Give McLaren's situation, I can't see him lasting more than 1 more season. The stress of a being in a car that can break down at any moment can't be a fun way to spend the end of your career.
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Give McLaren's situation, I can't see him lasting more than 1 more season. The stress of a being in a car that can break down at any moment can't be a fun way to spend the end of your career.
I don't think anyone will claim that the tyre pressure change is the reason they won at all. Rules exist for a reason and should be followed, though. If a team broke the rules, they need to be punished, especially if those rules exist for safety reasons.
Fox Mulder
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it's sad that a shit team and engine killed his enthusiasm for the sport. he still had fire last year in interviews as the retirement speculation kicked up. I'm sure he was drunk on the Honda hype too though.
What a waste of two great drivers in two very expensive Manors.
You should head over to the autosport forums!
You can easily see who will be calling for Lewis to be disqualified from the season, they always have schumacher avatars.
Hearing him talk about some of his retirements, he's been actually afraid driving the car on a few occasions. I don't think driving in a car that at times you feel like you can keep under control is gonna be good for your racing enthusiasm.
Alonso said in Spanish radio that the car was behaving randomly all race, some straights it would keep power even if it was atrocious then the next it would not accelerate properly, he was clueless how he caught up with Button and then the car decided "no more fun for you" when the pass was a certain thing, he hinted that this might be his last year when he said he cannot commit to his previous comments "the car will improve" and wanted to think about his life, about his family and his (gorgeous) girlfriend and become a family man.
It definitely sounded like "If I could I would jump ship today and leave F1 for good"
It definitely sounded like "If I could I would jump ship today and leave F1 for good"
After all that fuss about keeping him last year and it could've been Magnussen in that seat instead. :/
The man does not even have energy left for samurai bullshit.
There's a good chance that there will be two people MIA at the Woking factory tomorrow morning.
Maybe a post-it note on the fridge, 'Fuck it, we are going to the WEC'.
It's really crap seeing two World Champions in McLarens tootling around in 15th and 16th place or retiring. I can understand them both finally losing interest.
Fox Mulder
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just sad. Wasting a year of two championship drivers careers, but also stomping out their drive to even be in the sport. Awful.
I hope Honda can get their shit together in the off season and actually build a decent engine. I feel like Alonso probably has at least one WDC left in him if he can get a car underneath him. I'd hate to see his drive killed because he got stuck in an awful technical situation.
This is a depressing waste of Alonso. He would be exciting to watch in a Williams even.
Button might regret what he wished for last season. He will be out before that car reaches a podium. Meanwhile we have Magnussen and Vandoorne thirsting for a seat, and it sucks there is no room for them.
Button might regret what he wished for last season. He will be out before that car reaches a podium. Meanwhile we have Magnussen and Vandoorne thirsting for a seat, and it sucks there is no room for them.
PdotMichael
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What exactly did they expect with a completly new engine supplier with barely pre-developement time?
Let's ask Arai this question.
The man in charge of the engine expected a podium in Silverstone.
PdotMichael
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Selling your last days of your F1 career for a handful magic beans. Can't be helped.
Wax Free Vanilla
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So they only under inflated the one tyre the FIA checked? The image shows at least two tyres on Nico's car were under the minimum limit, all four were, these cheaters need disqualifying.
They were doing tyre blanket shenanigans to get false reading, bit of a different situation.
What is important here is that it is a vital safety situation, so important that only 4 cars were checked and one of the teams weren't informed that the pressures were too low until after they had already pitted for the next set. Absolutely vital.
The image shows one tyre, just one. A tyre which the stewards aren't even considering. It doesn't show if it was being checked or inflated at that time. But let's not let facts like that get in the way of yelling 'cheat' about a driver you don't like.
Haha, good stuff. I'd love to see Michelin return and get a tire war again.
nature boy
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Not even close. Mclaren don't have the (serious) money required to build their own PU.
So what's the protocol anyway, hats on are disrespectful but shades are not? Arbitrary stuff is arbitrary.
I don't take off my hat during anthems...sue me.
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