And so it ends...?

[JSR]

Re: And so it ends...?

Rubens is a nice guy, one of the genuine characters in F1. Thing is, I get the feeling he's lost his passion and this has been proven to some extent by his performance during the last season, especially relative to Jenson. It's as though he's realised that he'll never again have the car or the support that Ferrari gave him and therefore his career can only go in one direction. If he does get another chance, he'll need to give it both barrels in 2008.

If this is true then I truly hope he picks himself up. I've no doubt that Rubens can do good things even though he's not in a Ferrari anymore. TBH, all those years of shadowing Schumacher probably took the winds well and truly out of Rubens' sales. How many races can you compete in knowing that you'll never be allowed to win the WDC before you get too deflated? I had hoped that moving away from Ferrari might have given Rubens the incentive to relight the fires. Perhaps if Honda do have a good car next year, he may surprise us all. If not, well...

Put Button in a Ferrari, a McLaren or a BMW and I reckon he'd surprise a few people. His car control is similar to Schuey's and that kind of fluidity in a good car would make him a contender. I'm not sure he's a top-drawer talent, but I'd agree that he's among the best of the rest. Anyway, I'd be genuinely chuffed if he enjoyed some success next year.

It'd be nice to see him show what he can really do, given a reliable and well-performing car. That said, I'd rather see him as number one in a lesser team than number two at a top team. Daft as it sounds, I think he's happier that way. I think he likes to be the one doing the pushing, and not the one being pushed. Maybe I've got that wrong, though.

[JSR]

Re: And so it ends...?

Very . Then again I do have the last race of 94 on video you know the one . The sad thing about that is I no longer have a video player in the house:

You need one of those "convert your videos to DVD" recorders that they sell these days.