2014 - F1

I really enjoy watching door slammer's. Those are cars I can relate to, unlike the F1 Hybrids. The Conti race is on the DVR. I'll be watching that in another day or so.

 

I'm not a Hammy fan at all. But I have to admit he drove a great race today. Coming from all the way back to 3rd while driving clean all the way. The last 15 laps with front wing damage.

He wasn't happy at all on the podium. At the end it was "I have my stuff and I'm ready to go now"

 

I'd guess when you run at the front, third place is nothing more than third loser. It's a win or it's not good. Just my .02.

 

This is exactly what grates my arse about Ms Hamilton, has a great drive all things considered and then acts like a prick on the podium... Would not be a loss to racing as a whole if he never won another race... Rosberg is a better driver and human being.

 

Lots of reasons why Hammy's got his knickers in a twist, Rosberg was in the news all week AND won the race......but his poor sportsmanship is really grating.....and I'm completely tired of it.

Anyone else notice the complete lack of attendance at this race? A German race car kicking butt all season, a German driver leading the championship and German sporting nationality on a high from winning the football title and very few people come out to see the race......meanwhile over 100K people are at the ADAC truck races.

I think F1 may have finally priced itself out of the market -and just cheap tix is not going to fix it......

 

Seems there were more Vettel fans in the stands than Nico fans. Maybe that will change if Nico manages to win the title. I was surprised by all the empty seats. I found it odd too with the German team doing so well.

 

I think Hammy showed as much enthusiasm as Nico has when he isn't on the top spot of the podium. After his third straight podium, even Bottas seems to have taken the enthusiasm down from were it was 3 races ago.

In a close race, I'd pick Hamilton over Nico all day/everyday (I would actually probably pick Alonso and Seb over Nico as well in equal cars). As far as who the better person is...hard to say because Nico doesn't seem to have much of a personality to me. I think Seb whines more than Hamilton, but he at least seems to have a sense of humor.

 

I loved the repeat Red Bull / Ferrari duel. I want to see more of that each race.

 

Points racing and over regulation does not put fans in the stands. I have tried as I might to embrace the new formula in F1 but the reality is that it lacks almost everything that made F1 so great in it's heyday.....

The "men" in the machines should be more in control than a voice in their ear from a man in front of the data monitors. The data from what the car is doing should come from the drivers like it used to. Live data gathering via telemetry should be banned during the races themselves.... Then the racing will be back in the hands of the driver.

 

I'm surprised that there haven't been more accidents caused by distracted drivers:smilewinkgrin:

 

FYI this race is being replayed again on Fox Sport 1 right now.
Mon. 8/21 2:30 PM EST
Only a 1/2 hour left which is the best part. :cornut:

 

How Hamilton could win 13 races but lose the title - F1 Fanatic

Look, I don't mind the new engines and such, but I do mind mucking about with the points like this.

Stoopid. Just stoopid.

 

So many ways to lose the championship, now lets add another. :crazy:

 

Messing with the points was, is stupid, but as far as Lewis and Nico and this year's Championship are concerned, it is a moot issue.

Barring any catastrophic event to Nico....

 

I think it will go down to the wire. In the 7 races that both have completed, Lewis has scored 4 more points than Nico. On a side note...pit stop times looked equally slow for both drivers this past weekend.

 

You should be in government......how do you like you Crow cooked? Lol

Now this might help make the rest of the season more stimulating!

 

I hope that when Merc has the constructor's championship locked that Nico and Hammy are allowed to race each other. That will make for some interesting battles!

You keep making it sound like Nico has owned Hammy all season, so I was just using the results of the races where they both finished to point out that it is closer then the points show.

 

One must first finish races to win the Championship.... Lewis is a good driver, just.not as wonderful as he thinks he is...even Senna, Schumacher and Stewart could exercise humility at times.

 

But with those skinny tires they'll need all the down force they can get.