F1/ Formula E/ Motorsport Thread

Wow... F1 was definitely not purely about driver skill when Schumacher was about. Schumacher only started making a name for himself once he was put into a car with advanced technology. F1 hasn't been purely about driver skill since the mid-eighties, and even then it was all influenced by off-the-track politics. To be honest I don't know when F1 has ever been just about driver skill, possibly only in the 50s and 60s!

 

Sounds awfully like the premier league

I'm afraid the dominance of Red Bull killed interest for me last season

 

From being a massive fan it is starting to lose me in the technology, somewhat. The drivers can even get selected depending on how much money they can bring to the team.

I am also puzzled how drivers complain that a circuit, or a particular corner is too dangerous or fast, when it is their foot on the accelerator!

 

haha - wonder who kobayashi will take out on the 1st lap in Malaysia?

 

Finally we have an actual race where 2 cars are going at each other hammer and tong. Loved it. I haven't got that worked up over watching a race in years!

Respect to Mercedes for letting their drivers go at each other like that as well, that can't be an easy call to make.

 

Twenty years ago today F1 lost arguably its greatest driver, at the San Marino GP, Imola. Ayrton Senna has been an idol of mine my entire life, thanks to my dad's obsession in the late 80's/early 90's. Even to this day you hear drivers (particularly Lewis Hamilton) refer to the great Brazilian as a yard-stick when talking about racing.

If you haven't seen it yet, or even if you have and just want to watch it again, the film 'Senna' is being shown tonight on ITV4 at 10.30pm.

Last night Corinthians paid their own tribute to Senna, wearing his iconic yellow helmet on the pitch. Unfortunately not for the actual game though, which was a little disappointing...

[video=youtube;NGGcuQx2i5A]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGGcuQx2i5A[/video]

 

So many old senna races on the TV today. He's no princess di

 

Loving this season. Don't really get the new technologies' detractors. Hope Lewis comes through and shows his class, he has had it very difficult over the last few years in an uncompetitive car.

 

f****g joke, Rosberg has the luck of the devil, I'm done with this season.

 

Excellent race today. Drama throughout.

 

So so good today. Unfortunate for Hamilton, especially given Rosberg had the same thing but managed to finish second. But what a race, and very pleased it was Ricciardo that won in the end.

I was really concerned as soon as that crash happened, how those drivers can just walk away from the car after is incredible.

 

Best race of the season so far! And we finally have a third different winner, thank God. Montreal always highlights how boring Monaco is. A nice test for the drivers, but no spectacle for the fans... Whereas Canada always provides both.

 

Echo all your comments above. Hamilton deserves to be ahead in the Championship, I still think he will do it.

 

Problem Lewis has is the two dnf he has had so far could simply cost him the championship.

 

Very interesting stuff yesterday. Hamilton is clearly the better driver of the two, but he just does not seem to get the rub of the green sometimes. He has so much bad luck.

 

I get the impression Mercedes would like a German WDC. In the 2nd stint Lewis had a superior speed, and Rosberg's engineer came onto the radio to pass on Lewis's settings. Doesn't seem all that fair to me.

 

Pretty sure I read/heard they were going to invest heavily in the circuit due to gaining a 10 year contract, I assume with F1. Certainly hope so, one of the better tracks imo

 

What a day! Fantastic result for Lewis.

 

At last something for us Brits to cheer about!!!

Well done Lewis :jumping1:

 

The race engineers always work for their driver. I imagine Lewis' one does exactly the same in return.

 

rosberg is a moaning little B***H. Well done to Lewis for holding steady today.

 

If Lewis had any luck, he'd be well on his way to being a triple world champion.

He's also incredibly unfortunate that formula one has decided that instead of letting racers race, they want them to slow down to save fuel and conserve tires. A decade or two ago and he would be dominating.

 

Agreed.

He's very much a Mansell type driver. Mansell would have won more championships except he kept breaking the cars. They couldn't keep up with him. I see the same skills in Lewis a proper racer, but I think Lewis is also more sensitive to the fragility of the car, of course helped by the much improved electronics and telemetry these days. Hill also lost out on a world championship when Schumacher drove over his car after crashing.

I think sometimes British drivers are a little too nice. Maybe it's the enhanced pressure from the British press and british dominated interest in the sport that makes drivers more careful of their public profile.

 

Well Rosberg continues the German stereotype of winning at all costs.

Admitting to the team that he left his front wing in on purpose to prove a point!? What an a**hole. Attempting an overtake from that far back was a massive gamble on lap 2, but against a teammate is unforgivable.

Everything seems to have gone against Lewis this season, despite being faster in 90% of the races he finds himself nearly 30 points behind. His pit stops always seem to be significantly slower than Nico's when the two are close, which must infuriate him further.

I know everybody says that Lewis has to win the title, but after all of his setbacks and misfortunes, I think that this year would actually be more impressive than his first title win.

 

Lewis is a sulky goit. I'm not a fan. But Rosberg has been quoted as saying it was deliberate.

He's got an itchy arse because Lewis didn't follow team orders previously and let him overtake, but Lewis was faster than him at the time. I think the orders were wrong.


If it is proved Rosberg caused a collision on purpose then it's got to be a points deduction and/or ban. simple as that.
We have precident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Formula_One_crash_controversy

 

They wont ban Rosberg or give him points deduction , however if it was the other way round Lewis would have been banned for rest of season lost all his points and would have had to suck Rosbergs **** in public! Lewis is being forced out and will be replaced by Vettel to form a team Germany.