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25th September 2011, 23:03
steveaki13

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Originally Posted by ioan

MS saved Lewis today by taking the donkey award away from him.
Huge brain fade by MS. :down:

It was strange. MS had loads of space to move inside but seemed to hesitate and hover for way to long just behind Perez who then slowed and then MS instead of just missing him smashed it up his exhaust pipe
25th September 2011, 23:12
BDunnell

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Originally Posted by aki13

It was strange. MS had loads of space to move inside but seemed to hesitate and hover for way to long just behind Perez who then slowed and then MS instead of just missing him smashed it up his exhaust pipe

Not strange at all if you think, as has been demonstrated many a time, that Schumacher simply isn't the driver he once was. It's a difficult one to judge. Clearly, he was never going to be a better driver than once he was upon making this comeback. But set against that, the Mercedes is clearly not a race-winning car, and he has been on much more of a par with Rosberg this season. In my opinion, that's not saying an awful lot, as Rosberg strikes me as increasingly overrated, but others better informed than I disagree.
25th September 2011, 23:17
ioan

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Not strange at all if you think, as has been demonstrated many a time, that Schumacher simply isn't the driver he once was. It's a difficult one to judge. Clearly, he was never going to be a better driver than once he was upon making this comeback. But set against that, the Mercedes is clearly not a race-winning car, and he has been on much more of a par with Rosberg this season. In my opinion, that's not saying an awful lot, as Rosberg strikes me as increasingly overrated, but others better informed than I disagree.

I guess Mark Webber was past it last season already?
25th September 2011, 23:19
Daniel

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Not strange at all if you think, as has been demonstrated many a time, that Schumacher simply isn't the driver he once was. It's a difficult one to judge. Clearly, he was never going to be a better driver than once he was upon making this comeback. But set against that, the Mercedes is clearly not a race-winning car, and he has been on much more of a par with Rosberg this season. In my opinion, that's not saying an awful lot, as Rosberg strikes me as increasingly overrated, but others better informed than I disagree.

I think though as Lewis has showed for instance last year, a great driver in a crap car can really underperform and appear far worse than he actually is.
25th September 2011, 23:20
BDunnell

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Originally Posted by ioan

I guess Mark Webber was past it last season already?

Where do I intimate anything of the sort?
25th September 2011, 23:40
Daniel

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Well, that certainly used to be the way, before the modern-day desire for retribution in the form of endless penalties, without which the sport seemed to survive for years.

I think that's a very good topic to talk about. But if you allow drivers to accidently hit each other and give the other guy a puncture then I think it's potentially a rather slippery slope.
25th September 2011, 23:42
ioan

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Where do I intimate anything of the sort?

Just drawing a parallel to his come together with Kovalainen in Valencia 2010.
Back then I must have missed your comment about Webber similar to the one about MS in this thread.
25th September 2011, 23:46
The Black Knight

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Originally Posted by ioan

MS saved Lewis today by taking the donkey award away from him.
Huge brain fade by MS. :down:

In MS defence I feel people are being a bit harsh on him. The assumption he made wasn't an unreasonable one by any means. Perez braked so early that my initial reaction watching it live was that Perez brake tested him. MS isn't the only driver on the grid that would have gotten caught out were they in his shoes there. I really see it as a racing incident. I understand the stewards view but I felt a reprimand was a bit harsh. It could have happened to anyone.
25th September 2011, 23:48
Daniel

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Originally Posted by The Black Knight

In MS defence I feel people are being a bit harsh on him. The assumption he made wasn't an unreasonable one by any means. Perez braked so early that my initial reaction watching it live was that Perez brake tested him. MS isn't the only driver on the grid that would have gotten caught out were they in place of MS there.

I only watched the incident once and that's the impression I got. If I'm honest I'm not sure I'd say there's a donkey of the race. Hamilton's move was hardly the worst ever and I think the fact that Michael went flying made it look more donkier than it was.
25th September 2011, 23:52
The Black Knight

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Originally Posted by Daniel

I only watched the incident once and that's the impression I got. If I'm honest I'm not sure I'd say there's a donkey of the race. Hamilton's move was hardly the worst ever and I think the fact that Michael went flying made it look more donkier than it was.

That's twice in as many days we agree on something, Daniel. Let us not make a habit of it. It's more fun the other way ;)

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