F1.....

[VapingBad]

Nov 28, 2016 16:08:33 GMT thejester said:

the lack of sportsmanship from lewis in the weighing room spoiled it for me, whatever anyone thinks a quick well done hand shake would have looked a lot more gracious from lewis rather than coulthard having to force it on the podium....poor from lewis in my view

Well Nico refused to shake his hand in the quali press con (see 0:30 sces), Lewis congratulated him in all the interviews.



Rightly or wrongly I think Lewis believes Rosberg stitched him up proper in the Monaco quali and a few time on track.

[tim]

I believe you may be right VapingBad. Sportsmanship runs both ways, and Nico has shown his cards often. Lewis just wants to race. The backing up was more to do with "Come on then if you think you can beat me. Here I am, go for it. Let's race" He'd already lost the championship, so what else was there to do in the last race, apart from going wheel to wheel. Nico had the title even if they took each other out.

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Ye I was surprised to see Lewis at the photo-shoot at the end outside the garage that must've been tuff . After seeing all of Sky's coverage and the long piece with Bernie/Brundle cant help wondering if we also said bye bye Bernie as well   . I hope not because love him or hate him I think he makes life interesting in F1

[VapingBad]

Bernie is well past his sell by date IMO, for too long F1 has made holding a GP too expensive, we are loosing traditional ones in favour of some emerging economies and some oil rich ones wanting a bit of international exposure, but many don't stay a for long. Let the circuits run at a profit with more affordable ticket prices and distribute the races by quality of racing produced, spectacle, tradition, fan and team facilities not just profit. I could go on about team shares of the prize fund, internet access and free to air TV as well, but it is all short term gain balance sheet again.

[charliehorse]

Even after all the moaning on the radio about Lewis, Nico said after the race that slowing to back him up into the pack was fair enough, while Lewis was busy moaning about not being given equal machinery. Im not a fan of either of them but through the season Nico maximised his results and earned more points than anyone else so should be seen as a deserving champion.

On another note, a huge congratulations to Force India on getting 4th in the constructors. Thats a massive result for them.

Good first season from Haas as well.

Hopefully next seasons changes will bring about some exciting races instead of a few brief moments of interest.

[VapingBad]

Nov 29, 2016 14:26:45 GMT charliehorse said:

Hopefully next seasons changes will bring about some exciting races instead of a few brief moments of interest.

Unlikely as RedBull lobbied so effectively for more aero, their area of excellence and the main thing that makes overtaking harder

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Nov 29, 2016 14:42:55 GMT VapingBad said:

Nov 29, 2016 14:26:45 GMT charliehorse said:

Hopefully next seasons changes will bring about some exciting races instead of a few brief moments of interest.

Unlikely as RedBull lobbied so effectively for more aero, their area of excellence and the main thing that makes overtaking harder

+1 and +1 for fairer share of $$$$ to make more peeps come and try otherwise the drivers may have to start stand up routines to take fans off the super fast fat wheel tanks that wont be able to overtake if Mr Newey has his way

[VapingBad]

Crazy, France and Germany have always been big F1 participants, are both fielding teams, but not GP next year

Not to mention 2 French drivers and 4 German, 2 of them WDC

[charliehorse]

Nov 30, 2016 18:08:39 GMT VapingBad said:

Crazy, France and Germany have always been big F1 participants, are both fielding teams, but not GP next year

Not to mention 2 French drivers and 4 German, 2 of them WDC

Just seen Brazil is only listed as provisional as well and will not be confirmed (if at all) until January

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Thats just come from skyF1 site (confirmed by the powers that be btw)

Kinda mad about countries not being able to afford races esp. when all sorts of testing done at Paul Ricard(France) hell even David Croft drove a lotus round there

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Rosberg quits
look here!!


now the debate will begin about whether he quit on top or ran away before he got owned/butt kicked i guess be interesting to hear what others think
Im not sure he could've coped next year with the pressure from Lewis.
BUT who gets the spare seat!!!

[phtumshk]

A race in Azerbaijan eh.
Is that a new, new 1 or have they had 1 before.

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Dec 2, 2016 18:35:48 GMT phtumshk said:

A race in Azerbaijan eh.
Is that a new, new 1 or have they had 1 before.

last year they called that 1 European grand prix was held at BAKU , theyve just renamed it for this year phtumshk

[phtumshk]

Dec 2, 2016 18:37:44 GMT @sighs said:

Dec 2, 2016 18:35:48 GMT phtumshk said:

A race in Azerbaijan eh.
Is that a new, new 1 or have they had 1 before.

last year they called that 1 European grand prix was held at BAKU , theyve just renamed it for this year phtumshk

Cheers for that.
Its been a while since i watched any F1.

[Bobsbeer]

Bit of a shock to see Nico quit. I guess he has got as far as he will ever go, and in fairness achieving World Champion is a feat to be recognised. Just surprised he has quit so soon as he must be a competitive person to have done as well as he has, so to just stop like that is strange. As for seat, maybe Max would be good. No doubt give Lewis a run for his money.