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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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Nice result for Kimi... but whenever I hear him speak I do a double-take as I think it's Gold Member giving an interview!
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by LTB
Thanks for the link. I don't have Sky so found this excellent.
Having now watched a race on "Sky" I'm glad I chose not to line the pockets of that parasite Murdoch.
I love it when people who've had to resort to theft to watch something that Sky subscribers get to enjoy for free, then proclaim that Sky isn't worth it and they're not missing anything.

Button was woefully slow today and needs to up his game if he wants to be champion again. He just doesn't seem to be able to extract any speed if the car isn't set up just so. Hamilton maybe could have got 4th, but was hampered by 3 terrible pit stops.
I didn't see any evidence that Hamilton had any more pace than Button today. He lost maybe 10 seconds on 2 pitstops, which on paper would have put him ahead of Rosberg in 5th. In fact Lotus probably benefited from Hamilton holding everyone up at the start.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 11:03 AM
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No penalties for Rosberg

http://en.espnf1.com/bahrain/motorsp...ory/76811.html

Alonso responded to the decision via Twitter: "I think you are going to have fun in future races! You can defend position as you want and you can overtake outside the track! Enjoy! ))"
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 12:03 PM
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That is an incredible decision.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Dembo
Originally Posted by LTB
Thanks for the link. I don't have Sky so found this excellent.
Having now watched a race on "Sky" I'm glad I chose not to line the pockets of that parasite Murdoch.
I love it when people who've had to resort to theft to watch something that Sky subscribers get to enjoy for free, then proclaim that Sky isn't worth it and they're not missing anything.

Button was woefully slow today and needs to up his game if he wants to be champion again. He just doesn't seem to be able to extract any speed if the car isn't set up just so. Hamilton maybe could have got 4th, but was hampered by 3 terrible pit stops.
I didn't see any evidence that Hamilton had any more pace than Button today. He lost maybe 10 seconds on 2 pitstops, which on paper would have put him ahead of Rosberg in 5th. In fact Lotus probably benefited from Hamilton holding everyone up at the start.
How is it theft ?

If that site was doing anything ilegal then it would have been shut down by now, but it's amusing that you want to take the moral high gound over one of Murdoch's products.

On the subject of Hamilton vs Button, Hamilton was far quicker today. After Hamilton's botched first pit stop he managed to catch Button again and would have passed him during the second pit stop if they had not also botched that one.

Hamilton has his faults, but you rarely hear him moaning on about the balance of the car which is not something you could say about Button.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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Lol, its illegal because its pay to view television and you are not paying.

Downloading films is also illegal, but you can still do it. Websites don't get shut down very quickly, it takes ages in the courts!
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by gbduo
Lol, its illegal because its pay to view television and you are not paying.

Downloading films is also illegal, but you can still do it. Websites don't get shut down very quickly, it takes ages in the courts!
I'd be interested to know which laws I have broken then. From what you are saying I have broken the law.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by LTB
Originally Posted by Dembo' timestamp='1335121231' post='21632263
Originally Posted by LTB
Thanks for the link. I don't have Sky so found this excellent.
Having now watched a race on "Sky" I'm glad I chose not to line the pockets of that parasite Murdoch.
I love it when people who've had to resort to theft to watch something that Sky subscribers get to enjoy for free, then proclaim that Sky isn't worth it and they're not missing anything.

Button was woefully slow today and needs to up his game if he wants to be champion again. He just doesn't seem to be able to extract any speed if the car isn't set up just so. Hamilton maybe could have got 4th, but was hampered by 3 terrible pit stops.
I didn't see any evidence that Hamilton had any more pace than Button today. He lost maybe 10 seconds on 2 pitstops, which on paper would have put him ahead of Rosberg in 5th. In fact Lotus probably benefited from Hamilton holding everyone up at the start.
How is it theft ?

If that site was doing anything ilegal then it would have been shut down by now, but it's amusing that you want to take the moral high gound over one of Murdoch's products.

On the subject of Hamilton vs Button, Hamilton was far quicker today. After Hamilton's botched first pit stop he managed to catch Button again and would have passed him during the second pit stop if they had not also botched that one.

Hamilton has his faults, but you rarely hear him moaning on about the balance of the car which is not something you could say about Button.
Button rarely moans. His consistent finishing over the last 2 seasons versus today, tells you something was up with the car. And as Dembo said, I don't think Hamilton was doing his best with it either. I think Button does have to have the car just right though. Some drivers are like that. Hamilton can probably do better with a bad car, or at least wants to emulate his hero and just get on with it, and not moan about the car. Senna clearly could do well with a dog of a car. But I think Hamilton has more issues with his pit crew than the car atm!

It's good how these is a real mix up between 4 teams though.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by s2k_Nut
Originally Posted by Heinz '57' timestamp='1335015515' post='21629649
What are the odds on Vettel driving off into the distance?

ps. The GP2 race is a cracker.
I would wager (if I were a betting man) he won't win, and that he won't drive off into the distance either.

I hope that you did not have second thoughts and make those bets.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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He did appear to win and drive off into the distance
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