He did let him through in Turkey. It wasn't Webber's fault that Vettel then turned into him.KingVoid wrote:I didn’t even take #1 driver status into account.
Imagine how easily Vettel would have won 2010 if Webber let him through in Monaco and Turkey. That’s 32 points gained right there.
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- Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:02 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
- Replies: 252
- Views: 69860
Re: Alonso's legacy in F1
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:04 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso's legacy in F1
- Replies: 252
- Views: 69860
Re: Alonso's legacy in F1
Statistically, I suppose Alonso’s career will ultimately look like one of under achievement. But then, I remind myself that Nelson Piquet won far more races and titles than Gilles Villeneuve and Ronnie Peterson combined. And I smile a little at how impoverished an outlook it is to look at the stats ...
- Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:38 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Silly season 2018
- Replies: 1349
- Views: 452981
Re: Silly season 2018
I doubt Alonso to Ferrari is happening - but if it is, then I would have thought Vettel must be off to Merc? And maybe 2 years for Alonso paired withLeClerc, with the idea that Leclerc takes over as the main contender in a Ferrari from 2020? Something like that? But I think Alonso back to Ferrari is...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 4:31 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso v Herbert
- Replies: 211
- Views: 45056
Re: Alonso v Herbert
I'm surprised at Herbert saying this about Alonso. IMo Herbert was under-rated as driver, and suffered bullying from MSC. Good for Alosno to pull him up, because such pubicity can form many fans opinions. However Herbert is Sunday School compared to Hunt's ten year tv dissing of Patrese, just becau...
- Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso v Herbert
- Replies: 211
- Views: 45056
Re: Alonso v Herbert
Sorry but Alonso was a bully here.. The worst things have been said to Lewis when he abandoned McLaren for Mercedes but i don't remember him been this disrespectful to any of those folks. He is paid tens of millions also to accept criticisms and "haters", but it seems he sees himself as untouchable...
- Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:12 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso's radio communication
- Replies: 167
- Views: 27300
Re: Alonso's radio communication
Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest to learn that those messages were planned with the full, albeit tacit, approval of Dennis and Neale. Obviously the latter have to appear to be annoyed in order to placate Honda but no one involved in this is stupid.
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:57 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: A possible GP in Finland?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3664
Re: A possible GP in Finland?
As much as I like to see a F1 race in Finland, but there isn't any proper racing track for modern F1 in Finland, is it? I believe they have a track that is FIA grade 2, and just needs runoff to be grade 1. If they can get decent sponsorship/government cash, it can be done. Much cheaper than a new t...
- Mon Jul 20, 2015 9:12 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Bianchi, Ferrari, 2016
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9464
Re: Bianchi, Ferrari, 2016
di Montezemelo has today said they had already decided that Bianchi would replace Raikkonen whenever they did eventually part ways with Kimi - although how that might have been impacted by the massive regime change within Ferrari in recent months is difficult to say.
- Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:09 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: When did grids become staggered?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4438
Re: When did grids become staggered?
I'm not sure it was 1974, mind - 2x2 was introduced that year but it tended to be the zig-zagging 2x2 format in some locations until 1979.
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:03 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Bernie E's Rule Proposal
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7365
Re: Bernie E's Rule Proposal
He needs to retire and let someone who wants to plan for the next 20-odd years have the role.
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 7:24 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Van der Garde vs Sauber
- Replies: 419
- Views: 75314
Re: Van der Garde vs Sauber
This is getting nasty. I can understand that VdG would be keen to fight for his right, but I start doubting in his simple honesty and motivation. He is saying that all he wants is to race and that he was and is in good relationship with the team so it all will be just fine when he starts to race th...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:32 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Who was the First F1 driver you were older than?
- Replies: 106
- Views: 14533
Re: Who was the First F1 driver you were older than?
Giuseppe Farina.
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 4:05 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Mercedes Halo concept
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7797
Re: Mercedes Halo concept
Sorry, but what on earth is that meant to do, exactly? It would have had no effect whatsoever on the part that struck Massa, for example. I can't imagine something like that being strong enough to deflect a flying wheel either. And I imagine that it would have been squashed into Bianchi's face (or n...
- Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:24 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso crash/missing Melbourne [MERGED]
- Replies: 837
- Views: 183229
Re: Alonso Barca testing crash/illness.
Plenty of F1 drivers have started races (and indeed completed them) whilst suffering from flu. Most recently Mark Webber at Fuji in 2007 (or maybe that one was 2008, but it's the one where he vomited live on the radio).
It's not an automatic reason to withdraw someone from the test/event in advance.
It's not an automatic reason to withdraw someone from the test/event in advance.
- Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:51 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Why did Alonso join McLaren?
- Replies: 97
- Views: 16304
Re: Why did Alonso join McLaren?
Or maybe it's the fact that McLaren has been quietly going about recruiting lots of top-rated engineers and aerodynamicists in a thoughtful way (unlike Ferrari, which just seems to have been recruiting in a completely scatter-brained way), and also the fact that Honda has won Grand Prix races in eve...
- Sat Jan 17, 2015 4:26 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Formula 1 return to the Nordschleife
- Replies: 60
- Views: 12365
Re: Formula 1 return to the Nordschleife
Quite apart from the fact that the circuit can't be marshalled properly (it's not just a case of its length - there are sections that are over a mile from any access road whatsoever, particularly the run down to Klostertal which sits in a steep and inacessible valley, and which couldn't be marshalle...
- Thu Nov 27, 2014 10:16 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Will Stevens impressions
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11011
Re: Will Stevens impressions
Difficult to judge on one race alone, but his performance was solid enough to justify being a candidate for a race seat next year if the team survives. Doubt he's a future WDC, but we've seen a lot worse in F1 in the recent past. Probably rate him above Chilton, for example.
- Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:28 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ron Dennis just how ruthless?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 12508
Re: Ron Dennis just how ruthless?
He may be ruthless but Honda are quite clearly *very* keen on having Alonso in the car; or Hamilton if some bizarre chain of events unfolds over the next few days. And I doubt he can afford to annoy Honda. There's no other works engine in the offing. But it's not going to be a Button/Magnussen line-...
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 9:32 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Qatar GP at Losail Circuit
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3254
Re: Qatar GP at Losail Circuit
As it's in the middle of a desert, and can therefore be modified without having to bulldoze anything, you have to assume they'd be able to add little extra bits for car racing - e.g. a much tighter T1. Shanghai, for example, has a different layout for motorbikes than it does for cars. Though 3 races...
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 12:54 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 'Super GP2' could enter F1
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7465
Re: 'Super GP2' could enter F1
Right, so what happens when Mercedes decides to dispense with its works team (as has every single major manufacturer ever to enter F1 as a constructor), and Red Bull decides that it no longer wants to invest in Forumla One? Ferrari, McLaren and Williams as F1, and everyone else is in a separate GP2 ...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 2:39 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: #Refuel Caterham F1 - Crowdfund for Abu Dhabi
- Replies: 162
- Views: 33667
- Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:59 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Caterham into administration
- Replies: 93
- Views: 17922
Re: Caterham into administration
The cars that raced in Suzuka and Sochi are in Germany, not Leafield.owenmahamilton wrote:the administrator is not allowing the cars to leave the factory until a settlement is reached, bye bye Caterham
- Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:04 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Massa: Kimi's problem is 'psychological'
- Replies: 143
- Views: 25505
Re: Massa: Kimi's problem is 'psychological'
Massa in bigging up the team mate who beat him easily shocker. Given how Bottas has beaten him rather easily this year it makes Alonso efforts between 2010-12 seem slightly less impressive IMO. We all knew Raikkonen was in for a rough ride, he didn't beat Massa all that well in his last Ferrari sti...
- Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Alonso 2015
- Replies: 383
- Views: 80956
Re: Alonso 2015
There was something on another forum about Kimi agreeing to a 20% pay cut for next year vis-a-vis what was originally in his contract. I do wonder if Mattiaci was contemplating Vettel-Bianchi, which clearly isn't going to happen now, sadly.
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 7:52 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: A slight feeling of unease around my support of Mercedes
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5094
Re: A slight feeling of unease around my support of Mercedes
*Definitely True* to that war stuff mate. There's only one way to look in life and that's forwards.
- Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:27 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ferrari asked German media to write negative about Alonso
- Replies: 53
- Views: 13481
Re: Ferrari asked German media to write negative about Alons
Mattiaci evidently likes to show who is boss. Unfortunately I see a Cesare Fiorio type of figure.
Should Ferrari fail with Vettel then perhaps Mattiaci won't be the boss.
Should Ferrari fail with Vettel then perhaps Mattiaci won't be the boss.
- Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:21 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Smedley - "Alonso is the very best of his generation"
- Replies: 96
- Views: 21126
Re: Smedley - "Alonso is the very best of his generation"
Given that he has more than double the points of his WDC team-mate despite poorer reliability, I'd say he's proved himself perfectly well this season to be honest.
- Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:49 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Smedley - "Alonso is the very best of his generation"
- Replies: 96
- Views: 21126
Re: Smedley - "Alonso is the very best of his generation"
do you have proof that I am fairy cakes? On the other side, we do have proof of Alonso accusing Renault after China 2006, Alonso waiting in his pit box in Hungary 2007, Alonso blackmailing Ron Dennis and ultimately giving the info to Max Mosley, Piquet jr. crashing into the wall and Alonso having m...
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:59 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Track layout of European Grand Prix in Baku revealed!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5330
Re: Track layout of European Grand Prix in Baku revealed!
I came to the view a while ago that it's difficult rto really understand the pros and cons of a circuit from a 2-D track map alone. The old Spa and Nordschleife are not coming back. Most of the old circuits have been built over (e.g. Kyalami). If the Baku circuit has some gradient and some interesti...
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:46 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Track layout of European Grand Prix in Baku revealed!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5330
Re: Track layout of European Grand Prix in Baku revealed!
I think 2 at Nivelles.Covalent wrote:What's the current record for least amount of races held on a purpose-built F1 track?
More recently, 3 at Buddh.
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:04 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Ron Dennis
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12063
Re: Ron Dennis
Ron is TP but he hasn't been attending all the races (and, at 67, it's not very likely that he will attend all the races in future either). The new structure allows the Racing Director (Boullier) to effectively become acting TP at the track whenever RD is not present. Last thing I read (I think on B...
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:57 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Jules Bianchi Update Thread [Split Thread]
- Replies: 664
- Views: 160584
Re: Jules bianchi Japanese grand Prix aftermath thread
Is that the head rest sitting on the engine, rear of the car? In half? Please do not click if you don't want to see the crashed car. http://im.mtv.fi/image/4383910/landscape16_9/1024/576/ab038489be72e86d26641f1911449549/nf/jules-bianchi-2014-japani.jpg They may have had to cut it open to get to him...
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:44 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Jules Bianchi Update Thread [Split Thread]
- Replies: 664
- Views: 160584
Re: Jules bianchi Japanese grand Prix aftermath thread
Clearly there is a need to learn lessons from this. I recall Liuzzi coming within about five feet of sliding under one of these vehicles at the Nurburgring in 2007 (when half the field slid off at T1 on the second lap). Since then I've always winced whenever the tractors are out and about.
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:07 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
- Replies: 661
- Views: 106609
Re: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
There was some wreckage buried well in the tyre barrier. This is what the marshals were trying to flag just before the SC went out. That wasn't Sutil's car. I didn't see that.... If anyone has a picture or replay post please. It wasn't easy to spot but I noticed the JCB wasn't moving backwards and ...
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:06 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
- Replies: 661
- Views: 106609
Re: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
I hope they don't if it's the kind of accident I fear.Mr.Wojo wrote:Hopefully they show us what happened..... I didn't even see the other car
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:05 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
- Replies: 661
- Views: 106609
Re: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
There was some wreckage buried well in the tyre barrier. This is what the marshals were trying to flag just before the SC went out. That wasn't Sutil's car.
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:03 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
- Replies: 661
- Views: 106609
Re: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
This looks very subdued down there.
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 8:00 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
- Replies: 661
- Views: 106609
Re: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
Lack of info is suggestive of something very bad.
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:58 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
- Replies: 661
- Views: 106609
Re: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
I have an extremely horrible feeling about this.
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 7:55 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
- Replies: 661
- Views: 106609
Re: Japanese Grand Prix RACE Thread.
There looked like two cars in there to me.
I hope Bianchi hasn't gone in under the tractor.
I hope Bianchi hasn't gone in under the tractor.