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TheGiantHogweed

Almost all the reliability problems happen to Alonso lately I assume you mean during the race. Overall they have been pretty even really for reliability issues recently. Button had to miss a huge amount of practice is the US. I understand that it is really disappointing starting a race and then hav...

TheGiantHogweed

All great information, thank you. I think a day pass or nowtv is the answer for me, for the races not on BBC. I am pleased that you started this thread. I have been wanting to ask something very similar for quite some time but I just wasn't sure if this forum was the right place. I wish it was like...

TheGiantHogweed

I really hope that the BBC will have half the races live again. I just have a Freeview HD box and I don't want to pay for SKY by getting a separate box and paying extra for their bundle. If there is another free way of watching it live, that would be good but I'm not sure if there is one. I watch al...

TheGiantHogweed

Kimi made the error in Russia and obviously Bottas was just stupid in Mexico :x But the stewards keep changing every race and are never consistent as always. I can't believe Bottas was not penalized for Mexico. Anyone who has been watching F1 for years and playing racing sims will tell you that it ...

TheGiantHogweed

To me, this is such a none story. Did he gain a time advantage cutting corners? Yes. Did it reduce the risk of him coming to a halt on the circuit or shedding lots of rubber on corners? Yes. The second question for me is all we need to know. So why in Spa did Vettel stay on the track instead of get...

TheGiantHogweed

It's a race, by its very nature any advantage is competitive. A true statement in itself. And without knowing the actual case, uninformed people would now believe that the guy was actually competitively advantaged over his rivals. At the time of the incident we had no idea whether all of his rivals...

TheGiantHogweed

What I find a bit strange is that when there was nobody to get in the way of, it was then that he started cutting the corners off. Other than getting back to the pits faster, I don't see why he should have done this. At Spa this year when he had that blow out when he was just ahead of Grosjean battl...

TheGiantHogweed

It is very surprising that Vettel now has 6 votes. That wasn't go good race from him. Grosjean brought his car to the end in the points and had a reasonable race and he has 0 votes. I also don't get why Raikkonen has got some votes too. Unless it was the face he quite quickly got from the back to to...

TheGiantHogweed

Could someone tell me what the issue was with both of the Williams? Was it a similar issue? The BBC highlights didn't at any point say why Bottas and Massa ended up retiring from the race. I am wondering if it was anything to do with A failure Bottas had towards the end of Q2 that caused him to have...

TheGiantHogweed

15 for me so far. Apart from Hungary i can't think of any mistakes this year but I can remember a few from last year in Hungary,Austria,GB and Brazil off the top of my head. He's qualified much better this year too. In Austria this year, Rosberg did have a better race, Also Hamilton crossed the whi...

TheGiantHogweed

A bit strange to see Hamilton being third ranked, tough he had, by his standards, one of the worst race of the season. He got overtaken by Ricciardo, than got overtaken by Rosberg in a track battle first time in 2 years, and got some safety cars mostly in his favor, as well as usual Rosberg's mista...

TheGiantHogweed

About Vettel, He did start very far back but then the 2 Williams retired, one of the Red Bulls crashed, other had damage. Also, Kimi retired. I think they were about the only teams that Vettel would have been challenged a bit by so them retiring helped him a lot as well as the fact it was probably ...

TheGiantHogweed

Verstappen, Sainz and Button. Verstappen had a very decent race. I am not a big fan of Max but he certainly did well today. I went for Sainz because he came from the pit lane. Although his race wasn't as good as his team mate, I still think he did very well to get as far as he did. Button to me prob...

TheGiantHogweed

Did anyone else watch the 15 minutes of BBC live coverage? It was on about at hour ago. As the BBC won't be covering the race or qualifying live, they said the times where they would show the highlights for both. But I have forgotten too quickly! The TV guides don't update quick and it still says t...

TheGiantHogweed

Did anyone else watch the 15 minutes of BBC live coverage? It was on about at hour ago. As the BBC won't be covering the race or qualifying live, they said the times where they would show the highlights for both. But I have forgotten too quickly! The TV guides don't update quick and it still says t...

TheGiantHogweed

Did anyone else watch the 15 minutes of BBC live coverage? It was on about at hour ago. As the BBC won't be covering the race or qualifying live, they said the times where they would show the highlights for both. But I have forgotten too quickly! The TV guides don't update quick and it still says th...

TheGiantHogweed

Anyone know if the qualifying will take place? I am in the UK and don't have sky so I can't watch it live. It will just be a little harder finding out when the replay is without finding out the results. From the times given, I think qualifying is about 1 hour from now. I'm just interested if anyone ...

TheGiantHogweed

It looks like both Bottas and Raikkonen will be in the press conferance this next race weekend. Are they both there bacause of the incident last race or would this have been the plan anyway? I hope they will just settle it. In my opinion, it would be nice to hear Kimi admit that it was him to blame....

TheGiantHogweed

Could somebody please explain why Maldonado is on now? It makes no sence at all. If he was related to this in the slightest, I would have heard his name mentioned on the day this happened. To me it was Kimi's falut. Very obvious to me. Bottas was pretty much a full cars length ahead and he slowed do...

TheGiantHogweed

Good job it didnt happen the other way round. I think there would be effigies of bottas being burned at the next race and he would need 24hr protection from some of the kimi fans on here. Having looked back at it again and from the onboards i think kimi might just have been able to stay on track wi...

TheGiantHogweed

So, is that now who Kimi Raikkonen is? :lol: The move on Bottas was totally Maldonado-approved. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s5gQ_bdWjyI/VVCt2iA4OnI/AAAAAAAABhA/YlPiD96TkMQ/s1600/MaldonadoApprovalV2.png source: adampajor.blogspot.com I am actually one of the few who doesn't think Maldonado has done th...

TheGiantHogweed

nixxxon wrote:I loved this post on autosport forum:

"If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver"

"If you go for a gap that no longer exists, you are Pastor Maldonado"

So, is that now who Kimi Raikkonen is?

TheGiantHogweed

I am surprised that Ferrari are thinking this penalty for Raikkonen is a bit harsh. Even though Ricciardo didn't get one in Monaco for pushing past Raikkonen. Back then, that was a very gentle contact and it looked to have cost Raikkonen JUST ONE place. Nothing like as bad as knocking Bottas out and...

TheGiantHogweed

I just thought I would post another example of these comments that come up when there is some news about him. http://planetf1.com/news/maldonado-no-preference-for-team-mate/ Anyone with a notorious past can expect that past to be brought up over and over until they have built sufficient accomplishme...

TheGiantHogweed

Fed up? That might be a bit extreme. Mildly irritated would be more aligned to my reaction to it. The main reason I say this is because of the amount of silly comments I see on any topic, on any website that mentions anything about Pastor Maldonado. Maybe I should just ignore these comments. The pe...

TheGiantHogweed

I actually think Maldonado has done quite well this season. He has just had a ridiculous amount of bad luck. What is a bit irritating is that people are always calling him a really bad driver. How is he? There is no way he would be in the sport if he wasn't one of the best drivers in the world. I d...

TheGiantHogweed

I actually think Maldonado has done quite well this season. He has just had a ridiculous amount of bad luck. What is a bit irritating is that people are always calling him a really bad driver. How is he? There is no way he would be in the sport if he wasn't one of the best drivers in the world. I do...

TheGiantHogweed

Massa has had back to back races compromised by collisions. Before that he was leading Bottas. They're pretty evenly matched really. No major difference between them. They have both missed out on some opportunities from what I can remember. First, Bottas has to sit out at Austrailia. That probably ...

TheGiantHogweed

I really want to see him have at least one more season. I feel that the McLaren-Honda will preform better next year. Maybe I am a little too hopeful? Even so, I am sure he is still very capable so I don't see why he should get replaced by someone else. He is doing very well even against Alonso and ...

TheGiantHogweed

Deserves another year, the crazy thing is he could be out of the sport and Kimi in the best car next year when Jenson is a much better driver these days. I have to agree with this. Raikkonen hasn't impressed me much in the last couple of years. Button is much more matched against Alonso than he was...

TheGiantHogweed

I really want to see him have at least one more season. I feel that the McLaren-Honda will preform better next year. Maybe I am a little too hopeful? Even so, I am sure he is still very capable so I don't see why he should get replaced by someone else. He is doing very well even against Alonso and h...

TheGiantHogweed

Who would be the reserve driver for the next few races for Mclaren then? Not that it is likely that Alsnso and Button won't be able to do the rest. The first race of the season though, Magnussen was going to drive for Alonso if it wasn't for the reliability issues.

TheGiantHogweed

Look who is 4th in the championship, and beating his team-mate for 5 straight races! :] :] :] :] :] :] :] I think Massa has been very fast is the past few races but I think his team mate has had a small amount of bad luck. In Austria, I do think Massa did better than Bottas that Weekend. In Britain...

TheGiantHogweed

Look who is 4th in the championship, and beating his team-mate for 5 straight races! :] :] :] :] :] :] :] I think Massa has been very fast is the past few races but I think his team mate has had a small amount of bad luck. In Austria, I do think Massa did better than Bottas that Weekend. In Britain...

TheGiantHogweed

What about all the bad luck Massa had last year? Yes, he certainly did seem to be having a lot of bad luck last year. Retirement in Australia, when Kobyashi knocked him off the track, Canada with Perez, Britain with Raikkonen and Germany with Magnussen. Can't remember if there was any more. I don't...

TheGiantHogweed

Look who is 4th in the championship, and beating his team-mate for 5 straight races! :] :] :] :] :] :] :] I think Massa has been very fast is the past few races but I think his team mate has had a small amount of bad luck. In Austria, I do think Massa did better than Bottas that Weekend. In Britain...

TheGiantHogweed

About Vettel's tire issue, I think there was enough signs before hand that he was sliding around and loosing grip and getting caught by a Lotus! The Lotus was the faster car even on the same tyres. Vettel wasn't really "sliding around and losing grip" - he had good enough traction to accelerate out...

TheGiantHogweed

That was a very good race. I feel very sorry for Maldonado. He could have done very well considering how well Grosjean did and the fact that Maldonardo started ahead. It is just ridiculous the amount of bad luck that happens to him. Grosjean just seems to have the more reliable lotus most of the ti...

TheGiantHogweed

That was a very good race. I feel very sorry for Maldonado. He could have done very well considering how well Grosjean did and the fact that Maldonardo started ahead. It is just ridiculous the amount of bad luck that happens to him. Grosjean just seems to have the more reliable lotus most of the tim...

TheGiantHogweed

1. Vettel - The fact that he has one twice in a car that simply doesn't have the performance that the 2 Mercedes have is quite impressive. Since the Mercedes is that much better, they should be winning every race even if it is very boring. Vettel has managed 2 great wins. 2. Hamilton - I have never ...

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