Mr. Modesty
03-10-2007, 08:16 AM
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Mr. Modesty
Ralf Schumacher has labelled himself one of the top three drivers in Formula One.
Ralf also claims it "is only a question of time" before his Toyota team become world champions.
That will not be this season as the 31-year-old German conceded earlier this week Toyota "are going to have a difficult year".
But Ralf has no doubts about his own talent as he told the German Bild newspaper: "I definitely count myself among the three strongest drivers in the world.
"Certainly (Fernando) Alonso and (Kimi) Raikkonen are fast, but I don't have any reason to hide behind anyone.
"If I weren't convinced of my abilities, I wouldn't be in Formula One."
Ralf also insists "Toyota is the team of the future".
He added: "The company and everyone working for it has one goal - to lead Toyota to the top.
"The Formula One title is only a question of time."
Ralf also claims it "is only a question of time" before his Toyota team become world champions.
That will not be this season as the 31-year-old German conceded earlier this week Toyota "are going to have a difficult year".
But Ralf has no doubts about his own talent as he told the German Bild newspaper: "I definitely count myself among the three strongest drivers in the world.
"Certainly (Fernando) Alonso and (Kimi) Raikkonen are fast, but I don't have any reason to hide behind anyone.
"If I weren't convinced of my abilities, I wouldn't be in Formula One."
Ralf also insists "Toyota is the team of the future".
He added: "The company and everyone working for it has one goal - to lead Toyota to the top.
"The Formula One title is only a question of time."
I wonder what he's on.
03-10-2007, 08:24 AM
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At least he shares the ego of his brother, too bad he doesn't have the same skills.
03-12-2007, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by stangg172004
guess it runs in the family...
Odd to say this since Michael was probably the most humble F1 driver of the modern era, even more so if you only consider the multiple WDC winners! Michael constantly diverted praise to the team all the way down to the guy that swept the factory floor. Their are a lot of negative labels you can accurately tape to the German's chin but a sarcastic Mr. Modesty just isn't one of them.
03-13-2007, 05:10 AM
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Ralf is an asshat, an incompletet erratic driver and shares very little w/ his brother. Toyota is equally as stupid for paying him so much to do nothing-no wins in 6 years despite having the largest budget in F1.
03-13-2007, 06:51 AM
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couldn't agree more Chief. No idea how Ralf commands the money he does, he's a piss poor reactionary driver IMO.
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03-13-2007, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by ilitig8
Odd to say this since Michael was probably the most humble F1 driver of the modern era, even more so if you only consider the multiple WDC winners! Michael constantly diverted praise to the team all the way down to the guy that swept the factory floor. Their are a lot of negative labels you can accurately tape to the German's chin but a sarcastic Mr. Modesty just isn't one of them.
03-14-2007, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief F1 Fan
Ralf is an asshat, an incompletet erratic driver and shares very little w/ his brother. Toyota is equally as stupid for paying him so much to do nothing-no wins in 6 years despite having the largest budget in F1.
03-15-2007, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Chief F1 Fan
Ralf is an asshat, an incompletet erratic driver and shares very little w/ his brother. Toyota is equally as stupid for paying him so much to do nothing-no wins in 6 years despite having the largest budget in F1.
03-15-2007, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Tire
Isn't Ralf gay?
03-15-2007, 10:00 PM
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so he's won a couple of races...not like it was with toyboat.
toyboat the team of the future? - ha, i bet honda gets another win before they get theirs
toyboat the team of the future? - ha, i bet honda gets another win before they get theirs
03-18-2007, 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by F-C
I'd have to disagree. Michael was generous to his teammates, but he was very arrogant when it came to comparing himself with other drivers. That's not actually a bad thing, because all great drivers have a certain arrogance to keep them aggressive and confident. The thing with Ralf is that he can't back up his arrogance.
I will have to also disagree with you. Having followed Michael since his first race with Jordan I still say he is the most humble OF THE MODERN F1 DRIVERS. Not humble compared to Mother Theresa but in his chosen profession he showed supreme humility, at least in public, particularly considering he owned most of the important records in F1. But, I will agree that he was supremely confident and as a metter of perspective could be viewed as arrogant and thus we merely disagree on a semantic level.
As for Cora being a former porn star I am not 100% sure but I don't think the former Ms. Brinkmann has any porn that has been open for public consumption, but she is probably a better driver than Ralf.... no really.
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