F1 2014 : All Chat Here

[DC.]

what a race.

 

[Delboy23]

Awesome driving there.

Ricciardo and alonso unreal

 

[svensktoppen]

Random race with random conditions, on a hopeless carttrack. But still, that was very entertaining

Go Ric! Started behind Vettel, ended in top spot well ahead. Again

Great result for Alonso

Nico: Started on pole, ended in 4th.
Lewis: Started in the feckin' pit lane, in a car literally built from scratch overnight from spare bits found at the back of the lorries, ended in 3rd.

Need anything else be said, lol?

Nico just cannot be allowed to win the championship on the back of Lewis' car failures... He spent half the race happily cruising behind Verne ffs. Once Nico went into the pits, Lewis and the others backed up behind were straight past... I like Nico, he is a nice guy, just like Button. And he drives a heck of a lot better than me, for sure. Just not quite up there with the very best.

And he had the nerve to tell Lewis to move over, lol. Hilarious

 

[DC.]

In the last four races, Lewis Hamilton has made up 50 places.

Pass on Vergne today was great.

 

[pablo]

Awesome race. Heart in mouth on the last lap I thought rosberg would have got past.

He will be doing some gurning in the garage tonight.

 

[Shaun]

Nico gurning was a joke. Fair enough if he is on a different strategy and the team told Lewis but he was no where even near the back of Lewis for him to be held up. Lewis even said himself he can pass but hes not slowing down.

 

[svensktoppen]

He was already moaning on the radio before the end of the race, Lewis should have let him past, blah blah blah, lol - can see Lewis at the other side of the table, just smiling

 

[Dave..]

Another exciting race, this year has been great. Rosberg asking for Lewis to move over wtf, I think there will be an exciting debrief.

 

[pablo]

Suck my balls would have been my reply

 

[Deckz]

Wasn't it Mercedes that asked Lewis to pull over and let Rosberg past, Rosberg never mentioned it until he was told over the team radio.
Another lap or 2 and Rosberg had 3rd.

Hamilton is a crying oul ****! Couldn't even be happy on the podium!

 

[Gambit]

Rosberg didnt ask to be let past, the team told him he was gonna be let past, he then asked when was hamilton going to let him past. i guess the FIA radio intercept/broadcast only played the first bit on air

 

[DC.]

That's the worst aspect of the team radio broadcast to tv - we only hear part of it so it's easy to be misled.

You need to listen to the dedicated pit radio channel to hear it all.

 

[Shaun]

He was only asked not to hold Nico up, he wasn't even close enough to try and overtake Hamilton at that stage.
He was hardly gonna let off for 1 or 2 seconds to let him past and lose ground to Alonso.

 

[stevyg]

Great race yesterday, the weather really mixed things up.
Well done to Lewis for a podium finish, starting in the pits, spinning off the track on the first lap, damaged wing & vibrations throughout the race. I don't think Nico tried hard enough to pass him. If the roles were reversed, I think Hamilton would have passed him long ago.
Surprised that Williams slipped so far down and McLaren really messed up their strategy. Lol'd at Button asking why they are leaving him on Inters if no-one else has rain on their radar and everyone else is changing onto slicks.
How on earth did Vettel get away with that spin?! I'm sure he was wondering that himself too. Well held.
Great to see Alonso up there and leading the race toward the end. I wonder if anything will be said about him leaving the track and gaining an advantage? Hamilton was all over him and looked cert to pass him up until that point.

I must say, my favourite 3 drivers were on the podium

 

[da.murf]

Nikki Lauda (sp) has came out and said Hamilton did the right thing not letting Nico past lol.... love it!!

 

[svensktoppen]

I must say, my favourite 3 drivers were on the podium

This - with Kimi in the bar after, though I bet Ric could keep up too

 

[gcon45]

20 years ago today I was at my first F1 race and this happened:

Can't believe it's 20 years...

 

[stevyg]

Wow 20 years ago. I remember that, Jos Verstappen after the fuel hose came loose. He didn't have his visor closed all the way and I remember the interview after the race where he had bandages covering the burns.

 

[davecoupe]

Verstappen was really lucky in that incident ........ and it only took them 15 years after that to ban refuelling.

(Even though the cars are arguably more dangerous now with the high levels of charge and batteries etc)

 

[svensktoppen]

Newey not happy that there is less difference between the cars:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/28594309

Personally, I would love it to "become a GP1". Let the drivers battle it out, rather than one team running away with it just because they happened to be cleverer, or had more resources, or whatever.

 

[pablo]

he has a point but free reign will see 300mph cars in no time and thats a little frightening from a safety perspective

 

[DC.]

I find it funny that Adrian Newey is complaining now- wasn't much talk like this when he & Red Bull won four championships on the bounce.

The rules are like this for a reason- to try & keep costs down.

 

[pablo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28656050

gets out of bribery charge, by bribing court

 

[stevyg]

He was never going to jail and I know he will be laughing his wee balls off thinking about how he bribed his way out of a bribery charge.
Incredible that he can get $100m in cash like that within a week.

 

[pablo]

he could prob have transferred it from his phone there and then