it was the outlap....
> If you saw the in-car camera shots of Michael doing his qualifying lap
then
> you saw true talent. Not only did he drive a very quick lap, he was
playing
> with the knobs on his steering wheel the entire time. I doubt I would
have
> even stayed on the road at highway speeds if I had been trying to adjust
> that many things at once.
> > I didnt say he had the upper hand though did I, simply saying he managed
> to
> > outqual him which is true, but Montoya needs to, quote "realise a GP
> weekend
> > is more than a banzai lap on Saturday".
> > The guy is still somewhat of a mystery to me, Im really getting the
> feeling
> > hes not as good as he's made out to be, anyone watching any of this
years
> GP
> > races will remembering him cracking, and falling of the road, or coming
> > together with 90% of the people hes raced wheel to with, the last race
> being
> > a perfect example of him losin his head, then losing the track, then
> loosing
> > most the aero package on the car. Brazil/Nurburgring/Hungary all results
> > lost due to basically letting his will take control of his mind.
> > The guy has the speed, but thesedays in F1 more than ever with software
> > systems and huge ammounts of telemetry and technically advanced nature
of
> > the whole thing, more like NASA than a motorracing series, you also need
a
> > brain, I sadly feel the poor guy is rather lacking in the later. He'd
have
> > made a class act when balls where the main requirement to going fast
> though,
> > like the 60's, 70's and 80's but today being highly intelligent and
> getting
> > the most from the car is more important than your ability to withstand
> fear.
> > Maybe this reflects more on his success in Cart, less technology etc,
more
> > get in and drive.
> > Hes also very very up and down, and has bad days alot of the time
compared
> > to ralf, if Montoya were truely the great star of the future, he wouldnt
> > crack under pressure would have learnt after two races the way to hold
> > someone behind in F1 is simply drive 100% normally,and after 4-5years of
> > competition in two of the highest series on earth, also he wouldnt have
> bad
> > days. Youd never see Schumacher having a day bad as bad as Montoyas,
even
> in
> > the late 90's when he wasnt in the best machinery an awful day seemed to
> be
> > 3rd.
> > Micheals second "full" season was a WDC championship, albeit in nearly
the
> > best machinery in the field, but williams was clearly faster with the
less
> > talented Damon Hill, which offers the conclusion that the Benetton was
no
> > Williams. Even in a second year the signs were there. Signs I don't see
> with
> > Montoya, I do on occasion, like with Hakkinen the genius is there, just
> can
> > he use it all the time like someone called Michael.
> > I await the next 2-3years before I feel I could make a final sumup of
> > Montoya.
> > Rakkionen on the other hand is proving himself greatly this year, just
> > unluckly all those BMW enduced DNF's.
> > > > But youd really expect that at "national" level huh....
> > > > Like montoya, button, rakkionen, massa all out qualling more
> experienced
> > > > teamates in there first year, adding R Schu and N Heidfeld are no
> second
> > > > raters, isn't about 10-15laps to find the very limit at the level
> > expected
> > > > from an F1 driver, unless you pay to drive that is :)
> > > JPM wasn't even close to RS in last year in qualifying. RS
outqualified
> > him
> > > in 11 out of 17 races, usually by a half second or more. When JPM
> > > outqualifed him, it was by a hair.
> > > Needed a better sim.
> > > This year it's 7-6 in favor of JPM, although RS outqualifies JPM by
more
> > on
> > > average, has a faster average qualifying time, and a faster average
race
> > lap
> > > time.
> > > David G Fisher
