Considering how Alonso was treated in Germany by the british press, I think that what you can expect from him is that dislike. The spanish press was quite aggressive on Lewis and (specially) McLaren in 2007. But I don't remember any spanish reporter asking Lewis (or anyone) in the way the British press was asking Alonso in Germany when he was not really the full responsible for what happenby Ali - F1
Hi all, this one is probably easy to fix but after some attempts I can't figure it out how. I re-started yesterday to play with my GP4 after a few months of inactivity. I was updating most of the stuff like cars.wad, etc. And I put a new steering wheel. The thing is that all info (speed, fuel, etc...) in the LCD display is in the wrong place. I'm pretty sure I'm missing somethinby Ali - Grand Prix 4
marcl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > But what was clear today was RBR have the faster > car but not by the gap they had. > Agreed, I though they were going to win with a bigger margin, but at the end, Red Bulls, Alonso and Lewis (until he had the problem) were lapping in similar times... Fine race for RB considering this was a track theby Ali - F1
J i m Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's like saying Dario Franchitti is on the > verge of driving for McLaren, Renault and Force > India because he was in the their garages etc at > Monza. And as awesome as Dario is (3 IRL titles in > 4 years, and 3 in a row when you consider he was > out for a year), he isn't about to rockby Ali - F1
Would that have any interest, considering how tied the championship is, for the people watching the race at home?by Ali - F1
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As for de la Rosa I don't think he was an > exceptional test driver as much as someone with > comparatively little ambition, so was happy to be > a test driver for most of a decade without needing > the buzz of actually going racing. Let's face it, > the guy wasn't placed in the seat foby Ali - F1
> Regardless of whether they were justified or not, > Alonso's championship will be partly tainted if he > wins by 7 points, purely because he gained those > points artificially whereas other drivers didn't. > Well, we'll see towards the end if RBR and McLaren do not play team orders... > btw, Massa has had 4 podiums this year upsby Ali - F1
Guimengo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If Alonso wins the championship then he'll be very > much rewarded for team orders. Red Bull, as much > as they like Vettel, let their guys go on track > therefore it needs to be either Red Bull or > McLaren to have the driver's champion. Alonso has out-qualified Massa 11-4 (and Monaco is tby Ali - F1
I think was not very smart. Heidfeld has been away for a while. It was clear that he would need some time to adapt to a new car and I don't think Singapore is a good place for such a restart (as Nick showed with few incidents and going much slower than Kamui). So I don't expect Nick to do anything special during these new races and Pedro could have had a chance to do something consideriby Ali - F1
harjinator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > excellent - Sauber now have an excellent driver > lineup - a fast rookie, who isn't making too many > silly errors, and an experienced hand to help > develop the car. Excellent! ? Heidfeld is not better than Pedro developing a car (simply that Sauber does not have the means to develop the car)by Ali - F1
> Alonso also gained a lot of points from safety > cars earlier in the season, so I think it pretty > much levelled out. Where? In Monaco? he got only 8 points there and it was a "normal safety car period" to call it somehow. In Valencia only the Ferraris were severely affected by the SC, the rest of the cars followed more or less the same and in Silverstone he had to dby Ali - F1
Yes, and in terms of bad luck I think Alonso can really complain, only because of Safety Car timing, he would have got at least 15 points in Valencia and 12 in Silverstone but he got 4 in those 2 races, and there was no engine or reliability issues there. I've always though that reliability is part of the game and Red Bull is partly responsible for that.by Ali - F1
Well, the top 5 are almost tied, I find difficult to conclude who deserves the title. But One thing is true, Red Bull has had the fastest car, has got 12 pole positions and still, only 6 wins (5 McLaren and 4 Ferrari) and the title still far... They are the one losing more opportunities this season for various reasons, like team-mates 'war', lack of reliability, driver errors (Vettel hby Ali - F1
I'm not really surprised with what is going on with MS. I expected him to be beated by Rosberg but still, the difference is too big (both in points and lap time). I didn't expect Jordan to score 30ppg when he returned to play with the Wizards in 2002 (about 40 years old) and I didn't expect MS to win the championship with the current level and after 3 years off (and almost withoutby Ali - F1
J i m Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think it's still too easy to start making > assumptions. Agree. Besides, Red Bull is still the fastest car and despite the current form of Alonso it is going to be difficult to beat them at certain tracks. With the old points system, the standings would be: 1. Webber 80 2. Alonso 77 3. Hamilton 7by Ali - F1
Every time I see the move between Hamilton and Webber I have the impression was more Webber's fault than Lewis. Lewis was quite ahead and there was no possible way for Webber to recover that position. In fact, I think he was not very smart, but was lucky. If not, Alonso would be leading the champ already. On the other hand, Vettel has lost so many points this year... 7 poles but only 2 wiby Ali - F1
mitadumapaga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > actually there were 3 races in a row where schuey > was really on the pace (as much as the merc. > alllowed him to be) ---> Turkey, Spain, Monaco. > Was that because mercedes changed the balance of > the car more to schumacher's liking ?? And did > they reverse the weight distribution aby Ali - F1
danm Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well.... I am heading down to Woking for a second > round interview at McLaren Tech Centre. I'll tell > you first hand! :P (true story!) Wow! Good luck!by Ali - F1
I think it'll be more or less clear...by Ali - F1
I think that with the current regulations race can be a procession. 1 stop about lap 16-20 and that's it. There is no way anyone in front can overtake. Ferrari arrive with in a good moment in terms of speed and this is an Alonso track, besides, they use the ultra soft tires that generally benefit ferrari, so I guess in terms of potential, they are in very good position. Red Bull will be thby Ali - F1
gav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I am not sure what they will do with driver > points though. > > > They could impose a 5 second penalty on Alonso, as > they did for half the drivers at Valencia, which > would simply reverse the positions (Vettel was 5.1 > seconds behind Alonso). However the results have > been declarby Ali - F1
Alonso's biggest problem is that he takes the team-mate rivalry to the extreme. That is, if he's ahead, everything if fine between them, if not, there is tension. That's his biggest weakness. But on the other hand, he is rarely beaten by his team mates. The cases in Renault about his complains came when he was clearly established as the fastest. Fisichella was never close to himby Ali - F1
DaveEllis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If anyone did anything wrong on Sunday then it´s > Massa and Smedley, I can understand why they did > it, but they caused a whole load of unnecessary > problems for Ferrari being so obvious. > > I can't believe anyone would be stupid enough to > actually post such sh*t. > Oh, I muby Ali - F1
In lap 28 there is a team radio comm. for Massa where Smedley tells him: "Gap is 3 sec. keep going, you can win" (or similar). So the fact that Alonso recovered that gap in about 10 laps is probably the reason they decided to switch positions. It may be some kind of a "test"? If Massa would have been capable of keeping the gap probably he would have been allowed to win :-Sby Ali - F1
marcl, OK, I will try not to reply to you so you'll not take it "personally". Never mind, now it is an interesting situation: If the result is declared illegal by the FIA, this opens a new scenario. All teams use team orders but where will it be the limit? Will the widely repeated message of "save fuel" when driving behind/infront of your team mate be accepted/investigby Ali - F1
marcl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ali what was the point in Massa pushing after the > pass? He was not going to get passed Alonso was he > And yet he was still only a bit slower thats > the thing. Vettel ended less than a second behind, setting a few fastest laps at the end, so it is quite clear that Massa was pushing. > > Rby Ali - F1
Come on!, I agree that the move was ugly and Ferrari handled it bad. Now many of you have the reason you need from time to time to criticize Alonso for it as you are doing. But Massa was clearly slower. Alonso got a good gap in a few laps after the pass and Massa was not holding up because Vettel was very close to him. Probably, without the pass, the three of them would have arrived quite close.by Ali - F1
The biggest gap Massa has is 3.5 sec on lap 27. One lap before the incident the gap is 0.8 sec.by Ali - F1
EC83 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After the pitstops when he was pulling away from Alonso, he > was assured he could win the race if he kept that > pace up. Alonso gave some space to Massa in about 5 laps, after that he recovered the distance back to 1 sec (and pretty easy in fact). Towards the end of the race Vettel was just 1 sec away from Maby Ali - F1