The Big Four/Five
Bernie is trying to stir up interest in the closing rounds of the F1 world championship by posing the five main guys in the running for a pitwall type picture as he did with Mansell, Prost Piquet and Senna all those years ago.
I can’t help thinking it’s just not the same with these newer guys. We all know Lewis doesnt really like Alonso, yet there he is with is arm all there and round the Spaniards shoulder with both of them smiling like blokes who have had a few quid stuffed into their overalls!
The original shot from the 80′s is quite candid and all the guys are smiling and look genuinely happy.
This one looks a little more staged and set, the Red Bull guys are kept apart and Jenson is oding his usual happy- smiley-people bit!
The rivalry between the guys on track I think is now more fierce than ever, but I also think the sporting rivalry is less than it was in the 80′s.
Senna ushered in a new wave of ‘winner takes all’ mentality that Prost simply wasn’t prepared to tolerate and Mansell and Piquet, though hard rivals, were prepared to run toe to toe with any of them.
I fear that Vettel, Webber and perhaps even Alonso are prepared to put their rivals to the sword. And Hamilton has shown recently that he can over aggressive.
Button for me is the best proper ‘racer’ as Stirling would put it. He drives with his head, and is aggressive when needs be.
I think Jens would have fitted in nicely in 1986! the rest would have been banned! Or been as feared as a Brambilla or Arnoux!!
