Newsgroup: it.sport.formula1.moderato
Titolo: [ENG] Has JPM got a point?

HAS JPM GOT A POINT? by Richard Northen (
itv.com/f1
) (April 5, 2002)
His unfair penalty in Malaysia and the new FIA rule change meant that
Montoya was on his best behaviour at Interlagos. How else are you going to
explain the space he gave Schumacher in the first three corners?
Faced with the prospect of starting at Imola from outside the top 10 Montoya
was scrupulously fair, almost to the point of accommodating. And, after
being penalised for merely holding his line at Sepang, who can blame him?
Having given Schumacher space in Interlagos' first complex of corners,
Montoya must have thought he would be afforded the same courtesy. Fat
chance.
Watch the incident again and it is clear Schuey veered violently across the
track. The move bore a more than passing resemblance to the notorious
Schumacher startline chop.
However, it's one thing aggressively cutting across the track when the other
cars are accelerating from a standstill, but quite another when there are 21
cars all at full speed behind.
Schumacher's defenders will point out that the moment of impact came a
fraction of a second after the Ferrari man had manoeuvred in front of his
rival. True, the incident was not as clear-cut as Montoya made out. Perhaps
he could have backed off and avoided it.
What is obvious, though, is that Schumacher's behaviour was not that of a
man worried about new rules.
The German was confident that his usual uncompromising tactics would not be
classed as dangerous driving. Either that, or he knows, that as world champ
race stewards are too afraid to penalise him.
In contrast, Montoya was tentative and preoccupied with making sure the
stewards would have no excuse to punish him again. It highlights the gulf in
F1 experience between the two men.
The Colombian's career is still only 20 races old. Cocky as he is, he is
still learning how close to sail to the wind, lessons a veteran Schumacher
picked up years ago.
What is harder to swallow is the whiff of hypocrisy coming from Schumacher.
After Melbourne, Schuey grumbled that Jarno Trulli had not been
"appropriate" in aggressively defending his position. What Michael did at
Interlagos was ten times worse.
Not only did he swerve across the track far more violently than Trulli ever
did at Albert Park, he did it at one of the fastest points on the circuit
with 20 accelerating cars immediately behind.
With the man failing to practice as he preaches, it's no wonder that Montoya
thinks there's one rule for Michael and another for everyone else.
In taking on Montoya, though, Schuey may yet have bitten off more than he
can chew.
Since bursting on to the F1 scene, Montoya has demonstrated time and again
that he will not duck a scrap. On the next occasion he starts from pole he
will cut straight across the track in true Schumacher style.
And next time it might not be the Colombian who loses out.
Article by Richard Northen for 
itv.com/f1

 And next time it might not be the Colombian who loses out.
se provocherà un incidente i commissari sapranno come e dove intervenire
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Chissà com'è, il 50% delle volte che leggo commenti sulla F1 sulla
stampa inglese mi vengono in mente "The Sun" e tabloids di quel
livello ...
Con l'aggravante che qui non ci sono neppure belle fanciulle discinte
in copertina!   ;-)
Spark

 livello ...
Forse perche` sei italiano e ferrarista e non ti piace che ti venga
detto qualcosa di diverso? Io la stampa in italiano non la leggo quasi
piu` (sono d'altronde un esterofilo, com'e` che la definizione e`
passata di moda?) ma se un appassionato inglese la leggesse si
rotolerebbe seguendo certe "notizie" ed "analisi".
Una certa propensione per i piloti britannici (ma non i team) non puo`
minimamente paragonarsi al supporto acritico ai vari Fisichella,
Trulli e, soprattutto, Ferrari.
-- 
Alessio F. Bragadini		
ale...@sevenseas.org
"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily." -- Bluto

rotolerebbe seguendo certe "notizie" ed "analisi".
Ah, su questo non c'è dubbio, e non è neppure indispensabile essere
inglese per scompisciarsi dalle risa (o avere crisi di pianto) a
leggere certi articoli italiani..
In ogni caso, ho detto che il 50% delle volte ho quell'impressione
della stampa inglese, il rimanente 50% lo trovo valido.
Forse anche per la stampa italiana non si va oltre il 50% di
accettabile, il rimanente mi ricorda "Cronaca Vera" ... :-)
Spark

 della stampa inglese, il rimanente 50% lo trovo valido.
Vabbe`.
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