Well, faster than Vettel.
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Formula 1 - Abu Dhabi GP 2016 |OT| No matter who wins, the race will end in fireworks
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Yeah he smashed it. Pleasing progress from McLaren. Hopeful for next year.
I'd fully expect him to do it.
Psychotext
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No surprises here then.
Mohonky
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Seriously?
McLaren give the guy how many seasons past his over due date and he turns up in a helmet from his old team?
Ikr so weird they let him drive in the helmet he wore when he won his only WDC. So puzzled.
Shame on him for using the helmet design he won his WC in.
Mohonky
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Well yeh? He's finishing at McLaren, they kept him on for 6 years, 3 too many imo.
Story of the season.
You're right, McLaren did hold on 3 years too long. They should have folded the racing team and saved themselves the embarrasment.
Psychotext
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Meeeeehhhhhhhhhh
sems4arsenal
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Mega lap by Lewis, no Verstappen fourth and Ricciardo on slower tires so Nico won't be too dissapointed.
The Mercs alot faster than the rest so yeah, Lewis needs a Nico DNF.
The Mercs alot faster than the rest so yeah, Lewis needs a Nico DNF.
Mohonky
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No they should have kept on Perez and let him help develop the car, every year Button was there it went backwards.
He may not be champion but Hamilton is at least finishing the season on a massive high, especially if he wins the race tomorrow. Rosberg just doing what he needs to do now, he just has to stay out of shit on lap 1 tomorrow and he's done.
Also Max is not starting near Nico so he'll be super pleased with that.
Also Max is not starting near Nico so he'll be super pleased with that.
Yo where the fuck did the Button hate come from all of a sudden?
Give the guy his moment, jeez. The yellow represents his WDC and there's a pink stripe on there in remembrance of his dad.
McLaren haven't just allowed him to use it, they've actually been pretty prominent sharing the design online.
You literally don't have a clue what you're talking about mate.
Give the guy his moment, jeez. The yellow represents his WDC and there's a pink stripe on there in remembrance of his dad.
McLaren haven't just allowed him to use it, they've actually been pretty prominent sharing the design online.
You literally don't have a clue what you're talking about mate.
brotkasten
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Lewis smashed Nico there. I wish we had a good fight for P1 tomorrow, but probably not.
Yep. The opposite to last season where it was Nico on a massive high.
KillerMan91
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So Kimi beat Vettel 11 to 10 in qualifying results this season. Last season he lost 15 to 4.
RaySpencer
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Oh my god, I need a gif of Lewis strait up standing in front of Nico, haha.
Even four races ago, it felt a little unfair that Rosberg was leading the Championship. Four races later, it seems ten times more so. Rosberg won't be the least deserving WDC ever, by any means, but my word has he been lucky this year. Rosberg has had periods of genuine superiority this year, but those periods are not nearly so long, or nearly so dominant, as Hamilton's.
Rosberg will almost certainly win the WDC tomorrow, but he's certainly not winning it on his terms. He's going to win it in a way which makes it eminently clear that he isn't the best driver on the grid, or even close. If Rosberg's car fails tomorrow, it would be justice, but I very much doubt that will happen. Hopefully some of the non-Merc drivers can make it interesting.
Rosberg will almost certainly win the WDC tomorrow, but he's certainly not winning it on his terms. He's going to win it in a way which makes it eminently clear that he isn't the best driver on the grid, or even close. If Rosberg's car fails tomorrow, it would be justice, but I very much doubt that will happen. Hopefully some of the non-Merc drivers can make it interesting.
Lewis switched off after he won the championship to be fair.
Annoying that an inter team battle is going to decide the championship with mechanical failure being such a huge part of it.
sems4arsenal
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Let's not pretend that Nico was bothering the last 3 races here.
Mohonky
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I know everyone has thing for 'nice guy Button' but that car has gone to shit for every season he was there.
Brawn happen upon a good idea and they managed to get enough points bagged before anyone else managed to catch up, other than that I'd like to know what people have seen in him, multiple drivers were turned away or barely given a chance to do anything at McLaren during the time he spent at McLaren whinging incessantly.
He is literally the most unspectacular driver to have ever won a championship.
Yup. People seem to forget that Rosberg has an older selection of power unit elements. He would be idiotic to go any faster than needed.
Jezbollah
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You've never heard of Alain Prost then? lol.
Of course he's bothering. He isn't taking massive risks for obvious reasons, but that is a completely focused decision. In fact, if it wasn't for quite a lot more luck on his part, he could well have lost points to the Red Bulls. There is no part of him which is intending to be so handily beaten by Hamilton. He would love to beat Hamilton on the track, he's just nowhere near good enough.
I thought that they were on even terms after the Malaysia blowout.
Then he's being complacent, which isn't a good trait. At least Hamilton won his championship before he eased off. I hope Rosberg loses for that reason alone.
sems4arsenal
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My point is Lewis's last 3 races have been won with minimal effort, Rosberg being calculated hardly makes this an undeserved Title. Let's face it Lewis is one of the GOAT in F1 and the fact Nico is leading after this long season shows how good he is.
We all complained when Webber was being spanked by Vettel so I think Nico deserves his title.
No, being complacent would be losing many places at the start of races because you didn't bother to learn and practice the starting procedure. Rosberg is doing exactly what he needs to do, which is to maintain reliability and finish races.
sems4arsenal
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Disagree, what's the point of pushing hard and risk an engine/gearbox failure when you can coast your way to victory.
Which is still also the only way he'll lose the title tomorrow.
1) Webber wasn't really allowed to race Vettel. Red Bull operated a clear #2 driver policy with him. That is what would happen with Rosberg if the other teams were competitive.
2) Rosberg has been so poor in some of the recent races that he could have actually lost the WDC. Verstappen could easily have beaten Rosberg at Interlagos. Rosberg has continued to be pretty lucky right to the end.
I don't know how to look it up but during practice Kravitz said that Rosberg's power unit elements all have more mileage on them.
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