tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post3987339924667563516..comments2023-08-08T10:25:47.529+01:00Comments on McCabism: The best season in Formula 1 history?Gordon McCabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-15758957947861937082010-11-18T12:17:44.818+00:002010-11-18T12:17:44.818+00:00Rene's lawyers could be watching Sean; I'v...Rene's lawyers could be watching Sean; I've never seen anything published concerning the real reason for his Ferrari dismissal. In contrast, people have gone into print on the Prost affair, and it seems fairly well established.<br /><br />Like Mark Hughes says, Patrick, the Senna-Prost feud continues to possess something akin to (long half-life) radioactivity. And remember, it could have been a three-way battle between Bellof, Prost and Senna...Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-24561633152089916382010-11-18T11:32:15.633+00:002010-11-18T11:32:15.633+00:00I'm not quite old enough to have seen either 1...I'm not quite old enough to have seen either 1979 or 1984, but I'm going to nominate 1988-89 for the rivalry between Senna and Prost. There might have been relatively few really stand-out races but the drama of the battle between two drivers who were head and shoulders above anybody else of their generation was something I will never forget. If an F1 season is, in part a narrative, then in Senna and Prost, we got two fascinating, three-dimensional, but ultimately flawed characters. And had either one of them not become an F1 driver, I think the other would almost certainly have dominated the sport in the manner of Schumacher in the early part of the last decade.<br /><br />In recent years, only the 2006 fight between Alonso and Schumacher came close to rekindling that intense personal two-way battle. Though that felt less like a battle between two equals and more like the passing of a torch from one generation to the next (something Schumacher himself seems unable to acknowledge has occurred)<br /><br />As for last weekend, I've never claimed to be impartial - a smile came across my face the moment I saw Alonso head for the pits to cover Webber. Even at that moment, I was convinced it was the wrong move.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06958265670311209584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-75031589274445600132010-11-18T07:06:55.220+00:002010-11-18T07:06:55.220+00:00You mean Rene's lawyers are watching?You mean Rene's lawyers are watching?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-41188465986500394882010-11-17T23:10:10.274+00:002010-11-17T23:10:10.274+00:00I'm not publishing your second post Sean, on a...I'm not publishing your second post Sean, on account of libel!Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-75258718130579803432010-11-17T17:57:49.024+00:002010-11-17T17:57:49.024+00:00I must admit, (and this should not in any way be t...I must admit, (and this should not in any way be taken as detrimental to my impeccable impartiality credentials), that I danced a little jig in the living room as the lead Ferrari crossed the line in seventh place.<br /><br />Important, I feel, that Adrian Newey's design genius receive its due reward, and important for the future of the sport that allowing team-mates to race each other be seen, for once, as a strategic strength rather than a division of resources.<br /><br />1984 had some spankingly good races, such as Zolder, Monaco, Detroit, and Dallas, but there were plenty of very dull races as well, in which the McLarens just crushed the opposition.<br /><br />Note that Prost was really sacked in 1983 for sleeping with the wife of team-manager Gerard Larousse!Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37936507.post-67631852230988570582010-11-17T17:45:15.912+00:002010-11-17T17:45:15.912+00:00nope I am going for 1984. and Lauda v Prost. I sti...nope I am going for 1984. and Lauda v Prost. I still have a lot of sympathy for Prost after being sacked for not winning in 1983 by Renault but what a comeback by Lauda. I think I am right in saying that under they new points system Prost would have won.<br /><br />It was also the year Senna arrived, and I wondered if he was mad. bad or brilliant when he made everyone else look like idiots in the wet at Monaco, as it turned out he was brilliant.<br /><br />What fun it was to watch Ferrari FiUp on Sunday!Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362169593902131947noreply@blogger.com