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HamsterHuey

I'm so glad that Alonso responded to Herbert and pegged him down in public. I was absolutely appalled at Herbert's comments and it was so clear that he had an agenda against Alonso (even though I wasn't aware at the time of his history of trying to slate Alonso). Who in their right mind blames a dri...

HamsterHuey

I propose an even better quali concept. Hire some eye candy for men and women and have a nice presentation with a random number drawing to assign grid positions to drivers for the race along with entertainment shows for the fans. Spend all the money saved by the teams on free alcohol, food and music...

HamsterHuey

Exactly this. I've always enjoyed the frantic dash at the end of Q3 where everyone is trying to put in a fantastic lap and create surprises. Moreover, with rain/variable weather, the end of Q3 is absolutely thrilling. Now it's going to be a boring affair if you have a situation where a track is dry...

HamsterHuey

So only 2 drivers have a chance of getting pole position in the last 1 minute 30? Hate it! Watching 5 or so drivers all going for it at the last second was great. Aside from a wet session, when was the last qualy that 5 guys had a chance of getting pole? This is why I always think Q3 is so overblow...

HamsterHuey

This doesn't bode well for McLaren's 2016 season. I know that testing times at this stage are pretty meaningless, but going by JB and Alonso's results in testing so far, and JB's comments yesterday, things look pretty terrible for this season. Looks like they will have better reliability, but are st...

HamsterHuey

I think it's a bit easy to blame it on whether one's favourite team is winning. The fact is that F1 has never before been in such a situation where a team's advantage is protected by the rules. That alone may give most reason to be concerned. In the past when someone was winning there was always th...

HamsterHuey

That would be correct. I am not aware of any legal means for watching F1 races if you don't have a cable subscription (which is simply ludicrous in this day and age).

HamsterHuey

I used to find it unfair, but after the past couple of seasons, I honestly think it is very well deserved. The problem with Maldonado is that he never learns anything from his mistakes. He is too hot headed and has too much of an ego to ever accept responsibility for any of his numerous mistakes and...

HamsterHuey

Frankly, I think both Alonso and JB have run out of their reserves of optimistic BS to spew to the media due to the turd of an engine they've been lugging around all season. These guys are both in the final act of their careers and expect much better from their team in terms of competitiveness and f...

HamsterHuey

I think we are going to reach an impasse on the rest of your reply and I don't want to sound ill tempered, but.... Never before in F1 has any team had such help from the rules to enable them to maintain an advantage over others. ...is demonstrably false even as recently as the Red Bull domination. ...

HamsterHuey

So is Alonso doing enough to justify his salary vs Button's salary? Honda/McLaren are the ones who locked Alonso into a contract at that salary. I'm sure Alonso would be more than happy to leave early and let them hire some rookies for free so he can move to a team...any team, that isn't Honda powe...

HamsterHuey

Not to mention that having F1 cars that allow for driving on the ragged edge has very little to do with the overtaking issues that have faced F1 in more recent times. Just look at this video and it will dispel that notion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeLK9UftveA Improving mechanical grip and re...

HamsterHuey

OB1, my friend, I haven't said that I would totally stop watching F1, nor has Astoria or Hampster. What we all have said, and I think you too, is that we all have less interest in large part due to what F1 has become. The fact that such diehard (and yes, I consider all of us who have posted our dis...

HamsterHuey

Zoue wrote: Stupendous Man?

KAPWIINGG!!

Sorry, I couldn't resist

. I'll stop derailing with C&H stuff. I have been enjoying this thread and the discussions here quite a bit.

HamsterHuey

First, let me echo HS's comment, he is right on with his statement about the V-6 engines and subsequent freeze on testing, and even development. <SNIP> As I am pretty much on record as stating, I think that they need to quit farting around with regulations, quit introducing new engines which requir...

HamsterHuey

Ultimately - the sport is now ruled by money and not fun, genuine 'competition', or indeed glamour. That's a real shame and I totally get where you are coming from but it isn't really over the last two years, its been happening for the last 25+, just gradually the financial 'noose' or stranglehold ...

HamsterHuey

Well, I've been into F1 since 1990, and never missed a season till this year. After seeing the first couple of races this season, I just lost all interest as I realized that nothing about F1 today is exciting to me. I hate artificial overtaking with DRS, but most importantly, I hate that testing an...

HamsterHuey

Well, I've been into F1 since 1990, and never missed a season till this year. After seeing the first couple of races this season, I just lost all interest as I realized that nothing about F1 today is exciting to me. I hate artificial overtaking with DRS, but most importantly, I hate that testing and...

HamsterHuey

Neither Alonso or Hamilton have been out driven like Vettel was when paired against Ricciardo. That season unfortunately damaged Vettel's spotless record up until that time and it was one of the first times he ended up being paired with another strongly competitive driver. Even before that season, A...

HamsterHuey

I don't know about booing, but I certainly see interest dropping and spectators/fans moving on. For the first time in decades, I've found myself completely disinterested in the 2015 F1 season and I've only watched around 3 races this season, and had to fast forward through most of them because they ...

HamsterHuey

If Alonso won this race today in exactly the same way that Vettel did, the headlines would all be about how he's such an amazing driver and able to put the car where it doesn't belong. That has to be a bit tiring for all of the engineers and mechanics at Ferrari who work so hard. Now, with Vettel, ...

HamsterHuey

I think some of you are really missing the forest for the trees

... I'm here all week folks

HamsterHuey

Why is it that so very many people in here cannot see that the complaint that Red Bull has registered is not just one team bittered by sour grapes? What they are saying is true for what most every team OTHER than Mercedes is saying. You simply cannot compare the period of Ferrari & Red Bull dominat...

HamsterHuey

FWIW, I thought I'd add my 2 cents in this thread. This year, was the first time I couldn't be bothered to sit through watching the full race, or even qualifying. I'd put myself in the hardcore F1 fan demographic and I've been watching since the early 90s, but nothing about this season seems excitin...

HamsterHuey

This was a rather entertaining read. But out of everything you wrote... it struck me as rather odd that you have issues with Red Bull marketing a product that is "bad" for the youth, and yet you've been perfectly happy to watch F1 for decades when Alcohol and cigarette sponsorship reigned supreme an...

HamsterHuey

Wow! I did not see this coming as I thought Mattiaci had buy-in from his Ferrari overlords. Personally, I think this is a good thing for Ferrari, though the damage has been done in terms of driver line-up. I think most people would agree that they now have a weaker line-up than they have had for th...

HamsterHuey

Because he bested a Massa who was CLEARLY not on equal terms, relegated to 2nd fiddle regardless of circumstances, and now Kimi in a pretty dismal car several years after 2007, those cars weren't similarly excellent? I like the mental gymnastics to create excuses for why Alonso wasn't supposedly th...

HamsterHuey

I don't know how you guys can put up with EJ. It seems to me that with every passing year he becomes even more of a blubbering idiot, incapable of speaking a single sentence without twisting himself into knots. Many years ago, I could put up with it and found him mildly amusing/entertaining, but not...

HamsterHuey

Kimi - His seasons at Ferrari, Lotus and now firmly confirmed when paired against Alonso. I'm still a fan, I still like the guy, and I like that he is no nonsense and just does the job he is there to do. I do still believe that with a car that suits him, he can be incredibly fast, as he has shown oc...

HamsterHuey

Team PRINCIPAL. principle - fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/principle All that effort to correct something that doesn't matter? It absolutely matters. ...

HamsterHuey

I haven't read anything on the ousting yet, but what are the odds that Mattiacci was a Luca man and this is more house cleaning by Sergio? Yup, yup… and YUP!!! LDM made the call at the same time he was saying he would only leave Ferrari if and when HE decided which was a bunch of crap and his bosse...

HamsterHuey

Wow! I did not see this coming as I thought Mattiaci had buy-in from his Ferrari overlords. Personally, I think this is a good thing for Ferrari, though the damage has been done in terms of driver line-up. I think most people would agree that they now have a weaker line-up than they have had for the...

HamsterHuey

If you call Facebook and Twitter a nonsense in 2014, than something is wrong with your perception of modern communication.... As for the F1 being more dependable on rich people - well, we all know that F` is year by year, always more business and always less sport.... As for the Caterham and Maruss...

HamsterHuey

I definitely read somewhere today about some managerial movements as part of the Alonso bid (and of course I can't find it!). It didn't specifically state Ron but it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that's who it meant My first thought was that it would be strange for Ron to be ousted so quickly ...

HamsterHuey

Well, Ferrari is probably going to hope the rest of this season doesn't play out like the Suzuka quali. Alonso almost a second ahead of Kimi and Ricciardo beating Vettel very comfortably in all sessions.

HamsterHuey

Hamilton makes so many rookie mistakes it's embarassing. Best time to make mistakes is in Practice 1/2 &3 Not P3 for sure. Firstly a lot of final setup work is done in that session. Secondly, you have little time to make any repairs in time for quali. A lot of times it can result in a non-optimal q...

HamsterHuey

I think people are naïve if they think this whole episode is anywhere near that simple. Raikkonen doesn't even figure in it. Events at Ferrari have overtaken everyone, not just Alonso but also Luca as well. And its not all to do with the performance of the racing team, there are big differences in ...

HamsterHuey

There used to be a time when I used to wait eagerly for wet F1 races. But over the past couple of years, the FIA have taken all joy out of wet racing. I really don't have any interest in watching cars lap around behind a SC till the track is dry enough for inters. I hope it's a dry race and that eve...

HamsterHuey

Ignoring all the pro/anti Alonso nonsense in this thread, let's take a moment to address the feelings the Tifosi must now be feeling. I have trouble imagining a scenario where Ferrari can win another championship until Alonso retires... They can't build a car that gives them a car advantage, and no...

HamsterHuey

You're right, bigging himself up doesn't make him a terrible person. The difference between Fernando and the other drivers you mention is his vile attitude toward his own team. As far as I know, he's the only one out of that bunch who ever attempted to blackmail his own employer. Anyway, he is out ...

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