Psst ! Michael...Wake Up !!"...is what Ross Brawn would
be saying on Michael's radio in the next race if Michael drives the same way
as in Imola and Barcelona at the A1-Ring. I mean I am afraid of Michael going
to sleep in his cockpit as he leaves the rest of the pack sufficiently behind
the way he has been doing in the past two races.
That's probably the only way that he is likely to err given the way he is
driving the F2002. Both seem to be "made for each other" at this
moment.
Barrichello meanwhile needs revising his prayers when he bows before god. He's
missing something that makes him so unlucky and stall and ruining his race
despite being very very fast through the rest of the weekend. Once he gets a
tad luckier, the Ferrari package will be very hard to beat I believe.
Williams is standing up against them to some measure right now but their
package has one more dependancy; the circuit that their car runs on. This has
not been with the Scarlet 2001 champions since they show considerable
resilience to adjusting their package with the circuits too. This is what sets
them apart from the competition right now; their ability to change things on
the fly and come out good in that.
McLaren is not improving at a rate that they should be as a result of which we
haven't really gotten a chance to see the potential of Raikkonen which I
believe is nowhere lesser than Montoya (except for the absence of an
unmistakable flair in Montoya to talk without giving much strain to his grey
cells). So we will have to wait for the Mclarens to grow more competitive to
let the competition be stiffer for Michael.
Also, they need to take heed of Renault and a Button in it. Austria would
bring it down on reliability and most importantly the tyres due to the tricky
curves and the grip of the track. It comes to what the Bridgestones and the
Michelins make their rubber out of. Michael has to simply retire or be out so
far ahead as to bring out the possibility that I pointed out earlier to commit
a mistake and continue the jinx on the A1-ring else I don't see him being
challenged seriously. As for Barrichello, it's time he woos Lady Luck to be on
his side for a change ! - Yatin - India (Reference Heretic
4-11 - What does Barrichello have to do ?)
The Heretic replies:
Yatin,
Thanks for you comments.
Yes, it certainly looks as if the new car is made for
Michael – so much so that it probably was.
Barrichello will get lucky, maybe soon enough to
consistently come second
