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13th October 2014, 10:12 #31
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You have been working with TJ13? Wow, well, I am not in position to detect the validity of the claim, but okay.
However, as for the question, why did Webber stay for so long, the answer is easy. There was no better place to go. Same with Barrichello in Ferrari. I am sure the team didn't revolve around these drivers and they were unhappy at times due to that, but if you are in the best car on the grid and can get at least occasional wins, it is better than be mired in midfield and barely get a few points on your scorecard.
Drivers all want to make a career and get good results. Difficulties and also complications in intra-team relationships are part of the natural game. This is something you have to suck up, deal with, and carry on. If you are picky, complaining and bang the doors by leaving, it is likely you destroy your career. Look at what is happening with Alonso. He fell out with McLaren in 2007 and had to sit in midfield cars for two years. Now it looks like he has fallen out with Ferrari and has nowhere else to go than back to this "disliked" McLaren. You have to be at least a bit diplomatic (or a"hated" PR-driver as the saying goes), if you want to have a good career, and not make enemies in the business.
Webber may not have had an easy time in RBR, but there are no guarantees he would have had it better elsewhere. Why could Vettel leave unlike Webber? Because he is much younger, can still have a meaningful career, and can basically be the unofficial #1 driver at Ferrari. Whatever that means, but certainly Ferrari expect him to be an important part of their future plans. Webber had nowhere to go, he would have been a #2 everywhere else too. And he was getting old, so it was important for him to get any results he still could.
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13th October 2014, 11:43 #32
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Well that was not the most exciting race ever, in fact it was pretty awful.
Whilst not the greatest, I don’t think we can pin the blame completely on the track, unfortunately like the past four years we now have a team that is so far in front that there is no competition - with Nico going off on the first lap Lewis was able to stroll away into the distance unchallenged.
As for the track, turn 3 was good.
2.5 out of 10
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13th October 2014, 13:41 #33
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The race track is aesthetically pleasing. Here is your daytime Abu Dhabi v2.0. However, the race was really ruined by the tires. Pirelli brought the tires that can last a race. Once teams figured this out, most drivers were just put on one stop strategy while making the tires last to the end, and that was that.
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13th October 2014, 13:49 #34
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It gets 10/10 for me, maybe because I was full of vodka when I watched it. Get it? No? Oh well...
"But it aint how hard you hit, it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done." Rocky.
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13th October 2014, 17:15 #35
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13th October 2014, 19:11 #36
I could not watch even a single lap on Sunday (or any other thing on tv that day) but I guess I did not miss much
Tito Vilanova = :champion:
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14th October 2014, 22:17 #37
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I was out of town and didn't watch it. Didn't even bother to record it on the DVR. Sounds lilke it would have been a waste of disk space anyways .
“If everything's under control, you're going too slow.” Mario Andretti
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15th October 2014, 08:34 #38
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Ex post, it does seem like Webber could go to Lotus after 2011. Boullier was inviting him in public promising that at Lotus Webber will be number one. Of course, ex-ante Webber couldn't have predicted how successful the Lotus cars could be in 2012-13. Raikkonen did better those seasons than Webber.
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15th October 2014, 08:39 #39
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This was the most boring race of season so far. The first few laps were worth watching to see Rosberg's silly mistake. For me, this was another bit of evidence that Rosberg is kind of losing his composure right now and likely doesn't deserve to win the title as much as Hamilton.
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15th October 2014, 16:43 #40
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4 - since a few results were a bit different, and the new track combines to give novelty value, hence the score.
Did I give a score for Japan? 7 for that.SPAM - Going off topic to give you the deals you don't want.
All 3 manufacturers are pushing for things to remain until the end of the 26. Not even the goons running the WRC will be stupid enough to push them out by forcing new regs for 25
WRC main class in 2025