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[Upinsmoke]

Leicester are winning on merit, though. Not because every other team had food poisoning.

Ĺeicester only had 18 injuries all season, played once a week whereas every other team around them had two, three times as many injuries and played twice a week.

Nico and Leicester deserve to be where they are but there is certainly a lack of consistent competition and a degree of luck in both campaigns.

 

[theignoramus]

Nico probably visited a shaman or two during winter break

Lol. Hopefully this bad luck evens itself out at some point.

 

[Hasney]

Leicester are winning on merit, though. Not because every other team had food poisoning.

A win is a win.

 

[dakun]

Without incidents Hamilton will get P2 easily tomorrow. Might even challenge Rosberg if he fucks up at the start or SC comes in.
I don't mind Rosberg winning the championship. But people are WAY too early declaring him champion.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Winning through lack of opponents.

Dont hate the playa!

Dont sweat the details!

I'm physically nauseated by Rosberg at this point, but I don't mind him winning a championship if he actually works for it. That's not what's being set up. The only thing that any consolation to this is that the races have been extremely fun watching Hamilton work his ass off fighting through the field despite Mercedes' best efforts to ruin his races with pit strategy.

Those vortex slow-mo shots are freaking awesome.

F1 is always more exciting/interesting when Lewis is working hard, whether he prevails or not.

Still, Ros championship will be empty as hell if decided purely by the fact that the other car was constantly broken.

 

[DrM]

SC is very possible on this track. There will be carnage into turn 2

 

[Mario007]

Facebook comments show me the truth.

I think that title goes to button

 

[tomtom94]

Dont hate the playa!

Dont sweat the details!



F1 is always more exciting/interesting when Lewis is working hard, whether he prevails or not.

Still, Ros championship will be empty as hell if decided purely by the fact that the other car was constantly broken.

I suppose it would be fitting if another Rosberg's world championship was empty as hell.

 

[Zeknurn]

Without incidents Hamilton will get P2 easily tomorrow. Might even challenge Rosberg if he fucks up at the start or SC comes in.
I don't mind Rosberg winning the championship. But people are WAY too early declaring him champion.

While Hamilton should easily get P2 if he's any decent, he still has the very wide Verstappen in front of him.

 

[nekkid]

A win is a win.

You're not wrong. Just like a talentless fluke is a talentless fluke.

 

[spuckthew]

Hamilton has missed out on a lot of championships, but in the end he's managed to get three under his belt with a good number of wins and poles. He's a pretty decorated driver now. I'd be fine with him not winning the championship, but it's the way he's losing it that pisses me off.

Hopefully he doesn't get a penalty and caught up in the first lap commotion. If he starts 10th, he can easily finish on the podium.

 

[nature boy]

Oh nothing better than crybaby fanboys.
Kravitz doing the interviews?

 

[JadedWriter]

Fuck this motherfucking fucking season and fuck Mercedes and their bullshit ass fucking car that only works for one motherfucking driver. This championship for Rosberg comes off as the emptiest motherfucking championship for a driver I've ever motherfucking witnessed fuck this fucking bullshit.

I suppose it would be fitting if another Rosberg's world championship was empty as hell.

There's more soul in a Hollow from Dark Souls than there is in this championship.

 

[ElTorro]

What annoys me is that we are at the qualifying of the fourth race in this season and we already have to ponder on whether this championship is already decided.

 

[theignoramus]

While Hamilton should easily get P2 if he's any decent, he still has the very wide Verstappen in front of him.

Yeah I see fireworks at some point between him and Verstappen.
Neither driver is interested in yielding anything at any point.

 

[Hammer24]

What annoys me is that we are at the qualifying of the fourth race in this season and we already have to ponder on whether this championship is already decided.

Only if You're really bad at maths.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Glad for Nico, he deserves his luck. Not counting out Lewis getting less than second tomorrow though.

 

[JadedWriter]

Glad for Nico, he deserves his luck. Not counting out Lewis getting less than second tomorrow though.

Have you seen this season? Hamilton is probably praying to RNGesus like he's farming for Pure Bladestone as we speak.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Man Hamilton sure isn't blessed this season.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

DAT LADY IN THE YELLOW ONE PIECE THO

 

[sems4arsenal]

Have you seen this season? Hamilton is probably praying to RNGesus like he's farming for Pure Bladestone as we speak.

I honestly don't get the Nico hate, last year he was dissapointing but the year before he kept Lewis honest, he seems to have found an extra gear lately.

 

[massivekettle]

I honestly don't get the Nico hate, last year he was dissapointing but the year before he kept Lewis honest, he seems to have found an extra gear lately.

He only kept Lewis honest because Lewis had a DNF in the first GP, so effectively started 25 points down.

If Nico's lead is extended to 50 points, the Championship is his. On top of that, he has a serious advantage from a power unit perspective too.

 

[JadedWriter]

I honestly don't get the Nico hate, last year he was dissapointing but the year before he kept Lewis honest, he seems to have found an extra gear lately.

Hate and getting annoyed cause the dude is winning before the race even starts are two completely different things. I gave him the first two races cause he won cause Hamilton kept fucking up the starts. But the last two races are just dumb.

 

[massivekettle]

Hate and getting annoyed cause the dude is winning before the race even starts are two completely different things. I gave him the first two races cause he won cause Hamilton kept fucking up the starts. But the last two races are just dumb.

Australia - they both fucked up their starts due to clutch issue
Bahrain - Lewis had irregular RPMs or something right before the start, which affected the initial getaway

Just sayin'

 

[GrizzleBoy]

I honestly don't get the Nico hate, last year he was dissapointing but the year before he kept Lewis honest, he seems to have found an extra gear lately.

Kept Lewis honest?

He was gifted a 25 point lead in the first race again from Lewis car breakingndown, then went on to get beat constantly till the lead disappeared and even with less technical issues and DNFs, ended up 60 points down at the end of the season.

When the two are allowed to race in competitive circumstances, Nico has never kept Lewis honest.

 

[JadedWriter]

Australia - they both fucked up their starts due to clutch issue
Bahrain - Lewis had irregular RPMs or something right before the start, which affected the initial getaway

Just sayin'

Wait what? That car is fucking cursed or possessed by the consciousness of Michael Schumacher.

 

[theignoramus]

He only kept Lewis honest because Lewis had a DNF in the first GP, so effectively started 25 points down.

If Nico's lead is extended to 50 points, the Championship is his. On top of that, he has a serious advantage from a power unit perspective too.

50 points is just two DNFs though. Lot of races to go. If it were the halfway point of the season, Id be more inclined to agree.

 

[darkinstinct]

Man Hamilton sure isn't blessed this season.

He used too much #blessed last year, god wants him to use his own skills this year. But joking aside, this could very well be a result of the banning of driver coaching over the radio. They have to know exactly when and how much they can push the engine over the course of a qualifying/race. Maybe Ham just is too aggressive in handling the car while Rosberg works with the car. If one car has loads of issues it's either sabotage or the driver.

 

[sems4arsenal]

Kept Lewis honest?

He was gifted a 25 point lead in the first race again from Lewis car breakingndown, then went on to get beat constantly till the lead disappeared and even with less technical issues and DNFs, ended up 60 points down at the end of the season.

When the two are allowed to race in competitive circumstances, Nico has never kept Lewis honest.

It's not like Nico didn't have any reliability issues that season, and Lewis only won the championship in the last race IIRC.

 

[theignoramus]

Hate and getting annoyed cause the dude is winning before the race even starts are two completely different things. I gave him the first two races cause he won cause Hamilton kept fucking up the starts. But the last two races are just dumb.

Bottas ran into him in Bahrain and was even penalized for it. Last race was just poor race strategy all around from the Merc pit wall.

 

[DrM]

The things that is weird at HAM engine problems is that nothing similar happens on the Nico's car, talking about second MGU-H fried . So it is either something with his driving style (or as somebody said before, due to lack of pitwall comms) or there is some other reason for continuing issues (chasis structural damage?)

 

[GrizzleBoy]

He used too much #blessed last year, god wants him to use his own skills this year. But joking aside, this could very well be a result of the banning of driver coaching over the radio. They have to know exactly when and how much they can push the engine over the course of a qualifying/race. Maybe Ham just is too aggressive in handling the car while Rosberg works with the car. If one car has loads of issues it's either sabotage or the driver.

Wow, havent heard the "Hamilton is too hard and aggressive while x team mates is moar smoover and smarter" type argument since his McLaren days.

 

[JadedWriter]

Bottas ran into him in Bahrain and was even penalized for it. Last race was just poor race strategy all around from the Merc pit wall.

I know about Bottas and Bahrain since I winched watching the damn thing. I didn't even watch the last race. I was just like "fuck it" and actually enjoyed my day.

 

[theignoramus]

It's not like Nico didn't have any reliability issues that season, and Lewis only won the championship in the last race IIRC.

It all evened out that season, except for the time Rosberg took Lewis out at Spa. That was a "free" 18 points he go there.

 

[DrM]

Oh and did Mercedes finally turned up their engine to its true potential, once the 2017 rules are set? /tinfoil hat on

Also Mclaren was very very close to Q3 today

 

[theignoramus]

He used too much #blessed last year, god wants him to use his own skills this year. But joking aside, this could very well be a result of the banning of driver coaching over the radio. They have to know exactly when and how much they can push the engine over the course of a qualifying/race. Maybe Ham just is too aggressive in handling the car while Rosberg works with the car. If one car has loads of issues it's either sabotage or the driver.

If Ham's driving style was putting the car at greater risk of mechanical failure, they would tell him during free practise, since they do flying laps early on in their runs.
I dont think the radio ban has much impact on quali either, the cars are wheeled back into the garage at the end of every session and the driver and engineers can talk face to face.

Bad luck happens. Just ask Fiscichella, he had just about the worst run of luck in the last decade and a half during the 2005 season.

 

[scorcher59]

I think we should just stop making excuses for RBR, WIL and FER's lack of pace, welcome our new german overlords stop worrying and love the F1

 

[Aiii]

Who is worried? I have yet to see a boring race this season.

 

[ramparter]

Cant believe we are already discussing the title. Come on guys.

 

[DBT85]

He used too much #blessed last year, god wants him to use his own skills this year. But joking aside, this could very well be a result of the banning of driver coaching over the radio. They have to know exactly when and how much they can push the engine over the course of a qualifying/race. Maybe Ham just is too aggressive in handling the car while Rosberg works with the car. If one car has loads of issues it's either sabotage or the driver.

Or bad luck. It happens.

 

[marvelharvey]

Who is worried? I have yet to see a boring race this season.

Indeed. As much as I want to see Lewis and Nico go wheel to wheel for lap after lap, watching a Merc and Ferrari fight through the field is great fun to watch too.

 

[Souldestroyer Reborn]

I'm happy that this season is going to shit for Lewis.

Keeps things exciting.

 

[Mobius 1]

I forgot the quali

Was it good?

 

[Mastah]

#blessed: "Fuck tha FIA police". Hopefully nothing silly, reprimand at most.

And reprimand it is.

 

[DrM]

His second this season

 

[Zeknurn]

DC and Welsh presenter guy got a hand on with the Aeroscreen. I'm sure there will be a clip soon.


Skysports- Nico Rosberg has admitted Mercedes can no longer claim Ferrari are 'close' after beating their rivals by almost a second in qualifying for the Russian GP.

 

[Norwegian Rudo]

His second this season

One more and it's a ten place grid penalty.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Should we even bother and watch the race?

I wouldn't be surprised that Hamilton is getting sabotaged to add some spice to the season

Few years ago I won't even think of something like that. But we're in a new F1 that adds boom-sounds and sparks to add to the "show"

fuck this shit, F1 has never been this shitty and I've been watching since 1996

 

[Zaru]

DC and Welsh presenter guy got a hand on with the Aeroscreen. I'm sure there will be a clip soon.


Skysports- Nico Rosberg has admitted Mercedes can no longer claim Ferrari are 'close' after beating their rivals by almost a second in qualifying for the Russian GP.

So even Merc has given up hope that Ferrari will get its shit together.

 

[Cheeseman Battitude]

Hamilton has made two crap starts and had two technical problems. Getting hit by another car in Bahrain when so high up the grid was unlucky but if he'd played it safe on lap 1 in China he might have had a better result there. So I doubt there's foul play from Mercedes to help Rosberg. It's been up to Hamilton to make the best of his opportunities and he's not done that.