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Poll: Who will inherit the Maldonado mantle? (220 member(s) have cast votes)

Who will become a fitting and worthy replacement for everyone's favourite #13?

  1. Sebastian Vettel (5 votes [2.27%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.27%

  2. Kimi Räikkönen (32 votes [14.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.55%

  3. Sergio Pérez (8 votes [3.64%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.64%

  4. Nico Hülkenberg (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  5. Romain Grosjean (6 votes [2.73%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.73%

  6. Esteban Gutiérrez (30 votes [13.64%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.64%

  7. Kevin Magnussen (10 votes [4.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.55%

  8. Jolyon Palmer (20 votes [9.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 9.09%

  9. Fernando Alonso (9 votes [4.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.09%

  10. Jenson Button (1 votes [0.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.45%

  11. Nico Rosberg (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  12. Lewis Hamilton (7 votes [3.18%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.18%

  13. Daniel Ricciardo (1 votes [0.45%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.45%

  14. Daniil Kyvat (3 votes [1.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.36%

  15. Marcus Ericsson (14 votes [6.36%])

    Percentage of vote: 6.36%

  16. Felipe Nasr (7 votes [3.18%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.18%

  17. Max Verstappen (44 votes [20.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.00%

  18. Carlos Sainz (10 votes [4.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.55%

  19. Felipe Massa (11 votes [5.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.00%

  20. Valtteri Bottas (2 votes [0.91%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.91%

Where should Pastor go?

  1. F1 reserve (8 votes [3.64%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.64%

  2. Formula E (31 votes [14.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.09%

  3. IndyCar (46 votes [20.91%])

    Percentage of vote: 20.91%

  4. NASCAR (32 votes [14.55%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.55%

  5. WRC (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. Rallycross (7 votes [3.18%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.18%

  7. Sportscars (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. Touring cars (8 votes [3.64%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.64%

  9. Bikes! (4 votes [1.82%])

    Percentage of vote: 1.82%

  10. That crazy truck racing thing that E.J. Viso does (22 votes [10.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.00%

  11. President of Venezuela (62 votes [28.18%])

    Percentage of vote: 28.18%

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#51 Volcano70

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Posted 03 February 2016 - 22:05

I was debating between GUT and Palmer but chose GUT.

There was no "Run Le Mans Dracone and Ide" option so he will crash the stock markets even bigger as Prez....



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#52 charly0418

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Posted 03 February 2016 - 22:09

Wow the forum has turned on Max overnight. He's significantly cleaner than Ferrari-Kimi was last year.

 

I think Kimi is going to be 20 seconds behind Vettel and both Mercs and 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. He's gonna be in No Man's Land



#53 charly0418

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Posted 03 February 2016 - 22:11

Also, Gutierrez is too damn slow to be the new Maldonado



#54 myattitude

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Posted 03 February 2016 - 23:18

Maldonado in the Indycar series, in wheel to wheel fights with Montoya?

 

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#55 HeadFirst

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Posted 04 February 2016 - 03:43

Also, Gutierrez is too damn slow to be the new Maldonado

 

True, and Kimi has a WDC which disqualifies him from Maldonado-esque futility. So it's gotta be Max, or perhaps Kevin which would be ironic.



#56 messy

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Posted 04 February 2016 - 07:51

Gutierrez is my bet, it's funny, you look at his 2013/14 record and he actually finished most of his races but I have memories of him crashing on a fairly regular basis. He's also a bit crap which helps. He's more than capable off the odd 'what was he thinking' moment in the middle of a sea of lacklustre performances which gets the Maldonado award. 



#57 Tony Mandara

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Posted 04 February 2016 - 14:16

Wow the forum has turned on Max overnight. He's significantly cleaner than Ferrari-Kimi was last year.


The whole forum? Two replies? The WHOLE forum?? Really??!

At least that's one of my predictions correct! (Nice diversionary tactic btw!)

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#58 Kristian

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Posted 04 February 2016 - 14:40

What with the new pole trophies, etc. there should be the 'Maldonado Trophy' for most crashes/penalties in a season. 

 

Say - 5 points for a crash that elimites you and other competitor

3 points for a crash that just eliminates you

1 point for a non-race ending incident

 

2 points per penalty

5 points per race ban

 

Winner gets the 'Maldonado Trophy' at the FIA awards. 



#59 Erwin123

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Posted 04 February 2016 - 14:43

Seeíng the edge Verstappen is balancing on it could easily go wrong a few times (Hero -> Zero).

But given that he pulled it off so far (apart from Monaco) he gets the benefit of the doubt.

 

Sainz could be a candidate if he can't keep up with MV anymore (made some dubious mistakes last year allready) but I don't think he will be that far behind (if at all).

Besides I think he's too smart to be pulled into that since he knows he's regarded a good driver despite his current teammate. He just needs to keep his cool and he will be allright.

 

I voted Kimi.

Saw some stunts last year and I don't think Kimi 2016 will be any better then Kimi 2015.


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#60 HoldenRT

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Posted 04 February 2016 - 15:00

I can't really see the funny side of the Maldonado thing being a villain or whatever.  Motor racing is dangerous enough as it is even with fully capable responsible drivers, let alone ones that spin off on their own while driving onto the grass in the dry.  Or driving into the tyre barriers when trying to enter pitlanes.  He was flatout incompetent and if there was ever any improvement, it wasn't big enough in the amount of time he had.  Grosjean was bad at times especially on the first lap of GP's but showed improvement.

 

Instead of being happy he is gone, more I am just surprised that he lasted so long.  I guess sponsorship money talks, but sometimes I wonder if they'd spend most of that money building spare parts or repairing the car overnight instead of delevoping the car.



#61 Wheels23

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 01:35

Because he was quick. For all the crud muffins Pastor gets, I mean look at Heikki Kovalainen. How has that dude only managed one win a one podium after that win. At least Pastor in terribad cars had a reason, Heikki....eeesh. 



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Posted 05 February 2016 - 01:50

What with the new pole trophies, etc. there should be the 'Maldonado Trophy' for most crashes/penalties in a season. 

 

Say - 5 points for a crash that elimites you and other competitor

3 points for a crash that just eliminates you

1 point for a non-race ending incident

 

2 points per penalty

5 points per race ban

 

Winner gets the 'Maldonado Trophy' at the FIA awards. 

Hilarious idea. I'd like it, if it were not for the fact that in that case a driver might be awarded for all the wrong reasons.

 

Imagine this. End of season race. One driver needs a few points to get that trophy. Then that guy and whoever else is in competition try to outcrash each other. That means three days of crashing at every opportunity, preferably taking out someone else.

 

Never mind the dispute, if one driver takes out the guy leading this competition to take this award home. Talks about cheating, who took out who would ensue. As if we did not have enough of these types of debates already.



#63 messy

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 08:06

Because he was quick. For all the crud muffins Pastor gets, I mean look at Heikki Kovalainen. How has that dude only managed one win a one podium after that win. At least Pastor in terribad cars had a reason, Heikki....eeesh. 

 

Kovalainen wasn't that bad though. He beat Fisichella, Trulli, Petrov and so on as team-mates and occasionally had the one-lap speed to worry Hamilton in 2008. He was a fairly ordinary mid-grid driver who wasn't anywhere near Lewis Hamilton, no great shame in that really is there? Pastor has only beaten Bruno Senna, who with all due respect to him, was pretty slow. Grosjean, Bottas and Barrichello all beat him fairly comfortably. Maldonado only proved quick in a Williams that was potentially very quick itself in 2012, and with a very weak team-mate. We'll never know for sure what the potential of the FW32 actually was. 



#64 sopa

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 08:43

Personally I think Kovalainen would beat Maldonado in a team-mate battle over a full season. So there you go.



#65 Rinehart

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 09:40

Because he was quick. 

Surely Pastor is the shining example for anyone still in the dark, that speed alone doth not make a good driver. 

 

They're all quick. 



#66 STRFerrari4Ever

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 17:07

Tbh if one the guys who raced in F3 last year like Lance Stroll made it to F1, then I think one can talk of the true heir to Maldonado

 

The amount of crashes in that series last year was crazy.

 

That Spa race was just ludicrous. 



#67 Admire

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 21:45

Anybody who hits Kimi in the start of the season will be the new Maldonado and will be destroyed on twitter by everybody in Finland...Usually how it goes.

 

 

Already started on twitter today: "

 

Liisa Halti ‏@LiisaHalti  3. feb.

@KevinMagnussen OMG!! Frontwingkev is back.. 1f628.png Watch out, other drivers, rookie is back, help!! 1f4a3.png



#68 MikeV1987

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Posted 05 February 2016 - 21:55

http://www.f1fanatic...boy-reputation/

 

 

In years to come Pastor Maldonado may be remembered firstly as the driver who ended the Williams team’s eight-year grand prix drought in 2012.

But it was clear from the reaction to Monday’s news of his departure from F1 that he is best known at the moment for his poor disciplinary record and tendency to provoke incidents.

Is this a fair reflection on him? At the time of writing there are three drivers in the current field who have picked up penalties more frequently than F1’s most notorious ‘bad boy’.

 

Another article here with all of his 29 penalties and reprimands from 2011-2015


Edited by MikeV1987, 05 February 2016 - 22:06.


#69 turssi

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 10:24

Was Pastor hated just by the forum posters, or by the whole audience, journalists and fellow drivers, was he hated by all?

#70 Wheels23

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 10:33

Was Pastor hated just by the forum posters, or by the whole audience, journalists and fellow drivers, was he hated by all?

 

From what I heard and read, jornos liked him because he was an very nice person. He was friends with drivers. It was really just forums, f1 sites (*coughF1Fanaticcough*) and social media. But a lot of was just "lol this guy" rather than pure hatred. 

 

This is from what I heard and read. A lot of people don't like Nico Rosberg, Seb, Alonso and Lewis. 


Edited by Wheels23, 06 February 2016 - 10:33.


#71 Wheels23

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 10:40

Kovalainen wasn't that bad though. He beat Fisichella, Trulli, Petrov and so on as team-mates and occasionally had the one-lap speed to worry Hamilton in 2008. He was a fairly ordinary mid-grid driver who wasn't anywhere near Lewis Hamilton, no great shame in that really is there? Pastor has only beaten Bruno Senna, who with all due respect to him, was pretty slow. Grosjean, Bottas and Barrichello all beat him fairly comfortably. Maldonado only proved quick in a Williams that was potentially very quick itself in 2012, and with a very weak team-mate. We'll never know for sure what the potential of the FW32 actually was. 

 

Oh no Heikki was a good driver but it was just he was so ordinary in a great car with a team mate who won the title. His win was due to Massa's engine three laps to go. Heck he was so slow that he helped Mark Webber win in 2009. He is like Fisichella, good with an average car but not good with a good car. 

 

We don't know if Maldonado made the Williams better than it actually was, or the Williams was better than he made it to be or that it was just a great day for the team that happens once in a while and they took advantage of it. 

 

2011 was Pastor's debut year and he was fast in some races and just a rookie in others. Take Monaco 2011 when Lewis crashed into him. Bottas was just better than him without doubt but Grosjean was an interesting case. Romain was faster in qualifying and stuff but in the latter part of the season, Pastor had better race pace but yeah Grosjean is better than him without doubt as well.

 

I think there is no shame in being in F1 fully. I mean Pastor won a race, Heikki won a race and was on several podiums even drivers like Sutil got points. This isn't your crappy drivers of the 80's and early 90's that drove for Life, Andrea Moda, Forti and Onyx for example. To me there hasn't been a bad F1 driver in this century except for Ide and maybe Mazzacane. 



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Posted 06 February 2016 - 10:42

Was Pastor hated just by the forum posters, or by the whole audience, journalists and fellow drivers, was he hated by all?

Judging from my experience he was loved by the audience, simply because he was very friendly to the fans and he always took time for them. Unfortunately this isnt recognized enough in this superficial society.

He had a friends in the paddock as well.

#73 Marklar

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 11:01

A lot of people The Internet don't like Nico Rosberg, Seb, Alonso and Lewis.

Fixed for you

(Though Vettel has become lately a internet darling)

#74 AustinF1

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 12:08

I see Max is leading the way on this now. Somehow I don't see that happening at all.



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Posted 06 February 2016 - 12:11

Judging from my experience he was loved by the audience, simply because he was very friendly to the fans and he always took time for them. Unfortunately this isnt recognized enough in this superficial society.

He had a friends in the paddock as well.

By all accounts Pastor is a very good guy to be around and to work with. He got a reputation earlier on and I was critical of him at times as well, but he sure seemed to automatically catch the blame very often later on, even in incidents where he clearly was not at fault.

 

Many announcers, reporters, F1 commentators (Ted, etc) never missed a chance to take a swipe at him. It was easy, which is what those guys tend to default to most often.


Edited by AustinF1, 06 February 2016 - 13:00.


#76 Donkey

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 12:16

Palmer I think, like for like replacement fresh from GP2 banger racing.

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 12:46

By all accounts Pastor is a very good guy to be around and to work with. He got a reputation earlier on and I was critical of him at times as well, but he sured seemed to automatically catch the blame very often later on, even in incidents where he clearly was not at fault.

 

Many announcers, reporters, F1 commentators (Ted, etc) never missed a chance to take a swipe at him. It was easy, which is what those guys tend to default to most often.

 

It's not just saying for Pastor. He's a good example for this. But websites, pundits and such that have those biases on drivers it trickles down to fans and stuff. Which is not, you should try to be unbiased as possible but these people like to air their agendas. There are drivers I never warmed up to but if I was writing I would try to say unbiased as possible. However easier said than done due to your employer like BBC, ESPN or so on.

 

It's about creating that narrative like Vettel is the bad guy at Red Bull during 2010-2012, Nico Rosberg is evil, Michael Schumacher evil, Max is this faster aggressive genius that F1 needs, Kimi is this cool guy and so awesome because he speaks his mind. These narratives by the media and websites shape opinions as fans. Just how it is. 

 

From Renault's Twitter via SkyF1

 

 

'After two years of loyal service, we would like to say a heartfelt goodbye and thank you to @PastormaldoWhile his ontrack performance has been discussed plenty by fans & pundits alike, we enjoyed working with a bright, friendly, extremely funny guy who got on brilliantly with everyone in the team and pushed tirelessly to get the maximum out of his car. Thank you very much for two years of fun, @Pastormaldo . We will miss you!' 

 

 

Well at least his team liked him I guess. 


Edited by Wheels23, 06 February 2016 - 12:50.


#78 PayasYouRace

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 14:26

You don't have to dislike someone to acknowledge his tendency to throw his car at the scenery. The jokes are just about that. I think many forget that we can make fun of things we love as much as those we hate.

Also, Enstone's Twitter account is the epitome of sarcasm, so be careful.

Edited by PayasYouRace, 06 February 2016 - 14:27.


#79 Lotus53B

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 14:59

I voted for Max.  Nothing personal, just based on genetics.



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Posted 06 February 2016 - 20:20

Was Pastor hated just by the forum posters, or by the whole audience, journalists and fellow drivers, was he hated by all?

 

No real motorsport fan, journo etc can approve of Pastor without being hypocritical - he injured a marshall years ago because he ignored yellow flags + used his car as a weapon on at least two occasions + he crashed a lot + he behaved like a dick in a few too many interviews .... these would all be persona non grata level offences but he was putting $30m or so a year into the sport (from the pockets of impoverished Venezuelans) so the corrupt motor sport authorities waved him through - which stoked the hate for him even more.

 

By the end, the Pastor Hate became a parody of itself and I had to jump of that train ... but I can fully understand why folks hated him.... and no, it wasnt just on the internet.



#81 nosecone

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Posted 06 February 2016 - 20:54

If Maldonado ends up in Nascar they at least won't need a caution clock



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Posted 06 February 2016 - 21:51

Unfortunately, I think it will be Kimi. I can just see it coming. I reckon this will be Kimi's final year in F1 (although I hope not).

 

No way will it be Max! He will break Vettel's record and become the youngest-ever F1 World Champion.



#83 Wheels23

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 00:56

You don't have to dislike someone to acknowledge his tendency to throw his car at the scenery. The jokes are just about that. I think many forget that we can make fun of things we love as much as those we hate.

Also, Enstone's Twitter account is the epitome of sarcasm, so be careful.

 

No, no. That's why I said "lol this guy" it doesn't mean dislike, it's just means joking around. But there are people who hate him or have an agenda like they hate Rosberg, Lewis and so on cause internet. Also he was liked in the paddock, so I doubt Enstone are sarcastic at least this time. 



#84 Jimisgod

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 04:33

I see Max is leading the way on this now. Somehow I don't see that happening at all.

 

I think the Max circlejerkers are on holiday while the Kimi circlejerkers are still here during the off season, hence the discrepancy.

 

Max only had the one major clash with Grosjean last year, Kimi had 2 with Bottas in 2 GPs.



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Posted 07 February 2016 - 06:28

If Maldonado ends up in Nascar they at least won't need a caution clock

Those jokes were last funny 3 years ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No way will it be Max! He will break Vettel's record and become the youngest-ever F1 World Champion.

Would you bet on this?



#86 Quickshifter

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 07:23

Verstappen is like the shiny new toy of formula1. The kid is talented but the media will  bring him down as quickly as they took him up if he  gets himself involved in incidents like he did last year. I just hope Verstappen realizes that sometimes being in the background in the earlier part of your career is not exactly a bad thing. Last year guys like Button and Alonso did not have a package to compete but this year it is going to be a different sort of challenge for Max. With loosening of token restrictions people will  soon realize this year's Renault will be competitive from the first race itself now that Renault have the motivation of developing the engine as they have a full works team. He has pulled off some good overtakes but his remorseless attitude can prove to be counterproductive as it does not take long for pressure to mount in f1.



#87 DrF

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 08:51

A few (useless) stats for our orientation

Based on the race accidents (according to the FIA lap charts since 2006) Magnussen, Massa, Perez and Grosjean are looking most likely. (no guarantees that this is completely right, these lap charts are bloody awful to read)

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Wow, Lewis and RoGro runners up for the most crashes in one season!

#88 F1matt

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 09:38

Max Verstappen for me, plenty of over ambitious moves that go wrong rather than a bloke who clearly shouldn't have been there.

#89 Nemo1965

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Posted 07 February 2016 - 11:16

You don't have to dislike someone to acknowledge his tendency to throw his car at the scenery. The jokes are just about that. I think many forget that we can make fun of things we love as much as those we hate.

Also, Enstone's Twitter account is the epitome of sarcasm, so be careful.

 

I agree. Vittorio Brambilla, Andrea de Cesaris: top-blokes... every journalist or ex-driver I met told me they were the nicest guys ever... you just didn't want to be on one track with them. 



#90 Kao18

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Posted 08 February 2016 - 10:00

I think the Max circlejerkers are on holiday while the Kimi circlejerkers are still here during the off season, hence the discrepancy.

 

Max only had the one major clash with Grosjean last year, Kimi had 2 with Bottas in 2 GPs.

 

I think most Max fans on these boards just don't bother going into discussion anymore with people calling him (potentially) incompetent.

 

Going by this pole there still seem to be a lot of people who like to see him fail. What is the saying in English? A big tree attrackts the woodsman's axe?


Edited by Kao18, 08 February 2016 - 10:01.


#91 Burtros

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Posted 08 February 2016 - 10:23

Initial reaction is to vote for one of the /meh' drivers. Ericsson or Gutierrez. But as much of a joke Pastor could be at times, he was also on fleeting occasions very good. He just failed to deliver to often and crashed a lot. I dont think that Ericsson or Gutierrez are good enough for that.

 

Therefore, its got to be Kimi. I still cant work out why he kept his Ferrari drive!



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Posted 08 February 2016 - 23:59

From what I heard and read, jornos liked him because he was an very nice person. He was friends with drivers. It was really just forums, f1 sites (*coughF1Fanaticcough*) and social media. But a lot of was just "lol this guy" rather than pure hatred. 

 

This is from what I heard and read. A lot of people don't like Nico Rosberg, Seb, Alonso and Lewis. 

 

All of those drivers (VET HAM ROS ALO) have something in common.  They won most of the races in the last half dozen years or so, and probably had the most podiums too.  When you are winning the haters show up in full force.

 

I doubt most people "hate" Maldonado anyway.  They just think he was too reckless and not deserving of an F1 seat for so long with no improvement.