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Dawg maybe we will see something like this:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDAGmI6SH3k
Or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JknW7h8DS0s
I Doubt they will take each other out, but I also wouldn't be that surprised. God I'm glad their is a reason to keep watching ;)
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Originally Posted by Big Ben
That's Entertainment!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuoiAt_k-CE :D
Yes, Hamilton has had the easiest lift to the top of any driver in F1 history so he's the last guy who has any excuse to be cry baby. He's 31 now so maybe it's time he moved over to Indy, Nascar or endurance racing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Steady buddy, lets not call a three time F1 world champion a moron. If you choose to react this way, l am certain you would have reacted much worst than Hamilton did if you were in his position.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Ben
Bagwan, you are predictable as always.
Wow, The easiest lift to the top you say, wowQuote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
We all said that when Vettel raked up four championship title in a row. There is nothing easy about winning a F1 title. If it was easy, Rosberg would have won one by now. He may do this year but it will not be easy.
Lewis is fixing this championship himself. Worrying about dampness and a shocking start. Now on the radio sounding beaten.
Boss is in a heap 'o trouble!
I hear the glass still tinkle, someone's bottle crashed?
Nico will gain hugely from this mentally. Lewis has lost the psychological battle.. only luck can save his championship battle now.
No, I don't think so .
If nothing else over the years, this forum has been consistent in those providing conspiracy theories! :laugh:
Lewis isn't having the greatest luck this year. Nico has finally put his head down and driven better. The combination has Nico leading the WDC.
Unless of course someone thinks the moon landings were faked. In that case, there are all kinds of other possible scenarios. :)
No , you and Lewis are predictable .Quote:
Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
I am consistent .
Occasionally these kind of things have happened that one driver in a team gets a lion's share of technical problems. Also if you flip a coin, there is a mathematical chance that you only get either heads or tails for a while.
Rosberg hasn't had a car-related DNF so far this year yet. Maybe it is bound to happen? Or maybe not. I remember back in 2010 I was expecting all season long for Webber to have technical problems (while Vettel had several of these), but this never happened... lol.
There's not such thing as an easy lift to the top of F1. Every driver, no matter who it is, has endured years in the other Formula honing their craft, learning and busting their balls to get to F1, even pay drivers. Hamilton and his family started out broke and, unless Ron Dennis had spotted his talent, it may be that we would not have witnessed his skill and fantastic drive throughout the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Reid
An easy lift to the top is definitely not the case because there is no such thing.
I think the Championship is Rosberg's now. I can't see Hamilton gaining back the points he needs unless Rosberg DNF's. And who could begrudge Nico the Championship with 9 race wins? I certainly couldn't. He has driven fantastically well this year and Hamilton can't just blame reliability either. It is also down to his bad starts. I think of his 7 pole positions, he has only been in the lead after the first lap in 2 of them. The amount of points he has lost through to his inability to get off the grid well has cost him nearly as much points as reliability. Both him and Rosberg have the same clutch, but Rosberg's starts have been far better than Hamilton's throughout the year so there is a way to get on top of it, it's just that Hamilton hasn't been able to. These subtle differences can be the difference between a WDC and not. Maybe if Hamilton spent a little more time with his engineers working on these issues he would be on top of it by now rather than flying all over the world and into Rihanna's pants between races.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tazio
Rosberg has the best chance ever since his 43 points lead at the start of the season. But you know what? There are still four races to go, anything is possible. The next two races would determine if the championship is irretrievably Rosberg's.
Hamilton has made too many mistakes in the midst of some very unusual bad lucks. He needed his A game at every races when his car was working well to keep his chances alive. So far, he has failed to maximize his rare opportunities. He may lose this title mainly due to car problems, but he has also not helped himself enough to get out of the rot.
That said, it is not over till the fat lady sings.
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Originally Posted by Nitrodaze
Jesus.... no wonder this forums dead...
Congrats to Ioan, Garry, dj_bytedisaster et al for turning this place into a toilet and not even having the common decency to hang around and wallow in the offal.
Aren't you just the happy little fellow today ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mifune
Perhaps you could contribute to the conversation rather than burn the whole idea .
Maybe the question should be : Is Mercedes fixing the clutch ?
What exactly is the deal with a clutch that is too difficult for the drivers to both master ?
True Bagwan, but the question should be how easy it should be. A tricky one.
Well , I guess it has spiced up the championship to a degree , having been a little harder for Lewis to master , it seems .Quote:
Originally Posted by Mia 01
It has cost the team , and both drivers a lot of points .
And , it doesn't seem that any of the other teams are having such a tricky time of it , so it begs wonder just why they are so fragile on that account .
The only benefit I can see for the team is that it does , on occasion , separate the two of them for the race , but I can't imagine that being enough to drop the fixing of it down the priority list .
It's strange to see this still an issue so late in the year , especially .
Even so, how many terrible starts have the Mercedes drivers had so far? I can only think of Italy and Japan, and the former was caused by overheating whereas the last one was a driver error. It doesn't really look like they have massive issues either.
I'd also challenge the point that Mercedes isn't having the same issues, as I can recall Ricciardo and Verstappen also losing quite a few places on starts, most notably when Max's poor start in Singapore caused Hülkenberg's accident. So it doesn't look like it's a Merc issue alone.
Both of them started poorly in Oz and Canada .Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
Then Lewis was slow off the line in Bahrain , and Rosberg went from 1st to 4th in Germany .
Hamilton bad in Italy and Japan .
Lots of bad starts actually , and none of the other Merc teams seem to have issues .
They say it's complex , and they can't fix it this year .
I'll assume you meant Red Bull in your second paragraph , and though I agree that they haven't been completely alone in poor starts , there aren't any other teams having such a torrid time of it like Merc .
I'd love to know , since they are acknowledging this Achilles heel , why they say it can't be fixed this year .
I just noticed a touch of irony in the title of the thread in regards to this .
Is Mercedes fixing it ?
Well , no . They say they can't .
Hardeehar .
Because it'd embedded in the software and would require a major rewrite to fix?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
OK, but that's still 8 bad starts out of 34, so basically 1 out of 4 is going wrong. It's quite a bit, admittedly, but I don't think it's all that strange considering the rule changes from previous years. Besides, my honest impression is that other teams have also been getting similar issues, but they aren't noticed that much because they're not at the front of the field. For instance, if Hülkenberg loses a lot of positions at the start, nobody cares and most of us won't even notice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan
Do you mean that this is actually the case , or are you speculating ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
It does put us on the edge of our seats , but I guess one has to weigh the difference between the cost of the fix and the embarrassment of being swamped off the line .
You're a little hard on the Hulk , but I get what you're saying .Quote:
Originally Posted by N4D13
They've said , though , that essentially , it was a mistake to have the clutch as complicated as it is .
Without help from the pits , as is now the rule , it has been very difficult for the drivers .
Given they admitted it's a problem , it may be that they've actually been doing a pretty good job , having only had 8 bad starts . It's hard to say .
To a degree , being ahead as they are , I guess the gains aren't worth it .
The bad starts will only be clearly recalled by the one who doesn't win the title .
Lewis only have to take one or two leafs out of Nicos book and then he will be fine.
To a degree , you're right , Mia , but I think he would be loath to admit that .Quote:
Originally Posted by Mia 01
According to Nico and the team , though , even though he has his mouthy moments , Lewis is as focused as ever .
Nico might look calm , but he knows it ain't necessarily over . He's been saying , each time they ask about the championship , that he's only looking at it race by race .
I think this approach has helped him a lot .
Sorry for the late reply, just back from vacation. Yes. speculating as Mercedes no longer copies me on all of their internal memos. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan