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Old 10-20-2008, 04:34 AM   #21
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My vote goes to Fisi, he must have done something wrong to get Kimi, and I forget who-else to be waving/saluting him during the race...

Also honorable mention goes out to the Ferrari strategist for starting Massa on the lighter of the 2 ferrari fuel loads, though not sure about the tires as neither the prime or options seemed to make the Ferrari quicker, but I liked Kimi's strategy better by running both tires in the first 2 stints, and being able to pick the better one for the final one... (Though I suspect Ferrari choose to run Kimi on the crappier tires for his Final stint to allow Massa to catch up...
I think that strategy was done before Q3 with every intention for Massa to get the pole position. But he simply could not deliver. That's why he was pretty mad at the press conference. He knew he had to get the pole to stand any chance of beating LH, he was given a great opportunity in Q3 to do so but could not deliver. And really did nothing in the race as both kimi and LH were faster than him, even with a lighter car.
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Old 10-20-2008, 02:58 PM   #22
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My vote goes to Massa too. He couldn't deliver when he most needed to, at the crunch time. He was the lightest car I think of the top five. Where were his blinding qualifying laps when he needed them the most?

You could see him already feeling defeated mentally on the podium. On the contrary, Hamilton looked like he had his head screwed on alright. Maybe his arrogance helped him in this case, but he managed this pressure cooker situation perfectly.

Let's see how Massa's latin temperament serves him in his home race.
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Old 10-21-2008, 11:32 AM   #23
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Firstly, Massa is hardly to have good fortune in any of asian race. His best chance to determine result for the rest of the season was Singapore. The technical mistake of their lighting system needn't have happened, he would have outscored Hamilton five points in Singapore.

The soccer coach will put their best shooter in the first queue in game where the result is decided trough penalty shootout, as the result will determine mentally accuracy of the next shoots.

Home race with his such position will burden him more, but he still have disclosed opportunity, miracle can still play the role for him.
He might mentally defeated on the podium of China, deeply regret that in his crucial time he was unable to perform the job maximally, but perhaps also he was sad that once he need the help the way it happened was not like the way he does...
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Old 09-21-2012, 01:51 PM   #24
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Ignoring the one and only Donks who is always Donkey of the Day of course

I suppose Fisi was a bit like a mobile chicane, Massa qualified badly and was slower than his team mate on lighter fuel strategy and Heikki was rubbish but that's just poor racing, not really being a Donkey?

Anyone else in contention?
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