The Formula 1 Thread - 2014
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Originally Posted by lovegroova' timestamp='1409042556' post='23302061
Well, no collision, and they would most likely have had a 1-2, no wonder the management were fed up.
It was followed by that dreadful attempt to pass Vettel into the Bus Stop, another bit of poor driving.
Had Hamilton done both of those things, the reaction on here would have been far more critical.
It was followed by that dreadful attempt to pass Vettel into the Bus Stop, another bit of poor driving.
Had Hamilton done both of those things, the reaction on here would have been far more critical.
None of the other drivers, with the possible exception of Maldonado, has anything like the same characteristics.
Didn't Rosberg go from 14th to 2nd? That doesn't seem to have attracted much comment either.
People like Hamilton divide opinions and sympathies. There's no more or less to it than that.
When he came on the scene, he just drove and did it well.
Now, driving is something that gets in the way of his fame. He does believe he should always win and if he doesn't, he throws a wobbly. In all fairness, Vettel does this too, but in a less moody way...on camera at least.
It's funny listening to the Hamilton supporters who complain of him getting a raw deal and believe everything he says. Rosberg is as fast as Hamilton but has mental strength Hamilton can simply never comprehend. And that is why he'll win the World Championship.
Ricciardo is the real deal. He's like Rosberg but with more smiling. He just gets on with it and counts his lucky stars that he could have been a JEV but is now likely to be a World Champion.
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To be fair (and at the risk of being called a hater/fanboy), what that proves is Hamilton was a better starter (on that one day anyway). Rosberg was third by the first corner, but challenged for the lead by lap two. If Hamilton was faster he'd have been able to pull away. So really you'd have to say Rosberg was faster, except for the start. Not that one lap is enough to prove anything.
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To be fair (and at the risk of being called a hater/fanboy), what that proves is Hamilton was a better starter (on that one day anyway). Rosberg was third by the first corner, but challenged for the lead by lap two. If Hamilton was faster he'd have been able to pull away. So really you'd have to say Rosberg was faster, except for the start. Not that one lap is enough to prove anything.
)I was, of course, being facetious. As I said somewhere earlier in the thread, it would have been a lot of fun watching those two race, I expect the lead would have changed many times due to DRS/slipstreaming which was what enabled Rosberg to close up on lap 2.
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Quite an interesting analysis of what could be done here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mot...rand-Prix.html
Interesting to see the results of the poll at the end too
Interesting to see the results of the poll at the end too
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