Rd1, Heat 7: De La Rosa vs Kubica [Archive]

Carlis

3rd Sep 2006, 05:16 PM

Kubica. Young, talented, fast, very good in wet conditions, has pushed Heidfeld harder than what Villeneuve did...

De la Rosa? Was soundly beaten by Irvine, to the point his career as a race driver was virtually over, and was "rescued" from the ashes by McLaren. Maybe (a big *maybe*) he is a good test driver and I am not even sure of that: McLaren hasn't been able to produce a fast and reliable car from day one since 1999, and at that time DelaRosa was not in the team, and since he joined them... well... McLaren has experienced their worst years in F1 (2002, 2004, the reliability levels of 2005 (despite of being a fast car) this 2006 might be their first year in history on which they don't win a single race per season...).

Yes, he has finished in the points, but he has been unable to match Kimi's pace during the races he has competed. For instance, Button won at Hungary, starting 10 positions behind de la Rosa... I am quite sure that either Montoya or Kimi (had he not been involved in that accident) would have got the victory had they been at Pedro's position.

Finally, de la Rosa is in the late stages of his career, Kubica is just starting, and already is looking better than the spaniard.