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Some advice, Lewis: keep your mouth shut.
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Some advice, Lewis: keep your mouth shut.
Fernando might be a good driver and I respected him but his move in Spa in the first corner was unnecessary! He shouldn't have to use that moves. Instead, he should do what he can. Driving fast around tracks.
Anyway I really hope Lewis is gonna make it. Nice guy and probably better than Schumi.
Proving that is a loooong ways off.
I would have preferred a DNF for Lewis, but Alonso crashing out will do. I, also, prefer less than downpour levels when it does rain. While rain might be "the great equalizer" I think changing conditions really show who the best really is.
From the Finnish point of view: not a bad race, not a bad race at all
Could've been better.
Strange thing Kimi said after the race, that somehow Ferrari wasn't informed about the jury decision of everyone having to start the race with rain tyres. Intermediates were not allowed thus Ferrari havd to do extra pit stop early in the race. If true, it easily cost him victory. Unbeliavable!
actually the FIA only gives out a recommendation (they do it before every race afaik) .. they could start with other tires ... like they did
they simply gambled on the weather getting better
It's really starting to look like Hamilton will do it...and Alonso's position at the team is looking less tenable every week, if all the off-track rumors are true.
I couldn't believe what happened between Vettel and Webber. Vettel must be distraught, that was probably going to be the best finish he'll ever have in his career.
According to todays Independent Webber was actually sick in his helmet on the grid and latter in the race. So it was a really bad day for Webber.
webber was darting around hamilton during the safety car period just before vettel hit him. i remember thinking at the time that he should calm down a bit otherwise he will hit hamilton. hamilton said in the post race press conference that he thought something bad was going to happen. they didn't show the actual collision on tv but i would be interested to see what happened as it wouldn't surprise me if webber got hit because he was driving erratically.
And once again, we have RACING to talk about. Yeah. It was a fun race to watch. Well, perhaps not the first 14 laps.
I've been thinking about the whole "we didn't get the email" think from Ferrari and I'm thinking that this is really lame. Why would they start on the intermediate tires anyway? From the looks of the track, starting on anything other than full-wets looked foolish. And how is that even the broadcasters in America heard about the request/ruling on this.
Oh I know, Ferrari thought they might have an edge and then play dumb about not getting the email.
Me not being an Alonso fan, I was happy to see him virtually eliminated by the championship.
I've been thinking about the whole "we didn't get the email" think from Ferrari and I'm thinking that this is really lame. Why would they start on the intermediate tires anyway? From the looks of the track, starting on anything other than full-wets looked foolish. And how is that even the broadcasters in America heard about the request/ruling on this.
Oh I know, Ferrari thought they might have an edge and then play dumb about not getting the email.
Me not being an Alonso fan, I was happy to see him virtually eliminated by the championship.
Yep, he'd had a dodgy curry the night before. I did like his swearing on live tv too.
I'd heard that. Being sick inside a crash helmet is something I never want to experience.
A lad did this at a race meeting once where I was driving. He came back into the pits and sat in the car with his head down. A marshal when over and knelt down beside him....and then.......all out the visor
I had a wasp go in my helmet once!!! Thankfully I was only driving to the grid so I got it out pretty quick before it stung me.
Proving that is a loooong ways off.
Yes but Lewis is a very good driver. What he did in Japan was superb driving. Great Alonso didn't finish. So Lewis has less pressure to deal with.
as i said earlier in this thread, i thought it was webber who was driving erratically behind hamilton in the safety car period.
Considering the conditions I'd have thought keeping a decent distance between the cars would have been a good idea. Something neither of the STR's were doing, hence taking each other out.
I'm surprised Massa and Kubica haven't been pulled up for dangerous driving.
Too bad FIA don't have the guts to penalise drivers rightfully after the race. If you break rules in race A, then FIA gives a grid penalty on race B — that's not right. Back in a day results would've been changed with for example 10 second time penalty for the rule breaking driver; which would in this case drop Hamilton from P1 to P3 thus making Kovalainen win the race. Not probably the way he would want to get his maiden victory, but I'd be happy with it.
But they don't have the guts, so my post is kind of nonsense...
EDIT: apparently Liuzzi got a 25 second time penalty. Same 25 second time penalty for Hamilton would put him to P4, giving Coulthard a P3
I hate the whole idea of a safety car leading race cars for multiple laps. In my opinion, safety car should be out ther to bring race cars safely back into the pits! As soon as the track is safe again, cars could start from the pit lane just the same way they do during the last qualifying session. Or alternatively, leading cars out of the pits to the warm-up lap and then disappearing during the same lap.
Driving behind safety car is not racing.