OK , lets not let Capgate overshadow a well deserved WC win.
The F1 Thread 2015 Season
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Exactly and he once took his title rival out on purpose to win a title. Imagine that.
Could argue Prost did the same thing.
Did Senna not get a ban for that?
Schu was no angel, he did some every dodgy things.
Yes but Senna's was 100% clear cut with an admission.
looks like a cracking party in the Merc garage.
capgateNot sure he ever did get a ban, he got a few DSQ's.
HEY Sky have stolen my Capgate!
Ted was reading the caf.
Just something I remember from the film Senna, maybe I remembered it wrong.
Pretty sure Senna wouldn't have won the title if not for the MP4/4, arguably the greatest F1 car ever built. About the car then too, if anything modern F1 cars are harder to drive with so many functions.
From going off what Ted said the post race press conference must have been brutal for Nico.
What did he say?
he was not happy with Lewis, said he was too aggressive in turn 1.
Haven't got a list of all of the questions but one of them were "So how does feel to win a WDC", Vettel and Hamilton said their bit but guessing there was some sort awkward silence when they got to Rosberg and quickly moved on.
What is the deal with the virtual safety car? Gaps are different before, during and after. I thought the intent was to automatically maintain gaps?
They have to stick to a minimum lap delta, but they can go slower. So it's kinda like the formation lap at one point of the lab a driver will go faster and at another point another driver will go faster all that matters is that they are slower than the lap delta. But I do agree it's not perfect there are some glitches in the system.
He got punished in '89 (massive fine and a suspended ban from driving) when Prost took him out at Suzuka and he used the escape road to rejoin the track, going on to get the chequered flag before getting DQ'd. They basically let him get away with the crash in 1990 because they had been so harsh there, which was all the more absurd given how dangerous that was.
Just caught up with the race. Get in Lewis! Nico will likely never win a championship unless he grows a new pair of balls. He's the perfect number 2 though.
Cheers for that.
There is a right one on Skys Facebook page, she is saying the only reason Lewis get so much stick is because he is black!
How true do you think this is?
How true do you think this is?
but this was meant clearly in jest, this women is really getting a head of steam up , name calling and everything.She sounds like an idiot?
she is , can't decide if to just block her or report her.
Some of her insults are not very nice.
Report!
I have.
I don't particularly like how the guy has acted in his career to date and I've been vocal in this thread of my support for Nico in the season too but you couldn't help but feel happy to see Lewis win it. The outpouring of emotion and the clear evidence of what it means to him, the culmination of so many hours sacrificing himself to the cause and it being achieved. Superb to see, especially by a British driver.
These past 2 championships have been won by the best racer on the grid throughout the whole season and fully deserved.
Legend? No. Not yet. But yet is the key word. We're witnessing the journey to that status, no doubt about it.
I think Nico shouldn't have thrown the hat back but nor was he out of line to do so to the extent it's been reported. It was a petty, childish response that underwrote the professional approach and congratulations he gave Lewis initially in the face of all that went on in that race alone. Hopefully he uses this bitterness to actually make a competitive challenge next season. Let's be honest though, it's doubtful. Nice guys come second in this sport and he, like Mark Webber, lack the killer instinct consistently over the course of a season.
Lastly, heck that was some race. A race that if it couldn't end a season, then it deserved to end by crowning a champion.
These past 2 championships have been won by the best racer on the grid throughout the whole season and fully deserved.
Legend? No. Not yet. But yet is the key word. We're witnessing the journey to that status, no doubt about it.
I think Nico shouldn't have thrown the hat back but nor was he out of line to do so to the extent it's been reported. It was a petty, childish response that underwrote the professional approach and congratulations he gave Lewis initially in the face of all that went on in that race alone. Hopefully he uses this bitterness to actually make a competitive challenge next season. Let's be honest though, it's doubtful. Nice guys come second in this sport and he, like Mark Webber, lack the killer instinct consistently over the course of a season.
Lastly, heck that was some race. A race that if it couldn't end a season, then it deserved to end by crowning a champion.
because prost had the FIA president in his corner. prost did the same in another race. and this incident stemmed from senna winning the pole and the race officials then moving the position where in he started on the slower (dirty) side of the race. so he then took prost out.
Nice post. I think you're spot on about Nico's lack of killer instinct. He tries to be aggressive, to fight for the win but Lewis 9 times out of 10 will take it further/push harder to find the limit to win. That combined with his natural driving instincts make him a truly formidable driver. I easily see him winning a few more, although I appreciate you need to be a little lucky too.
Most people still say that it's all about the car, it's an engineer's championship. But once in a while you get drivers that are clearly superior to the rest. Lewis, Vettel and Alonso are the obvious examples. Verstappen is the only other driver on the grid that I can see emulating these 3 great world champions. It seems, ridiculously early to say this, but his talent sticks out like a beacon in an otherwise unremarkable grid.
Prost won 4 world championships. No coincidence everyone who has ever won multiple titles in a competitive era has some black marks on their record.
I've seen worse cross body's.
I heard Rosberg was blaming a "gust of wind" or something for going of track at the end. Don't be such a fecking cry baby!
Hamilton's and that other guy are good sports there.Don't be such a fecking gullible baby!
Rosberg almost shunted the car - laid on the breaks so hard they caught on fire.