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Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by FBS: 8:48pm On Apr 11, 2011 |
montelik:hehehe. I said one of the reasons. ![]() It defo had to do with Alonso. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by babyboy3(m): 10:26am On Apr 12, 2011 |
How Alonso got 20 second is head scratching its either a drive through or 25 seconds to 30 seconds penalty! well knowing that Alonso is only 24 seconds ahead of the next driver ![]() What do you expect from the FIA (Ferrari Internationale de L’Automobile) MARTIN WHITMARSH IS SIMPLY DISGUSTING! this pathetic excuse for a team principal is behind all this shenanigans against Hamilton, Mclaren under the helm of Ron Dennis want the best for Hamilton, but Whitmarsh as a petty line manager within Mclaren only wants to destroy him as to why we all don't know, anyone can take a guess! The evidence is there for all to see the consistent slow pitstops for Hamilton, poor strategies, reliability problems only evident on Hamilton's car, comments from Whitmarsh that Hamilton was just an experiment and a fragile individual unlike Button! The races are being broadcast live, the pitstops and times are there for all to see in HIGH DEFINITION, yet these all seems to have sailed right over people's heads! No wonder politicians are able to weave their way to power and manipulate so many, it is because the average person is simply nothing more than a gullible fool! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by FBS: 12:40pm On Apr 12, 2011 |
I'm telling you. Bring RON back. Lewis spent 6.9 secs just to change tyres. WOW! That's like eternity in Formula1. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 10:40pm On Apr 13, 2011 |
The greatest testament to Lewis unmatched driving talent is the way he has been able to adapt to the new tyres; this year he has become even better than Jenson with tyres. With that in mind, it would be difficult for anybody to claim that Lewis used his tyres badly, especially as he had more than most of the other drivers. As I said earlier, after qualifying on Saturday, the McLarens and Red Bull had the same number of tyres for the race and more than the other teams. IMHO there must be a very massive inquest going on at McLaren, because Lewis no doubt finished that race in 7th place with a fresh and UNUSED set of soft tyres in his corner of the McLaren garage. . . An incredible situation indeed! When you consider that the softs were a second faster than the hards at that race, the questions multiply. More than all of the above, considering the way Lewis fell backwards after his pit stops, it is quite certain that he was getting used hard tyres put on, instead of fresh ones, so in addition to the spare set of brand new softs he had, there would another two brand new sets of hards. It doesn't sound good and no team would ever admit such a blunder. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by FBS: 9:47am On Apr 14, 2011 |
He may be on his way to RedBull! oh man. . . |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by montelik(m): 12:27pm On Apr 14, 2011 |
Excuses, excuses, excuses. That is all I hear from d Lewis supporters. blame Whitmarsh, blame d car, blame Alonso, blame d stewards, blame d FIA. Well hopefully Lewis will put it together this weekend with a strong performance in Shanghai, else all this hoopla about his awesomeness and unmatchable driving talent will begin to look seriously misplaced and overstated. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 1:19pm On Apr 14, 2011 |
FBS: You never know! I guess though that Ron would be having serious words with Witmarsh. In the meantime, after analysing Lewis post race outburst I'm beginning to conclude that my analysis was spot on: “It was a shocking race, absolutely shocking,” he fumed. “I started second and finished seventh. The strategy and the pit stop mistake didn’t help. I stopped too early and twice went on the wrong tyres.” |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by FBS: 2:22pm On Apr 14, 2011 |
Ron is the man. No way he would be at the helm and Lewis will spend close to 7 secs for a pit stop. Not in Formula 1. Plus the strategy was truly shocking. Twice on wrong tyres? oh man. . . |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by chic2pimp(m): 4:30pm On Apr 14, 2011 |
Dayummmm how did I see this thread? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 12:15am On Apr 15, 2011 |
Lewis has really wheeled out the fireworks at McLaren. The man is in a real rage after the stvpid pit stops and being given old tyres when he had fresh ones. Its gloves off time: "I have got only a short period in Formula One and I want to be competitive," he said. "I want to win championships. If you're in a good enough place and you're happy then there's no need to go anywhere. But loyalty has its limits." http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/apr/14/lewis-hamilton-f1-mclaren |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by mystikal(m): 7:56am On Apr 15, 2011 |
Vettel continues his form. Fastest time in the Chinese Grand Prix Practice |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by montelik(m): 8:01am On Apr 15, 2011 |
Typical Hamilton ![]() |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 6:36pm On Apr 15, 2011 |
montelik: Dude, my speculation that Lewis was given old tyres was proven correct. I wasn't aware that Lewis himself had said as much. In all my years of watching F1, I've never heard of a team that has done that, even brand new teams. I've always been a McLaren fan (from Mika Hakinnen, through Rakonnen to Lewis), but that was a real clanger; I would blame any driver for blowing their top, its also interesting how fast Martin Whitmarsh reacted to forgive Lewis and try to kill the story with PR. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by montelik(m): 7:28am On Apr 16, 2011 |
Disastrous qualifying session for Webber. Why didn't he used his softer tyres? Webber will start from 18th and meanwhile his KERS has packed up once again. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by montelik(m): 7:38am On Apr 16, 2011 |
Red bull better pray that Vettel grabs pole, cos with Webber's position and d mechanical issues with his car, I doubt he is going to score any points this weekend. D Mclarens look like they mean business. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by montelik(m): 8:26am On Apr 16, 2011 |
Looks like its going to be another Vettel and Red bull weekend. Vettel claims pole with d fastest lap ever on d Shangahi track. Its getting a little too easy. ![]() 1 Sebastian Vettel 1:33.706 2 Jenson Button +00.715 3 Lewis Hamilton +00.757 4 Nico Rosberg +00.964 5 Fernando Alonso +01.413 6 Felipe Massa +01.439 |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 4:55pm On Apr 16, 2011 |
The reason behind it was clearly the last race showed how important it is to have fresh tyres during the race. Obviously we would have a used option if we are doing a three stop. In the last race I only had two options I could use and then I had a new prime and an old prime. I wanted to make sure I had plenty of fresh tyres so we are in quite a strong position. I have got the options I just qualified on, a new set of options and a new set of primes and a very decent set of options again. Just tried to increase the chances for the race as that is where it actually counts. http://www.grandprix.com/race/r842satpc.html Very interesting statement from Lewis. He had a choice of two option (soft) tyres, yet McLaren ran him on softs (for the first stint only), after that it was strictly primes to the extent that old tyres were put on his car. He clearly had enough tyres for that race from his own words, that was also a commonly known fact from his tyre use during quali. It seems McLaren are trying to cover a serious set of blunders by blaming the poor tyre strategy on Lewis blackspotting a set of options. lol! If I recall, Jenson, Vettel and quite a few others did the same, so thats just the lamest PR that McLaren can reach for. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by montelik(m): 8:07am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Great start by d Mclarens, they just swamped Vettel. Button looks to be really up for it this weekend. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by montelik(m): 8:09am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Old war horse Schumi also had a great start. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 8:11am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Bloody hell! Looks like its going to be an exciting race! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 8:39am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Jenson must have had a bung before the race, imagine stopping in the Red Bull pit box! ![]() |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by cold(m): 9:21am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Hamilton is on FIREEE! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 9:33am On Apr 17, 2011 |
niceeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by cold(m): 9:33am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Yes!Yes!Yes!Hamilton takes the lead,nice one ![]() |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 9:40am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Lewis wins!!!!!!!!! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 9:41am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Brilliant racing Lewis and Webber! Wow! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Bisijames(m): 9:48am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Love him or hate him Hamilton is the best out there. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Phony200(m): 9:57am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Man of the Race goes to Webber. In a sport where overtaking can be so hard, I can believe he made up 15places! Two more laps and he'd have caught Vettel too. Great race. The new tires and all means strategies are not yet finetuned to complete understanding by the teams. However, with the new rules, it's going to be a very FUN reason to watch. |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by FBS: 10:41am On Apr 17, 2011 |
What a race. Definitely one of the best in many seasons. I don't know what Whitmarsh ate today but he made the right calls. The 3 pit stops strategy eventually paid off. Good job Jonathan Neale and to the whole crew. How they managed to fix the fuel leak just before the race. Superb. Big-ups to McLaren for allowing the two drivers to compete and keeping it clean. Alonso would never have accepted that. Lewis H- oh my. . .what a pilot. What a driver. Amazing performance. And Webber. Waaaaaaaaa! from 18 to 3rd? He is good! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Goldieluks: 11:07am On Apr 17, 2011 |
I am sooooooooooooooooooooo glad that Lewis Halmilton won the race.Yipeeee!!! that Jason should sod off!!!! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Goldieluks: 11:10am On Apr 17, 2011 |
But Michael Schumacher should quit,old things have passed away,jor! |
Re: Formula 1 Grand Hotel - 2011 Season by Beaf: 11:30am On Apr 17, 2011 |
Why does a peep into the crystal ball tell me that team Ferarri will soon implode. . . And its all Massa's fault! Dude isn't following the rules and driving a safe distance behind Alonso, with light entertainment of peeping into the spaniards exhaust every once in a while. Lol! Instead, he is filling Alonso's breadth with his brake dust! Folk, expect the baby out the window, following shortly by the bathtub, a Spanish bomb is gonna blow real soon! ![]() |
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