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Such a mincer.
Community service for Verstabb’em, Vettel pretends to be happy for his team mate but fails to look anything other than angry, Raikkonen shrugs shoulders cause he’s earning millions and there’s a beer waiting in the fridge so who cares, Lewis & Mercedes win.
Should be Sir Lewis and SPOTY winner surely.
Thomas is still the bookies favourite for spoty. Hamilton in third behind Kane. There's been a few good British results this year.
Lewis talking to Max in the room after the race was classic:
Lewis - you do know he’s allowed to unlap himself, right?
Max - yeah but you cant just take out the leader!
Lewis - but you’re on different strategies, he’s got nothing to lose and you’ve got everything to lose.
Very much a Multiple World Champion to a rookie. During the press interview afterwards, Lewis, who was a few seconds behind Max said, “I wasnt surprised, Estaban was faster on brand new tyres, Max chose to race, if he’d (Max) have given him more space, it’d have worked out for him.
Kinda sums it up nicely in my opinion, and shows how much Lewis has grown.
shows how much Lewis has grown
Yes, I think getting beaten by Rosberg matured him a lot. He was always blindingly fast, but now he seems to be driving much more intelligently than Vettel or Verstappen.
lewis 10-10 the rest
going into the last race
No disadvantage whatsoever in Verstappen letting him past. What bizarre driving
I like his driving sometimes but he drives me up the wall in that he never thinks anything is his fault, blames his problems on other drivers, the team etc.
Unless he takes some responsibility he will never become a great driver, just one of the “never proved his potential” many.
Christian Horner inadvertently summed up what happened to Max in Brazil whilst speaking after the US GP, he said, and I quote "Max doesn't like being overtaken. By anyone."
That arrogant attitude has placed him in hot water a few times this year (Bottas, Vettel, etc) but this time, whilst the Stewards found in his favour, the cause of the collision was still that "i don't want to be overtaken" in his head.
Hopefully this might help him realise, that whilst, yes, the Stewards found in his favour, punishing someone else doesn't always (or often) help YOUR race. Not being there to have the collision, would most certainly HAVE helped your race.
Suggestions that Kubica will get the other Williams drive for next year. Personally I think that ship has sailed, I'd rather see Ocon but money talks.
Also Smedley going back to Ferrari.
Should be Sir Lewis
The crown takes a dim view on subjects who take measures to avoid paying their taxes, so unlikely.
Big crash in the F3 at Macau today
Driver is Sophia Floersch, she's hurt her back but is mostly okay. THe thing she crashed into was a press box of sorts, two photographers were hurt. Condition TBC
That was a horrible crash in Macau. She must have been 10-15' in the air. God knows how she survived...
It was horrendous - the speed she hit that building was frightening 😳
Holy crap. Was everyone wearing a helmet?
That's shocking - hope everyone is ok.
They could do with some bigger catch fencing.
What happened, brake failure? She was going so much faster than everyone else. Or already airborne before the braking point?
She hit the car in front of her which launched her through the catch fencing (through, not over, apparently).
https://www.motorsport.com/f3/news/sophia-floersch-macau-crash-analysis/4300061/
Edit: And she hit it backwards which surely must have helped a lot.
Well at least the track didn't get completely blocked like every other Macau crash, ever.
Looking like Kubica has got a Williams deal for next season...
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/kubica-williams-race-deal-2019/4301134/
**** YES
Is it George Russel in the other seat?
Yes
Well, let’s just hope that next year's Williams isn’t another bag of crap, then.
Well, let’s just hope that next year’s Williams isn’t another bag of crap, then.
I suspect it will still be. Maybe a bag of not very stinky rabbit crap rather than one full of honking cat turd, but still a bag of crap none the less.
Great moment in the team bosses press conference
Toto Wolff is explaining what Ocon’s role will be next season, sim work, pre and in season testing etc with a view to getting him a seat for 2020
Christian Horner chips in with ‘Will you be teaching him what the different coloured flags mean?’
Silence....
Great lap by Hamilton, he has stepped it up this year. I don't think we have another driver on the grid who can match him.
His Q2 lap was immense.
Yes pretty astonishing stuff. I doff my cap and I'm no fanboy.
On a side note I don't care for Kubica coming back. He is just another pay driver with a fanfare now. If he proves me wrong then good luck to him but I just don't see it.
Not a great halo advert there
On the one hand it stopped a head injury at spa on the othe driver trapped upside down. Could he have gotten out without the halo? I'm not so sure.
I don’t think he could’ve got out of there without a halo though. Spectacular crash though, pleased he’s ok
It's not so much the halo stopping him getting out, it's the halo stopping him releasing the foam surround. There was an article on one of the websites that showed that a car upside down against a barrier is the one situation where the driver would be pinned in with the halo but able to get out without it. The roll hoop height is set so that you can shimmy out sideways in an upside down car by having room to release the foam surround and crawl out but it wasn't changed when they rushed the halo into the regs. The main issue is the fire, if that had spread before being put out there would have been problems.
Glad he's OK.
Lol at the Verstappen / Ocon brazil replay. I didnt notice Max giving Ocon the finger previously.
Engineer: 'Theres another point up for grabs here!'
Alonso: 'I have 1800 points'
😀
another consomethinge display from the wc doing just enough and driving to a delta he is the master. rather resigned from vettel almost as if he's conceding next season too!
Also interesting that at the end of the season only one person still cares enough to post after the race, and i’m pretty sure the lengths of the thread is considerably shorter than last years (which was a chunk shorter than the year before)
no controversy, clean racing makes the tdf dull, var will ruin football and drivers being nice to each other kills ratings ! 🙂
+ races behind paywall. Expect next years thread to be even shorter. With formula E on BBC I might give it a go
Bah, just missed the podium in the fantasy league 🙁
Are all races going to pay as you view? Nothing on terrestrial?
Only live free is Silverstone, highlights on C4.
Alonso: ‘I have 1800 points
You see, I thought he came across as a cock there. It sounded like he was saying I'm alright, screw you. If that was the case he should have bowed out before this race. And if he wasn't so fatheaded he might have recalled that he was on 1899 points, and could have made it 1900...
I too don't care so much for Kubica coming back. He showed some promise back in the day (as have many), but he's had a few set backs since then.
A quality driver would have been a better bet. Is there a cash incentive to hiring him?
The whole love in with Alonso this season has been nauseating. He was a great driver who burnt his bridges too many times, and wasn't going to win another race let alone another championship in F1. I love the fact that he's seen there is a like outside of F1 (Le Mans, Indy etc) but he should have stepped away from Mclaren (or them sub him for a driver if the future) as soon as he decided to quit.
What he did give Mclaren and F1 / Liberty was plenty of column inches to distract from the boring looking cars, quiet engines and generally "meh" feeling to the season.
Hopefully next year will be a bit more appealing, I was turned off by half way through the year and had almost forgot there was a race this weekend.
Is there a cash incentive to hiring him?
He has sponsors who bring a decent amount of money. I'm skeptical that he will be as fast as he was, but Williams need an experienced driver to try and develop their car.
Kubica is only 33 - and drivers back-in-the-day before flappy paddle gearboxes basically drove one handed anyway. And they have power steering now, so I can't see it being an issue.
I predict he'll outpace Russell.
Next years excitement really depends if Honda can get Red Bull to the front. Ferrari will be the same as always - promising start then fall apart! 🙂
Gasly will be crushed by Max - I think he's OK, but not stellar.