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nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Only half of Mercedes ;-)
Cheeseman Battitude
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Hamster's got this tomorrow, barring reliability and dirty tricks from Runnerupberg.
Getting a 2-year, $50m contract with the fastest team in the game is pretty hard to turn down.
brotkasten
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It's Ferrari. You simply expect better from them. They haven't won a championship in almost a decade. Their state of car development is nothing short of embarrassing. They are one of the best funded teams, hire and fire great people. And yet they can't seem to catch up since 2014. Not a single win this season yet.
It's absolutely embarrassing.
SunhiLegend
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Of course they should be doing better but then so should all the other legendary manufacturers. Mclaren, Williams. Its not just exclusively Ferrari here.
These periods can happen in F1, I mean when Schumacher was driving for Ferrari the rival manufacturers actually wanted something to be actively done to slow them down, to even up the field. These events can happen, it's not the first time it's happened, when I was younger and they had Alesi and such, they wasn't winning. Like most sports isn't it. You have successful periods and then something changes and it takes a while for you to find that winning formula again.
Because with current performance of the car he's guaranteed a clear second in the championship and just needs some reliability issues with Hamilton to be gifted a WDC
nature boy
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Oh well going to watch MotoGP
RaySpencer
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Haha.
"Hey Nico, why were you such shit this qualifying?"
"Hey Nico, why were you such shit this qualifying?"
Cheeseman Battitude
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It should be no surprise. They went from 1979 to 2000 without a driver's championship and 1983 to 1999 without a contrustors championship. So enigmatic it's unreal
Fox Mulder
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They could have put one of their younger drivers in the seat for the same really.
Nico does his job, but still makes mistakes under direct pressure from Hamilton.
His race wins will be the unbreakable one I think, insane amount.
GrizzleBoy
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Peter Windsor commentating on GP2 race!
When it's all over, the Mercedes era is going to be looked as the worst era of domination in F1 history.
Unless the FIA does something, they got until 2020 when the new set of power unit regulations is supposed to come into effect.
A big upgrade over the other guy.
olore
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Agreed
GrizzleBoy
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WTF did Gasly get a puncture?
aspiegamer
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Like, I understand this, but is it really worth being a pitied #2 with a multiple-time WDC champion in front of you, someone who makes more than twice what you do, and suffer countless humiliations on a regular basis? Just look at him in this press conference for his mindset. He's a smart enough man to know that literally any driver in the field could do what he does in that car. Gets paid, yeah, but the weight of being painfully average is always above him. He could get some actual kudos elsewhere, develop that team, repair his reputation, and try to forge a legacy as more than someone who was Hamilton's slave for years. Easily half a dozen other drivers in the field that fans feel have more talent and could do more in an instant were they in his seat.
You can call him the New Webber but Webber had his true moments of joy when he stood out on his own. He also grew to accept the situation and just tried to enjoy himself. Most importantly, he had deep fan respect and support that kept him going in rough times. Rosberg is a crowd villain, plus you can see that it just kills him inside to get owned continuously. Clearly not comfortable with his position. He's in line to have a F1 career that made him a lot of money, not make a name for himself in any real historical context, which is just pathetic.
Accepting money as a consolation for having your ego and very soul pounded on continuously is sorta pathetic.
GrizzleBoy
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Hoooooooly crap pic
JadedWriter
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So Rosberg is the new Eddie Irvine?
Elvin Atombender
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Is there something wrong with the timing or are the top three one lap ahead?
The safety car picked up the wrong car. I wonder how they will fix this.
GrizzleBoy
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GrizzleBoy
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The GP2 cars are the same, so much closer racing.
F1 is a constructor's championship, not a driver's one :/
EDIT: Gah Flavio.
I guess next seasons car didn't look competitive enough for him to stay. Now the question is if Alonso also jumps ship.
That would be ok. It distinguishes F1 from other series. But they really need to rethink development restrictions to make the development of cars more competitive. The engine development restrictions have probably single-handedly ruined competition for the titles over the last years.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Same reason people enjoy watching things like Total Wipeout. Sometimes it's fun to watch a bunch of morons with big egos fall on their ass.
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