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Trying to predict British weather is akin to predicting lottery numbers. Just guesswork lol.UnlikeUday wrote:No rain this weekend to crash the party like 2016. Only overcast & cloudy weather for the weekend:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/07/13/2 ... x-weather/
Yep I've checked my weather app a few times today and it's said rain this morning, no rain and just overcast around lunchtime and now it's saying rain again.Laz_T800 wrote:Trying to predict British weather is akin to predicting lottery numbers. Just guesswork lol.UnlikeUday wrote:No rain this weekend to crash the party like 2016. Only overcast & cloudy weather for the weekend:
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2017/07/13/2 ... x-weather/
The little i saw of it i realised you couldn't see the driver at all due to reflections. I'm used to seeing which direction they're looking and what they're hands are doingmcdo wrote:I think the shield looks great
By less than a tenth +0.078sOption or Prime wrote:Bottas fastest ahead of Hamilton with Vettel trailing after a clumpy spin. Bottas looking good it has to be said, I was wondering if Lewis was going to turn up!
To be honest they're so enclosed as it is I haven't noticed that stuff in years. I get that detail from in-car shots and replaysjiminwatford wrote:The little i saw of it i realised you couldn't see the driver at all due to reflections. I'm used to seeing which direction they're looking and what they're hands are doingmcdo wrote:I think the shield looks great
Given the choice i would say no to it. But it's not my life i'm risking
I wonder if Nico is helping him. He's started talking a lot like Nico did last season - taking it one race at a time, and staying in the moment.UnlikeUday wrote:Hamilton now has 1 more contender for the WDC to deal with in the form of Bottas.
That sounds like pretty much every Hamilton fan.Andy2402 wrote:Yep it's pretty bad. And of course Lewis is never beaten on merit that just isn't possible . There is always some mitigating factor ,
One of the posters here has a very similar bit of commentary (I don't recall from whom) as his sig line.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then Bottas is quicker. But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to think was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
Could be wrong but I think it used to be ALESI before he changed itRaggedMan wrote:One of the posters here has a very similar bit of commentary (I don't recall from whom) as his sig line.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then Bottas is quicker. But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to think was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
Yes, effectively what I said.RaggedMan wrote:One of the posters here has a very similar bit of commentary (I don't recall from whom) as his sig line.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then Bottas is quicker. But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to think was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
But I too can't remember who it is 
And so it begins.TheGiantHogweed wrote:Yes, effectively what I said.RaggedMan wrote:One of the posters here has a very similar bit of commentary (I don't recall from whom) as his sig line.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then Bottas is quicker. But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to think was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
TheGiantHogweed wrote:Yes, effectively what I said.RaggedMan wrote:One of the posters here has a very similar bit of commentary (I don't recall from whom) as his sig line.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then Bottas is quicker. But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to think was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
Where's the facepalm emoji? I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
Ah, well that answers the question.ALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
If I had a pound for every time Lewis had failed to go faster and the immediate reaction is 'does Lewis have a problem'.Andy2402 wrote:Yep it's pretty bad. And of course Lewis is never beaten on merit that just isn't possible . There is always some mitigating factor ,
I do actually really like Edwards a lot of the time. My preference for the race commentary would be Coulthard and Brundle. When I watched the F1 live in London, they were together then and it just felt like we have been missing that. Chandhok and Edwards are brilliant in practice sessions. they sound so much more interested to what is happening compared to Crofty when he's talking about pies and curries and other rubbish. Sky spend too little time of the subject during practice. Chandhok and Edwards are best line up in practice sessions in recent years IMO. I wouldn't want Ben Edwards to go. But Crofty, I really would rather he didn't commentate for anything! He is painful to listen to.ALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
From my memory, your sig was more likeALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
I remember it being something like Ben Edwards saying after Hamilton sets the fastest lap "No one can touch him" Rosberg then goes 0.5 seconds faster. Nothing is said, the track must be improving. I think it was something like this.robins13 wrote:From my memory, your sig was more likeALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
"Hamilton goes faster, it was a thumping lap by him, and thrashed whole field, and moments later Rosberg goes faster, then its oh the track evolution is faster
I know what you mean. I didn't know how much i noticed it until todaymcdo wrote:To be honest they're so enclosed as it is I haven't noticed that stuff in years. I get that detail from in-car shots and replaysjiminwatford wrote:The little i saw of it i realised you couldn't see the driver at all due to reflections. I'm used to seeing which direction they're looking and what they're hands are doingmcdo wrote:I think the shield looks great
Given the choice i would say no to it. But it's not my life i'm risking
You couldn't make this stuff up. Basically you guys are speculating about somones signature quotes without a clue what they were or the context or basically whether it was even true. Why? To prove the British media is biased towards the most successful British driver of all time? No poop Sherlock. They ain't investigative journalists. They pander to the audience, who generally are tuning in because they want to see a British driver doing well. It's not hard to find equivalents in other countries. I'm stuck watching RTL at present and they are no different when effusing about Seb.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I remember it being something like Ben Edwards saying after Hamilton sets the fastest lap "No one can touch him" Rosberg then goes 0.5 seconds faster. Nothing is said, the track must be improving. I think it was something like this.robins13 wrote:From my memory, your sig was more likeALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
"Hamilton goes faster, it was a thumping lap by him, and thrashed whole field, and moments later Rosberg goes faster, then its oh the track evolution is faster
Edit, got my quote mixed up. Posted it further down.Laz_T800 wrote:You couldn't make this stuff up. Basically you guys are speculating about somones signature quotes without a clue what they were or the context or basically whether it was even true. Why? To prove the British media is biased towards the most successful British driver of all time? No poop Sherlock. They ain't investigative journalists. They pander to the audience, who generally are tuning in because they want to see a British driver doing well. It's not hard to find equivalents in other countries. I'm stuck watching RTL at present and they are no different when effusing about Seb.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I remember it being something like Ben Edwards saying after Hamilton sets the fastest lap "No one can touch him" Rosberg then goes 0.5 seconds faster. Nothing is said, the track must be improving. I think it was something like this.robins13 wrote:From my memory, your sig was more likeALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
"Hamilton goes faster, it was a thumping lap by him, and thrashed whole field, and moments later Rosberg goes faster, then its oh the track evolution is faster
"...The track is obviously improving" is what I remember.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I remember it being something like Ben Edwards saying after Hamilton sets the fastest lap "No one can touch him" Rosberg then goes 0.5 seconds faster. Nothing is said, the track must be improving. I think it was something like this.robins13 wrote:From my memory, your sig was more likeALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
"Hamilton goes faster, it was a thumping lap by him, and thrashed whole field, and moments later Rosberg goes faster, then its oh the track evolution is faster
Well, were we exactly talking about anything else? No. We may as well discuss something! It has been really quiet today in terms of talking about practice.Laz_T800 wrote:You couldn't make this stuff up. Basically you guys are speculating about somones signature quotes without a clue what they were or the context or basically whether it was even true. Why? To prove the British media is biased towards the most successful British driver of all time? No poop Sherlock. They ain't investigative journalists. They pander to the audience, who generally are tuning in because they want to see a British driver doing well. It's not hard to find equivalents in other countries. I'm stuck watching RTL at present and they are no different when effusing about Seb.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I remember it being something like Ben Edwards saying after Hamilton sets the fastest lap "No one can touch him" Rosberg then goes 0.5 seconds faster. Nothing is said, the track must be improving. I think it was something like this.robins13 wrote:From my memory, your sig was more likeALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
"Hamilton goes faster, it was a thumping lap by him, and thrashed whole field, and moments later Rosberg goes faster, then its oh the track evolution is faster
Yup. I definitely remember them saying the track was improving; as the track was drying. Definitely pro-Hamilton.Lt. Drebin wrote:"...The track is obviously improving" is what I remember.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I remember it being something like Ben Edwards saying after Hamilton sets the fastest lap "No one can touch him" Rosberg then goes 0.5 seconds faster. Nothing is said, the track must be improving. I think it was something like this.robins13 wrote:From my memory, your sig was more likeALESI wrote:I think that was my old sig... so true isn't it.TheGiantHogweed wrote:I know we are at the British grand prix and I know the Ben Edwards on Channel 4 is British. But what he says shows he clearly respects Hamilton more than Bottas. The tone of voice of Ben Edwards when Bottas first set the fastest lap towards the beginning. He didn't sound that excited. Then when Hamilton had closed up on 2 sectors, He said "and look, he's up by a quarter of a second immediately over his team mate Bottas" Then when Bottas improves, Ben Edwards says in a sort of having to admit so voice "Bottas is improving" and then "Bottas is quicker". But it was 0.566 quicker than Hamilton's time that he seemed to sound like he thought Hamilton's time was incredible. He didn't mention the time gap. Then Bottas remained the faster of the 2 but Edwards kept bringing up that Hamilton was very close (which was true in the end) but Buttas did look to have the edge on Hamilton this session. It seems like Sky and Channel 4 don't like admitting that. I can't remember who it is on this forum who has a line from Ben Edwards comparing Hamilton and Rosberg in a very similar way at the bottom of their page. This was quite a similar thing to that. I much prefer him to Crofty, but the bias towards British drivers is too much sometimes!
It was something like, 'Hamilton goes .2 faster, Edwards goes nuclear in his praise, next lap Rosberg goes 0.5 faster - silence'.
I changed it because it made me look anti-Hamilton, but it wasn't, it was anti-Edwards!
"Hamilton goes faster, it was a thumping lap by him, and thrashed whole field, and moments later Rosberg goes faster, then its oh the track evolution is faster
