I think it is an interesting event - especially when you put it in the context of the big picture at Ferrari. Here is an interesting (for me) article, which describes the current (chaotical) siutuation at Ferrari First Domenicalli, then Luca Marmorini and now di Montezemolo. Whilst the Ferrari team is trying to make a change that will help them leap frog their competitors, I really cby mitadumapaga - F1
Jim, I cannot agree more with you. Indeed, when I saw Force India until mid season and how they were getting result after result, whereas mclaren were nowhere, I asked myself -what is McLaren doing with all the money, experience, resources and human power that they have?? Same when I watched Sauber back in 2012. The only explanation that I have is that the bigger an organization, and the mby mitadumapaga - F1
that is a fascinating piece of info. thanks a lotby mitadumapaga - F1
Hi Morbid, I have always been curious about the pay off position in the final standings of a F1 season. Could you post how the pay offs are distributed from the 1st to the 11th team ? Thank youby mitadumapaga - F1
interestingly toto wolf firmly denied that he has a preference (what else could he have said) and seemed pretty annoyed when lazenby asked him about it. @gav you are right that nico made a mistake while he was pushing. But you did not get my point. My point is that rosberg didn't use to make mistakes under pressure (austira; monaco) or while pressuring (spain; bahrain ). You base yoby mitadumapaga - F1
itis good to see that he has fans at least. doesn't look like that on the podiumsby mitadumapaga - F1
great race by lewis, hats off! but in my personal opinion those merc. policies just melted rosber'g spsychology completely!! never I have seen him make a mistake - especially this season in the battle with lewis. And today he did two of them on - let's be honest - silly places. Even maldonado didnt misjudje that first chicane. you can see that he is in a very bad place mentally noby mitadumapaga - F1
i agree. the decision definately put nico on the back foot there (my opinion). Furthermore, Monza is not one of the strongest tracks for lewis. beaten there by alonso and button. Nico should have probably had the edge, but... I wonder, though, how much of that is due to rosber missing the FP3? After all they simulate qualy runs thereby mitadumapaga - F1
it was obvious that Nico had gone for the lower down-force setup than Lewis. Nico was over 3 km/h faster than Lewis at the speed trap down the main straight. Unfortunately for Nico though, this setup seems to be the less beneficial. Lewis snatched pole because his higher down-force setup benefited him in the two Lesmos and the Ascari. In addition, i would assume that Nico's setup will huby mitadumapaga - F1
fernando at today's dirver press conference: " i .hmmm... dont know why I have to answer so many questions". (lauhgh) "errrm..no i think i will not like to answer that question" So funnyby mitadumapaga - F1
hmm.... I wonder how much will Rosberg's confidence be shttered after the attitude from the fans in Belgium post race, and in particular by the way his Team treated him (some sources Report a 6 Digit nuber fine). ferrari, as much as I would love to see alonso win here, will presumably be pathetic. Their Drivers have been complaining about lack of Speed during the whole season. Williams sby mitadumapaga - F1
this is a good one. how many seconds exactly was he slower than fisichella in the wet qualy in australia?by mitadumapaga - F1
OMG!!! this looked so lame. I mean the guy just went straight on into a wall and didin't even brake. He just smashed the car in the wallby mitadumapaga - F1
Ferrari2007 schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Alonso holds the keys to the entire driver market, > if he does jump ship to Macca expect everything to > change. It is true that alonso holds the key to the driver market. Still, I find all the speculations, created by the press that Alonso may go to Macca, absolutely insane. Currently thereby mitadumapaga - F1
Morbid schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just as I thought, they have no idea what to do. I > can't imagine this would ever have happened under > Ross Brawn. > Only because ROSS never really cared about the fans, or about how he wins. he only cared about winning. i do not have any clear evidence for that, but I assume it based on wby mitadumapaga - F1
Hi marcl, i believe that I was able to get your message. And I fully agree that Nico made a mistake when trying to overtake vettel - big mistake, which could have ended as vettel vs button - esque in 2010. I also agree that some people will see nicos race in Hugnary as poor especially for his inability to overtake JEV. What I mean is that to me neither of those should be a firm ground to bby mitadumapaga - F1
marcl schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > What I meant was if Lewis and Nico keep on messing > up races than Dan could get in there. > > Yes Nico closed in on new tyres, but could he pass > Vettel in the race? nope. Nico should have won in > Spa but blew it by locking up trying to pass > vettel. > > Lewis bad luck was at Austrby mitadumapaga - F1
marcl schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dan R is really now that far away now and there > are some tracks coming up that will suit them. > > The other thing is Lewis will need to take and > engine penalty this year as he does not have > enough parts left, nico does, so they need to take > that into account as well. > as muby mitadumapaga - F1
Morbid schrieb: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lauda defended Hamilton's right to not move over. > Toto Wolff was busy in the garage showing Rosberg > he would have won, had the team order been obeyed. > After that he went directly to the press and > related that as fact. It was a stupid move, > because it only fanned the fire already burby mitadumapaga - F1
when Rosberg refers to Bahrain, I believe he means this accident: looking at it now, lewis did react quite arrogantly in the Exit of turn 4. He had 4/5 of the track free on the right side, yet he drove Rosberg off the track. Indeed, hamilton not only presed Rosberg, he literally drove him off the track. And in this case, it is clear for everyone to see how far alongside Rosberg was.by mitadumapaga - F1
Morbid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That said, my personal opinion is, that he knew > that Hamilton was too fast, and he feared that if > he didn't reign him in now, he would never get the > chance again. Remember the episode in qualifying, > where even though Hamilton messed up the braking > at T1 in qualifying, he still managed tby mitadumapaga - F1
Incident 2k9 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Lotterer couldn't > make it past the first lap...the guy was awesome > this weekend. does that remind you of any other driver's race debut in F1? (hint: it was back in 1991)by mitadumapaga - F1
here is my view on the situation, after I saw the video: 1.in the middle of the corner rosberg turns left because if he doesn't they will crash (see how lewis cuts left) 2. then rosberg turns right again (and this is where the controversy begins). There can only be one logical reason for that: he wants to compromise lewis' line for the left hander. 3. Hamilton though , does notby mitadumapaga - F1
on another note: i just got stunned by seeing that Alonso (and Ferrari) have only 2 Podiums since the season start. If (and I know this may go too far) you assigned the Points System Prior 2003 (10;6;4;3;2;1), Alonso would have only 25 Points after 11 starts - and Kimi just 1. Now, I remember how dismal Hakkinen's last season was (2001), but still, after 11 races he had 19 Points, whicby mitadumapaga - F1
or the two last Corners in Barcelona. i guess this is the Change in a track, that most annoyed. the last two chicanes in Barcelona were simply epic.by mitadumapaga - F1
didnt hamilton overcook his clutch or something at the start of Australia 2014 ? I mean, was it purely technical failure or was there some mishandling by the driver which triggered the problem?by mitadumapaga - F1
great points there. as much as i think that rosberg was in conrol, you have to say, there was a battle between those two in any race bar china and malaysia. So who knows what could have happened. what makes me cheer more for rosberg than for lewis, is the simple ATTITUDE. rosberg handled the whole situation so calmly. but unlike a button-esque calmly close to looking as not fighting hard enby mitadumapaga - F1
i ffully agree on the points you made, guys. Indeed, Hamilton should not waste more than 5 lap to be right up there in p2. although there are 3 mercedes powered carsin front of him, it has to be said that the level ofdownforce that hamiltons' mercedes has, should make it easy to get out of becketts close enough to overtake. I find it unlikely though, that he will be able to pull out a mby mitadumapaga - F1
although i believe it was coommpletely perz's fault, I cannot understand why did massa left perez so little space. he knew perez was out of brakes, he was on the inside and he had fresher tyres. i think massa left his race in the hands of the other driver and that was his "fault". the accident himself was all about the wreckless perez. although, i can understand how frustrated hby mitadumapaga - F1