Vettel's actions rank in the same league as Lance Armstrong?
#1
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:18
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#2
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:19
Edited by ViMaMo, 27 March 2013 - 08:20.
#3
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:20
That writer is an idiot who is either so biased up Webber's arse that he hasn't seen sunlight since July 9th, 2011, or knows nothing about Formula One.I know,I know,not another Vettel thread!I am sorry,for that but I just read an interesting article (on an actual newspaper,so sadly I dont have a link)where the writer compares what Seb did to Armstrong's actions over the tour de france years.I realy wanted to hear what guys here think?Over-reaction or does he have a point?
#4
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:21
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Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:21
#6
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:22
#7
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:24
#8
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:28
Calm the **** down people - and mods, do something about this! It is unbearable really, and I'm not even a Vettel supporter.
Edited by Jovanotti, 27 March 2013 - 08:34.
#9
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:29
#10
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:32
I was already super impressed how he got the pole by thinking clearly and driving very well.... then he won the race again by driving very well and doing a better job than his team mate (I dont believe MW had his engine turned down during that fight... SV is just a better driver than him - and that's not hard IMO... MW is one of the worst wheel to wheel drivers out there).
Now with all this excess flak that he is catching, I am gaining a lot of sympathy for the guy... am I alone in this?
#11
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:34
#12
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:36
I know,I know,not another Vettel thread!I am sorry,for that but I just read an interesting article (on an actual newspaper,so sadly I dont have a link)where the writer compares what Seb did to Armstrong's actions over the tour de france years.I realy wanted to hear what guys here think?Over-reaction or does he have a point?
Overreaction indeed.
However, the consequences of Vettel's action cannot be underestimated. It has a bigger dimension than Seb himself would have dared to imagine - in terms of his public image, no matter how misinformed.
#13
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:36
Overreaction indeed.
However, the consequences of Vettel's action cannot be underestimated. It has a bigger dimension than Seb himself would have dared to imagine.
It only has a bigger dimension cause the media has blown it all out of proportion, and most people will believe whatever their favourite media outlet tells them.
#14
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:38
#15
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:38
It only has a bigger dimension cause the media has blown it all out of proportion, and most people will believe whatever their favourite media outlet tells them.
Which is exactly what I said - no matter how well-informed or ill-informed.
"For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind"...
Edited by aditya-now, 27 March 2013 - 08:39.
#16
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:39
Vettel simply disobeyed a team order. He didn't cheat the sport (no, a Newey Red Bull isn't an illegal performance advanatge either!) Not hugely suprising given he has Marko in his corner, what has gone before, and not surprising either if you can see behind the smiley media face. He's as driven for success as they come. What happened doesn't make me think any less (or more) of him. In a way it was a nice ontrack battle.
#17
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:39
Probably not. Vettel shouldn't have done it, but Webber's martyrdom is properly tiresome. As you say, the engine thing is very likely bs, as he could easily enough have turned it back up anyway; the harsh reality is that try as he might Vettel is just quicker than him, and it drives him nuts.This event and its aftermath is turning me into an SV supporter.
I was already super impressed how he got the pole by thinking clearly and driving very well.... then he won the race again by driving very well and doing a better job than his team mate (I dont believe MW had his engine turned down during that fight... SV is just a better driver than him - and that's not hard IMO... MW is one of the worst wheel to wheel drivers out there).
Now with all this excess flak that he is catching, I am gaining a lot of sympathy for the guy... am I alone in this?
#19
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:45
personaly,i dont think Seb's actions on Sunday,while wrong,are in no way an indication of his character.in a way thats what this thread is about,do you think malasyia 2013 is an window into his character?
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#20
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:52
Yes,the article i think is written by a cycling fan who i think is a passive F1 fan,but there is a point he raised that I thought was interesting,character assasination.he said,quote= 'Just like we all thought Lance Armsrong was a nice,charitable and most of all a leading light for the human race in the way that he survived cancer,only to cheat and lie his way into the world's hearts,so has vettel,the smiling and laughing is a mask for a cheating and lying German only intrested in himself and is a disgrace to motor sport.'
personaly,i dont think Seb's actions on Sunday,while wrong,are in no way an indication of his character.in a way thats what this thread is about,do you think malasyia 2013 is an window into his character?
I didn't; I knew he was up to his eyeballs in drugs years ago, it was hardly difficult unless you didn't want to see it.
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Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:53
#22
Posted 27 March 2013 - 08:56
Cheers
Gareth