As I said, they're both top class drivers and they both driving identical machinery and both probably were on the 19,000 RPM limit
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As I said, they're both top class drivers and they both driving identical machinery and both probably were on the 19,000 RPM limit
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Originally Posted by Garry Walker
Yes , I forgot about that, that incident was very dirty, nevermind, very dangerous. In today's F1 climate, he would have been blackflagged and received a one race ban for those actions.
Apparently, there was one great pass that we missed: ant on Rosberg. Ant thought it was for track position and not unlapping. :p :Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Then when he got to bunsen, he got held up and had to let Rosberg pass or get a penalty. But that pass ant did on bunsen was priceless - and Martin caught that on the telly. I don't think bunsen appreciated being passed by a second hand Honda. :D
i have to say i totally agree with Derek Daly that after Lewboy made his initial defensive move, THAT WAS WHERE HE SHOULD HAVE STAYED!!!!!....but no......as soon as he realized FA had the tow and was going around him, he starts drifting to the right, which according to the fia(sco`s) rules of the road is an infringement!!!!......if FA had gone all out for it and refused to yield in the interest of safety, then they could have touched and at that speed who knows what would have happened!!!!!......like i said in another post, if Ayrton was still here then his refusal to yield to ANYBODY would have already given Lewboy plenty tothink about, and he would not have been 7 times on the podium in 7 races!!!!!!!!!....Fernando is just not the type to risk any points in a championship campaign, he builds his points to make wdc`s over a WHOLE season, and now he has a teammate who is "living his dream" and enjoying all the attention, and in a car so closely matched for pace, that unless Fernando makes balls out overtaking attempts that risk taking them both out of the race , then he may only get the chances to pass in the pitstops!!!!!!!.....This is what Fernando has been unhappy about with RD.....he has asked for certain pit stop strategies to his liking, but RD has chosen to go with his own strategies during the races and these have made it difficult for FA to understand why rd is not listening to what Fernando wants!!!!!!!.....by keep bringing them in within 1 or 2 laps of each other all the time, it has created a situation whereby whoever qualifies nearest the front, gets first stop and the track positions are staying the same!!!!!......in indy at mid race Fernando was faster than Lewboy, so he shoulda got out of his way, not run him out towards the wall!!!!!....FA had the momentum to overtake, but was denied imo by Lewboy doing what competitors in DIFFERENT teams would do, but not your teammate!!!!! as this is a high speed sport with the risk of death, i do not believe that there should be any "blocking" of a faster car!!!!!! the teams are competing with each other to manufacture the fastest, most reliable and best handling cars they can produce, and if 1 make of car is faster than another make of car, that will show up by their relative performances on the track;....but to ask drivers to then have to risk their lives by banging into each other or push sombody else out of the way is a recipe for disaster!!!!!!!!!!!F1 must be a non-contact sport at every moment they are racing because of the inherent dangers of high speed, and after watching this "racecraft" by Lewboy, i tell ya i was screaming and swearing at the box like the devil!!!!!.....i do not agree with any so called blocking moves, as you never know what the other idiot is going to do at the most critical time.....(hmmm...plenty of ms moves spring to mind over the years!!!).....whoever is driving the fastest car on the track, should in the interest of safety be given right of way to avoid any dangerous situation both to the drivers and spectators!!!!!!!!!!!!....but lets not forget that we have mad max and the toxic toyboy to thank for what f1 has become, and if anybody does get killed or seriously injured, it wont affect them!!!!!!!!!!.........money,money money,must be funny, in a rich mans world..... :(Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
Funny you should say that! Were you screaming at the telly when Fernando was blocking SchM last year? That telly must be quite traumatised from all your screaming at him/her/it. :eek:
Interesting call Racehound.
So are the totally opposite opinions about the same event a different interpretation of the rules - or better yet,- the manifestation of strong opposing "spirit of the sport" interpretations when it comes to defending and not blatantly chopping or blocking?
or the tendency towards opting for safety rather than pushing the envelope where it could go too far . . . .
or common sense???? ahh... but then . . . who's sense? :p :
:s mokin:
So you don't think Senna ever did any of the same sort of "blocking" during his career? He might have just driven straight into Hamilton...Quote:
Originally Posted by Racehound
Not so sure about that. Yes, there's the 'one move' rule which Hamilton made to cover the inside, but I read a comment from LH saying that drivers are then allowed to position their car in order to take the corner. Now some may interpret this as a 'second move', but given LH's level of preparation (I've also read that he knows the rule book better than most!) I suspect he knew exactly that what he was doing was within what is permitted. The fact that there was no complaint from Alonso, or an investigation by the stewards, suggests that Hamilton was absolutely correct in what he did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Racehound
It was simply good clean racing between the McLaren drivers, something we should enjoy not criticise. After all, don't we want these guys to race?
You all know that I don't really like McLaren (although I cheered for JPM a few times in the past) but I can't say that any of them did something wrong there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Good racing was all that happened there.
ioan, I'd like to recruit you to be a fan of the Super Aguri team, the guys racing those second hand Hondas. What do you think??