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But I said it because you seemed shocked he would sack him because he was his dad. But he didn’t sack his dad, he sacked the person who wasn’t doing the job he wanted as a manager. Who happened to be his dad.
OMG you two. Can't you fight properly or not at all?
Use the word cock, bum-funster etc? 😆
There was the twitter/telemetry incident too
I prefer to support the Finns ...
Dont like the look of that Mr Pussycat.
Right, though I'm all for random slagging, it was a mechanical failure not a driver failure. Unfortunate, but kind of hard to see how Hamilton's occasionally crappy attitude increases the chance of brake hose failure.
Unless we think Mercedes are inventing a car problem to protect their driver, but that doesn't seem that likely, mechanical error's more reputation-damaging than drivers going too fast- that's what drivers do.
Didn't you hear Northwind? He was pushing the car to its limits, that's obviously why it broke 😉 🙄
If he wasn't pushing it I'd worry he isn't really going to get his head round the car considering they consistently need to maintain a very high speed for the duration of a race. So testing at race speed is important.
The quicker hes upto speed with the car the better. As I said earlier though my worry is Schu couldn't even come close to pulling the car up the grid yet Kimi had a better do with a average car (yes engine but the Merc has a Merc engine like the Mclarens)..
Rosberg was able to get a lot more out of it than Schumacher managed but Hamilton is only going to add a couple of tenths.
Theses early tests are all about going through their programmes and testing various bits and ideas rather than trying to see how fast it'll go per se.
Last test at Barcelona should give us an idea of who's where although the Lotus and McLaren look particularly well sorted early on.
The faster or the two Merc drivers is out today, 34 laps so far and it's still all in one piece
seems he's already pushing it beyond its limits
he's found the limit now about a second faster than his 2012 barcelona pole 1:21.707 in the mclaren he's just lapped it at 1:20.817 ! in the mercedes 😯
down to 1:20.558 now
Yeah, he's a bit of a moaner. I still want to see him do well though. Always supported Lewis.
My major gripe about the drivers isn't their attitude though, it's far more serious than that. My problem with them is beyond reproach....
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Gentlemen, there are only two acceptable face ornaments (as opposed to just not shaving), for a racing driver.
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Get with the program boys.
Lewis will do alright. he's the fastest driver in F1 as he proved on Top Gear when he lapped their track nearly a second faster than Vettel in the liana. That is the closest you will ever get to the drivers having the same equipment to race each other so is a good indicator of true speed.
Mercedes will definitely be competitive this year. With one car anyway. 😉
Lewis has always been able to outperform the car, there's no doubt that he will do the same this year in the Mercedes. He's raw, aggressive and is the arguably the best at overtaking. I think he's found the rise of Vettel frustrating, and that with things like DRS and KERS; his considerable advantage in his ability to overtake has been diminished. So we may have seen a different side to Lewis since his early seasons of 07 and 08, where he was sublime. Another point about his attitude and his lying to the stewards can be contrasted with Alonso's attitude as Lewis rose to the top and the things that went on at McLaren, but now Alonso is seen as very favorable. So with Lewis switching teams may refocus him to what many people found to like in him originally.
But Rosberg is no slouch, he'll be sure to push him this year!
Top Gear proves nothing at all. The car is nominally the same, but I doubt the preparation is anything like scientific - no account is taken of driver weight, air temperature and pressure have a big effect on engine performance, the track has very few corners, etc etc.
Having said that I don't doubt LH is among the very fastest, and may well be especially good at jumping in any old thing and getting the most out of it.
I expect NR to be pretty similar in results - very much like JB was. The difference at the highest level in any sport is in the head.
i can't wait for the first race, i saw Nico driving the car at silverstone 2 weeks ago and it does look tidy in the high speed corners, i think/hope Lewis will be able to place the car well, from what i've seen and heard from Barcelona it's looking positive.
the way i see it there is only two guys on the grid that can put just about put any 'good' car at the front and stay there, one is driving a red car, the other is lewis.
i have to admit i wasn't lewis's biggest fan in the last few years, i though he moaned to much and made some bad excuses (especially the 'is it cos i's black' incident-which i thought was more than a little cheap), but i have to say it took a man to leave Mcalren, the moment he did that he became one in my eyes,
good on him i say.
i have a feeling this may turn out well, maybe not this year but in 2014 Mercedes will have the edge and lewis should be able to deliver.
dallas95 - Member
Lewis will do alright. he's the fastest driver in F1 as he proved on Top Gear when he lapped their track nearly a second faster than Vettel in the liana. That is the closest you will ever get to the drivers having the same equipment to race each other so is a good indicator of true speed.
Nope, he is the fastest F1 driver of a Liana.
Other cars/formulas mean bugger all in comparison to F1 e.g. Frentzen used to spank Schumacher in sport cars (both Merc drivers), didn't do so well against him in F1...
Actually he's the fastest of the handful of current drivers who have gone on top gear to set a time in a liana. AFAIK alonso hasn't set a time, or maldonado, or BOTTAS. So top gear times prove as much about the overall ranking of drivers as testing times prove about the pace of the cars. The first qualifying session is when we get a first proper comparison. Can't wait!
Actually he's the fastest of the handful of current drivers who have gone on top gear to set a time in a liana.
This. F1 qualifying doesn't tell you who's a fast driver. It tells you which combo of car/driver is fastest on the day. Lewis is the fastest driver around the TG track in their Liana. I would like to see Alonso take the challenge. He could beat the time, he may not. Those two are the fastest drivers there's no doubt but I think Lewis is fastest of all.
Who gives a shit how fast he drove a Suzuki around some crap hole track?! He didn't seem to be taking it that seriously himself. He's an F1 driver, that is where he is judged!
Him Teflonso and Vettel are a class apart IMO. I used to be a huge Lewis fanboi-not so much nowadays. Never liked Nando , but if pushed I'd have to say that he is the best.
LH has a talent. I doubt he'll exploit it ever. Im still a fan. I have his 08 winning decal on the bavk of my car still. Go Lewis!
Remember-back British and don't be racist. 😉
I spoke to someone at Lotus recently. Kimi is friendly but turns up, does what he needs to and leaves with minimal words. 😆