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Post by Bodacious Benny » Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:53 am

Fair play to Riccardo <laugh>
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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by Micky Quim » Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:50 am

Mifune wrote:
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In my view, Rosberg left a gap wide enough for the Titanic to do a 3 point turn on the first corner and Verstappen was in the right to exploit it.
That may be so but didn't Verstappen still not bump him off the track? There was definitely contact.
Rosberg should have pulled out - Verstappen had the racing line

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by overseasTOON » Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:29 pm

Mifune wrote:
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In my view, Rosberg left a gap wide enough for the Titanic to do a 3 point turn on the first corner and Verstappen was in the right to exploit it.
That may be so but didn't Verstappen still not bump him off the track? There was definitely contact.
Rosberg turned in and seemed surprised to see another car there because he was focussing so much on Hamilton.

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by ALF » Mon Oct 31, 2016 10:56 pm

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That was brilliant when he came out with that <laugh>

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Post by Bodacious Benny » Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:56 pm

Red flag, definitely the right decision. Kimi losing it on the straight could have seen an incident as big as Spa all those years ago. Could've been very dangerous.
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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by Mifune » Sun Nov 13, 2016 5:40 pm

F1 is s*** and boring.

Wet races used to be the best races. Now they just trundle around the SC or not race at all.

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Post by The Deluded Pablo Diego Jose Francisco » Sun Nov 13, 2016 6:42 pm

Mifune wrote:F1 is s*** and boring.

Wet races used to be the best races. Now they just trundle around the SC or not race at all.
Its been a pretty good race since the re-start <whistle>

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by Bodacious Benny » Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:14 pm

Hell, that race got good after the second red flag! Hamilton and Verstappen drove sublime races.

Verstappen a certainty to win a World Championship sooner rather than later.
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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by Micky Quim » Sun Nov 13, 2016 7:35 pm

What a drive by Verstappen. s*** first 20 odd laps but f*** me that was brilliant

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Post by Bodacious Benny » Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:46 pm

Such a nice sporting moment for Massa too. Not the end in Brazil he wanted but definitely an end that he'll always remember.
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Post by beardface » Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:05 pm

Bodacious Benny wrote:Such a nice sporting moment for Massa too. Not the end in Brazil he wanted but definitely an end that he'll always remember.
It was fantastic. Fair play to the Mercedes and Ferrari guys who came out to applaud him.

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Post by Micky Quim » Sun Nov 13, 2016 10:06 pm

Agree. What a spectacle. Massive respect for him - such a nice guy <awe>

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by overseasTOON » Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:37 pm

Nice send off for Button by his team.

Looking forward to the race and hoping Red Bull/Ferrari can put Rosberg under pressure if Hamilton backs up the pack for a few laps.

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by overseasTOON » Sun Nov 27, 2016 3:23 pm

Well driven Rosberg. Hamilton tried to bring the pack up a few times but he just held his position and waited it out.

I'm a big fan of Lewis but Nick had the far more consistent season and drove well for most of it.

Some will say he only won the title because Hamilton had reliability issues but overall he took the points as they came, drove sensibly in races he wasn't comfortable with like Monaco and led from the front for large swathes of the season.

Looking forward to next season and hoping the new regs brink teams closer in performance.

Driver of the day for me was split. Verstappen for managing his tyres in the first half after his spin and remaining in contention for a podium and Vettel for his charge back through the field in the second part of the race.

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by Bodacious Benny » Sun Nov 27, 2016 4:49 pm

I think there is a solid argument for either of them to have won the title tbh. I don't have a problem with Hamilton backing rosberg into the pack, it's not as if he's going to just hand his opponent the title without trying something. I'm sure rosberg would have done similar, and it made for good viewing.

Will be interesting to see what next season brings.
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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by overseasTOON » Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:27 pm

Rosberg has just retired from F1.

Very strange!

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by Bodacious Benny » Fri Dec 02, 2016 2:05 pm

Just read that, thought it was a joke at first! Probably thinks this is his peak and the only way is down!

So, empty seat at merc next season....
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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by ALF » Fri Dec 02, 2016 3:52 pm

Rosberg retiring to focus on his family. He's achieved his dream so fair play to him. Deserved his title and goes out on a high.

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by overseasTOON » Fri Dec 02, 2016 4:01 pm

Bodacious Benny wrote:Just read that, thought it was a joke at first! Probably thinks this is his peak and the only way is down!

So, empty seat at merc next season....
My money is on Pascal Wehrlein to get it.

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Re: The F1 Thread

Post by Duke » Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:33 pm

Reckon there's more to this retirement than meets the eye. Something has went on behind the scenes surely?
I dunno

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