Comments on: Barcelona Test Day One: Rosberg Beats Nakajima http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/ Your Regular Blog and Guide to Formula One Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:58:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: BlogF1 - Your Regular Blog and Guide to Formula One » Barcelona Test Day Three: Nakajima Outpaces Ferrari To Lead http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/comment-page-1/#comment-63644 BlogF1 - Your Regular Blog and Guide to Formula One » Barcelona Test Day Three: Nakajima Outpaces Ferrari To Lead Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:22:56 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/#comment-63644 [...] Clive was so keen to point out earlier, Kazuki Nakajima has topped the timing sheets on the third and final day of [...] [...] Clive was so keen to point out earlier, Kazuki Nakajima has topped the timing sheets on the third and final day of [...]

]]> By: Clive http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/comment-page-1/#comment-63643 Clive Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:24:45 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/#comment-63643 Nakajima fastest in testing at Barcelona today! Beating both McLaren and Ferrari in the process, I might add - with Rosberg just behind the big boys. That Japanese guy can drive, I tell you. :) Nakajima fastest in testing at Barcelona today! Beating both McLaren and Ferrari in the process, I might add – with Rosberg just behind the big boys.

That Japanese guy can drive, I tell you. :)

]]> By: Clive http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/comment-page-1/#comment-63618 Clive Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:15:50 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/#comment-63618 The strange thing is that Kazuki was Mr Consistency in GP2 - he had podium finish after podium finish in the second half of the season. I think the differing demands of testing are causing the apparently erratic times he has been setting and that the real measure of his ability is how often he has been faster than Nico. Wurz couldn't do that. And, looking at the only GP he's been in so far, his fastest race lap was quicker than Rosberg's, a fact obscured by his rookie mistake of running over a couple of mechanics in his pit stop. What emerges is the fact that Mr Nakajima appears to be the fastest Japanese driver we've seen in F1 so far and he can stay on the track for the entire race distance. Whether he will be able to continue doing that for an entire season is what we now need to see. I hope he manages it - Japan's commitment to the sport deserves a driver who can fight with the best. The strange thing is that Kazuki was Mr Consistency in GP2 – he had podium finish after podium finish in the second half of the season. I think the differing demands of testing are causing the apparently erratic times he has been setting and that the real measure of his ability is how often he has been faster than Nico. Wurz couldn’t do that. And, looking at the only GP he’s been in so far, his fastest race lap was quicker than Rosberg’s, a fact obscured by his rookie mistake of running over a couple of mechanics in his pit stop. What emerges is the fact that Mr Nakajima appears to be the fastest Japanese driver we’ve seen in F1 so far and he can stay on the track for the entire race distance. Whether he will be able to continue doing that for an entire season is what we now need to see. I hope he manages it – Japan’s commitment to the sport deserves a driver who can fight with the best.

]]> By: Oliver White http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/comment-page-1/#comment-63616 Oliver White Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:42:53 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/#comment-63616 I hope Nakajima was sandbagging as well. I currently can't make my mind up about him. His first race in Brazil wasn't a bad effort aside from the pitlane blunder. But winter testing has been erratic for the young man. Perhaps it is the car, perhaps it is his programme. But other drivers have been more consistent with their times. I just can't decide if he's worthy of a drive or if Toyota are just desperate to get a Japanese driver in one of their teams, factory or customer. I hope Nakajima was sandbagging as well. I currently can’t make my mind up about him. His first race in Brazil wasn’t a bad effort aside from the pitlane blunder. But winter testing has been erratic for the young man. Perhaps it is the car, perhaps it is his programme. But other drivers have been more consistent with their times. I just can’t decide if he’s worthy of a drive or if Toyota are just desperate to get a Japanese driver in one of their teams, factory or customer.

]]> By: Clive http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/comment-page-1/#comment-63607 Clive Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:28:37 +0000 http://blogf1.co.uk/2008/02/19/barcelona-test-day-one-rosberg-beats-nakajima/#comment-63607 Nakajima was sandbagging! Nakajima was sandbagging!

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