"Lowndes Lacked Focus" - Brock

Vanilla Dice · 22 Mar 2006, 06:14 (Ref:1557004)

Ol' Brocky is in AutoFiction this week, with his mate Ol' Moff... talking about who the drivers of the season will be..

One of the big soundbytes generated is that Brock reckons Lowndes got overconfident around Bathurst time, too confident in himself, his team etc etc that he took it too easy, wasnt concentrating on thejob at hand, which caused the Bathurst wallbanger (which stuffed their race well before the Dumbo hit)

Lowndes always looks confident.. maybe Brock is right, he was too cocky at the Mountain, and thought he could do things with a car that nobody else who saw it thought was "right"

One of Ambrose's comments in the Bathurst press conferences was that he didnt understand how Lowndes could say his car was perfect across the top of the mountain when it had to be manhandled bigtime to get speed from it.. and looked out of control (or at least untidy) when doing it.

Will the pressure of favouritism get to Lowndes to ruin his 2006 as Brock suggests it might??

peckstar · 22 Mar 2006, 06:20 (Ref:1557008)

gee Brock (employed by holden) wouldn't be playing mind games would he?

Vanilla Dice · 22 Mar 2006, 06:21 (Ref:1557010)

I dont know, the ol' Brockster thinks Lowndes is a special for the title..

peckstar · 22 Mar 2006, 06:25 (Ref:1557011)

but im not sure he picked up the win in the land of auto action experts. Think Steve might have, but please the art director voted for him because he is in a black car

Vanilla Dice · 22 Mar 2006, 06:37 (Ref:1557014)

Paul Morris drives a black car too, with Blacktown Racing Black (matt) paintwork.. why didnt she pick him? :confused:

Kinda like the women round Melbourne cup time who pick horses on the basis of the colours the jockey is wearing

Someday the Ford bretheren will discover that CRAIG IS NOT GOD!!

peckstar · 22 Mar 2006, 06:39 (Ref:1557015)

never was, Ambrose was god. Lowndes reaped the benefits of his legacy

Vanilla Dice · 22 Mar 2006, 06:41 (Ref:1557017)

I think JIM STONE IS GOD.. and whoever is in one of the cars prepped by him is the luckiest bugger in the world...

FPV GTHO · 22 Mar 2006, 07:05 (Ref:1557023)

I agree, mind games.

I find it very hard to believe the small advantage Lowndes had over Ambrose through the weekend caused him to get a big head.

hml2777 · 22 Mar 2006, 07:06 (Ref:1557024)

Peter Brock, after watching the interview with him on Denton, who could possibly take this bloke seriously. For me now everything "PBrock" says is just garbage.

Pirtek_Falcon-1 · 22 Mar 2006, 07:25 (Ref:1557034)

I heard some **** come out of Brocks mouth before but this has taken the cake.

xrystl · 22 Mar 2006, 07:41 (Ref:1557042)

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Originally Posted by peckstar

gee Brock (employed by holden) wouldn't be playing mind games would he?

He certainly hasn't been to visible in the Holden ads since the split with Bev , perhaps Holden and Bridgestone have been trying to distance themselves from Mr Brock ; the only ad that I have seen him do in the last couple of years is the one of him super imposed over an unknown shed manufacturer.

The Hrt Kid · 22 Mar 2006, 07:53 (Ref:1557048)

that god you call ambrose didnt win the championship in his first year and that god you call ambrose has never won the championship sandown and bathurst all in the one year.

Pirtek_Falcon-1 · 22 Mar 2006, 07:58 (Ref:1557054)

At least he won with traction control.

Wrighty05 · 22 Mar 2006, 08:22 (Ref:1557330)

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Originally Posted by Pirtek_Falcon-1

I heard some **** come out of Brocks mouth before but this has taken the cake.

Why do you think he hit the wall then?

I found the article entertaining. Whilst Brocks opinions about life leave me scratching my head, he does know a thing or two about how to drive a car.

hml2777 · 22 Mar 2006, 08:42 (Ref:1557353)

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Originally Posted by Wrighty05

. . . Whilst Brocks opinions about life leave me scratching my head, he does know a thing or two about how to drive a car.

Driving cars and thats it, there is a feeling amongst the media that if a person is a top level sports person that they become an "authority on every single thing", so the media track them down for an opinion but god only knows what is going to come out of their mouths, and Brocks interview with Denton is a perfect example.

Rombles1 · 22 Mar 2006, 09:58 (Ref:1557431)

I don't understand why Lowndes would need a Focus? Wouldn't he have a garage full of XR8's or FPV's or whatever else Ford think will impress him? Surely he doesn't need a Ford Focus as well? Or is he going to race a Focus against Rossi in the WRC next year?

stmorri · 22 Mar 2006, 10:07 (Ref:1557441)

Mr P. Brock isn't one of my heroes but I must admit that I was left scratching my head as to why Mr C. Lowndes was pushing so hard at Bathurst when any advantage gained would simply be lost at the next safety car interval.

888_1 · 22 Mar 2006, 10:08 (Ref:1557443)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vanilla Dice

I think JIM STONE IS GOD.. and whoever is in one of the cars prepped by him is the luckiest bugger in the world...

VD, Couldn't agree more. Anyone who says the car & team etc don't play a major part in a drivers success is kidding themselves!! SBR are certainly the Benchmark for the time, just as HRT was for such a long period. Testament to this is the amount of supply work SBR now do for other teams... However, all reigns must come to an end....

As for Ambrose being "GOD"

.... Last time I checked GOD didn't whinge if someone wouldn't move over for him much like we have all heard our little tasmanian friend do so often in the past. Craig Lowndes isn't God either.... It comes down to who is the Driver with the best prepared team, car etc & the right mind set on the day. Good riddance to "Devil Whinger"... Lets see how he likes being rubbed over in the states where its a way of life for all the Good 'ol Boys. He will be wishing he had Colin Bond's inconsistent rulings & penalties so that he might have a chance.

"Ambrose is GOD." GO AND HAVE A LIE DOWN WOULD YOU....

Mattracer · 22 Mar 2006, 10:11 (Ref:1557448)

I'm reminded of the 1988 Monaco GP where Ayrton Senna hit the barriers just before the tunnel when leading Alain Prost by a country mile, something like 52 seconds IIRC. You will recall, that every year thereafter, Ayrton Senna never lost that race again...

SRabbit · 22 Mar 2006, 20:35 (Ref:1557733)

Craig Lowndes - 20 times Bathurst Champ - I like the sound of that...

First year Craig gets a decent car he beats Ambrose in the Championship-if he had the same equipment at Ford from the get-go, Mr Ambrose would not be looking at 2 Championship trophies.

And marginal advantage over Ambrose at Bathurst? he was about 1.5 seconds quicker in qualy and stuffed it in the wall 6 seconds in front on lap 12 - hardly marginal stuff for mine...

johnny yuma · 22 Mar 2006, 22:35 (Ref:1557834)

anyhow there got to be a Brock merchandise add ad at the bottom of the thread and that's important...

Alan 52 · 22 Mar 2006, 22:44 (Ref:1557852)

Did Brock recomend Lowndes fit a polariser to cure his problems?

TSR · 23 Mar 2006, 00:20 (Ref:1557922)

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Originally Posted by Alan 52

Did Brock recomend Lowndes fit a polariser to cure his problems?

No, but did not Brockie pick CL for the Title???????

Wrighty05 · 23 Mar 2006, 00:31 (Ref:1557927)

Moffat was actually the one who said first that Lowndes lacked focus...

rustyinsthoz · 23 Mar 2006, 02:16 (Ref:1557968)

Lowndes does seem to have regular indiscretions on the track. Bathurst, Surfer's Paradise and Philip Island last year comes to mind. He will have to eliminate these types of indiscretions if he wants to win the championship this year.

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