[SenorFunkyPants]

Alonso is a perfectly example of a good racer who didn't know when to keep his mouth shut. He was also hampered by being given poor advice.
Verstappen has similar problems...the sooner he stops listening to his father and bans his whole entourage from races the sooner he can grow up and perhaps fulfil his potential.
In his current frame of mind he would be a poor fit for Mercedes...Ferrari are more likely to take him but I'm not sure they really need yet another driver who thinks they can run the team and drive the car at the same time.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants

Seems that neither Merc or Ferrari were busting a gut to hire Verstappen. All that public whining about the Renault engine was quite damaging to his appeal.
You only have to look at how Alonso ended up to see that being a fast driver is not the whole package....(Honda now won't let Alonso race in a car with their engine after all the criticism of the Honda engine he made while at McLaren).
Verstappen needs to learn to keep his whining to himself...if he ever wants to move to teams like Ferrari and Mercedes where PR is paramount.

Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants

Alonso is a perfectly example of a good racer who didn't know when to keep his mouth shut. He was also hampered by being given poor advice.
Verstappen has similar problems...the sooner he stops listening to his father and bans his whole entourage from races the sooner he can grow up and perhaps fulfil his potential.
In his current frame of mind he would be a poor fit for Mercedes...Ferrari are more likely to take him but I'm not sure they really need yet another driver who thinks they can run the team and drive the car at the same time.

Max is whining and he has to keep his mouth shut ?
That's actually really funny . It remembers me Lewis when his Merc engine blew ...
Lewis went with a lawsuit against Merc as for engine sabotage !
Give me a break mate !

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants

Seems that neither Merc or Ferrari were busting a gut to hire Verstappen. All that public whining about the Renault engine was quite damaging to his appeal.
You only have to look at how Alonso ended up to see that being a fast driver is not the whole package....(Honda now won't let Alonso race in a car with their engine after all the criticism of the Honda engine he made while at McLaren).
Verstappen needs to learn to keep his whining to himself...if he ever wants to move to teams like Ferrari and Mercedes where PR is paramount.

Or maybe they just don't rate him highly enough?





























Just kidding, before M5boy and Belgium dude burst an artery....

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

Or maybe they just don't rate him highly enough?



























Just kidding, before M5boy and Belgium dude burst an artery....

Mate . Who is the Belgium dude ?

[SenorFunkyPants]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

Or maybe they just don't rate him highly enough?

Heh, you do have to wonder...

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

Just kidding, before M5boy and Belgium dude burst an artery....

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Don't cry too much one day you may even know what you're talking about.

I'm pretty sure he will cry a lot in the new '20 season...

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Don't cry too much one day you may even know what you're talking about.

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement. I will try my very best, every day.

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Mate . Who is the Belgium dude ?

You

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Ok then try this..who is 'Belgium dude', you haven't yet answered?

I missed that, see reply above.

[mk1-fan]

OK, all jokes aside, maybe Merc and Ferrari were very eager to sign Verstappen, why wouldn't they be?

And this is perhaps why RB gave him a lengthy contract, obviously with exit clauses on both sides. He probably also received a huge salary increase, as he rightfully deserves.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

You

Ok then I presume I'm the:M5boy.
Well then we'll have to think of a nice name for you..even Stevens eh.

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Ok then I presume I'm the:M5boy.
Well then we'll have to think of a nice name for you..even Stevens eh.

Let me suggest a few examples:
Ham fanboy
Verstappen hater
Merc-fan
RedBull FTL

or simply SA boytjie

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

Let me suggest a few examples:
Ham fanboy
Verstappen hater
Merc-fan
RedBull FTL

or simply SA boytjie

Being a bit kind to yourself?

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

Being a bit kind to yourself?

Why?

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

Why?

Just kidding.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

You

Mate .Let me clarify my complicated situation ...
I'm born in Belgium and just like MAX I am Belgian .
But I live in "Mogadishu" because I'm a survivor from "Black Hawk Down"

[SenorFunkyPants]

GP fans 13 Jan.
"Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore says he is a fan of Max Verstappen but admit the Dutchman must "learn to keep his mouth shut" if he is to become one of the sports elite.

Verstappen is never too far from the headlines and, when accusations of Ferrari using illegal practices to increase output from their power unit, it was quotes from the Dutchman that began the witch hunt.

“He drives really fast, he knows how to constantly improve himself and he often steals the show," said Briatore on the official 2019 season review.

“But Verstappen must also learn to keep his mouth shut,” he added, referring in particular to the Dutch driver’s comments about Ferrari’s engine late in 2019.

“He could have left out the accusation that they cheated. First of all, it’s not up to him to make those sorts of statements. Secondly, the whole story was totally inaccurate.”

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by SenorFunkyPants

GP fans 13 Jan.
"Former Renault team boss Flavio Briatore says he is a fan of Max Verstappen but admit the Dutchman must "learn to keep his mouth shut" if he is to become one of the sports elite.

Verstappen is never too far from the headlines and, when accusations of Ferrari using illegal practices to increase output from their power unit, it was quotes from the Dutchman that began the witch hunt.

“He drives really fast, he knows how to constantly improve himself and he often steals the show," said Briatore on the official 2019 season review.

“But Verstappen must also learn to keep his mouth shut,” he added, referring in particular to the Dutch driver’s comments about Ferrari’s engine late in 2019.

“He could have left out the accusation that they cheated. First of all, it’s not up to him to make those sorts of statements. Secondly, the whole story was totally inaccurate.”

Your comment is not correct like usual ...
Lewis was butthurt in Monza and Spa , because he lost it there from Charles !
Lewis actually "made" the word => "The Ferrari Jet-Mode" That's what he said to the press . Lewis was the first to talk about the Ferrari "JET-Mode"

Lewis didn't had the balls to make it open for the FIA .
But MAX had the balls to do it mate ! Because Ferrari was cheating and it was visible for the whole world . The Ferrari pace (top-speed) was onreal on the straights !

It was actually really strange at that moment when MAX told that Ferrari was cheating .
Suddenly the Ferrari's were going slower ...and it was a fact

[mk1-fan]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Your comment is not correct like usual ...
Lewis was butthurt in Monza and Spa , because he lost it there from Charles !
Lewis actually "made" the word => "The Ferrari Jet-Mode" That's what he said to the press . Lewis was the first to talk about the Ferrari "JET-Mode"

Lewis didn't had the balls to make it open for the FIA .
But MAX had the balls to do it mate ! Because Ferrari was cheating and it was visible for the whole world . The Ferrari pace (top-speed) was onreal on the straights !

It was actually really strange at that moment when MAX told that Ferrari was cheating .
Suddenly the Ferrari's were going slower ...and it was a fact

Saying the Ferrari had "jet-mode" is hardly accusing them of cheating. Rather it is saying it is unbelievable fast in a straight line, however that may be achieved.

Max had no right saying that Ferrari was cheating, even if they did, without producing evidence.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by mk1-fan

Saying the Ferrari had "jet-mode" is hardly accusing them of cheating. Rather it is saying it is unbelievable fast in a straight line, however that may be achieved.

Max had no right saying that Ferrari was cheating, even if they did, without producing evidence.

Like I said ; Lewis said first of all the word "Ferrari JET-Mode"
What do you understand in the F1-world of Ferrari JET-Mode ?
For me personally is JET-Mode a "filtered word" for cheating and it came from Lewis !
MAX complained about it at first . Later even Toto came up with it, while he was cheating himself with the Merc tire-cooling innovation ..
Ohhh...Man give me a break !

MAX did the right thing .Or do you think the Jet-Mode was a miracle from above ?

And Briatore talks with his d*ck !

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium

Like I said ; Lewis said first of all the word "Ferrari JET-Mode"
What do you understand in the F1-world of Ferrari JET-Mode ?
For me personally is JET-Mode a "filtered word" for cheating and it came from Lewis !
MAX complained about it at first . Later even Toto came up with it, while he was cheating himself with the Merc tire-cooling innovation ..
Ohhh...Man give me a break !

MAX did the right thing .Or do you think the Jet-Mode was a miracle from above ?

And Briatore talks with his d*ck !

I hardly think Briatore is an ambassador of anything > Crashgate

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by M5theonlyone

I hardly think Briatore is an ambassador of anything > Crashgate

That seems also to happen for Binotto . Crash in a gate is know in the Ferrari team !