Webber: Kimi better than JPM

[grumpy1]

In all of this two things have been lost.
1.It was a direct answer to a question asked by a journo.The question possed to Mark was who do you think is better Kimi or JPM?Marks answer has been edited.In his answer when the whole artical is publised in March motor mags in Aus the true answer Mark gave will be revealed.Suffice to say we have only seen a portion of it.
2.Possibly the best ever F1 driver of this era MS has said that Mark will be world champion as he has two things in his favor.Getting an ordinary car to go fast and being able to go fast when its wet.

The Grumpy1

[Led ZeppF1]

Here is the whole transcript of Mark Webber interviews:

http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...D=145234&FS=F1
http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=145235

[Mattracer]

Originally posted by deeks6
Temperament - Yes
Pure speed - No
All Round - Maybe
Future Success - Probably

Absolutely! May I quote you on that?

[Mattracer]

Originally posted by Gt_R
So...now let's have Mark included in the debate.. who's better? Mark Kimi or Montoya?

Webber is more like Kimi than he is JPM, particularly temperament wise, which is the mind games dept of F1 and where a lot of the damage is done.

[santori]

Kimi had a better 2003 than JPM but which is better I don't know.

[Mr V]

Originally posted by Yoong Montoya
Kimi - I assume you're talking about Nurburgring.

JPM - Are you refering to Austria and Japan where his car broke while leading? :confused:

No, referring to Australia where he made an error in not changing his tyres that lead to the spin and yes, Japan.

[Skam85]

Originally posted by Yoong Montoya
Kimi - I assume you're talking about Nurburgring.

JPM - Are you refering to Austria and Japan where his car broke while leading? :confused:

You can add Australia to JPM's list, he had it 'in the bag' with about a 15sec gap before he lost it. And his pace in Canada prior to his spin suggests that he would have won that one easily too!!! So he won 2, but SHOULD have won 6!!!

And Kimi could have won all of the first 3 races as well as Europe, Monaco, UK....

[Skam85]

Oh yeh, and mine for who's better....

I see Kimi as a Prost and JPM as a Senna.

You decide who's better!!

[Led ZeppF1]

Originally posted by Skam85
I see Kimi as a Prost and JPM as a Senna.

You decide who's better!!

You see Kimi as Prost, and JPM as Senna, WAS had decided who's better itself.

[Gt_R]

No disrespect...but its really insulting to compare Senna to JPM.

JPM is good...but definitely NOT THAT good to be Senna II.

[Adam43]

Of which no one is, and surely the same can be said in comparing Prost to Kimi? In traits I think JPM is nearer Senna than Kimi is to Prost.

I can see the sentiment though, but the Kimi/Montoya partnership at McLaren has a long way to go to be anywhere near the Prost/Senna partnership! It'd help if they actually were team mates!