Andres125sx wrote:diffuser wrote:Farfar wrote:
+1
ok fair enough ...what did you get out of the question and answer?
Is there any bar that we can see that needs to be surpassed ? Like the car needs to run a 1:10 @ Spain ?
The question is too open ended and the answer has no measurable requirements. He wants the cars to be faster and harder to drive. Technically that would have happened even without the rule change.
You could actually say the McHonda was alot harder to drive than the Merc and it was alot slower. So what does that statement really mean?
in my opinion..nada.
IMHO he´s refering to something I´ve mentioned more than once, today drivers role is as irrelevant as it can be. Driving to the limit makes a difference between the greatest and the rest, while cruising to take care of the tires can be done by any top driver. Ok there will be differences between them, but then F1 is rewarding the smoother drivers over the fastest or most consistent. Same for fuel saving, today best driver for a F1 team is best manager, not fastest/more consistent driver.
He´s considered one of the best of current grid, by himself too
so I´m sure this F1 era where best drivers can´t show their talent (exageratting but you get the idea) is very frustrating for him who can´t fight for victories or podiums, but neither can push like crazy. I guess he must be used to drive carefully when there´s a reward like Nico did last GPs to win the title, but driving carefully when there´s no reward is something he´s not used to and must be exasperating
Basically I think he just need some motivation no matter where does it comes, so I´d say some of these conditions should change
a) Cars must be difficult to drive to make a difference between best and the rest again
b) Cars and tires must allow to drive to the limit consistently instead of cruising to nurse the tires
c) Cars must be phisically demanding, even when I think that could be a problem for him, as fitness is very different when we´re 25 years old (when he drove phisically demanding cars) or when we´re 35 as he´ll be next season
d) McHonda must be competitive to fight at least for victories
I think condition d) if obviously the most important, but even if not achieved, if they do a big step forward and cars are fun to drive and demanding again, he´ll be happy to continue
Just my opinion obviously, but I´ve been supporting Alonso since his debut with Minardi and I think I can more or less differ between the usual BS and his real thoughts
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