Comments on: The Men In the Cockpits: Driver Preview - Part 1 http://badgergp.com/2010/03/the-men-in-the-cockpits-driver-preview-part-1/ Formula 1 isn't boring... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:24:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Enigma http://badgergp.com/2010/03/the-men-in-the-cockpits-driver-preview-part-1/#comment-1517 Enigma Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:07:08 +0000 http://www.f1badger.com/?p=14907#comment-1517 I think Senna, Glock and Kobayashi will beat their team mates. It will be close in Lotus, but I think Heikki will have more points in the end. I think Senna, Glock and Kobayashi will beat their team mates. It will be close in Lotus, but I think Heikki will have more points in the end.

]]> By: Dave Highkinen http://badgergp.com/2010/03/the-men-in-the-cockpits-driver-preview-part-1/#comment-1516 Dave Highkinen Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:18:31 +0000 http://www.f1badger.com/?p=14907#comment-1516 Glock (and Kubica also) was clever as last season came to an end. He quickly got his name down in another team, knowing that with various withdrawals there would be more drivers than seats. And against expectations the Virgin does have a slight edge over Lotus, it's just a lot more fragile. I agree with your analysis of the Lotus drivers. Jarno has rarely done any races that have caught the eye, the only one that springs to mind is his only victory; Monaco '04 which he won from pole. His aim would be to try and shake off his reputation of falling asleep during races. Heikki had a brilliant debut year (overshadowed by a certain other rookie) in 2007, hopefully we'll see more of the original Kovalainen this year, rather than the erratic one we had in 2009. And i hope Pedro de la Rosa doesn't have too much of an influence over Kobayashi; Kamui's wildness is his most endearing feature! I don't know anything about any of the new drivers, so can't predict which one might do the best job, we'll know more about them after round 2 (allowing for first race jitters/flukes). Kobayashi is a prime example that even if you're not the fastest in GP2, it doesn't mean you'll be unimpressive in F1. Glock (and Kubica also) was clever as last season came to an end. He quickly got his name down in another team, knowing that with various withdrawals there would be more drivers than seats. And against expectations the Virgin does have a slight edge over Lotus, it's just a lot more fragile.

I agree with your analysis of the Lotus drivers. Jarno has rarely done any races that have caught the eye, the only one that springs to mind is his only victory; Monaco '04 which he won from pole. His aim would be to try and shake off his reputation of falling asleep during races.
Heikki had a brilliant debut year (overshadowed by a certain other rookie) in 2007, hopefully we'll see more of the original Kovalainen this year, rather than the erratic one we had in 2009.

And i hope Pedro de la Rosa doesn't have too much of an influence over Kobayashi; Kamui's wildness is his most endearing feature!

I don't know anything about any of the new drivers, so can't predict which one might do the best job, we'll know more about them after round 2 (allowing for first race jitters/flukes).
Kobayashi is a prime example that even if you're not the fastest in GP2, it doesn't mean you'll be unimpressive in F1.

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