From my very first race and the moment I saw him - Hungary 2003 (kind of lucky as that was his first win)

Thanks for the info guys. I'm so relieved it's free to view

Funny story actually. I'd always liked cars so my mum and dad bought me F1 games for the computer but I never watched a race until i was maybe 10. I loved the show Fame Academy (I know) and Jenson Button's then girlfriend Louise was on it. Baffled by the idea there was any other driver than Michael ...

I'll be in France over the weekend. Anyone know what channel shows F1 and if it's free or not?

Checo certainly seems to be the real deal and he proves it weekend after weekend. I disagree with Ferrari, he's ready now!

JacksparrowNinja wrote:

stormchaser wrote:its not true alonso's hot lap in quali was hindered by massa and alonso showed no sign of frustration, while we all saw how vettel waved at webber.

Are you really trying to make the point that Alonso never waves at other drivers?

JacksparrowNinja wrote:You could probably use some perspective there
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBMPX-i1TnI

As this video so beautifully demonstrates, it's quite normal for hand waving and other gestures, hell I've even been known to flash a finger while karting.

100% agree - it's frustrating not knowing what's being said and I'm sure it would be simple to do

Jiggs wrote:Why would ANYONE put Alonso in this list ... he hasn't done ANYTHING in the rain compared to Hammy, Schumi or Vettel.

Malaysia 2012, Britain 2012, Hungary 2006, Europe 2007, Korea 2010, Germany 2012...

Hmm, Mike Hawthorn because it was gentlemanly act from Stirling Moss which led to him losing the title against Hawthorn. But in all honesty I don't think a world champion can be undeserving because you still have to accumulate enough points no matter what the car is like or what situations come up

Now, I am actually a big fan of Lewis Hamilton's, but I'm really going to catch some hell and say that he's not a deserving world champion in 2008. It was sheer luck that he somehow passed Timo Glock at the last corner of the last lap of the last race of the season in Brazil. Massa shouldn't even h...

I agree the interviews are irritating but the most irritating thing is the music in the background it removes the atmosphere completely!!

KateLM - did you think Bottas was overrated before or after his crash in FP1?

I have to say something when reading these comments regarding the Kube's ability. To say he is on rosbergs level is plain wrong. To say Nick Heidfeld matched him is wrong. In 2007 the new Bridgestone tyres disadvantaged a number of drivers including Alonso, Kimi and Kubica. Alonso and Kimi were both...

I voted yes because now he's back into his stride I'd like to see what he could do. However I will be fine with him going because he's clogging up the young driver Market a little and there are some good drivers right on the brink of F1 but with nowhere to go

Storm in a tea cup..... Lewis, as originally reported (or at least in the first article i saw tried to hide in the text), had actually invited a number of guys along... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/4426933/Nicole-Scherzinger-furious-after-Lewis-Hamilton-has-hotel-party-with-ten-girl...

El Nano by Melendi is about Fernando Alonso

It's such as shame we didn't get Jacques Villeneuve alongside MS or Mika in 1998-2000. ..or Mika and MS ;) I don't get why people mention Alonso and Hamilton in "greatest drivers" in same team. It was Hamiltons FIRST year in F1, since then he won only 1 championship in a top team. I guess he's one ...

^^^ That probably had to do with how the McLaren tended to be light up front that season so it kind of drifted a bit going into corners and Hamilton had similar issues. Alonso's cars the previous 2 seasons were very well balanced and the 2007 McLaren not as much at times and on certain circuits it ...

Volantary wrote:Watch the Canadian Debrief edition of The Flying Lap. It has a guy who's name I forget talking in great detail about driving styles, very interesting stuff.

Yes thats whats so frustrating, we can't ask the driver himself, we can only rely on observations which are only half the story a lot of the time. And yes it seems that Alonso changes his style a lot for cars, tyres, circuits etc. I've read that you're either an oversteer or understeer driver but i...

I think anybody who denies Vettel is a very talented driver is deluded, he's fast, has good skill in all areas and can turn in some incredible qualifying laps. However I think that Hamilton is faster and has more natural ability when it comes to wheel to wheel stuff, everywhere else they're probably...

A good way to note differences is to check out onboards, especially qualifying lap comparisons, because that's exactly where a driver is going to be at his most natural....using every method he's learned through karting/Formula Ford/F3 etc to coax speed out of the car http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Something about Kimi's style, related to his steering issues: http://peterwindsor.com/2012/03/23/notes-on-kimis-driving-2012/ Thanks, that's the sort of thing we TV viewers just can't get any idea of without explanation :thumbup: Windsor quote from the article : "With heavy steering, the shoulders ...

mauke wrote:Something about Kimi's style, related to his steering issues: http://peterwindsor.com/2012/03/23/note ... ving-2012/

Thanks, that's the sort of thing we TV viewers just can't get any idea of without explanation

Ev0lutionz wrote:Look at this vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOhgI1hQA68

Yeah I've seen the vid but it only covers three or four guys and isn't relevant today in the Pirelli control tyre era.

I've had a good look through the forum and can't find any thread devoted to driving styles. It's an area I'm really interested in and there are a lot of really knowledgeable people using this site so I thought I’d ask what you make of the different styles out there. Some drivers are easy to define a...

The flag isn't really an issue. Surely the only issue might arise if Alonso pulled over and couldn't return the car to park ferme due to a lack of fuel. He has to leave the minimum requirement for testing, but also must return the car to park ferme under its own power to complete the distance. Alth...

Grosjean is 26 and Maldonado is 27. Whereas, Hamilton is 27 and Vettel is 24. They hardly represent a 'new generation'. For me, it's Perez and Ricciardo, who are both 22, that are the new generation. I agree that Perez and Ricciardo are the new generation but I would say that you can't always look ...

Willthepessimist wrote:I think Perez deserves a mention to be honest....

P.S - No world champion is two seconds a lap slower than Lewis Hamilton on pure pace no matter how good that bearded speed demon is That just made me chuckle! Kudos for calling it how it is without saying anything disparaging about Hamilton. :thumbup: No reason to be disparaging about any of the gr...

I have read the interview from which this quote was taken, no where did he say that Button had been underperforming, you made that last bit up. Button is not coping with a 'new level' of Lewis, he actually beat him rather convicingly in Australia and was a match for him at the beginning of this sea...

Guia wrote:Oh dear.

My thoughts exactly

I have read the interview from which this quote was taken, no where did he say that Button had been underperforming, you made that last bit up. Button is not coping with a 'new level' of Lewis, he actually beat him rather convicingly in Australia and was a match for him at the beginning of this seas...