Motorsports Thread

[blameturner]

Had a good chat to Mark Webber after the Press Conference and also in the Red Bull entourage tent yesterday at Top Gear festival.

 

He is a really good bloke...

[Neverbloom]

Had a good chat to Mark Webber after the Press Conference and also in the Red Bull entourage tent yesterday at Top Gear festival.

 

He is a really good bloke...

seems like a great bloke,not too media friendly though

 

so excited for the weekend i miss formula one and i am so excited though sunday will be painful it takes forever for anything to happen thanks to when the race actually starts it feels like the longest day of the year to me

[Benched]

Had a good chat to Mark Webber after the Press Conference and also in the Red Bull entourage tent yesterday at Top Gear festival.

 

He is a really good bloke...

Turner, do you ever miss an opportunity to drop a name?

[Neverbloom]

*explodes* coverage has started on one hd

[Neverbloom]

not looking promising so far jean eric vergne looks like he wants to be a rally driver, STR looking like they will be one of the top back markers this year only practise though

[Nnnnnathan12]

so annoying the qualifying is on at the same time of the wanderers tomorow

not a big fan of JER, i remember at the young drivers test in 2011 he said that in the red bull he could do better than mark webber, 
even though he had never raced in a GP before..

im hoping that ricciardio does well this season, and if red bull decide to keep webber on for 2014 then toro rosso keep ricciardio 
to eventually replace webber, unlike at the end of 2011 when toro rosso cut jamie algersuarii and sebastian buemi to keep
the young drivers coming through red bull.
 

[Neverbloom]

so annoying the qualifying is on at the same time of the wanderers tomorow

 

not a big fan of JER, i remember at the young drivers test in 2011 he said that in the red bull he could do better than mark webber, 

even though he had never raced in a GP before..

 

im hoping that ricciardio does well this season, and if red bull decide to keep webber on for 2014 then toro rosso keep ricciardio 

to eventually replace webber, unlike at the end of 2011 when toro rosso cut jamie algersuarii and sebastian buemi to keep

the young drivers coming through red bull.

 

its such a pain i wont miss a wanderers match for anything especially one so important but its such a pain

 

i always found JEV is a bit of a tool because of that comment though to be fair i dont know much about him, STR i was hoping they were going to be good this year pity not so much by the looks of things still albert park is not a good circuit in terms of showing how the rest of the season will go

 

pity it will be hard for a STR driver to go into red bull if they are not going to be a decent team

Edited March 15, 2013 by TheGoatOfDoom

[Nnnnnathan12]

first GP of the season is always a difficult for the teams especially with the limited pre season testing and everyone
trying to work out the tyres, red bull will be great as always, mclaren and ferrari will be in the mix, but im expecting
a huge jump from mercedes and lotus

[Neverbloom]

useless stuff by the FIA

 

the last time quali was postponed was during a monsoon a f*cking monsoon, what we had at melbourne was a bit of f*cking rain i dont swear often but that was bullshit, grow a pair and get on the circuit

[Nnnnnathan12]

what i didnt get is that they were using brooms to sweep up the circuit and a leaf

blower on pit lane, surely they must have a better solution like a sweeper truck to

dry up the racing line then some marshalls with brooms

[Neverbloom]

what i didnt get is that they were using brooms to sweep up the circuit and a leaf

blower on pit lane, surely they must have a better solution like a sweeper truck to

dry up the racing line then some marshalls with brooms

agreed sorry for not replying to your previous message i was just too angry

 

i agree with what you said in your previous post though but this is meant to be the pinnacle of motorsport and they cant handle a bit of rain its just pathetic nascar has more advanced technology in terms of cleaning up rain

[Nnnnnathan12]

glad the the rain stayed away for the race, i still cant get it how webber always has poor starts and that he cant seem to improve on it

but the podium today, raikkonen, alonso and vettel will be the three way race for the championship this year, maybe hamilton can cause a bit

of noise but i cant see the mercedes being consistent enough

[Neverbloom]

i cant believe how poor red bull were today, great though i hope they struggle this season i like webber but if they are dominant he will never beat finger boy and i want vettel to for once not have the greatest car, all drivers should be tested i hope this is vettel's year where his talent as a racer is tested

 

both mcclaren and mercedes are going to be interesting to follow this year Merc seem to unreliable and mcclaren look like ferrari looked at the start of last season and look how much they improved

Edited March 17, 2013 by TheGoatOfDoom

[Messinese]

Finalmente! Ferrari finally has a promising car to start off the season (even though it was only the first race of the season). Massa even looked quick and out qualified Alonso lol. Hopefully the car maintains this speed and gives a Seb a run for his money.

[Neverbloom]

Finalmente! Ferrari finally has a promising car to start off the season (even though it was only the first race of the season). Massa even looked quick and out qualified Alonso lol. Hopefully the car maintains this speed and gives a Seb a run for his money.

while i dont like ferrari i want them to be competitive

 

honestly if Alonso and Vettel are in similar cars then vettel will get smoked, he is a great driver but he isnt alonso

 

also for my fantasy F1 team i had Mcclaren as a team .........yea swapped them for lotus pretty fast

 

i still wish an australian will do well at the australian GP but ah well

 

should be an interesting season Lotus are looking good this year, same with merc if they can manage a race without breaking down they should do alright

Edited March 19, 2013 by TheGoatOfDoom

[Neverbloom]

vettel showed his class today, more than usual

[Nnnnnathan12]

complete f***ing w***ker, how many times has webber followed team orders for vettels benefit,

i did feel a bit sorry for rosberg, its not his fault that hamiltons engineers screwed up their fuel strategy,

and i reckon that he couldve gone on to challenge the red bulls because when webber was passed he was told to ease off and save the engine

[SBW]

 

Horner has now demanded showdown talks with Vettel after refusing to believe the driver’s claim that he misunderstood the instructions.

He said: “The instruction was given to both cars to hold their position. At that point Sebastian has chosen to ignore that.

“It wasn’t right what he did, he accepts that. He said if he could wind the clock back he wouldn’t do it again.

“He felt that he hadn’t heard the call and it was unclear to him what the instruction was, but he’s chosen to hear what he wants to hear.

“He put his interests beyond what the team’s position was. It’s important we learn from it.

“We’ll take about this behind closed doors — it is not the end of the matter. He and I will be having future discussions.

“It’ll take Mark time to calm down but what is done is done. There was no manipulation, no conspiracy, so if he’s thinking about his future its sheer emotion talking.â€

 

I think Webber is into his last year of his contract with Red Bull

 

I doubt he would stay on after the **** he has to go through with Vettel, he was about to quit the Red Bull team 2 or 3 years ago because Red Bull wanted Vettel to win the Championship instead of Webber.

[Nnnnnathan12]

he only signs one year contracts anyway,

as long as red bull want him there he will stay.

hes not going to get a drive with a competitive car anywhere else except for ferrari,

but ferrari are team orders and he would never get a chance to win with alonso at ferrari unless alonso was out of the race.

 

mclaren and mercedes wont take him because of his age,

maybe lotus might be interested if kimi or grosjean wanted to leave, but they would have to have a more consistent car

for webber to go there.

[spectacular291]

Its tough I think for both Vettel and Webber yesterday. Nico Rosberg was having the same issue at Mercedes yesterday with Hamilton in front of him.

 

At the end of the day - all a driver wants to do is win and like Ayrton Senna said 'if you are no longer looking for a gap that exists, then you are not a racing driver' - that being said - he said that after he purposefully crashed Alain Prost to win the championship in Suzuka.

[Nnnnnathan12]

i think that rosberg was very hard done by, hamilton completely screwed up his fuel strategy, and rosberg had a shot at the red bulls if he was allowed to pass him

[MP4Eedz]

Its tough I think for both Vettel and Webber yesterday. Nico Rosberg was having the same issue at Mercedes yesterday with Hamilton in front of him.

 

At the end of the day - all a driver wants to do is win and like Ayrton Senna said 'if you are no longer looking for a gap that exists, then you are not a racing driver' - that being said - he said that after he purposefully crashed Alain Prost to win the championship in Suzuka.

 

Got to love Senna haha, he also stated "coming 2nd just means you are the first of the losers"

 

In saying all that Vettel is classless. Rosberg faced the same option and did the right thing. In the end his team showed his class when asked about it.

 

Glad Webber didn’t hold back on the podium

 

Mclaren haven’t started the year well L

 

But Kimi is again proving IMO the fastest formula 1 racer of all time

 

i think that rosberg was very hard done by, hamilton completely screwed up his fuel strategy, and rosberg had a shot at the red bulls if he was allowed to pass him

 

 

I must admit, in recent times Hamilton has been a bit of a turn off for me. But he showed his class on the podium regarding the Rosberg finish

 

 ps llol @ Hamilton pulling into the Mclaren pit crew hahahaha d!ckhead

[Nnnnnathan12]

haha sounds a lot like talladega nights too

 

'if you aint first, youre last'

 

christan horner said that red bull aim for a 1-2 finish every race,

10 laps to go they had the 1-2 cemented and webber was in front,

team orders should stand.

 

in the case of mercedes, i think that rosberg had the ability to go ahead and chase down the red bulls

even if he doesnt chase them down, mercedes still get their 3-4 finish

[MP4Eedz]

haha sounds a lot like talladega nights too

 

'if you aint first, youre last'

 

christan horner said that red bull aim for a 1-2 finish every race,

10 laps to go they had the 1-2 cemented and webber was in front,

team orders should stand.

 

in the case of mercedes, i think that rosberg had the ability to go ahead and chase down the red bulls

even if he doesnt chase them down, mercedes still get their 3-4 finish

 

Mercedes was a little different. Rosberg wasn’t allowed to pass cause Hamilton = No. 1 in that team.

 

Lewis knew it and felt like sh!t cause Nico and him go back a long way

[Nnnnnathan12]

 

haha sounds a lot like talladega nights too

 

'if you aint first, youre last'

 

christan horner said that red bull aim for a 1-2 finish every race,

10 laps to go they had the 1-2 cemented and webber was in front,

team orders should stand.

 

in the case of mercedes, i think that rosberg had the ability to go ahead and chase down the red bulls

even if he doesnt chase them down, mercedes still get their 3-4 finish

 

Mercedes was a little different. Rosberg wasn’t allowed to pass cause Hamilton = No. 1 in that team.

 

Lewis knew it and felt like **** cause Nico and him go back a long way

 

 

yea i know that hamilton is no.1, thats why you pay him $33 million a year haha

 

what im saying is that Mercedes shouldve, let rosberg have a crack at the red bulls

but im pretty sure that ross brawn knows what hes doing

 

 

[Davo]

Vettel's a tool but he knows that he has the team wrapped around his finger and they can't do anything to discipline him without hurting themselves. Webber said it right on the podium when he said that Seb did wrong but he'll get away with it like he always does.

 

As for Mercedes, I find it hard to believe that they fuelled both cars differently so in reality Rosberg did a better job of saving fuel earlier in the race. He got himself into a strong position for the end of the race and couldn't use it because he was behind his team mate who hadn't bothered with all that earlier in the race. It's heading toward a situation where drivers will go flat out burning through tyres and fuel to position themselves in front of their team mate after the final pit stop so they can cruise to the finish in formation.

[ATP]

Its tough I think for both Vettel and Webber yesterday. Nico Rosberg was having the same issue at Mercedes yesterday with Hamilton in front of him.

 

At the end of the day - all a driver wants to do is win and like Ayrton Senna said 'if you are no longer looking for a gap that exists, then you are not a racing driver' - that being said - he said that after he purposefully crashed Alain Prost to win the championship in Suzuka.

Schumacher did the same at suzuka in 1997 to jacques villeneuve, only it didnt pay off, he took himself out & handed jacques the drivers title

[Nnnnnathan12]

they may have fuelled them differently, maybe hamilton prefered a lighter set up or liked how to car behaved with less fuel.

not really, it was just a situation in malaysia were red bull were 1-2 and mercedes were 3-4.
alonso wouldve been up there and  if lotus werent poor, if kimi and alonso wouldve been in the mix
then the red bulls wouldve been forced into different strategy and be racing harder

Edited March 26, 2013 by Nnnnnathan12

[ATP]

I agree with Goats comments about rain lol

 

In the past 10yrs especially if its a wet race my intrest jumps tenfold...

[Benched]

I can tell you from very good authority, Vettel is just as much a prat off the track. 

 

 

Told you so......