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11 Sep 2010, 12:24 (Ref:2757659) | #1 | ||
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Sakon Yamamoto is it pure yen ?
is the reason Sakon Yamamoto has the Hispania pure yen driven or is there more going on ?
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11 Sep 2010, 13:06 (Ref:2757667) | #2 | |
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You know, the more I see, the more I think that it's a combination. He gets *******ed a lot, but he is capable enough, beat Senna in the rain at Spa, IIRC.
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11 Sep 2010, 14:01 (Ref:2757689) | #3 | |
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I actually think Sakon gets a bit or a harsh press.
O.k he's not WDC material, but he's capable within F1. Note his laptimes at Spa were quicker than Di Grassi and Kovalainen, and only 0.3s off Trulli who was the fastest of the new teams (which is the only true barometer at the moment) - and that was over a long lap and at the most demanding circuit. Thats probably as close as HRT have got to anyone in terms of outright pace all season. He's consistently within a couple of tenths of Bruno which isn't bad. Sakon hasn't had a full season of anything for quite a while IIRC, which can't help. He's as good as matching Bruno and getting an awful car within 107% of pole - on those facts alone I think you have to say he isn't out of place on the grid. |
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11 Sep 2010, 14:47 (Ref:2757702) | #4 | |
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True, but the point is that there are certainly better drivers that could bring a multi-million financial package to the table - e.g. Perez, Maldonado, Guerrieri, etc.
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11 Sep 2010, 18:50 (Ref:2757761) | #5 | |
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Competence + loads of cash = Drive with struggling team
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11 Sep 2010, 22:58 (Ref:2757838) | #6 | ||
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Sakon Yamamoto is it pure yen ?
No it's pure talent.
Is that a pig I see perched in that tree? |
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12 Sep 2010, 14:07 (Ref:2758116) | #7 | ||
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12 Sep 2010, 20:12 (Ref:2758311) | #8 | ||
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Here we go, buckle up for another thread of, "Why is the Asian driver getting a paid drive in F1?"
This is getting old, you know. But it is funny how no body ever asks this about the European and South American drivers isn't it. |
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Of course there have been drivers from many countries who got into Formula One through over-generous patronage rather than talent. But there have been very few in the modern era who were European or South American. About 90% of the Japanese drivers have been undeserving of their seat. Takuma Sato and Hideki Kobayashi are the exceptions that spring to mind. |
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12 Sep 2010, 23:20 (Ref:2758432) | #10 | ||
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What a bizarre post. I mean we've been more critical of guys like Baumgartner, Nissany, Diniz and a 100 other such drivers in the past.
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13 Sep 2010, 01:20 (Ref:2758454) | #11 | ||
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The logical reponse is
Yamamoto + Yen = HRT keeps doors open Chandhok + no money = HRT closes |
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