Jon Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Is it me or is Rosberg getting away with murder? Last race he pulled out the pole sitters trick of parking his car in a dangerous place so nobody could beat his lap. In this one, under fairly intense pressure from the Hamster, he gains quite an advantage by cutting a corner off the track, putting extra distance between himself and the Hamster, and doesn't get penalised. I didn't realise sticking to the track was optional? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Is it me or is Rosberg getting away with murder? Last race he pulled out the pole sitters trick of parking his car in a dangerous place so nobody could beat his lap. In this one, under fairly intense pressure from the Hamster, he gains quite an advantage by cutting a corner off the track, putting extra distance between himself and the Hamster, and doesn't get penalised. I didn't realise sticking to the track was optional? I thought the exact same thing after yesterdays race. I was quite looking forward to seeing Hamilton throw his toys out of his pram in the post-race interviews (again), only for nothing to be mentioned. He quite clearly gained a major advantage yesterday, you could say with relative certainty Hamilton was going to overtake him within a lap or two so for nothing to happen was a little perplexing. Edited June 9, 2014 by Don_Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 (edited) Perez moves IMO Seems the stewards agree too Force India's Sergio Perez has been penalised for causing the spectacular crash with Williams' Felipe Massa in the Canadian Grand Prix. Stewards decided Perez had illegally changed his line on the approach to the first corner at the Montreal track. The Mexican has been given a five-place grid penalty at the next race in Austria for the incident that led to both drivers being taken to hospital. Both men were released after precautionary checks. Those were required because the incident set off the medical alarm in their cars, which is triggered by impacts of about 18G. Both cars recorded impacts of 27G after the crash at the first corner of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve at the start of the last lap of the race..... .... "We showed them the overhead shot. Perez brakes very early, and the car jinks to the left, either because he does it or because of brake problems, I don't know. "And we showed them evidence from the radio transcript [with Perez] talking about 'I have no rear brakes.' And they [Force India] said: 'If you can carry on, carry on, and if you can't, pit.' Edited June 9, 2014 by StanBalaban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 The Vettel / Alonso battle was class! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardiffGreens Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 Completely forgot the race was on somehow, so flicking between le tour and the tennis at 2 I stumbled over BBC2 and realised my error. Thankfully it seemed I hadn't missed much racing! Though as I was flicking through 3 channels of sport I managed to not enjoy any of the action - though I did catch Vettel doing Alonso at Copse, amazing racing by the pair of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 The Vettel and Alonso battle was amazing, felt sorry for Button at the end, he was very close to catching Ricciardo. But at least Hamilton won . Oh and Massa did a great job to avoid hitting Raikonnen head on as that could have been very very nasty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Great drive by Lewis to get P3, also glad to see Williams are now scoring points at the top end of the grid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradd92 Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Madness that there was no safety car for Sutil's Sauber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Lewis having a disaster this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Lewis recovering well and now there's a safety car after a big crash for the Caterham. All Rosberg's lead has been eroded which is good for the race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 (edited) This is amazing from Hamilton, in P2 now. Vettel is such a lucky boy after his spin on the pit straight. Edited July 27, 2014 by StanBalaban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Credit where it's due, vettel handled that brilliantly. Had to laugh when team radio kicked in an they said is everything ok and he replied yes but I've flat spotted the tyre, he was inches from a massive accident! Brilliant race though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted July 27, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 27, 2014 Good race that. Great finish. Well done Lewis Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Such a tense race, but really enjoyed that. Once again, the best races this season have been on the older tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted July 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted July 27, 2014 There has been some quality races this season, that was one of them. Such a breath of fresh air after the worst season ever last season. I wonder if it'll improve enough for me to watch more than 5 minutes of a race. Last season was the worst I've ever seen. My views on the sport have totally turned around since that post! It's a shame they've brought in that stupid double points race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avfc96 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Brilliant race, Hamilton and Alonso were both superb, Hamilton did an amazing job to come through the field considering he spun off at the second corner and then hold Rosberg off at the end. Alonso somehow managed to drag that dog that Ferrari call a car onto the podium and fight for victory was superb. Im also glad Hamilton refused to give into team orders and let Rosberg past as Rosberg wasn't even close to over taking him at that point and if he had he wouldn't have got that podium at the end. Also, am I the only one that thinks Ricciardo is a better driver than Vettel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 If Rosberg couldn't pass with the benefit of DRS then Lewis was right not to gift him the place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Love how there has been so much overtaking the last few weeks. Think they should scrap qualifying apart from the very first race of the season. From then on the grid should line up the opposite of their finish's. So if you win you start last, finish second, starts second last etc. Would mean that every race had excitement. Never going to happen as they would lose sales from the qualifiers but think it would be ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I agree to an extent but it would never happen purely from a safety point of view, wouldn't be right to have such slow cars at the front of the grid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted July 28, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted July 28, 2014 Also, am I the only one that thinks Ricciardo is a better driver than Vettel? Vettel can only race one way: Balls to the wall. Works ok when you have the best car in the field - no so good otherwise. Daniel picks his moments and can race to instructions. That means he gets the very best out of whatever car he is in - something Vettel doesn't seem able to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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