F1Babe 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2001 Who has been a real disappointment this year? Can be driver or team. Mine would have to be: Benetton - They've promised loads but not delivered Mika Hakkinen - Has just lost it this year Jordan - Great team, but down on luck Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jagman 0 Report post Posted July 14, 2001 i think you hit the nail on the head. those three are stand out disappointments, but I would like to add Barrichello to the list too, I was hoping for more of a fight with him and schuey early on in the season, but it didnt ever really happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoffandSandy 0 Report post Posted July 15, 2001 And Irvine too. 2001 could have been the start of Jaguar building up like Benneton did some years ago but EI just wants to win with his mouth instead of on the track. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2001 I have been disappointed for Jordan this year but I don't think they have been disappointing (if that makes sense to you). Button has been a huge fizzer this year. Mika someone must have cursed him this year. I really feel sorry for the guy. If (yes I know the big IF factor) he had finished in Spain he would only be 2 points behind RS and 5 points behind RB, real contention for 3 in the WDC. Verstappen: Everyone raved how great he was after Sepang but he has done sweet F.A. since then (not that this is his fault that everyone raved about him). Villeneuve and Feentzen: I put these two together as they would be a major disappointment to their team bosses as they are regularly getting their bottoms kicked by their (much more lowly paid I Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TotalF1 SamB 0 Report post Posted July 20, 2001 My biggest disappointment has been McLaren - Ron Dennis has quite conclusively proved he is a) a moron and obviously doesn't run a 2-car team. He has slandered DC's abilities in public, and refused to bring in team orders to help him which would have given a completely different slant on the standings now. He says he has onlyused team orders 3 times in the last 11 years (?) - 2 of those at least have been in recent times - for Mika Hakkinen to win, when he hasn't been in a fighting position for the championship The Adrian Newey saga has also annoyed me - Ron Dennis wants the best staff - even if they don't want to be there. If people want to leave McLarenF1, then he puts them on "Special Projects" so no-one else can get them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoffandSandy 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2001 And Jaguar. Poor results, spend more time in court than on the podium, employ Eddie-the-mouth, employ Indycar has-been Rahal, sack drivers for F1 unrelated off track behaviour: the list goes on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TotalF1 SamB 0 Report post Posted July 22, 2001 The terrible thing about Jaguar is that they think the money suddenly makes them a top team... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeoffandSandy 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2001 Right Sam As was often said about the Yanks in Americas Cup racing. "Win, tie or wrangle." Money doesn't make a top team (although you can't get to the very top without it), so yes Jaguar takes the No. 11 prize for 2001 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Claire 0 Report post Posted July 24, 2001 I think you guys have summed it all up quite well. I am also really dissapointed at the lack of competition this year. Shcumacher has run away with the title, and no one seems to be able to stop him. DC will not catch him, but if he isnt careful he will be caught himself, by Ralf. Jordan have been really dire this year, what happened to them? It looks to me like they have lost focus. To much time spent on PR, not enough on F1. Come on lads, pull your socks up. But for me, I have nothing really to be dissapointed with, Williams have surprised everyone with 2 wins so far. I expect that figure to be increased by the end of the season. So all in all, I'm happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TotalF1 SamB 0 Report post Posted July 26, 2001 It just makes for a cracking season next year - can Williams fight for the title? Are McLaren on the slippery slope? Are we in an era of Ferrari domination? Mika will be having one last fling before he retires, and the drivers market is going to be hot, with rather a few contracts running out at the end of 2002... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites