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Formula 1 2015: Round 4 - Bahrain Grand Prix

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  • #152
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Slutmonkey57b wrote: »
    Back to the topic at hand, "is Nico crap?"

    He's clearly not crap, anyone who thinks that isn't clued into F1. Nico is a great driver, & one who had the measure of Lewis on more Saturdays than not last year in terms of single lap speed.

    Perhaps it does go back to Spa, it's hard to say. He had the measure of Lewis after Spa in Brazil though, which for me, puts doubt on the Spa theory. Clearly though, whatever the case, something has gone awry with Nico. He showed flashes of talent though there in Bahrain, so perhaps that's all he needed to kick start a championship campaign, I guess we'll see.

    I still don't think he's a match for Lewis on race day, & I think there's a bit of a gulf between them (even last year, Nico never won back to back races in 2014 and in a car like that it's pretty damning).


  • #153
    Slutmonkey57b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,574 ✭✭✭Slutmonkey57b


    I think Nico just lacks that last 10% of arrogant self belief that makes the difference between a champion like Alonso, Vettel or Lewis and a merely very good driver. If he'd been able to string together a few back to back wins, or kept his head in races like Italy, I think he'd be a very different driver this year.

    He second guesses and over thinks too often.


  • #154
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    Slutmonkey57b wrote: »
    He second guesses and over thinks too often.

    He does, but Bahrain showed he's going back to relying on instincts and can overtake when he has to. Hungary last year was an embarrassment and he seemed to be affected by everyone saying he couldn't overtake, or perhaps was too nervous to overtake. Now, he's driving flat out with nothing to lose and we're seeing Nico the racing driver instead of Nico the calculator.


  • #155
    ScumLord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Slutmonkey57b wrote: »
    I think Nico just lacks that last 10% of arrogant self belief that makes the difference between a champion like Alonso, Vettel or Lewis and a merely very good driver.
    That's probably it, although at this level of performance it's probably more like 0.01%.


  • #156
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Looks like this commentator is a Kimi fan too :D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5cEKbB8lLA


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