Hi there. I'm new. yeah, there was the pressure
of handling the rise of JPM - but I think it had
more to do with being pissed off with Rubens.
<br>Rubes is the last person who can afford to say Ralf
races unfairly. His brainfade moves on Ralf in Malaysia
and Brazil ,and on HHF in Melboirne comes to
mind.<br><br>Then in Suzuka, Rubens came too slow out of the pits.
Ralf had to swerve to the left to keep his pace. The
10 sec. penalty was ridiculous for that offence.
Even Patrick Head has categorically said it was too
harsh a penalty. He said Ralf was unlucky.<br><br>All
in all Ralf's had some rough breaks in this season,
tho' people love to point out Monty's more dramatic
mishaps. The Nurburgring penalty was a crock as well. Mika
gained on Michael in Nurburgring 1998, by crossing the
pit exit line by a blooming yard -AND never got
penalised. Michael's done the same thing. Only Ralf got
shafted.<br><br>The less said about the jack at Spa, the stupid
pitstops, the better.<br>All this plus JPM finding his
stride has racked up the momentum against Ralf a bit.
I'm sure he'll rally around.