Foliorum Viridum
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Hated Alonso in 2010 when I started watching again, grew to not mind him last year, I like him this year.
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The Formula 1 2012 Season |OT2| WHY AREN'T YOU WATCHING THIS SEASON?!
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brotkasten
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I can see what you mean, but he's been overly humble and optimistic all year.
Yesterday, after they blew Q3, he tweeted that fans shouldn't worry and he'll make it up during the race.
Or the post-race press conference in Malaysia.
http://youtu.be/zAxRCSJ0mSI?t=16s
He definitely has changed.
Poor Felipe.... NASCAR or some other US racing leauge callin'
pants
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Alonso was never a bad guy, he was up against an English darling in an English media dominated sport. It's not difficult to see why he is seen in a more positive light now, not that he has "changed".
Myoclonic Jerk
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Fun race.
As I was saying since Spa. Things are back to normal. Ferrari and McLaren are back on top. Lotus have lost ground, and their win will never come this season unless something unusual happens
Shame what happened to Button's car. The championship would've been more interesting if had finished where he could've
Singapore will be another shitty boring race where qualifying means 99% your result. If Alonso gets a good race there its almost over. Especially with a different winner every race Alnoso is getting ever closer to securing his 3rd WDC..
As I was saying since Spa. Things are back to normal. Ferrari and McLaren are back on top. Lotus have lost ground, and their win will never come this season unless something unusual happens
Shame what happened to Button's car. The championship would've been more interesting if had finished where he could've
Singapore will be another shitty boring race where qualifying means 99% your result. If Alonso gets a good race there its almost over. Especially with a different winner every race Alnoso is getting ever closer to securing his 3rd WDC..
Foliorum Viridum
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Anything could happen in Singapore. Ten cars could eat the wall on an opening lap. It's like Monaco in that regard.
brotkasten
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I never liked him, when I was at Benetton.
Yeah he never stopped in the pits to block hamilton from setting a time, the evil english media made it up!
Adam Scott Aukerman
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Vettle's penalty was completely deserved, and Di Resta was very lucky to escape a penalty for a similar move.
Not such a great race for the championship, but there's still chances for things to get interesting.
Not such a great race for the championship, but there's still chances for things to get interesting.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41912705&postcount=7928
What you you mean 'where was he supposed to go'? Alonso was already half past Vettel, which means that his front wheel would've collided with Vettel's rear if he backed off. When he initiated the overtake there was enough room for 2 cars.
Wax Free Vanilla
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Kubica won by 58 secs.
Glad to see Hamilton on the top step and RB not getting anything at all. Not seen the race yet as I was in bed so will have to wait for the BBC repeat of the highlights at 11:30.
Also pleased to see Perez doing so well. As long as he does get a drive with a top team he'll be a champion for sure.
Also pleased to see Perez doing so well. As long as he does get a drive with a top team he'll be a champion for sure.
Adam Scott Aukerman
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It'll be on the iplayer by now.
I'd like to see Perez do well which is why I would be cautious about Ferrari because I don't think he will be winning any titles until after 2017 unless Fernando really looses form drastically.
Same here, just bought perez well happy
moojito
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I don't know about that. Even in Schumacher's day he helped out Irvine when he had a chance at the title. Alonso is the favourite at ferrari because he's a winner. If perez got his head down and got some wins, the situation there could easily change.
Goldrusher
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Great result for Kobayashi's Potato. :')
All the drivers on the grid whine when things don't go their way though, many much worse then Alonso
Yep, character & personality trumps or helps with the overall "package" a lot.
Yes! The three taken out at Spa all podiumed, well not directly as Kobayashi was affected too.
It would have been great to see McLaren close in on Ferrari by quite a bit. Glad to see the title race get even tighter, not just first. Oh wait it didn't, I forgot about Vettel & Webber' misfortune.
His Dad must have SOME connections? Either way he's horrible. On the Sky aftershow he tried to "spray" Johnny with water and instead got a female Police officer wet, dumbass.
He drives respectfully and with skill and consistency. He seems very calculated too.
Yeah I don't get it but to me it all seems like a planted seed by Lewis' management & McLaren just trying to get the best deal.
I told my friend, "Those aren't Weed flags..."
Who knows how/if the tyres change compound though for each circuit.
Maldonado definitely has talent and speed. Just has........other flaws.......Senna sadly doesn't have the experience as the other guys since he started so late in his career.
How can people not like this guy?
It's more than possible. But judging by McLaren's pace in Hungary (granted Lotus were arguably quicker) and their pace in Spa and Monza, we could be looking at a repeat of the latter half of 2009 and 2011 in terms of McLaren having the best package and scoring the most points. But we'll see, I get carried away speculating.
I didn't like him a few years ago as he was a brat especially at McLaren with Lewis! But now I like the guy. Never doubted his skill though.
Great result for Kobayashi's Potato. :')
Damn it, down six. I thought I was looking decent after qualy, even with ALonso being slow too. Bugger.
Great win for my boy, Lewis. He's totally checked out on the team. No enthusiasm for pole. Not his usual exuberance on the radio following the win. Not much of a celebration with his crew. Pretty subdued for the kid, but I'm fine with that. He's my favorite driver, and I feel the most-talented on the grid. I'll support him where ever he goes. It helps that Mercedes has the potential to be great. Maybe he can take them there.
Excellent race by Perez. I was cheering him on...right until he got around Alonso. Then I was cursing him. LOL! I'm glad he consolidated the position he did.
As noted on here, Alonso has indeed changed, but I still don't like him. After Michael retired, he was my favorite driver along with Lewis. However, Lewis' racing style caught my eye more, and I quickly began to favor him. I was still fond of Fonso until he started playing team politics with Lewis, and inevitably cost him a title. Since then, I've not liked the guy. I will, however, always respect his driving ability. I have respected and enjoyed it since his days at Minardi. He put that car places on the grid it never belonged.
As for my fantasy team, I took a calculated risk not changing D'ambrosio this week. However, I had bigger plans for the remaining races, and thought saving money (the hit you take from making changes) for a big move going into Singapore. I believe I've made the right move, and can overcome the 179 point deficit to first in the last 7 races. We'll see if I was right or not.
Roll on Singapore...one of my least-favorite races on the calendar. PEACE.
Excellent race by Perez. I was cheering him on...right until he got around Alonso. Then I was cursing him. LOL! I'm glad he consolidated the position he did.
As noted on here, Alonso has indeed changed, but I still don't like him. After Michael retired, he was my favorite driver along with Lewis. However, Lewis' racing style caught my eye more, and I quickly began to favor him. I was still fond of Fonso until he started playing team politics with Lewis, and inevitably cost him a title. Since then, I've not liked the guy. I will, however, always respect his driving ability. I have respected and enjoyed it since his days at Minardi. He put that car places on the grid it never belonged.
As for my fantasy team, I took a calculated risk not changing D'ambrosio this week. However, I had bigger plans for the remaining races, and thought saving money (the hit you take from making changes) for a big move going into Singapore. I believe I've made the right move, and can overcome the 179 point deficit to first in the last 7 races. We'll see if I was right or not.
Roll on Singapore...one of my least-favorite races on the calendar. PEACE.
Great race, great podium. So happy for Perez. He had a great car and his team had a great strategy. What's a shame is he probably would've done very well last week too if Grosjean hadn't happened (pretty funny that the entire podium was taken out by him last week). What a disastrous race for Red Bull. They lost just about all the ground they had gained last week.
Great result for Kobayashi's Potato. :')
All us people with red bull did terrible this week. I'm down 2 places again
A few races ago I was number 1!! Now I'm 8th
Yes. I'm disgusted that the FIA ever even allowed sponsor logos as trophies. It's an abomination. *waits for someone to post sponsor logo trophies from the past* PEACE.
Well I wouldn't call less then a meter "he left room". To me it looks like he opened the space as soon as he noticed that alonso was right beside him.
Business
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To think anyone will go off the track on purpose, on that corner, at that speed, it's just delusional.
Exactly especially as we know now his car was damaged. Stayed the same on 15th despite getting 1036 points going to be harder to move up as the races go on the choices will have to be real good
I've seen it from Alonso's view in the car and it looks a little more in favour of him but I still feel he was being too punchy to try and get it done there on Vettel
That's just the normal racing line.
Uhm, even with a kart at about 80km/h it's extremely hard to keep that thing going in a straight line when driving on grass. I don't think anyone in 4th position defending his championship is going to drive over grass/gravel on purpose with an F1 car at 300km/h to try and get Vettel penalized while he was the faster car of the two.
I think that Vettel just wasn't aware of the speed difference between him and Alonso and didn't expect him to pop up on his left side in that corner already.
PjotrStroganov
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Yes. I don't think he noticed him. At the point Alonso started to make the move Vettel was just going for the natural line.
zomgbbqftw
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So here's how I think it goes down for McLaren this year. They will let go of Whitmarsh and Button. This enables Hamilton to stay as he is their largest asset, and the sponsors won't stand a loss like that. Button just isn't as marketable and Whitmarsh will have to give way for the sponsors, he has never really backed Hamilton for whatever reason.
fu3lfr3nzy
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Sam Michael? :lol
Probably. Whitmarsh is just too soft.
Interesting theory. Things are going to change at McLaren one way or another next year.
The place seems to stink since the Hamilton "twittergate" Spa incident.
That too friendly Jenson & Lewis relationship seems to have really cooled, I'm getting Senna/Prost vibes now.
The place seems to stink since the Hamilton "twittergate" Spa incident.
That too friendly Jenson & Lewis relationship seems to have really cooled, I'm getting Senna/Prost vibes now.
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