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Rockie

Reading this story Mercedes should be ashamed of themselves, how do you leave an employee leaving you in a position he can copy data, high level data at that. According to the article he didnt hack into the system, he actually had access to it! Merc are just trying to stop him from joining Ferrari,...

Rockie

Reading this story Mercedes should be ashamed of themselves, how do you leave an employee leaving you in a position he can copy data, high level data at that. According to the article he didnt hack into the system, he actually had access to it! Merc are just trying to stop him from joining Ferrari, ...

Rockie

Yes, adapted so badly he won half the races and came second in the other half, after Singapore. That's what happens when you try to compare low achievement, (Vettel '14, 0 wins), with high achievement, (Hamilton '15, 10 wins). It's all relative, different baselines, different standards, different s...

Rockie

Sorry, I don't buy into that argument. Yes, he may not have improved much, but then again, neither did the red bull. It is not unreasonable to claim he lost SOME form - that happens to all drivers. However, there are usually good reasons for such large loss of form, and clearly, changing regs/cars ...

Rockie

...and clearly isn't addicted to clocking up fastest laps like Vettel. Hamilton now has more fastest laps than Vettel and is 3 short of having the most by a British driver. Hamilton wants to be the best British driver in every metric possible. Ferrari wouldn't be an option... Why? Vettel's honeymoo...

Rockie

You think it would be that simple or wish it would be that simple? Wish? Ferrari did away with Alonso, Jenson Button had an iron clad contract with Williams, it didnt stop Honda using his services that year! Alonso left Ferrari, Button chose to not drive for Williams, neither are examples of driver...

Rockie

It seems that the problem is a product of the structure of the WDC itself. If they could come up with something more like the World Sports Cars or World Endurance Championship system, the two drivers wouldn't benefit from fighting each other on track. Maybe if the WCC was the only one that mattered...

Rockie

Piquet doesn't get the same treatment as Senna/Prost. To judge drivers simply on number of titles won is quite basic really and shows a lack of understanding how F1 works. I'm afraid that the embarrassment that Vettel suffered at the hands of Ricciardo leaves some question marks about his ability. ...

Rockie

It seems that the problem is a product of the structure of the WDC itself. If they could come up with something more like the World Sports Cars or World Endurance Championship system, the two drivers wouldn't benefit from fighting each other on track. Maybe if the WCC was the only one that mattered...

Rockie

Hamilton had like 13 or 14 years of racing experience then, and Alonso had like 18 or 19, thats why I said its not very accurate to say that hamilton was just a rookie and alonso was very experienced. It is not that simple, everything is relative. Sorry, but it is as simple as that. You know as wel...

Rockie

j man wrote:So after all that they've probably ended up worse off than before? Assuming Lotus become the Renault works team.

They've only themselves to blame I'm afraid.

Redbull would end up better, if Renault after spending 11 tokens go backwards, I fail to see what the blame on Redbull is for?

Rockie

But yes I think there were only one or two races where Button actually came out on top in a straight fight between the two. A wet race is still a straight fight. Hamilton was the best wet weather driver in the world until he came up against Button. I guess it's what you want to call a straight figh...

Rockie

Are we just going to ignore the fact that Webber outqualified Vettel 9 times in 2012, while simultaneously harping on about how Massa outqualified Alonso twice? When Vettel was struggling with the car early on? other than Karthikeyan slashing his tyre he was still ahead of Webber, when he got the c...

Rockie

Are we just going to ignore the fact that Webber outqualified Vettel 9 times in 2012, while simultaneously harping on about how Massa outqualified Alonso twice? When Vettel was struggling with the car early on? other than Karthikeyan slashing his tyre he was still ahead of Webber, when he got the c...

Rockie

Hulkenberg has been in F1 for 5 full seasons now, and he's always had respectable cars (between 5th to 7th in the WCC). If he was WDC material, he would've had a podium by now, IMO . Can anyone think of any other driver who had nearly 100 starts (93 to be exact, 95 entrances) without any podiums, y...

Rockie

Considering the amount of Podiums Perez has had, and Hulks only claim to fame has been Martin Brundle forcing it down our throat. As a team owner I would rather have Perez as a podium carries more weight for a team than consistent 6th or 7th place finishes Perez got one podium last season - Hulk go...

Rockie

I generally try to avoid getting offensive but anyone who watched 2012, and didn't think Alonso had an almighty season, didn't understand what they were watching. Well I don't think he had an almighty season, so does that mean I don't understand what I was watching? Same as his season it was only R...

Rockie

I generally try to avoid getting offensive but anyone who watched 2012, and didn't think Alonso had an almighty season, didn't understand what they were watching. Well I don't think he had an almighty season, so does that mean I don't understand what I was watching? I know I don't recall agreeing w...

Rockie

I generally try to avoid getting offensive but anyone who watched 2012, and didn't think Alonso had an almighty season, didn't understand what they were watching. Well I don't think he had an almighty season, so does that mean I don't understand what I was watching? Same as his season it was only R...

Rockie

Considering the amount of Podiums Perez has had, and Hulks only claim to fame has been Martin Brundle forcing it down our throat.

As a team owner I would rather have Perez as a podium carries more weight for a team than consistent 6th or 7th place finishes

Rockie

Are we just going to ignore the fact that Webber outqualified Vettel 9 times in 2012, while simultaneously harping on about how Massa outqualified Alonso twice? When Vettel was struggling with the car early on? other than Karthikeyan slashing his tyre he was still ahead of Webber, when he got the c...

Rockie

davidheath461 wrote:i wonder who is the best qualifier then? We've seen Rosberg beat Hamilton plenty of times in qualifying. Vettel got soundly beaten by Ricciardo in qualifying last year.

This is besides the point I made, he was not fighting for a championship last year!

Rockie

So Massa qualifying well at the end of the season is proof Alonso qualified badly in 2012?. Are you serious?. Yes it was a question. I had wrongly assumed you weren't talking about a few comments on a message board, from ignorant people like yourself looking to have a pop at a driver for the hell o...

Rockie

Alonso dominated Massa in qualifying 2012, the Lotus drivers were Kimi and Grosjean who have both been teammates with Alonso, and guess what Alonso dominated the both of them in qualifying also. Vettel is dominating Kimi in qualifying this year, let's put Vettel in the 2012 Lotus and how many races...

Rockie

Alonso dominated Massa in qualifying 2012, the Lotus drivers were Kimi and Grosjean who have both been teammates with Alonso, and guess what Alonso dominated the both of them in qualifying also. Vettel is dominating Kimi in qualifying this year, let's put Vettel in the 2012 Lotus and how many races...

Rockie

It's not out of Vettel's hands. If he didn't make all those mistakes and screw ups at Bahrain, Spa and Mexico he would be ahead of Rosberg. 8 points in Bahrain, 15 points in Mexico, that makes 23 points. Spa was not a mistake, nor a screw up. It was a catastrophic tyre failure without prior indicat...

Rockie

The drivers championship is as follows. 1. Merc 2. Merc 3. Ferrari 4. Williams 5. Ferrari 6. Williams 7. Red Bull 8. Red Bull 9. Force India 10. Force India As someone else mentioned, Vettel is driving to the potential of the car. There is a clear stepped performance of the teams as above. Kimi 5th...

Rockie

JohnnyGuitar wrote:Haven't seen any figures for the crowd but the stadium looked pretty sparsely populated - particularly on Friday. Seems an odd decision to me not to make it a Saturday and Sunday event.

27000 I think but due to the size of the arena it would have been impossible to fill up!

Rockie

Exediron wrote:
Rockie wrote:Actually with the facts available, Vettels season is way better than Alonso's in '12.
... And these facts would be? They're available, so why don't you spell them out?

The results would be one.

Rockie

It's not out of Vettel's hands. If he didn't make all those mistakes and screw ups at Bahrain, Spa and Mexico he would be ahead of Rosberg. 8 points in Bahrain, 15 points in Mexico, that makes 23 points. Spa was not a mistake, nor a screw up. It was a catastrophic tyre failure without prior indicat...

Rockie

I just feel its more sour grapes than anything else, seeing how well Vettel is doing this season, also in '08 when he won the title Vettel was up and coming and was going to put him in the shade from '09-'13. Now Ferrari look to be coming good with Vettel, it seems as if history is about to repeat i...

Rockie

Exactly. Rosberg folded like the house of cards he is when the races mattered. Hamilton creamed Rosberg consistently. The title chase was not. Even. Close. Rosberg's wins now count for nothing except as a pitiful consolation prize and no one will remember them in the future. Rosberg has had a WDC w...

Rockie

Remember, Merc want MERC to win. If it happens that that one or the other of their drivers get a world championship out of it, they will take it. They are there for a Merc team and driver championship, and if it means telling one of the drivers to follow the other home or let them pass, they will d...

Rockie

Remember, Merc want MERC to win. If it happens that that one or the other of their drivers get a world championship out of it, they will take it. They are there for a Merc team and driver championship, and if it means telling one of the drivers to follow the other home or let them pass, they will d...

Rockie

Both in Japan and in the US Hamilton was not able to complete his final Q3 lap so I don't really see those as particularly relevant. Hamilton is still faster on race day and on tracks where it isn't too difficult he can still make the pass but I just see things; both on and off the track; that sugg...

Rockie

ryan2032 wrote:
w1Y! wrote:Is driver coaching now allowed during the race?
Nope but like they will ever punish for it. One pundit said Rosberg got coaching over the radio, think it was Coulthard.

What coaching did he get exactly?

Rockie

Nope. It didnt matter. Not at all . Lewis didn't want to win in Interlagos? I am so happy that you know him better than the man himself, who said before the race that he'd like to win here. Learn how to read. I didnt write that so your conclusion is your own fantasy, not based on anything I wrote. ...

Rockie

While Merc have been playing ultra-fair with the drivers (to the detriment of the actual viewers) this year, for which they should be applauded, I wonder what will happen next year if the Ferrari's do catch up and the battle for pole is tighter. Surely they will have to try putting the drivers on d...

Rockie

While Merc have been playing ultra-fair with the drivers (to the detriment of the actual viewers) this year, for which they should be applauded, I wonder what will happen next year if the Ferrari's do catch up and the battle for pole is tighter. Surely they will have to try putting the drivers on d...

Rockie

I guess you will see whatever you want to see when your hero is driving, but looks to me that he was not making an effort to get out of the way of the other drivers. Cutting the circuit is an easy way to limit the damage to the car - however he could have just driven slower and followed the circuit...

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