Munudeges, I would love to know where you get your "magical mind powers" and "prophetic insights" into these situations from. You either have a clear pathological hatred of Ricciardo, serious issues or are simply trolling for attention.
My mind abounds with possible pathologies that adequately describe your anti-Ricciardo and RBR Machiavellian conspiracy obsessions that saw you attack a kid for the mere fact he smiles too much. SERIOUSLY, what happened!!
If I was his age, driving in F1 and making $$$, I'd be smiling 20hrs a day as well (4hrs to sleep but I'd probably be smiling then too). You seem to be implying you would be happier if he were to walk around crying, frowning or with a 500 yard blank stare all day??
Then you'd simply say "See the pressure has got to him, he's cracking!!" Talk about a no win situation and it gives some insight into your possible pathologies of paranoia (persecution, self fulfilling conspiracies etc).
As was said by others, its a big world out there, you might want to get out and see it. Others smile too you know.
Anyway, I digress too much.
To date, you have made a number of spurious, unfounded and outrageous claims that thus far has seen you speak for others like you have a magical link to the brain of others and simply just get the whole situation wrong.
So lets have a look at a few of your comments so far.
munudeges wrote: Red Bull cannot afford to have an unproven driver with the teams and drivers around them. He's the most illogical choice Red Bull can make with the drivers on offer to them.
Hmmm, so apparently the people at RBR are illogical idiots because they seem to disagree with you on this as he got the seat. So it has transpired that your magical insight was wrong.
It also seems that RBR can afford it and they seem to think he was a logical choice with the risks and history. Perhaps they took a long term, wider and better view from where they are standing to make an informed decision which is something I don't think you are able to do.
They may have looked at something OTHER than your overly simplistic and one dimensional championship points only view point. Perhaps they looked at a complete profile of the drivers and saw what you obviously don't or can't. You're belief in Machiavellian political scheme's is laughable, however as Niccolo Machiavelli said:
"Never was anything great achieved without danger."
So thats Strike 1, no mind reading powers or crystal ball divination here. You simply got it wrong...
Next:
munudeges wrote: Horner and Newey both know Ricciardo isn't good enough
Really, they do?? How do you know this?? Is this another example of your magical mind reading powers again? They've been so reliable thus far.
So according to you, even though they "KNEW" he wasn't up to the job, they are just going let him do it anyway? They just got run over and told to sit in the corner and do as they are told?? That doesn't hold up and you shot holes in your own arguments with this gem of a comment (and with comments from Newey himself, but we'll get to that in a second):
munudeges wrote:A juxtaposition I find interesting is that of the view of Adrian Newey. He absolutely detests politics like this and he has a long history of leaving teams when he feels things have become untenable.
So, given this and your assertion that Newey has a long history of leaving teams when he believes things are untenable, that he has just been given a driver that he "KNOWS" isn't good enough (relying on your magical insights) against his wishes, what is the date that we should we expect Newey to announce his retirement from RBR as his position is no longer tenable??
Not anytime soon I would think, so that's strike 2 and its not looking so good thus far...
Next you took a seemingly innocuous article from Autosport to support your RBR Machiavellian conspiracy as below:
Any new driver would be expected to perform and RBR as well as STR have always had short lead times for driver to prove themselves. Look at Alguersuari, Buemi et al and how short lived their times with STR were.
So that me me at least is strike 3...Ouch..
However as you seem to put so much stock in Autosport and its writings, lets look at another article from them titled "
Adrian Newey: Red Bull always wanted a young driver for F1 2014". So what did Newey actually say??
"We could have taken an experienced driver, somebody guaranteed to deliver to a relatively known level, or equally we could take on a much younger driver in the hope that they'll develop to a very high level," said Newey, who is Red Bull's chief technical officer.
"We looked at the latter option and concluded that of the younger drivers, Daniel is the most promising."
Given your earlier description Newey would just leave if he thought RBR was heading off in the wrong direction. You said it so it must be true and the article was in Autosport which you rely on so that's two proofs.
In Newey's own words, Daniel was the most promising young driver and they looked at the experienced driver and discounted the option. Likely IMHO because they have an established No.1 driver in Vettel which came from a driver program which has given them success. Vettel and I expect the team would not want another "rooster in the hen house", especially as history has shown it does not work with examples like Prost and Senna, Alonso and Hamilton etc. If they hired Kimi, I woudl expect Vettel would leave in short order and he would have no shortage of options. Having a young driver to come up would seem the sensible option for any team in RBR's situation.
So why Daniel I hear you ask?
Because, when RBR looked at the WHOLE PACKAGE as F1 teams typically seem to do, and not just a one dimensional and superficial CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS aspect, he was the best candidate to develop into the team for a myriad of reasons which are pretty self explanatory even for outsiders.
Munudeges I am at a loss at to how you can possibly think you know better than the team principles. You are absolutely entitled to you own opinions but you don't express opinions, you try to disguise your opinion as fact behind a belligerent and pathological hatred for an individual as well as in inability to think you might not hold all the answers.
In short, perhaps you should consider seeking help or at least medication.
I think Daniel Ricciardo deserved the drive based on all the facts to hand and I am very happy he got the chance to try and prove himself. I can only hope he develops into a top tier driver with a long career. Whatever the future holds, he is at this point the right decision IMHO. There is no guarantee he will flourish, but I believe he has the talent to do so.
When its all said and done, we ALL have ZERO insight into the real situation from the comfort of the chairs we occupy from behind a keyboard. We can only make speculative and moderately informed guesses..THe rest is just fun and games...
Never approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the back, or an Idiot from any direction
Baron Makeashitload must be laughing all the way to bank. 