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Montoya never accepts responsibility for anything. He always tries to find someone else to blame for his misstakes, whether it's Monteiro or someone else. Frankly, he isnt nearly as fast as Kimi or maybe even Alonso, and I doubt he has the makings of a world champion. He's incosnistent, he whines, he makes silly misstakes and I strongly doubt he will ever drive for Ferrari.
MS has had those days where he's been inconsistent and whined, they maybe behind him but he's had that attitude nonetheless, and I think we both know that. Yes, Montoya's aggression is wrongly channelised, but I think he could do wonders in a Ferrari. He isnt nearly as fast as Kimi or Alonso? You might want to check that statistic, because I've seen races where he's outshone both of them on the fastest stretches. My point is, if he's got a set up at Ferrari like MS has, he would have no option but to be as 'responsible' as MS currently is. As for him driving for Ferrari ever, would be a valid point. Thats something only time can tell. I've never said he would either, I've just said, according to me, he'd be well suited to them. Maybe moreso than he is to McLaren. In my opinion at least, with experience comes consistency, and I think over these four years if you look carefully, you'll realise JPM doesnt make decisions as harsh as we're used to seeing him make like in his early days. If he's given a chance at Ferrari, I'll say, I'd have no doubt he'll do a superb job.
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I'm not saying it wasnt his misstake, I'm just saying he wasnt reckless, becuae he did what he wanted to
Taking another driver off the track, be it Damon Hill or Jacques Villeneuve is reckless. Especially when the sport is Formula 1, the last thing you can afford to be is reckless, whether you want to be or not, you cannot afford to be.
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I do think he is. He might not have been at the beggining of his career, but he has calmed down over the years and played down the arrogancve. rarely will you ever hear him say something bad about the other drivers, about his car, teammate etc. And not to mention he gave 10 million $ for the tsunami victims out of his own pocket.
After spending nearly a decade at the top, you become the symbol of the sport you are part of. He knows he cannot take his image as lightly as he did earlier because he's got certain responsibilities that cannot be done away with. Trust me, if his situation would've been any different than what it is now, he would still be driving guys off the track and marrying his buddy's gfs. Of course, I dont care for his personal life, but somewhere it indicates who he is capable of being.
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As far as the team is concerned, I think you are, like so many people, maiking a fundamental oversight. The team isnt build around Michael, Michael build the team. Fact is that there is no driver in the world that would have ben able to do what he did. When he came to Ferrari they were nowhere, decades without a title, not competing for victories, finishing 4th, 5th in the team standings. He came to ferrari and started winning right away. He took an extremely uncompetitive and unreliable car and drove it to victories, took the season to the very end every year. He was a huge part of making Ferrari what it is today, and IMO no other driver could pull off something similar. He made Ferrai champions, and I seriously doubt that Ferrari would have anywhere near as much success in the last few years had, for example, Mika, or Coulthard or jacques been driving for them. Michael built the team, and he's been there for almost 10 years. It's only logical that he will be the first driver.
Its one thing to say that Michael is extremely talented as a driver, which I whole heartedly agree, and have said that in his generation, only JV would be in the same league talent wise. But if you're trying to tell me he took the team to where they are today, I'll go to the extent of saying that he complemented the team really well because they were willing to build themselves on his capabilities, but it would be wrong to say that he built the team because that is simply not the case. No driver worth his salt will go to a team, even if it is Ferrari just to contribute to making it competitive, unless, he is given the kind of freedom MS has been given over the last 10 years. You may argue that he's the best and all that, but I think he's been treated like royalty as well. As for him being there 10 years, I think hindsight is a beautiful thing, because he has been their number 1 driver since the beginning and wasnt gifted that position after 10 years of winning races consistently. Again more than one occasion there as well, the victory came at the expense of his so called # 2.
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Kimi and Mika are similar, yes, but I still think Kimi is also similar to Michael. Kimi has that arrogance, that smugness in his look that Mika never had.
AS for Juan, I strongly doubt he will ever be champion. He doesnt have the midframe for it, and is not as fast as Kimi or Alonso, not to mention Michael. I'd put him together with Button in terms of speed. And TBH Juan has had plenty of experience. He joined Williams in 2001, this is already his 4th year in Formula 1. Schumacher already had 1 or 2 world titles by that time. How much experience does he need? He will never be nearly as good as Michael, and I simply dont and never will rate him highly. Nor his temperament.
Kimi is not arrogant. He's smug no doubt, but I think he just sorta looks like that, and doesnt necessarily act like that. He's ice cool, just like Mika used to be.
You're deviating from what is being said. I've never expressly stated that JPM will be as successful as MS. That's pretty improbable, but the experience like Ive said is contributing to him becoming a more thinking driver like MS is now, and knowing how to channelise his energies correctly instead of being more flambouyant and agressive on the track. He's in his 4th year as you correctly stated, and what is he, poised to overtake MS in the standings this year. You may say its a faster car and all that, but then again you've said MS can work wonders even with what he's got. So my point remains, JPM and age to a certain extent have caught up with MS, but if you look back to a couple of occasions on the track in JPM's earlier years, you'll see he's outdone MS on more than one occasion. Sure, it may not necessarily speak for his talent in comparison, but I think its the temperament that allowed him to hang with one of the best this sport has to offer.
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