I thought the reason Alonso went to Ferrari in the first place was because him and Hamilton couldn't stand each other?
I thought the reason Alonso went to Ferrari in the first place was because him and Hamilton couldn't stand each other?
They've been having a long distance love-in for the last few years. At first I thought it was Hamilton trolling him, but it seems to be mutual.
The distance is the crucial part of that, it wouldn't last five seconds if someone put them in the same team again and every team principal on the grid knows it.
Oh, and Patrese a 'piece of shit'? Bit harsh.
I guess he'd improved by the 90s.
Ngl, thing I miss most about F1 atm is Webber.
I've barely seen much Patresi but, from what I'm told, he became a bit of a mobile chicane near the end of his career.
Cruelly overshadowed by the most electrifying superstar ever to come out of the west midlands.
He managed to have his last three years alongside Mansell and Schumacher, having done a good stint with the ultimate wanker team mate Nelson Piquet earlier on. And there was one glorious year when whichever genius was running Brabham by then (not the short man) managed to pair him with de Cesaris. Hope they had a good parts supplier.
Button is confirmed for Monaco.
Well that's a little bit lol.
Alonso gets out of that shit car for a round, McLaren get to push their brand in the US, and we get more Button. Everyone wins.
Vandoorne not starting as the Honda has failed. Jesus wept.
At what point do McLaren realise they'd be better off cutting and running?
Lol Hamilton, looks like he'll get a penalty for slowing down in front of Smiley Dan.
He's properly mugged himself off here.
I haven't missed the old 'That's what I'm talking about!' at the end of races, I have to say.
I think Alonso having to retire right at the end is the perfect way to sum up McLaren this season.
Michael Schumacher had the decency to never use Italian in his victory chatter. He'll have a passport inside six months and he'll be going on about how he's an ethnic Italian.
£600m? Goodbye Force India.
I've caught up with this season now and think it's poised very well. On balance I'd say the Mercedes is marginally faster. Hamilton was unlucky with the safety car and then the pit incident in Bahrain, but still took an easy second and would have been a second or two up on Vettel taking out those things I think.
What is interesting now is what Mercedes do with Bottas. It became blindingly obvious in Bahrain that Bottas is not near the same level as Hamilton right now. With Vettel being the No.1 at Ferrari, surely Mercedes are going to have to drop their 'let them race' policy.
They already dropped it didn't they?
They won't need to if Bottas continues to be that slow. He looks extremely average at the moment but he always did have a habit of going missing for part of the race, still very early days for him though so I think he'll close the gap as he grows accustomed to the new car and team.
Stroll looks like the prize turkey this season, totally out of his depth and miles behind Massa. There must come a point where the massive wedge of cash doesn't look quite enough.
The camera angles at this track really show off the speed well.
Hopefull the Mercs being off there is them gearing the set-up for race trim. If not tomorrow is going to be quite dull.
Bottas in front. That's a Hamilton win then.
Cross these off your bingo cards:
- Honda mechanical retirement
- Stroll spin.
- Palmer out.
Good to see that Grosjean hasn't completely forgotten his Crashy Brothers roots.
Bottas looks strong here, it would be nice to see him win it. Hamilton hasn't had a clue through the last sector all weekend.
This is incredibly boring.
This track is awful. I can't remember seeing an on track overtake.
If I ran F1 I'd get rid of blue flags just to annoy Vettel.
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Not sure why Vettel had a go at Massa, he was nowhere close enough. Vettel just expects everybody to pull over let him fly on through.Originally Posted by Disco
Anthems at the start are bad but a photo op with the supreme leader at the end as well? Get the fuck out of backwards shit holes please F1.
Good set of MotoGP races in Austin. The Moto3 red flag was some nonsense but at least we got Fenati going nuts on the restart. Moto2 was actually not boring and I can see Morbidelli slotting into Rossi's role as soon as he retires in 2045. World Championship leading Rossi. With Vinales and Marquez showing they're human, this year might be about who's the most consistent.
Catching up on some bike racing today and I agree on Morbidelli, he trolled Marquez something silly in Argentina. Onto Austin now and I see Fenati is enjoying another false dawn, how long is it going to take him to get it together for more than a couple of races at a time?
I don't understand the confusion over the Rossi penalty, he gained an advantage by cutting the corner. It wasn't his fault but he took the piss by staying on the gas and closing right up to the guy ahead of him. Clear as day.
Yup. Although I'm glad Pedrosa's pace dropped to such a degree it didn't matter. Some big crashes that weekend (That Moto2 one at the start was .... well, it could've killed someone.) and that rider with the unpronouncable name made a great save.
Yeah Simon was lucky to 'walk' away from that, Manzi(?) didn't seem to want to brake at all for the first corner.
It was so dumb.Like he was turning up at the circuit for the first time.
Look at this thing, I bet Ron got them to put him in it as a joke.
Sure Fernando, this is what they'll all be driving.
I've been staring at that for over five minutes now and am still discovering new and terrible things about it.
Orange McLarens are American motorsport icons, so I reckon I was right with that marketing gimmick slant.
Half open wheeler half prototype. Full ugly.
If asymmetry is the future of oval racing, then I'm afraid oval racing has to be stopped.
Great race. Lewis all day long from here, let's hope they let them race to the finish.
No contest.
Can't believe I've missed this. Wait. I absolutely can. Nice to see Lewis back on the top spot. He's too good to be off there for long.
God, I fucking hate Vettel's post-race Italian. Stop that. You're worse than mert!
No, I think if you go to Ferrari you have to do it properly. Perhaps the extra £100m went on Italian lessons.
Nice of Lewis to reference Spains history of racial abuse on the podium there.
Arrivabene must the most miserable fucker you could possibly find at that circuit, if he was any sadder they'd be setting up a meeting with Kimi to cheer him up.
Something something... Grazzi! Something something.
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