It's a hell of a list of people when you think about it.
Colin Chapman
Ken Tyrell
Enzo Ferrari
Bernie Ecclestone
Frank Williams
Ron Dennis
Flavio Briatore
Jean Todt
Ross Brawn
It's a hell of a list of people when you think about it.
Colin Chapman
Ken Tyrell
Enzo Ferrari
Bernie Ecclestone
Frank Williams
Ron Dennis
Flavio Briatore
Jean Todt
Ross Brawn
Don't forget Eddie "Can I borrow your Camel decals?" Jordan.
Once you get past the convoluted Bose advertising, the beyond the grid podcast has some mildly interesting interviews with Toto Wolff etc. that makes them all seem a bit more human.
There’s a lovely one from a year or so ago with Murray Walker too...
No one will ever be a bigger legend than Murray Walker.
FP2 Bottas almost causes Hamilton to smash into him, then 5 seconds late Viettel almost smashes into him as he dawdles along on the racing line.
Time will be very kind to Bernie I think. When you step back, you could argue he is the greatest genius in all of sporting history.Originally Posted by Disco
Mercedes have boffed this by not boxing HAM right behind Verstappen. Bizarre.
This is the most unnecessary safety car I have seen for a while.
You gain track position but it's going to be worthless, I don't see how it's going to work.
He meffed up the restart as well, he had to go straight off Mergulho and get some metres between him and Max.
Here comes my boy
Ferrari
Now they pit HAM with 3 1/2 laps remaining - this race is finishing under the safety car. Jesus.
Oh my.
Oh god, we've hit the jackpot
Nice of Merc to donate a podium to Toro Rosso, keeping the smaller teams alive.
Lewis, you cunt. Poor Alex.
Edit: not exactly Lewis' fault, but still, poor Alex.
Gasly
That was Albon's fault, he was on a dogshit line in and nowhere for Hamilton to go.
Fair fucks to Gasly.
The Gasly Hamilton finish: https://streamable.com/xsmtp
How often do two cars fight for position going over the line?
1971 Italian GP, there were about four of them finishing like that for the win. Don't know if footage exists. But yes, it's pretty rare to still be going for it over the line.
The best last straight finish was of course this one (also at Monza) for 7th and 8th places in the 1993 race:
Closest finish in F1 history.
Beautiful stuff from the red cars.
It's getting to the point where safety cars are a genuine problem. Chaos always ensures once they bowl one out (and then you can spiral into having them almost constantly).
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Hamilton got penalised down to 7th. Not sure I buy that, but he's been all over the media telling anyone who will listen that it was his fault so I suppose you can't really blame them.
Sainz third and on the cusp of 6th in the championship, immense year from him.
Meanwhile I see Antonio 'central casting' Giovinazzi managed to burgle 5th in the end which sends our old mate 'RoGro' down to 18th in the championship, how he has kept his drive yet again is a mystery.
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Vettel really is all over the place
McLaren on the podium (well, not really) for the first time since .... 2012?
McLaren back
I'm starting to really dislike Leclerc. He's like a spoilt little kid at school, wanting to tell on the other kids.
Makes you wonder why him and Vettel don't get on.
Quality race, by the way. Verstappen was magic through the first corner all day. He's the only one on the grid I can see taking Hamilton's torch.
Last edited by Shindig; 18-11-2019 at 07:29 AM.
Lando Norris 2021 baby
That final qualifying session featured Vettel spinning on the start finish straight and Leclerc failing to make the start line in time to do his lap at the end of Q3, another Ferrari tour de force all in all.
Now they seem to have over-fuelled Leclerc's car. Never a dull moment, nor indeed a competent one.
Just hire some German strategists, you eejits.
They've also been caught cheating on Leclercs fuel level today, what a fitting way to cap off the season.
Thinking all the way back to race 1 in Australia, where they were way slower than in testing, did they just not start the fuel cheating until later? A truly wonderful effort from them all season I reckon.
Given that everyone's been talking about it for a month it would be a splendid effort to actually get caught in this complete dead rubber of a race.
This is The Sun version of Jimmy’s post 20 minutes ago.
A Ferrari pitstop not going to plan. Who would have guessed?
They've been on the Asti Spumante a bit early by the look of it.
I’m near sure I seen someone in a tunnel on this earlier but over the past 5 or 6 laps there’s not a sign. Was it a replay from another race (I’m not watching too closely) or is it the pit lane or something?
Pit lane is a tunnel here.
It's the completely pointless pit exit that goes under the track.
Abu Dhabi, pointless is the name of the game.
The F1 director must hate Norris. Never shows his overtakes. Kyvat, Norris and Sainz having a right ding-dong and instead we watch a line of cars following Hulkenberg for 3 laps.
Last edited by John Arne; 01-12-2019 at 01:46 PM.
I think this is the worst circuit on the calendar now that we're shot of Korea. The slow corners are all completely mickey mouse.
Why aren't Ferrari pitting LeClerc? What are they waiting for?
It's a good job we have this soulless parade as a finale rather than last weeks race.
Lol at Vettel finishing fifth. Monster year from Sainz with that sixth place. Good year for Perez too, would have been nice if he finished ahead of Ricciardo.
Did he do that up himself?
What do you mean "do it up himself"... do you mean make the video? If so, of course notDid he do that up himself?
I think I hate Lando Norris.
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