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04-06-2014, 01:22 PM | #45 |
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Phenomenal race. This is what I've been missing. Thanks Benz for allowing this and thanks Lewis and Nico for not forcing the team to shut it down. F1 is back.
Even if RBR find their way back it looks like Ricciardo is slightly faster than Vettel so the chance is good for fire works even if this happens. |
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04-06-2014, 03:29 PM | #46 |
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A fantastic race, but the director of the F1 feed should be fired. To spend so much time of the last few laps watching a procession of cars in 4th thru' 9th, (even though they were all competitive), when Lewis was fighting off a guy in a comparable car who could use the DRS AND had the 'Soft' tyre, was disgraceful. We should have seen the battle for the lead from the time the Safety Car pulled in with flashes of the race going on behind Hamilton and Rosberg. As it is I feel we didn't get to see much of an absolutely epic drive from Lewis holding off Nico.
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04-06-2014, 03:49 PM | #47 |
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and let's all give credit where credit is due - to the man we can count on to throw a monkey wrench into the works at any moment - the master of mayhem - Maldonado
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04-06-2014, 05:24 PM | #49 |
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It's been said before but bears repeating: the driver is a small part of the race equation as Vettel's mid-pack finish illustrates.
DRic is set for a phenomenal year And I'm a Mercedes fan, glad they're doing well this year |
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04-06-2014, 05:50 PM | #50 |
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Keep in mind Vettel was having issues with the car towards the end. Something about losing power.
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04-06-2014, 06:01 PM | #51 | |
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Great race today!
Did anyone see the feature they did on the qualy show (SkyF1) about the Merc engine? Separating the hot side and cold side of the turbo... Brilliant!!! Quote:
The reason they can run longer than an hour is due to the hybrid unit supplementing the engine. |
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04-06-2014, 06:53 PM | #52 |
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Did you see how pissed the President of Ferrari was. He left the moment Raikkonen said he was down on power and couldn't keep pace with the Force India Cars. Heads might roll after this race.
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04-06-2014, 08:04 PM | #53 |
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I am glad he is ok:
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04-06-2014, 09:24 PM | #54 | |
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ONLY 5 place grid penalty??? Where as Riccairdo served a 10 place for a small higgup on pitstop???!!! WTF
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04-06-2014, 09:47 PM | #55 | |
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He deserves what he got but I bet if he was running the 2013 nose he would have just t-bone Esteban instead of a punting him.
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04-06-2014, 10:41 PM | #56 | |
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I got a kick out of Gutierrez right after the wreck. "What the hell was that?"
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04-06-2014, 11:13 PM | #58 | |
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- 10 second stop and go penalty - 10 place grid penalty Compare to causing a severe collision. Due to his own clumsiness. - 10 second stop and go penalty. - 5 place grid penalty. - 3 points on his super license. I feel a 10 place grid penalty is more appropriate. Just my opinion.
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We've seen two collisions causing cars being lift up or flipped over. - Kobayashi rear-ended Massa - Maldonado flipped Gutierrez If the side impact protection and resistant to impact are to made safer. We can have higher nose and have to structures collide and take all the energy. Instead of transferring the energy into sending another car up-side-down or dive/lift.
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04-06-2014, 11:21 PM | #60 |
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What a great race !!! I've watched it 3 times already ! I still miss the old format of the post race interview. It just seems awkward.
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04-07-2014, 01:24 AM | #61 |
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I didn't say it was all his car, but keep laughing while he struggles for points |
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04-07-2014, 07:53 AM | #64 | |
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I watched the race and the crash, and it didn't look to me like the nose of Maldonado's car had anything to do with the flip. It looked to me like the tires touched, causing the flip.
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