NickT wrote:
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Mika over Massa
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Mika? Isn't it Drinki?
I wonder why people thinks that a pilot has no chance if all of them are racing. I wonder more when somebody admits his insecurity and people complain about it. Any person who says he is not insecure is crazy or a liar.
Look at Alonso: nobody gave a dollar for him three years ago. Most people have forgotten how spanish pilots were rated before Alonso. Let me tell you a joke I made up, based on an old horse racing joke:
Fernando Alonso dies and goes to heaven. He finds there Juan Manuel Fangio, Graham Hill and Tazio Nuvolari boasting.
Tazio says:
"I won a race on three wheels and another one with the steering wheel in one hand and steering my car with a wrench stuck into the steering column"
Graham Hill adds:
"Well, I won Indy 500, Le Mans 24 hours and the WDC, which nobody has done since"
Juan Manuel boasts:
"I won 5 championships with 4 automakers, guys"
Then, Alonso, mesmerized by the meeting, adds:
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Fernando Alonso, a spaniard. I admire you a lot: I tried to follow your steps. I won the WDC when I was 24 and I repeated the feat next year"
The three older pilots are clearly astounded and amazed by this. Alonso is happy because of that: surely these great drivers must be impressed by him winning the championship so young! Graham Hill turns and says to the other two:
"Wow! I can't believe it... a spanish F-1 pilot!"
