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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 7061" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Racing</strong></p><p></p><p>I fundamentally disagree with these arguments. I race, and I have pursued championships. I won my last championship when, left on the line with no second gear, I set off in what seemed a hopeless pursuit. But my rival, by now in sight but out of reach, had his bike die when his air filters took in so much water (it was VERY wet) that his bike drowned on the last lap but one. </p><p>The year before all I had to do was finish the last race in the points and the championship was mine. My big-end let go in practice. I was runner-up.</p><p>Sh*t happens. </p><p>What I thought was fantastic was that Timo Glock's last three laps were 1.18, 1.28, and 1.44, and the MacLaren team could see he was in trouble, watching him come in (to Lewis) on GPS. WOW! That's taking it to the wire. </p><p>As Massa said, you have to know how to win, and how to lose. That's racing. All of these guys are SO close in ability you couldn't get a cigarette paper between them, but this year Massa and Hamilton were within ONE point of one another, with Kimi 20 points behind.</p><p>There's another thing: I may be fast, but Phil Read, now 123 years old, and against whom I raced this year, is faster. And he always will be. It's the way the cards were dealt. Read's bad fortune was that he was a contemporary of Hailwood, who was faster still. I think Lewis is holding the hand Clark, Senna, and Schumacher were dealt.</p><p>Feel free to point this out to me if he goes tits-up next year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 7061, member: 4034"] [b]Racing[/b] I fundamentally disagree with these arguments. I race, and I have pursued championships. I won my last championship when, left on the line with no second gear, I set off in what seemed a hopeless pursuit. But my rival, by now in sight but out of reach, had his bike die when his air filters took in so much water (it was VERY wet) that his bike drowned on the last lap but one. The year before all I had to do was finish the last race in the points and the championship was mine. My big-end let go in practice. I was runner-up. Sh*t happens. What I thought was fantastic was that Timo Glock's last three laps were 1.18, 1.28, and 1.44, and the MacLaren team could see he was in trouble, watching him come in (to Lewis) on GPS. WOW! That's taking it to the wire. As Massa said, you have to know how to win, and how to lose. That's racing. All of these guys are SO close in ability you couldn't get a cigarette paper between them, but this year Massa and Hamilton were within ONE point of one another, with Kimi 20 points behind. There's another thing: I may be fast, but Phil Read, now 123 years old, and against whom I raced this year, is faster. And he always will be. It's the way the cards were dealt. Read's bad fortune was that he was a contemporary of Hailwood, who was faster still. I think Lewis is holding the hand Clark, Senna, and Schumacher were dealt. Feel free to point this out to me if he goes tits-up next year. [/QUOTE]
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