2014 Russian Grand Prix Thread

[airshifter]

Or if Glock hadn't just forgotten how to defend a single corner at Interlagos.....

Well if Lewis had defended from Vettel we couldn't blame it on Glock for being close though!

And although he didn't get the title, Felipe was proud and happy to have done his best. If he could keep that motivation maybe he could put another season together one of these years, but I think it is all gone now.

[Duncan]

Well if Lewis had defended from Vettel we couldn't blame it on Glock for being close though!

And although he didn't get the title, Felipe was proud and happy to have done his best. If he could keep that motivation maybe he could put another season together one of these years, but I think it is all gone now.

I distinctly remember Felipe looking anything but proud and happy as he stood on the podium at Interlagos. He probably holds the record for the driver looking most miserable while standing on the top step of the podium at his home Grand Prix

[The Black Knight]

Sorry to bang a point, I was at the British GP 2008 so it sticks in my mind.

He spun 4 times in the whole race that I remember, not the first 4 laps

I am pretty sure he spun more than 4 times but was a long while ago so my memory is a little hazy on it. Either way, it's not befitting of a champion. Once you'll get over but 4 times? That's just humiliating.

[zako85]

And so this probably was the most boring race of year so far?

[journeyman racer]

I am pretty sure he spun more than 4 times but was a long while ago so my memory is a little hazy on it. Either way, it's not befitting of a champion. Once you'll get over but 4 times? That's just humiliating.

lol As if you'd know what is befitting of a champion.

Just remember. Hamilton ploughed in the back of a car that was stationary at a red light. The fact an F1 champ can do that is a reflection of the overall lesser standard of the "top" current day drivers.

[journeyman racer]

That is actually what I am worried about. I actually am not sure I'd watch F1 ever again if a stupid rule like double points swayed the championship.

In an alternate universe. Rosberg has 9 wins to Hamilton's 4. You're posting what a great idea having a last race double points is, because it allows Hamilton to still be in the hunt for the title.

Looking at this year, I think actually that Bernie's medal system wasn't so bad after all.

Of course you do. You're biased. But that also means that Massa is the 08 champ.

[rjbetty]

In an alternate universe. Rosberg has 9 wins to Hamilton's 4.

WTF?

By that thinking, in another universe Hamilton has won every race this year as he has had the capability to. Rosberg hasn't really I'm afraid.

Also, Lewis has now twice had 4 wins in a row. Nico has never won 2 in a row. And Lewis has had his share of problems this year.

So desperate are his detractors to put him down, they are having to resort to increasingly desperate measures to do so.

Did you know that any and every time Lewis beats Nico, it's because Nico is serving a continuing punishment, for his "honest-to-God guv" mistakes this year. But any time Nico does beat Lewis, it's clearly because the punishment has been temporarily lifted until the next time Lewis beats Nico, signifying the punishment is back on again. And so forth...

This is obviously the absolute truth since Rosberg is just THAT good, it's preposterous to suggest a numpty like Lewis could ever outdrive him fair and square.

[Doc Austin]

That is actually what I am worried about (double points). I actually am not sure I'd watch F1 ever again if a stupid rule like double points swayed the championship.

The rules are the same for everyone and everyone knew what the points system was going in. I think double points is a fake thing to keep the championship alive, but it's not really unfair to anyone because anyone can benefit from it and anyone can be screwed by it.

Having said that, I think it is a travesty that Abu Dabi is more important than Monoco, Silverstone, Spa, or Monza. If you are going to have double points races, I believe they should be the classics.

[The Black Knight]

In an alternate universe. Rosberg has 9 wins to Hamilton's 4. You're posting what a great idea having a last race double points is, because it allows Hamilton to still be in the hunt for the title.


Of course you do. You're biased. But that also means that Massa is the 08 champ.

Incorrect. I have always opposed the double points system and I still do.

[The Black Knight]

lol As if you'd know what is befitting of a champion.

Just remember. Hamilton ploughed in the back of a car that was stationary at a red light. The fact an F1 champ can do that is a reflection of the overall lesser standard of the "top" current day drivers.

Oh yawn, are you one of these guys that believe that the talent out there is lesser than it was in the day of Senna? That argument is so boring man. Drivers are fitter and more well prepared for F1 nowadays than they were before. The cars are easier to driver but that doesn't mean they are any lesser drivers. Senna made some stupid mistakes in his career, they all do. I'm not sure I ever remember any champion spinning 4 times in one race though.