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Rockie

Do you guys think that Nico Rosberg is realistically capable (say 15%+ chance) of winning the Championship in 2016, under the assumption that it's a three -horse race between him, Hamilton and Vettel? Rosberg has never won consistently when the title is on the line. No one will remember these wins ...

Rockie

Do you guys think that Nico Rosberg is realistically capable (say 15%+ chance) of winning the Championship in 2016, under the assumption that it's a three -horse race between him, Hamilton and Vettel? Rosberg has never won consistently when the title is on the line. No one will remember these wins ...

Rockie

I don't see how Merc can win here. If they do what people are asking and running different strategies then who gets to decide which one each driver gets? Plus one will be 'optimal', so who gets that? Maybe a toss of a coin before each weekend begins? Then we'll forever hear 'Rosberg' only won becau...

Rockie

Rosberg beat Hamilton fairly under the same Mercedes rules of the last two years, is it that hard to swallow considering he has already won the world drivers championship? Remember in China when Hamilton was mocking Rosberg by saying "if you were faster then why didn't you try and pass?". It was th...

Rockie

Maybe because the press would have made it something it wasn't? Just a thought. Maybe, but imo stupid excuse is worse: "It was a result of heavy partying and not much rest for 10 days," . Come on, simply : 'I made mistake and had little collision' would be better. I suppose owning up it being tired...

Rockie

Prost beat Senna in 1989 because Senna finished 7 races out of 16 whilst Prost finished 13. Senna's 8 finishes were - 1 1 1 1 1 1 2(behid Mansell) Prost never finished a race ahead of Senna. Senna retired from the lead 4 times and was disqualified from a win. 1989 was a landslide, but Prost won the...

Rockie

Prost beat Senna in 1989 because Senna finished 7 races out of 16 whilst Prost finished 13. Senna's 8 finishes were - 1 1 1 1 1 1 2(behid Mansell) Prost never finished a race ahead of Senna. Senna retired from the lead 4 times and was disqualified from a win. 1989 was a landslide, but Prost won the...

Rockie

w1Y! wrote:Well lewis is ill so advantage nico

Story of the weekend if he loses, but if he wins then it would be against all odds he won it, would be interesting to see which way it pans out!

Rockie

Prost beat Senna in 1989 because Senna finished 7 races out of 16 whilst Prost finished 13. Senna's 8 finishes were - 1 1 1 1 1 1 2(behid Mansell) Prost never finished a race ahead of Senna. Senna retired from the lead 4 times and was disqualified from a win. 1989 was a landslide, but Prost won the...

Rockie

It's before my time - but IIRC Prost beat Senna 'cos of the points system at the time? Mind you I could be entirely wrong about this! Regardless, Prost is also considered another top 5 to 10 GOAT - whereas much as I like Button, I doubt he will be. Ricciardo may end up another top 5 GOAT, but at th...

Rockie

Take 2014 out of the picture and Seb's F1 career to date looks seriously impressive. I consider 2014 an aberration for Seb (as I would 2011 for Lewis and could name 'bad' seasons for others), as opposed to an excuse to question his achievements. That is a heavily loaded and biased article, as is - ...

Rockie

Take 2014 out of the picture and Seb's F1 career to date looks seriously impressive. I consider 2014 an aberration for Seb (as I would 2011 for Lewis and could name 'bad' seasons for others), as opposed to an excuse to question his achievements. That is a heavily loaded and biased article, as is - ...

Rockie

I loved how ridiculously angry fernando got about this. Vettel still consumes him. The funny part is all those siding with Fernando have failed to realise that while in the pits, his unsportsmanship character came back to life as he slowed down in order to delay Vettel for another 5-10 seconds, for...

Rockie

Sorry Drebin, hav eto disagree. Lauda, like Marko adds NOTHING to the teams they are "a part" of. As well, the claim to bringing Lewis into the team is a bit of a stretch by Niki to serve his own Ego and flatter himself. I have much respect for the man, but it's common knowledge by now that Lewis a...

Rockie

"Yeah there are people like that but it works both ways. I defend Hamilton because whenever he finishes something as simple as 2nd, people jump straight on here and bring up a load of rubbish, happens everytime." This is funny though, finishes something as simple as second am sure when Rosberg said...

Rockie

Guess you didn't watch the '08 season then? Guess you didn't watch last year then? That Torro Rosso wasn't exactly a shirtbox, it was quite a good car. If it wasn't for Bourdais' luck, he would have been a lot closer to Seb then what the points say. He was running fourth in Australia until his engi...

Rockie

I thought his car was setup to have better pace in the race, everyone knows about staying out of the dirty air of the car infront, so he should have left a gap and pushed when Rosberg pitted to undercut him!

Rockie

When does this guy grow up? He was just not as fast as Rosberg this time, period. For ten laps prior to the pit stop Hamilton did not get even a tenth of a second closer what does he think would have changed if they continued on the same tires? Nothing as we could clearly see. After the SC Hamilto ...

Rockie

Mmmm - when I say 'easily' I mean 'could have' - perhaps poor choice of words. mds - SV's first win I still say was due entirely to Merc pitting too early when unnecessary and gifting SV the win as they thought they'd romp it back in - if they hadn't pitted early, 'how' was SV to win? In Singapore ...

Rockie

When you talk about the amount of WDC won, yeah i think he's been lucky. He's certainly talented enough driver to have won a WDC, but not 4, i think the car has flattered him for a couple of those. I certainly wouldn't put him in the category of legend, no way. I never saw Senna or Schumacher have ...

Rockie

So lets say he stays on track and leaves debris on the racing line as he's in the pit the safety car comes out he rejoins without losing time, just at the back and with the pace he had finishes 3rd. That would have been ok right? He only leaves debris if he doesnt cut corners? Nonsense. If he did s...

Rockie

Legend Winning four straight titles has only been done by two people, which he is one. No need to say more. Am sure watching the race in Singapore, fans might have thought they time travelled as it was a replica of his EBD days. Lucky My take, when preparation meets oppourtunity the layman calls it ...

Rockie

Sorry Drebin, hav eto disagree. Lauda, like Marko adds NOTHING to the teams they are "a part" of. As well, the claim to bringing Lewis into the team is a bit of a stretch by Niki to serve his own Ego and flatter himself. I have much respect for the man, but it's common knowledge by now that Lewis a...

Rockie

I don't think there should be any problem with that. He didn't get any advantage whatsoever, did he? Surely that statement can be questioned, can't it? Unfair as a puncture may be, time to pits is part of the game. A second is a second is a second... Same second at speed or limping back. That nobod...

Rockie

There's no evidence they are keeping a tight rein, though, just that they are treating the drivers equally. Just imagine if it was the other way around and Lewis had been asked to come in for a precautionary stop while leading and they had left Nico out to take the lead. Can you picture Lewis' reac...

Rockie

In the end, with things playing out in the race as they did, Merc should still have won. Just Rosberg couldn't make it happen in that final stint. What did he not make happen in the final stint? Not being able to overtake a car - just as fast as his own on race pace - on equal tyres - around one of...

Rockie

How many drivers have won a race in a Toro Rosso? Here we go again. :lol: How many drivers won a race in an RB10? But the said driver came from Toro Rosso also the win remains the only one by the team to date. Like RD said it's easier to win in a bad Mclaren than a good Minardi. Oh welll as it goes...

Rockie

How many drivers have won a race in a Toro Rosso? Here we go again. :lol: How many drivers won a race in an RB10? But the said driver came from Toro Rosso also the win remains the only one by the team to date. Like RD said it's easier to win in a bad Mclaren than a good Minardi. Oh welll as it goes...

Rockie

Impossible to say when we have only one season in which to compare Dan and Seb. Seb could be much better than Dan but just had a very poor year or this could be the genuine gap between them. I would suggest that Webber always looked like a better than average F1 driver and Vettel was, without doubt...

Rockie

Impossible to say when we have only one season in which to compare Dan and Seb. Seb could be much better than Dan but just had a very poor year or this could be the genuine gap between them. I would suggest that Webber always looked like a better than average F1 driver and Vettel was, without doubt...

Rockie

Oh well, so much for Vettel's reputation being gone - at least among the teams. Macca and Ferrari apparently disagreed - as does RBR. So I would say that we can put this to rest now. Ferrari definately are a very smart team as of late. Ricciardo the 1 million dollar driver who has outperformed the ...

Rockie

Once again you are spectacularly missing the point. No-one has once argued that Ricciardo is not quicker than Vettel this year. This is not what the conversation has been about. The issue is you claiming that Ricciardo was 0.2s quicker than Vettel in identical conditions last year, which is not som...

Rockie

Considering he's being considered to replace Alonso, His reputation is still intact.

Rockie

I don't blame Alonso for the production of crappy cars - he does not design, build, integrate or tune them. I have stated Alonso is not the development driver Luca bragged about, if that is what you mean, as the cars have not gotten any better with his joining. Well there is some talent involved in...

Rockie

Given the latest release coming from Italy it seems his reputation is very intact as he's wanted to replace the so called "most complete driver".

Rockie

he just needs to start bigging up the car instead of himself He will do that when the team provides a decent car. :nod: I see nothing wrong with that reasoning. The car sucks, so why shouldn't he say so? But the problem in Italy is that they keep hearing the message that the Ferrari sucks and the d...

Rockie

As for Alonso, he has opinions just as we all do, and IMO he is in a better place than all of us to judge who he considers to be the best. In fact both him and Webber once said Kubica is pretty much right up there on top or level with the top guys, shame about his injury because I would have liked ...

Rockie

As a fan of Vettel Alonso's statement is as hilarious as the people using it, as Vettel is just at the start of his F1 career and could still move teams and replicate the last 4 years and this season would have just been a blot in the copy book. But as for Alonso he's done, I don't think anyone rem...

Rockie

Let's make it fair as you are using his performance based on 2014, I would use Vettel's performance in 2013 and based on Vettel's performance in 2013 he stands no chance. Comparing their seasons in each of those respective years. Its not really fair comparing 2013 anyway as Vettel was in his 6th fu...

Rockie

As a fan of Vettel Alonso's statement is as hilarious as the people using it, as Vettel is just at the start of his F1 career and could still move teams and replicate the last 4 years and this season would have just been a blot in the copy book. But as for Alonso he's done, I don't think anyone reme...

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