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Post by bigjimsilverfox on Oct 17, 2008 20:02:40 GMT
2 GP to go with China this weekend! I remember well last years tyre debacle! Can he learn fom the last GP, you can`t win the race at the 1st corner but you CAN lose it!
What do you all think?
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Post by NigelS on Oct 17, 2008 20:40:01 GMT
Well I will be watching before we make the trip to Reading on Sunday Jim!
He drove very poorly at the last race and was lucky to get away with only losing 2 points to Massa. It does seem though that the stweards are going over the top with the penalties - any attempt in overtaking that goes wrong ends with that driver being penalised. Do they think we just want to watch an hour and a half procession? Hamilton's penalty was questionable but the penalty Bourdais got in Japan was an absolute disgrace.
I still think Hamilton will do it this year. Ultimately I am not sure Massa has got what it takes to be world champ, although he has improved immensely this year. But if Massa can cut the gap further tomorow, he will be well inspired to win the title in Brazil in front of his home crowd. Hamilton really needs to beat Massa this weekend
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Post by bigjimsilverfox on Oct 18, 2008 17:23:20 GMT
I too will watch the race before making the trip to Reading! I agree the stewards seem pretty keen on penalties this year and are they slightly in favour of the red team from Italy? Lets hope we get a clean start and no penalties of a dubious nature
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Post by NigelS on Oct 18, 2008 17:48:40 GMT
Hamilton did a great job in qualifying this morning. He just needs to be sensible now and realise he needs to beat Massa, not Raikkonen tomorrow. Even if Lewis wins there is no doubt that Raikkonen will let Massa through so the gain will be 2 points whether he wins or finishes second. With Kubica so far down the grid and Kovalainen behind Alonso it is unlikely that anyone else will beat the top 3. Unless it rains of course!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 16:54:10 GMT
Go Lewis !
You just have to keep Massa in your sights.
Just fourth place or better to become Grand Prix Champion, and end our 12 years of hurt. 8-)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 17:01:57 GMT
This is going to be full of excitement... ::)
Thanks to a sudden downpour, everyone is caught on the starting grid with slicks. Start delayed 12 minutes. :o
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Post by JB on Nov 2, 2008 18:35:08 GMT
10 laps to go hurry up and finish
Sorry cars going round and round is sooooooooo boring to me. But still good luck lewis hamilton
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 18:41:08 GMT
6 laps to go, in 4th place, Sebastian Vettel breathing down his neck, the rain is beginning to fall.........
They all have to do a pit stop to change to Intermediates.
Don't fluff the wheel change guys !
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 18:47:01 GMT
Oh no, he's down to 6th, Vettell passed him.
He now needs to pass Glock who didn't change his tyres the crafty, b'd.
We need it to rain - and quickly, otherwise it's gone.............
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 18:48:53 GMT
He passed Glock, and he's done it ! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
World Champion !
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Post by NigelS on Nov 2, 2008 19:40:52 GMT
Get in, what a race! I have only just got my breath back. I thought it was all over, I thought there was no catching Glock, I had live timing on and he was 13 secs up the road with one lap to go and then there he was on the last corner! Fantastic! One of the best races ever!
Massa was a true gentleman in defeat, to lose a title like that must be hard to take, but he has improved a lot this year, and should come back stronger next year, as Lewis did this year.
Congratulations Lewis Hamilton!!!
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Post by NigelS on Nov 2, 2008 19:41:47 GMT
10 laps to go hurry up and finish Sorry cars going round and round is sooooooooo boring to me. But still good luck lewis hamilton If that was boring Jean, you must be a hard girl to get excited ;) |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2008 20:09:21 GMT
Well I was excited until I realised Jean wasn't talking about lap-dancing ! ;D
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Post by Sir Chancelot on Nov 3, 2008 19:23:59 GMT
10 laps to go hurry up and finish Sorry cars going round and round is sooooooooo boring to me. But still good luck lewis hamilton If that was boring Jean, you must be a hard girl to get excited ;) Congratulations and all that. However the fact that he has chosen to be a tax exile so early on in his career and has not contributed part of his earnings to the UK Government in tax like most hard working people, is one good reason why he should never be made an M.B.E. i do not expect to be made an M.B.E. for my services towards Bar Billiards after living on Guernsey for most of my life ! |
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Post by NigelS on Nov 3, 2008 20:07:40 GMT
Congratulations and all that. However the fact that he has chosen to be a tax exile so early on in his career and has not contributed part of his earnings to the UK Government in tax like most hard working people, is one good reason why he should never be made an M.B.E. i do not expect to be made an M.B.E. for my services towards Bar Billiards after living on Guernsey for most of my life ! I find it a bit disappointing that much of the press focussed on the fact Lewis moved to Switzerland especially after he lost the title last year. Almost all F1 drivers move to tax exiles- Schumacher, Raikkonen, Alonso all live in Switzerland. Button and Coulthard are British drivers that are practically neighbours in Monaco. Why do we expect Lewis to be any different? So when he wins we get pictures of him being draped in the Union Jack, when he loses he becomes the Swiss based F1 driver. Just like Linford Christie was always "Jamaican born" when he lost, but "British" when he won the Olympics. The press in this country certainly like to build people up and knock them down when they get there Lewis does a lot of work for charity, he has his own registered charity the Lewis HAmilton foundation which helps a lot of young children who are ill and have disabilities. I would rather see him put some of his earnings into that than into the hands of our government. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2008 20:35:18 GMT
So when he wins we get pictures of him being draped in the Union Jack, when he loses he becomes the Swiss based F1 driver. Just like Linford Christie was always "Jamaican born" when he lost, but "British" when he won the Olympics. The press in this country certainly like to build people up and knock them down when they get there Had to laugh along at that one Nigel ;D Other examples: Ben Johnson who was 'Canadian' when he won Olympic Gold, and then 'Jamaican' when stripped of it. And more recently, Greg Rusedski who was 'British' all the time he was going up in the Tennis World Rankings, and once it was apparent he was never going to make the top, the Press started referring to him as 'Canadian'. ;D |
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