A 12 minute film summing up Pastor's F1 career.
rohrl said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9GtxYrMQcI&fe...
The Maldonator
A 12 minute film summing up Pastor's F1 career.
That is shocking and hilarious in equal measure... echo the above, how is he even allowed in a car? The Maldonator
A 12 minute film summing up Pastor's F1 career.
TommoAE86 said:
That is shocking and hilarious in equal measure... echo the above, how is he even allowed in a car?
To be honest I thought it was poor. Some of those incidents were 50.50 or not his fault. Many repeats from different angles. Could have been done in 90 seconds. Early Massa (and against HAM a few years ago) was similar - Massa had the nickname crash bandicoot...
C2996 said:
Out of interest, since joining F1, how many points has he scored and how many penalty points has he scored in the same time, or better yet, how many stop go, drive through and grid drops has he been handed?
He's scored 61 points. Scoring in 10 out of 87 races (86 starts); however he has had only 1.5 seasons with a capable car - and it's arguable how capable this year's Lotus is.Vaud said:
To be honest I thought it was poor. Some of those incidents were 50.50 or not his fault. Many repeats from different angles. Could have been done in 90 seconds.
Early Massa (and against HAM a few years ago) was similar - Massa had the nickname crash bandicoot...
Agreed to some extent as this year he has been much better, although the number of retirements may have something to bear on that. But he still hasn't cleaned up as much as Grosjean or Massa has and doesn't get my sympathy.Early Massa (and against HAM a few years ago) was similar - Massa had the nickname crash bandicoot...
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