eurobrun wrote:Both regular Williams drivers considerably faster than Bottas across the two practice sessions. I am not trying to start anything, I am just pointing out a fact to justify why I don't think he deserves to get the Williams race seat
What? Bashing Bottas again?
There are two things that might give Bottas a seat: He is not crash-prone and he is not a bitter disappointment of a driver by trundling along battling with Toro Rossos when his team-mate shows how fast the car is (right before crashing into something. Or getting a penalty. Whichever comes first).
Judging by practice speeds Bottas would be trundling along behind the Toro Rossos
Practice is rarely a true showcase for speed...plus, he has outdone the other Williams drivers at other points during the season anyway.
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There are two things that might give Bottas a seat: He is not crash-prone and he is not a bitter disappointment of a driver by trundling along battling with Toro Rossos when his team-mate shows how fast the car is (right before crashing into something. Or getting a penalty. Whichever comes first).
Judging by practice speeds Bottas would be trundling along behind the Toro Rossos
Practice is rarely a true showcase for speed...plus, he has outdone the other Williams drivers at other points during the season anyway.
But he isn't able to beat them on a regular basis. I mainly don't think he deserves a drive because even if there was any performance increase it would'nt be enough for the considerable amount of money that Williams would lose.
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tommykl wrote:I have a shite car and meme sponsors, but Corrado Fabi will carry me to the promised land with the power of Lionel Richie.
With 30 minutes to go in FP3, which was actually about 6 minutes ago, Narain Karthikeyan did his best Bruno Senna-impersonation. It was quite funny how he waved his hands in anger at the slower car in front. I didn't catch who it was, though. I was so intrigued by Narain's waving that I failed to notice who he waved at.
So, Webber 1st and Vettel 2nd? I smell team orders tomorrow a mile off.
Yeah, I'm that cynical.
That's not being cynical, that's the bleeding obvious. If I was Christian Horner I'd do the same. But who cares? Webber will fluff the start and be collected by the First Lap Nutcase anyway...
Watching the qualifying made me feel miserable. And no, it wasn't due to a Red Bull lockout...
It's the track. Some camera views really showed off the unused scrubland behind the main grandstand and it was really depressing; especially with the grey sky behind it. No wonder crowds are rubbish; there's got to be absolutely no atmosphere whatsoever.
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
So, Webber 1st and Vettel 2nd? I smell team orders tomorrow a mile off.
Yeah, I'm that cynical.
That's not being cynical, that's the bleeding obvious. If I was Christian Horner I'd do the same. But who cares? Webber will fluff the start and be collected by the First Lap Nutcase anyway...
Exactly, Webber won't lead into turn 1, even if his starts have somewhat improved this year. Vettel will lead into turn 1.
Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
How do you figure that? If anything, Ferrari have improved since Suzuka. Vettel will probably gain on Alonso, and probably take the championship lead, but I wouldn't count Fernando out just yet.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
How do you figure that? If anything, Ferrari have improved since Suzuka. Vettel will probably gain on Alonso, and probably take the championship lead, but I wouldn't count Fernando out just yet.
Especially considering the better driver is in the red car.
Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
How do you figure that? If anything, Ferrari have improved since Suzuka. Vettel will probably gain on Alonso, and probably take the championship lead, but I wouldn't count Fernando out just yet.
Especially considering the better driver is in the red car.
This is true.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
Unless Webber take out Vettel in the start.
Or Grosjean does the same.
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Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
How do you figure that? If anything, Ferrari have improved since Suzuka. Vettel will probably gain on Alonso, and probably take the championship lead, but I wouldn't count Fernando out just yet.
Alonso came so close to being eliminated in Q1 it's not funny. As it was, he barely scraped in on the supersofts
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Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
How do you figure that? If anything, Ferrari have improved since Suzuka. Vettel will probably gain on Alonso, and probably take the championship lead, but I wouldn't count Fernando out just yet.
Alonso came so close to being eliminated in Q1 it's not funny. As it was, he barely scraped in on the supersofts
Someone (I think it was on the BBC coverage) was saying that Alonso's Q1 lap was an incredibly tactful one as he didn't go all-out on those tyres to preserve them for the race, and only did the bare minimum he needed to get into Q2. If that's true, that was the dictionary definition of 'risky'.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
Cynon wrote:Unless Vettel retires, I think he's got the title in the bag. Especially since the Ferrari is going back towards the Force Indias and the Saubers.
How do you figure that? If anything, Ferrari have improved since Suzuka. Vettel will probably gain on Alonso, and probably take the championship lead, but I wouldn't count Fernando out just yet.
Alonso came so close to being eliminated in Q1 it's not funny. As it was, he barely scraped in on the supersofts
He made it to Q3, and put the car on the second row. His practice times were pretty competitive too. Q1 was quite clearly, for whatever reason, an outlier.
Sebastian Vettel wrote:If I was good at losing, I wouldn't be in Formula 1
BlindCaveSalamander wrote:How do you figure that? If anything, Ferrari have improved since Suzuka. Vettel will probably gain on Alonso, and probably take the championship lead, but I wouldn't count Fernando out just yet.
Alonso came so close to being eliminated in Q1 it's not funny. As it was, he barely scraped in on the supersofts
He made it to Q3, and put the car on the second row. His practice times were pretty competitive too. Q1 was quite clearly, for whatever reason, an outlier.
Perhaps he was just breaking the tyres in for Q2?
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
So both Saubers smacked Button at the start. Dear oh dear oh dear.
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
I thought Kobayashi had a puncture that caused it, but evidently just his own fault, damn what a fail after such a storming drive in Japan *shakes head* Still interesting how Jenson was just stood at the side of the trackm evidently the recovery facilities are still below par
"Hispania are a waste of talent and petrol!" Martin Brundle, Australia Qualifying 2011
These marshalls are useless. Why is Rosberg's car still on the side of the track?
Fetzie on Ferrari wrote:How does a driver hurtling around a race track while they're sous-viding in their overalls have a better understanding of the race than a team of strategy engineers in an air-conditioned room?l
Rosberg's car still not recovered, if there's more indicidents this couild be trouble with regards to getting vehicle back to the garage. Oooh wonder what Button and Rosberg are chatting about? Nicely done Vergne! Kobaycrashi drive through, saw that one coming, race ruined.
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"Hispania are a waste of talent and petrol!" Martin Brundle, Australia Qualifying 2011
