Dude he almost certainly has the ability to win in a top car. It's blindingly obvious.
I don't think di Resta is nearly as full of himself as some people like to make out. Yes, driving a Formula 1 car demands a level of self-confidence that borders on arrogance, but this is a trait that all drivers have - and it's not really bragging when you can actually do what you calim you can.
No, I think the reason why people like to get stuck into di Resta is because the British media (especially the tabloids) love nothing more than tearing into British drivers, and will do so given half a chance. In fact, they'll do it to just about any and every British sporting and cultural establishment they can think of.
This. At any race in 2011, you could probably hear Coulthard going on about di Resta having a brilliant debut season, being a future world champion, and consistently getting the better of his teammate. The latter is definitely not true if you really are watching the races.
To be fair, di Resta's season was fairly respectable. He finished 13th overall, with 27 points, and a best result of sixth in Singapore. He may not have been as good as some implied, but he certainly wasn't abysmal.This. At any race in 2011, you could probably hear Coulthard going on about di Resta having a brilliant debut season, being a future world champion, and consistently getting the better of his teammate. The latter is definitely not true if you really are watching the races.
He's been with us for 5 years, actually. And he's done a great job, and has performed consistently well. I think that next to Kubica, he was one of the most deserving of a top drive. I think he would make a great second driver at least to back up a faster driver, because of his good consistency.Sutil has been in the sport 4 years and done nothing.
To be fair, di Resta's season was fairly respectable. He finished 13th overall, with 27 points, and a best result of sixth in Singapore. He may not have been as good as some implied, but he certainly wasn't abysmal.
Peter.More a case of overhype rather than underperformance.
He's been with us for 5 years, actually. And he's done a great job, and has performed consistently well. I think that next to Kubica, he was one of the most deserving of a top drive. I think he would make a great second driver at least to back up a faster driver, because of his good consistency.
akmuqF1 stuff...
Or will Sebastian Vettel finger the competition for another year?
More F1 stuff..
lemansfanaticI think he just meant to point them out in a police lineup
...let's let the drivers do the talking on the track and throttle the donkeys after the race...
People so seem to forget that Sutil got 42 points, and Di Resta only got 27 points...
He might be a champion in the future, but he's not fast enough right now. He still needs to improve before I'll say that he will be a future champion. He could develop into one, but right now he's not quick enough.
So? In 2010, Robert Kubica scored 136 points. Vitaly Petrov only managed 27. True, the gap in talent between di Resta and Sutil is much narrower than the gap between Petrov and Kubica, but being beaten by a far more experienced team-mate in your debut season does not make you hopeless.People so seem to forget that Sutil got 42 points, and Di Resta only got 27 points...
Throttle donkeys? Perhaps a some sort of loophole by Renault, an experiment on McLaren's test mule, or will the Prancing Horse bray in protest for a rule change, like an ass?
You heard it here first from our moles in the Pacific Rim media and the ability of American media to get F1 all wrong!
prisonermonkeysSo? In 2010, Robert Kubica scored 136 points. Vitaly Petrov only managed 27. True, the gap in talent between di Resta and Sutil is much narrower than the gap between Petrov and Kubica, but being beaten by a far more experienced team-mate in your debut season does not make you hopeless.
Where is it written that each and every single World Champion beat their team-mates in their debut season, and that a failure to do so prevented them from winning the title?I never said he was hopeless, just that he didn't preform with the speed of a world champion, because to be a world champion, you have to beat your teammate.
Heikki Kovalianen's Angry Birds-themed helmet design:
prisonermonkeysWhere is it written that each and every single World Champion beat their team-mates in their debut season, and that a failure to do so prevented them from winning the title?
Heikki Kovalianen's Angry Birds-themed helmet design:
I don't think Sutil ever showed anything deserving of a top seat drive - too many mistakes under pressure.
I can't forget 2009 and 2010 when we regularly saw Sutil get himself into a top 6 position only to then lose it in the barriers or into other cars. It was a running joke at the time that whenever he was doing well, Kimi was never far away from contact..
Certainly though he deserved another F1 seat but I can't agree he is anywhere near Kubica. You talk about over-hype and then you come out with statements like this..