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Thread: 2018 Bahrain F1 Grandprix
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8th April 2018, 23:34 #41
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Further to my previous post about the mystery white glow at the backs of the cars, I think David Coulthard referred to it when he described the Ferrari as "breathing heavily", so perhaps it it oil vapour or faint smoke.
When I looked for the other cars doing it, I could only see it from the Ferraris, Haas and Saubers, so it's presumably a Ferrari characteristic.
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9th April 2018, 09:20 #42
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Congrats Seb, what a brilliant endurance race, not a fot wrong. Gasly, Toro rosso and HONDA, what a show!!!
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9th April 2018, 12:39 #43
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Well. I suppose if you can't criticise him for outqualifying Hamilton, then it's lucky for such critics are able to diminish Bottas because he didn't win the race.
Feel free to quote specific lines from mine that particularly annoy. As a general opinion doesn't give me any insight as to what bothers you.
Regarding Verstappen. He's already consigned as an all time great, even though he's win just as many races as Thierry Boutsen. I'd rather applaud someone after the fact.
Consider the anticipation of Hamilton's career? Atfer Brazil 08, his fans and British media assumed without hesitation that he'd achieve the results he's achieved now. It's just they thought he'd achieve this results by the end of 13, not since 13!
That's six years of overwhelming Hamilton gushing, while Vettel blew away his stats, and Alonso banged in a series of seasons and performances that increase his reputation beyond even winning two titles did, and elevated him above Hamilton and Vettel, despite having never won a title with either of them there, despite whatever Hamilton's unexpected performances in 07 did to diminish his reputation.
TBK and Nitrodaze made sweeping generalisations in the Aus GP that had to be called out. It had to be carried into here to highlight how insignificant pointless it was making such generalisations two weeks ago was.
To clarify my point. truefan was quick to diminish Bottas itt. I think you'll that truefan made similar criticisms of Bottas in last year's Bahrain GP thread. Something like that he's not up to it? Well, what happened in the following race?
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9th April 2018, 13:06 #44
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I slightly cringed and shivered when I saw the accident during Raikkonen's pit stop. I rewound the "tape" to make sure I saw it right. It was clear that the Ferrari mechanic's leg, the one who was holding the rear left replacement tire, was broken (as in fractured) in one or two places because it certainly twisted in ways the legs of healthy humans don't when he was being run over by Raikkonen's car. I wish him to get well soon, and I am kind of pondering whether there is a need for more severe penalties for these types of incidents.
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9th April 2018, 13:41 #45
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Mind you, there are already penalties in place to avoid this kind of thing, not that losing a car and potentially throwing away a double podium finish isn't enough of a penalty on its own. I don't think lack of penalties is the case. Instead, something should be done to reduce the risk of accidents happening. For instance, do we think that stuff such as Räikkönen's accident or the Haas' double DNF in Oz would have happened if there was a, let's say, 5 or 6 second minimum pitstop time? Of course this would take away the "fun" of people overtaking each other during pitstops, although truth be told, we hardly see any of these nowadays.
All right, here's one such line:
Calling such an obviously talented driver a "potato" is beneath you. On top of that, it's not that hard to crash in Bahrain; you just need to pick the right corner, one with a wall next to it, and spin there. If I'm not very much mistaken, I recall a certain Lewis Hamilton doing just that several years ago as well.
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9th April 2018, 13:59 #46
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The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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9th April 2018, 17:08 #47
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9th April 2018, 23:07 #49
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Damn , you guys !
This doesn't happen often enough to change anything .
It's not that I don't feel for the poor cat with the broken leg , but let's not react in a "knee jerk"(notice , don't pardon the pun) way .
I'd bet that he tried very hard to attain that position and takes huge pride in the speed of his team .
And , I'd bet he would be horrified to think he had any part in taking away that pride for his crew .
They should ask him .
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10th April 2018, 01:49 #50
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I think Fred deserves a shout out. Not likely to last but he occupy s 4th place in the drivers championship,and very quietly moved from 13th to 7th in Bahrain!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgh2wcECJngMay the forza be with you
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