rec.autos.simulators

Greg Cisko <no.spam.email.for.me> wrote in article

Well I think McLaren bailed on Andretti, midseason.  Also they never gave
him enough testing time.  Having him drive with Senna would to me be an
advantage with the proper testing program.

Zanardi spoke of finding new limits to drive at even in testing.  The cars
he was driving even in F1 years back is so different thent he new car.
That I think is the problem no one ever gave any thought into the
difference between the cars CART to F1.

Dave

MS

But never compared against team mates very well

. Another example is Jacques

A proven driver and world champ. How did he fare against Frentzen and Zonta?

 Look at Damon Hill. Need I keep

Need I?

I'm not trying to sound *** here but let's put the argument into proper
perspective.

Are these guys bad drivers? I dont think so.

Neither is Zanardi. The guy is a fine driver but he can't cut it in F1.

It is like horse racing,

Not if the jockey keeps falling off the horse <G>

 I know that Schumacher (Ralf) out raced him every race but he was also

But Ralph was FAST in a Jordan in HIS first year, even if he did have a
tendancy to throw it off the road at the time.

MS

Daniel

--
 ICQ UIN: 30333508
 http://www.topofgames.de || http://danielshome.cjb.net

Mike.

I think it was a combination of both F1 as an entity, McLaren and Andretti
himself.  Andretti didn't really help the cause by refusing to relocate to
England.

Mike.

I think he could do with a season in F3000 and maybe a test drive at this
stage though. Then again, uncle Frank has a reputation for hiring "cheap"
employees and firing them when it comes to paying champion's salaries.

MS

Actually, Andretti said something to that effect a few years ago when asked
if he thought Jacques should make the move to F1. He felt that he had waited
too long to try F1 and just simply couldn't adjust.

Wayne Hutchison

Where is he now?

BB

The cars were different back then, though. When an F1 car had proper
tyres and was the proper width, it was not *too* dissimilar to a Champ
Car, relative to 1999 when the cars were far too nervous and had totally
different tyres. As a result Villeneuve adapted far more easily. He also
had more testing time then Zanardi.

If I were Sir Frank and had to choose between Button, Junqueira and
Zanardi I would choose Zanardi every time, the other two would have too
little and experience and a better-prepared Zanardi would do a better
job.

IMHO of course :-))

--
Cheers!
Graeme Nash

: BTW, he sucked back then and proved that his problem was
: not equipment.

But he did provide some "entertainment".  Nothing like dragging a flaming
Lotus around half a lap of Imola.  Less entertaining was his hammering at
Eau Rouge, which foreshadowed Villeneuve's antics several years later -
the active cars could be quite evil at times, and that accident took my
breath away.

Stephen

long.

Yeah, definitely

Mike.

Well we will soon find out when Juan moves on to F1.  We will see if Cart
takes any of the edge off his driving.

Dave