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Post by Bill Flanniga » Thu, 04 Jul 1996 04:00:00



Quote:

> You teaching him spelling Tuomo?? What about your 'fiftly'?? Woah. Well,
> its Coulthard, and lastly, i reckon he is giving Mika a severe run for
> his money, and can give the likes of Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher a
> mighty scare too. He needs the car..he has acquired the experience.

>                         Cheers..
>                               SSB.

He ( Coulthard ) was faster than Damon Hill in the latter part of last
season, something that Villeneuve hasn't really managed yet, and remember
that he has had far less test miles in the Maclaren than Hakkinen. Don't
underestimate him, he is very quick.

Cheers,
Bill Flannigan

 
 
 

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Post by Christine Johnsto » Fri, 05 Jul 1996 04:00:00

Quote:



> > You teaching him spelling Tuomo?? What about your 'fiftly'?? Woah. Well,

> > its Coulthard, and lastly, i reckon he is giving Mika a severe run for
> > his money, and can give the likes of Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher a

> > mighty scare too. He needs the car..he has acquired the experience.

> >                         Cheers..
> >                               SSB.

> He ( Coulthard ) was faster than Damon Hill in the latter part of last
> season, something that Villeneuve hasn't really managed yet, and remember
> that he has had far less test miles in the Maclaren than Hakkinen. Don't
> underestimate him, he is very quick.

> Cheers,
> Bill Flannigan


I wish people would stop plugging on about Coulthard being faster than
Hill in the latter part of last season.  Apart from the obvious remark
that the trick is to be quick and make no mistakes, psychology plays a
large part in F1 and DC started to perform well after the pressure was
off him to do well and Williams had dumped him and he had signed for
McLaren.  Williams mistake was letting this happen and giving their
championship contender another headache to worry about.  DC was never
going to be challenging for the championship.  It was sporting but its
not the way to run a $60 million business.  But I think Frank has had
a rethink since then.  He wants the constructors title, the
championship and the record no of wins too.  And if he can do that
with a 5 million driver who's laughing, he or Ferrari?

 
 
 

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Post by Markus Vars » Fri, 05 Jul 1996 04:00:00

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> that he has had far less test miles in the Maclaren than Hakkinen. Don't
> underestimate him, he is very quick.

Ave!!!

 Is this true. I came to understand that Coulthard did most of the
 winter testing while Hakkinen was recuperating from his accident.
 Actually it was doubted would Mika be even driving in the couple
 of first  races. But go figure people argue how David has contributed
 more to the development of the car, quite possible,
 and then all of sudden if he does
 worse than Mika it is because he has had not enough testing. If
 I recall Hakkinen drove his first laps in March with the new car.

 By the way how often do F1 drivers get better in the
 terms of raw speed as they mature ?

- Oho -

 
 
 

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Post by Tommi Vartiain » Fri, 05 Jul 1996 04:00:00

Quote:

>He ( Coulthard ) was faster than Damon Hill in the latter part of last
>season, something that Villeneuve hasn't really managed yet, and remember
>that he has had far less test miles in the Maclaren than Hakkinen. Don't
>underestimate him, he is very quick.

  Coulthard has tested more than Hakkinen this year. Coulthard was
  testing while Hakkinen was recovering from his injuries.
  And even now during the season Coulthard tests more than Hakkinen.
  Hakkinen was interviewed in the Finnish TV and asked why he doesn't
  test so much anymore. He said, that's Prost's job. And then he
  continued that Coulthard and Magnussen can do the testing.

  --Tommi

 
 
 

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Post by Gary Chiacc » Fri, 05 Jul 1996 04:00:00

i know that alain prost has had a great deal to do with coulthard's
maturing as a driver over the years-- while coulthard tested for
williams, prost instructed him, and now prost is a consultant to
mclaren, so he must have helped him out

 
 
 

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Post by Niko I J Halon » Sat, 06 Jul 1996 04:00:00

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>>He ( Coulthard ) was faster than Damon Hill in the latter part of last
>>season, something that Villeneuve hasn't really managed yet, and remember
>>that he has had far less test miles in the Maclaren than Hakkinen. Don't
>>underestimate him, he is very quick.
>  Coulthard has tested more than Hakkinen this year. Coulthard was
>  testing while Hakkinen was recovering from his injuries.
>  And even now during the season Coulthard tests more than Hakkinen.
>  Hakkinen was interviewed in the Finnish TV and asked why he doesn't
>  test so much anymore. He said, that's Prost's job. And then he
>  continued that Coulthard and Magnussen can do the testing.

Hakkinen said also in one interview that it takes 5 laps to find the pace
with the car and after that it's only .1-.2 seconds you can improve your
laptime without making changes in car. I think he might be right. These
guys have been driving race cars all their lives, if the car is good for
them it takes no hundreds of laps to find the pace.  

And we shouldn't forget that the 'speed king' Ayrton Senna did hardly
any testing. So we shouldn't overrate the importance of testing to a driver.
(although the work of teams is totally based on it)

I guess it's very very hard to develope car in Mclaren cause the
drivers have very different driving styles. Hakkinen is one of the
most agressive drivers in the track and Coulthard seems to be
very smooth.

Niko

--

Ferro                 /\/\/\ Dem proctus non pasficus,

 
 
 

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Post by Dave Cru » Sat, 06 Jul 1996 04:00:00


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> And we shouldn't forget that the 'speed king' Ayrton Senna did hardly
> any testing. So we shouldn't overrate the importance of testing to a driver.
> (although the work of teams is totally based on it)

Don't forget Niko that people of great intelligence don't really need to
study for tests.  It's all driver relative.  Some drivers benefit from
testing and some don't; it's the smart driver that knows what he needs to
do in order to prepare for a race.

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Post by Dave Cru » Sat, 06 Jul 1996 04:00:00


Quote:
> i know that alain prost has had a great deal to do with coulthard's
> maturing as a driver over the years-- while coulthard tested for
> williams, prost instructed him, and now prost is a consultant to
> mclaren, so he must have helped him out

Not so fast!  Coult***ly began finishing consistently and winning
races last season when he was being instructed by *Jackie Stewart*.  
Prost was a brilliant driver and tactician.  However, he doesn't seem to
do so hot as a mentor.

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live from Athens, Ohio--home of Ohio University
"I need a job starting in June 1997 as a mechanical engineer,
   computer hack, talk show host, flenser, or anything else that
   will pay me $35,000 per year (with health care benefits--
   especially if the Republicans control things by then)."
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