Ramar Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 How crazy was that start? I usually only watch the beginning of races, and that was pure mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Yep it was brilliant! I dont even watch Formula One as I find it really boring but I was downstairs while my mum was watching it and I loved seeing those cars come off at that corner one by one :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I hate how they ask other drivers about Hamilton when they interview them after they retire. I was impressed with Hamiltons thinking when he crashed and kept his engine running though. The start of this race reminded me of Brazil a few years ago when there was something of a pile up after a rain storm so bad that the race was ended early, leaving Fisichella in a Jordan to win the race. Which was then taken away from him, given back to him, and then taken away again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted July 22, 2007 Author Share Posted July 22, 2007 That whole thing was nuts. My man of the race was Massa who put in a simply fantastic drive for almost the whole race, don't know what he lost to give away first place to Alonso. Unlucky for Raikkonen with his hydraulic failure and Hamilton with all assorted events coming together to keep him stuck at the back, spitting lap times into the wind. Also kudos to the Red Bulls for pulling through. 1 Lewis Hamilton 70 2 Fernando Alonso 68 3 Felipe Massa 59 4 Kimi Raikkonen 52 This has really thrown the Championship up in the air. What a fantastic season it's been. I think we could look forward to an equally spectacular finale at this rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddage Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I watched the race with Retro_Link and it was awesome, especially the start. You just saw one car go off and then thought "I bet we'll see another one in a..." and then another car came in. Dunno who it was but I laughed out loud when the guy just clipped that tractors back wheel! Fair play to Hamilton for having the presence of mind to keep his engine running, but then he and the team made a bit of a dodgy decision to change to the dry tyres so early. Especially since he was allowed to regain the lap he lost under the safety car, only to lose it straight away! Raikkonen was unlucky with the car failure but being a McLaren fan I didn't care too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 That was such an awesome race... Great day of sports it was with this race and a really great Tour day, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share Posted August 4, 2007 So, did anyone else catch the Hungaian qualifying? I think Alonso will be lucky if his boss doesn't eat him alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 So, did anyone else catch the Hungaian qualifying? I think Alonso will be lucky if his boss doesn't eat him alive.Very funny qualifying! That took some nerve from Alonso, you could tell he was counting down before he went so he would just leave Lewis out of qualifying (and also wasting a set of tyres)! Looked like Lewis was livid in the press conference aswell! Certainly not very sporting, but it adds another twist to the Alonso vs Lewis battle inside McLaren; the bar has been raised to a whole new level! Dunno what was up with Massa today either, very strange considering Kimi managed a somewhat competetive pace to McLaren! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Kinda hypocritical of Alonso, the thing he made of Schumacher when he parked the car on the last corner of *a track I can't remember*, he does basically the same thing only worse to Hamilton. I'm hardly Hamiltons number one fan, but I'm even less a fan of Alonso, so I hope Hamilton owns Alonso tomorrow. And wtf was with Massa's car? There was something really wrong there, I didn't get it at all. Oh and Honda should just use the Super Aguri car, it's their car from last year and it's far superior to their current car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goron_3 Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Massa car seems to have an electrical problem *sigh* And LOL at alonso! Actually love him for doing that F1 needs more moments like than imo, very clever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted August 4, 2007 Author Share Posted August 4, 2007 I wonder what it is about the Hungarian course that's got the Ferraris off kilter? They can't seem to stick it this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I wonder what it is about the Hungarian course that's got the Ferraris off kilter? They can't seem to stick it this weekend.Well it's largely down to the fact the Hungaroring is a high downforce track and the ferrari struggles on such courses. Monaco is the other high downforce track and the ferrari struggled there aswell. Another factor is that the track is quite a slow winding track with only one real racing line through it. The 2007 ferarri is a longer car than all the others, meaning it finds it harder to get into all the corners, and this will effect it over single lap qualifying! The advantage over the season however is that its longer design is much kinder to the tyres, giving it better race performance; something the McLarens have struggled with this season.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I watched the qualifying earlier, and, to be honest, it was pretty fucking entertaining. It's the most fun I've had watching F1 for quite a long time. This Alonso/Hamilton 'saga' is pretty awesome viewing. About some time they had some competition in the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Looks like Alonso got owned. Though this seems harsh: McLaren will also not be allowed to score constructors' points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyson Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Looks like Alonso got owned. Though this seems harsh: Great, he deserved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 It was just a bit too cheeky, wasn't it? Not being able to score constructors points does seem a tad harsh though. It's not like Ron was happy about Alonso's little manoeuvre. If the appeal falls flat Alonso is going to get the bollocking of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I think it was partly for Hamilton provoking Alonso by disregarding a team order in Q3. But a good comfortable win for Hamilton today. Not sure what happened to Massa this weekend, it just never happened :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 Lead all the way from the front, you gotta hand it to the boy. A pair of pretty titanic drives from both Hamilton and Raikkonen. Good race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40651 McLaren loses all constructors' points Thursday, 13, September, 2007, 18:38 The FIA World Motor Sport Council has disqualified McLaren from the 2007 constructors' championship and imposed the largest fine in motorsport history – but Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso can continue to vie for the drivers' crown. After nine hours of deliberations at the hearing in Paris, the 26-member World Council panel decided to punish the Woking-based team for breaking the sporting regulations by possessing confidential Ferrari data. But while the decision to exclude McLaren from the constructors' contest hands that title to Ferrari, McLaren's drivers have escaped a penalty. Hamilton and Alonso's battle for the world championship will therefore continue unaffected in the remaining four rounds. “The WMSC has stripped Vodafone McLaren Mercedes of all constructor points in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship and the team can score no points for the remainder of the season," the FIA said in a statement. “Furthermore, the team will pay a fine equal to $100m, less the FOM income lost as a result of the points deduction. “However, due to the exceptional circumstances in which the FIA gave the team’s drivers an immunity in return for providing evidence, there is no penalty in regard to drivers’ points." McLaren will also have to present its 2008 car for examination by the FIA before the start of next season. “The WMSC will receive a full technical report on the 2008 McLaren car and will take a decision at its December 2007 meeting as to what sanction, if any, will be imposed on the team for the 2008 season,” read the statement. It's right that the drivers championship wasn't affected!The season wouldn't have felt right otherwise and I actually think a number of the other drivers would have done something in protest. I don't really mind what else was imposed upon McLaren, there's obviously enough evidence to find them guilty of something! Though $100 million! WOAH!! The question is, with McLaren's 2008 future undecided, will Alonso stick around?!! Or is it off back to Renault (who have said they'd happily welcome him back), or maybe off to the team who's the highest bidder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 I hope Alonso leaves McLaren. McLaren can then pick up Kubica or someone of similar quality. If Alonso goes to Renault, hopefully they will come back up a bit, and make it a three horse race for once. The lack of constructors points now will make Hamilton and Alonso go at it hammer and tong too, which will be pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platty Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 The lack of constructors points now will make Hamilton and Alonso go at it hammer and tong too, which will be pretty awesome. Agreed. It's gonna be a great end to the season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goron_3 Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 You know who mclaren should go for if Alonso leaves...BUTTON! God if he had a half decent car he'd be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Sadly Buttons not as good as he thinks he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro_Link Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 You know who mclaren should go for if Alonso leaves...BUTTON! God if he had a half decent car he'd be great. Button will be lucky to get into another team for a while.He's not all that well regarded amongst teams because of what he did to Williams a couple of years back when he was at Honda (BAR): Agreed to switch to Williams, then changed his mind when he thought Honda would be the better car to stay with for the future (oh how wrong he was!), and after a lengthy battle he and Honda bought him out of his Williams contract. There's little trust surrounding the guy and he's only got himself to blame for where he is at the moment and the situation he finds himself in, stuck at Honda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodleman Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Button will be lucky to get into another team for a while.He's not all that well regarded amongst teams because of what he did to Williams a couple of years back when he was at Honda (BAR): Agreed to switch to Williams, then changed his mind when he thought Honda would be the better car to stay with for the future (oh how wrong he was!), and after a lengthy battle he and Honda bought him out of his Williams contract. There's little trust surrounding the guy and he's only got himself to blame for where he is at the moment and the situation he finds himself in, stuck at Honda! Except thats not actualy true. He was a Williams driver, Williams decided to lease him out to Honda so he could get some driving experiance. However it was always in his contract after the 2 years at Honda he would go back to Williams. He decided he didnt want to go back to Williams and bought himself out of his Williams contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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