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SteveC Member Since: 11 Oct 2013 Location: St Ives, Cambs Posts: 281 |
Lando kept Hamilton at bay for quite a while in an earlier race, earning praise from him. If Lando can get a good slipstream off Max into the first corner, he could be in front of Hamilton again. However, I suspect he'll keep well out of the way... Steve 2008 TD4 HSE Auto, Zermatt Silver |
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12th Dec 2021 9:40 am |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 |
What substance do you think the puntdits have been injected with.
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12th Dec 2021 12:22 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 5062 |
I havent watched F1 much since the days of Schumacher & Senna.
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12th Dec 2021 3:13 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
I was wrong (again). Although I don't know who wrote that script. At least I can say that for the majority of the race Hamilton was faster. Perhaps I will be right for next year, Maclaren will up their game, and Lando Norris will have some better luck than he did this year. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011) FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015) Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History (Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?) |
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12th Dec 2021 3:21 pm |
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MartynB Member Since: 08 Aug 2011 Location: Currently Rootless ! Posts: 1781 |
I watched on channel 4 via my Sky Box . As the race started , the Vicar called ( my new next door neighbour ) and luckily I could pause the action for 45 minutes , this was fortuitous as it enabled me to skip through a lot of the tedium . The only bit worth watching was the last 5 minutes . Listening to the team principles whining every time something didn’t go their way was in itself tedious . I’m not knocking the skill levels of the drivers , they are super human . However as a sport I think watching paint dry is more exciting . I’ll be sticking to World Superbikes 2009 GS Auto Zermatt Silver - Sold June 21 after 10 years of ownership
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12th Dec 2021 3:26 pm |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 |
Well, don't know what to make of that. Can't believe Lewis left the door wide open for Max to lunge up the inside so in that respect he deserves the win, on the otherhand, the race director seems to have ignored the rules to manufacture a racing finish, which could only end up being advantageous to Redbull. Not sure I would want to be in his shoes.
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12th Dec 2021 3:43 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 5062 |
Not much a of racing finish - 1 lap with one car on near new tyres the other on very worn ones and a 14 sec advantage removed. Why were the cars between Hamilton and Verstappen allowed to pass when under a safety car there is no overtaking.
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12th Dec 2021 6:54 pm |
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3landertwo Member Since: 27 May 2020 Location: UK Posts: 1130 |
I can remember the controversy when Hamilton won his first world championship.
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12th Dec 2021 7:17 pm |
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Sidthecat Member Since: 10 Sep 2017 Location: Sarf-East London-sur-Mer Posts: 1635 |
On the BBC website someone compared it to a rugby side being two scores ahead and within 5yds of touch with 5 mins on the clock. Ref stops the game to allow the losing side to bring on fresh players, then resets the score to 0-0 |
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12th Dec 2021 7:35 pm |
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PRadd Member Since: 09 Apr 2020 Location: East Lancs Posts: 366 |
No surprise that the BBC don't understand motor racing then Sid The position at the chequered flag is the only one that matters
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13th Dec 2021 11:10 am |
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Jimboland Member Since: 06 Dec 2015 Location: Northants Posts: 735 |
It was all a bit of a farcical laugh but the last lap was good and the whole thing showed up so much of human nature, which is not always good. Perhaps the answer will be for all the teams to have identical self driving cars all manufactured by a single idependent company.
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13th Dec 2021 11:16 am |
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shiggsy Member Since: 13 Jan 2013 Location: Kent Posts: 799 |
Well not always, they can get time penalties during the race which will demote their position. As I understand it the race director had two options available to him, what they normally do is allow the cars to unlap themselves, give them a lap to catchup and then bring the pace car in. If they had done that the race would have finished under the pace car. The other option is not to allow the other cars to unlap themselves, but just bring the pace car in, which is what they were going to do as it wouldmean the race wouldn't finish under the pace car (I think). But that would mean Max would have had to pass 5 backmarkers under restart conditions, which Christian Horner complained about. The race director then took it upon himself to allow only the 5 cars between Max and Lewis to unlap themselves and no others bringing max right up behind Lewis for the restart. He also bought the pace car in early not giving the 5 cars time to catch the pack up. Intentional or not he rigged the race in favour of Redbull. It's all very well saying Mercedes had chances to pit and change tyres too, but Red bull had the advantage of being able to sit back, see what Mercedes did and do the opposite, which is all fair enough. If Mercedes had pitted and changed tyres Red Bull would have stayed out. It's quite possible then that Max would have been at the front on old tyres and Lewis behind with new tyres for the restart. If that happened Christian Horner wouldn't be accepting the result either. Hung like Einstein, smart as a horse. |
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13th Dec 2021 12:22 pm |
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Northcroft Member Since: 29 Jan 2017 Location: Durham Posts: 784 |
clearly that buffoon who crashed his car late on cost Lewis the title
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13th Dec 2021 12:30 pm |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3156 |
I believe that the problem lies in the over-regulation of today's Motor Sport.
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13th Dec 2021 12:42 pm |
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