Newsgroup: it.sport.formula1.moderato
Titolo: Le forze in campo nel 1997

Per chi sostiene che nel 1997 MSC avesse una buona macchina, questa č 
una buona lettura.
Per la serie: quando essere testa di cazzo ti complica la vita. LOL
Silence from the Villeneuve camp  
 
Where will he go from here?  
 
 
 
JV's future plans are under a dark cloud 
 
In the absence of any official statement from Jacques Villeneuve and his 
non-appearance at Suzuka, the Canadian press at Suzuka are wondering 
whether to draw a line under the 1997 world champion's career or not.
Instead, newsmen were left to ask opinions of the last two technical 
directors to have worked with Villeneuve.
"I have to say that it's a long time since we worked together," said 
Patrick Head at Williams. "I'd actually say that Jacques' best year was 
1996. He was very individual, willing to try very different set-ups, and 
he very nearly won his first Grand Prix and also the championship in his 
first year. 
"In '97 though, when he did win the championship, he made it 
unnecessarily hard work in a car that I would say was quite a margin 
superior to Michael Schumacher's. 
"At that time, if I said: `you are running a bit stiff, I think you 
should soften the car off a bit', he was likely to look across at Jock 
Clear (his race engineer) and tell him that he wanted to run stiffer in 
the afternoon--
"He is quite a perverse fellow and his attitiude is kind of: I'll show 
you I can do it my way. He made bloody hard work of '97 but he is a 
really talented and fast driver, there is no doubt about that."
Geoff Willis, who left Williams to become BAR's technical director last 
year, added: "Jacques is very robust and quite bright, so he can be seen 
to be quite assertive. He's open and, in terms of tactical input, he 
takes a lot of time thinking about what`s happening, especially in the 
race. He is inclined to be his own man and perhaps because of that, can 
be a bit difficult.
"This year the team did not help with unreliability, but he's certainly 
always tried hard and given a lot of commitment. I think he's probably a 
more rounded driver now than in the days when he won the world 
championship."  
http://www.autosport.com/newsitem.asp?id=24937&s=5

the afternoon--
ROTFL
Piu testardo di un mulo!
Un mito :-)

 superior to Michael Schumacher's. 
chi è che diceva che avevano una vettura "equivalente"?
Mannaggia alla gomma fallata di Jerez!
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 the afternoon--
Uhm, infatti è evidente che ha fatto meglio HHF ad accettare passivamente i
suoi consigli , il titolo gli è sfuggito per un soffio.

 suoi consigli , il titolo gli è sfuggito per un soffio.
HHF non ha mai legato realmente con la squadra per motivi caratteriali, o
si potrebbe anche dire, parafrasando la situazione di JVi di quest'anno,
che non abbiano mai voluto mettere in condizioni di eccellere. 
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 che non abbiano mai voluto mettere in condizioni di eccellere.
In effetti ha avuto parecchi ritiri con la Williams, ma non solo e sempre a
causa dell'affidabilita' della sua monoposto .