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The Formula 1 2015 Season |OT| Formula E Feeder Series
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Just let Bernie install some sprinklers.
Bruh pls
brotkasten
Member
"Yes, Nico was better this time, but our main worry was to finish this race"
Them praising words from Lauda. Can't wait for Toto.
Them praising words from Lauda. Can't wait for Toto.
Psychotext
Member
I genuinely think neither Lauda or Wolff actually like Nico at all.
Nico doesn't seem like a sparkling personality, to be fair. If he's as distant in the team as he is on air, I can see how it would be hard to warm up to the guy. Doesn't mean you can't have a healthy working relationship.
brotkasten
Member
It certainly looks like Lewis is their favorite Wonderboy. It was always clear with Launda, since he's the one who brought Lewis to Mercedes and basically mentored him for a while. But Toto never struck me as unbiased either.
e: omg, shut up you Sky clowns and show the Ferrari interviews. Don't stretch this boring stuff more out than necessary.
It's after the pregnancy that your sex life goes to shit, or so I've been told.
Fantastic podium scenes.
I really liked this one
brotkasten
Member
What did he say this time?
Lazenby? He asked Rosberg about his error in Austin and Rosberg's recent mention that a gust of wind was to blame. Lazenby took like 20 minutes to ask the question and it was just super awkward.
1. Went on about CAPGATE
2. LOL GUST OF WIND AMIRIATE???
3. YOU WERE SHIT WHEN YOUR WIFE WAS PREGNANT
I agree
nature boy
Member
Outside of Brundle and Kravitz, sky is shit. Herbert and Hill are clueless.
brotkasten
Member
Well, if someone has to ruin the day for him, it might as well be that that clown.
Rumor has it that Aston Martin is going to come in with the help of Johnnie Walker and rebrand Force India as a new Aston Martin team.
nature boy
Member
Issues between VJ and Diageo leading to Aston Martin (with the assistance of Mercedes) branding.
Okay, that clears it up a little. I was confused as to what was said during the NBC broadcast because nothing's been confirmed yet.
Nico ate too much authentic local food and that propelled him to the win.
nature boy
Member
Boullierwatch:
Amazing.
Mastah
Member
How many times in the next 23 races Ferrari will regret their decision about Kimi because of "team harmony" (lol) and his popularity? I said it many times and will say it again, throw Hulk, Perez, Grosjean or Bottas in that seat and they will deliver what's expected from solid number 2 driver. All these guys have matured now, their racecraft is quite good (yeah, I know about Hulk's latest adventures), so why not? But nope. Since signing new contract Kimi scored less than 7 points per race on average (6th-7th place) in what's without a doubt 2nd quickest car and crashed in the last 3 events. What a fricking joke.
Speaking of jokes, we had brief discussion about Vettel before quali and this race certainly won't prove opinions like that are wrong:
I mean, the best guys have bad days from time to time, but still recover quite nicely (just to mention Hamilton last year at Hockenheim or Hungaroring few months ago - off the track, collided with others, but still scored good points). Meanwhile Seb as soon as he lost to Kvyat forgot he's not alone anymore, so we've seen puncture in first corner, spin, running wide while trying to overtake Maldonado and finally stuffing car into barriers (which looked iffy, so maybe he wasn't at fault there). In Canada he also displayed some dodgy driving against Alonso and Hulkenberg, so don't be surprised when some people question divinity of German Jesus ¯\_(ツ
_/¯
And finally, great job by Perez. 53 laps on his tyres, pushed Sainz and Verstappen into mistakes, defended his place after SC period and made awful strategy work.
Speaking of jokes, we had brief discussion about Vettel before quali and this race certainly won't prove opinions like that are wrong:
I mean, the best guys have bad days from time to time, but still recover quite nicely (just to mention Hamilton last year at Hockenheim or Hungaroring few months ago - off the track, collided with others, but still scored good points). Meanwhile Seb as soon as he lost to Kvyat forgot he's not alone anymore, so we've seen puncture in first corner, spin, running wide while trying to overtake Maldonado and finally stuffing car into barriers (which looked iffy, so maybe he wasn't at fault there). In Canada he also displayed some dodgy driving against Alonso and Hulkenberg, so don't be surprised when some people question divinity of German Jesus ¯\_(ツ
_/¯And finally, great job by Perez. 53 laps on his tyres, pushed Sainz and Verstappen into mistakes, defended his place after SC period and made awful strategy work.
What?
Did we already forget Montreal this year?
Or the fact that if he hadn't spun twice this race he would have finished top 5 easily despite having a puncture on lap one? I mean, come on.
Goldrusher
Member
Fun fact:
Myoclonic Jerk
Member
Kimi will win Brasil
"mark my words"
"mark my words"
Yeah 'if he hadn't have spun twice'.
He would have finished the race too if he hadn't have put it into the wall.
If you're going to make an argument, at least make it sensible. He had a bad day, everyone has those. I'm not going to say that he's not a great driver, but defending him for today's performance (or either Ferrari driver) is just ludicrous.
PdotMichael
Banned
Lol, you were that guy who claimed he can't drive when not leading. Which got busted so many times that repeating that nonsense is at the point of trolling.
Trolling? Seriously? Get real.
I just said that he had a bad race yesterday. If I was trolling, don't you think I would be on here flaming and saying 'yeah, look Vettel is shat, he can't manage traffic and then he can't recover from the back'. I merely responded to someone else's paper-thin argument about saying 'if he hadn't have spun he would have finished fifth'
That's just a hypothetical taken beyond its logical conclusion. It's like saying Hamilton would have won if he had stayed out . . . but there was a safety car anyway (ironically caused by Vettel).
Results don't deal in hypotheticals, they deal in facts, which seems to be something that most on here seem to forget when it doesn't fit their world view.
Vettel is a better driver from the front than when dealing with traffic. I've never said that he's not a good driver or can't deal with traffic.
Some on here need to gain some perspective.
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Especially if he is posting such nonsense a week after Austin, where Vettel raced on track from 13 to 3.
PdotMichael
Banned
Prime example of confirmation bias. Things can go well for a hundred times but a single bad race is suddenly the confirmation again that Vettel has no race craft or Hamilton can't stand pressure etc..
It's boring.
It's boring.
Psychotext
Member
Basically.
What I like about Vettel is that he held his hands up and admitted that the collision wasn't Ricciardo's fault and that he also admitted that he fucked up on the crash. He could have easily blamed it on the brakes (as Kimi continues to), but he didn't.
The whole thing about who is the best is ridiculous anyway. Unless we see those top drivers compete with the same weapons (ie the same car) there's no way of telling who is quicker. Hamilton certainly had much better team-mates than Vettel and Vettel really struggled last season against Ricciardo, but then, everyone can have an off season or a car that doesn't perform to their style of driving.
My suspicion is that Hamilton would probably edge it against Vettel, but that's nothing but a guess.
It's just a shame that Ricciardo, Button and Alonso don't have competitive cars this season, because I think we've never had as many drivers that are as closely matched skill-wise, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
The whole thing about who is the best is ridiculous anyway. Unless we see those top drivers compete with the same weapons (ie the same car) there's no way of telling who is quicker. Hamilton certainly had much better team-mates than Vettel and Vettel really struggled last season against Ricciardo, but then, everyone can have an off season or a car that doesn't perform to their style of driving.
My suspicion is that Hamilton would probably edge it against Vettel, but that's nothing but a guess.
It's just a shame that Ricciardo, Button and Alonso don't have competitive cars this season, because I think we've never had as many drivers that are as closely matched skill-wise, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
Fun fact:
That's actually amazing.
What is this, the Autosport forums?
Sorry, that's a bit unfair. The Autosport forums are a fucking shambles.
EDIT: Fuck, sorry, double-post.
This is true. To see them both in the same machinery would be the best way to settle it once and for all, even if that wasn't in a WDC car.
Personally, I think that if Vettel and Hamilton were in a Merc Vettel would do it (cos as I've said before he's a flat track bully, can only lead from the front etc etc jokes), but if they were in current Ferraris Hamilton would edge it, just because he's better at wringing out performance from an indifferent car.
And yes, I know Vettel won his first race in a Toro Rosso at Monza, but it's just my opinion so don't take it as a slight . . .
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
Well, we could see who is the best driver but Hamilton seems to avoid the Race of Champions. Guess he just doesn't feel comfortable in anything but an F1 race car.