This shows the extremely jingoistic nature of British "fans". Presumably they were quiet when Felipe won in the wet in Japan, and Hamilton was being passed by others, until Glock went off and rescued his WDC?Hangaku wrote:Indeed, he was very spinny at Silverstone in 2008. I remember seeing him lose it on the short straight under bridge in the rain, I have some awesome photos. Everyone cheered.raymondu999 wrote:Spun out something like 5 times in 1 race on that weekend.
gilgen wrote:This shows the extremely jingoistic nature of British "fans". Presumably they were quiet when Felipe won in the wet in Japan, and Hamilton was being passed by others, until Glock went off and rescued his WDC?Hangaku wrote:Indeed, he was very spinny at Silverstone in 2008. I remember seeing him lose it on the short straight under bridge in the rain, I have some awesome photos. Everyone cheered.raymondu999 wrote:Spun out something like 5 times in 1 race on that weekend.
wasnt that brazil? because i can remember how Hamilton shredded the field apart in most of the wet weather races. this was the only where he didnt and where he had serious problems keeping the pace.gilgen wrote:This shows the extremely jingoistic nature of British "fans". Presumably they were quiet when Felipe won in the wet in Japan, and Hamilton was being passed by others, until Glock went off and rescued his WDC?Hangaku wrote:Indeed, he was very spinny at Silverstone in 2008. I remember seeing him lose it on the short straight under bridge in the rain, I have some awesome photos. Everyone cheered.raymondu999 wrote:Spun out something like 5 times in 1 race on that weekend.
Hmmm, all fans cheer for "their" driver and jeer at the opposition. It might be a quiet sotto voce one but it's there if they have any kind of preference for a driver/team.gilgen wrote:This shows the extremely jingoistic nature of British "fans". Presumably they were quiet when Felipe won in the wet in Japan, and Hamilton was being passed by others, until Glock went off and rescued his WDC?Hangaku wrote:Indeed, he was very spinny at Silverstone in 2008. I remember seeing him lose it on the short straight under bridge in the rain, I have some awesome photos. Everyone cheered.raymondu999 wrote:Spun out something like 5 times in 1 race on that weekend.
An aside – pretty much every fan I know that likes Hamilton, likes Hamilton because he's calm, reserved and honest, not because he's British. They dislike Alonso because he's arrogant rude, and thinks everything in the world should be biased towards him, not because he's Spanish. None of these people have problems supporting drivers of other nationalities (and most really quite like Vettel). But perhaps this is getting rather off topic – maybe we should talk about the F150°, rather than the drivers.Just_a_fan wrote:Hmmm, all fans cheer for "their" driver and jeer at the opposition. It might be a quiet sotto voce one but it's there if they have any kind of preference for a driver/team.gilgen wrote:This shows the extremely jingoistic nature of British "fans". Presumably they were quiet when Felipe won in the wet in Japan, and Hamilton was being passed by others, until Glock went off and rescued his WDC?
I well remember the cheers when Schumacher failed to finish at Silverstone in '96. I also remember the cheers when Hill also failed to finish later in the race. Funny thing is, everyone cheering and jeering in "our" bit of the crowd were British so far as I could tell. Brits cheering for and against Brits and Germans. How does one apply charges of jingoism to that?
I have no doubt that lots of Spanish fans cheer whenever Hamilton has a problem, even now. Some even make ape noises apparently...
So, let's not go down the road that "British fans are jingoistic" unless we're also going to admit that every other nation's fans are equally capable of being jingoistic/partisan/rascist (or whatever charge one wishes to bring)...
lolLorenzo_Bandini wrote:Dude, his qualif lap in Q1 at Monza 2008 was BRILLANT, he was the only guy to improve his time during heavy rain, while Hamilton failed to make it to Q2.
At Silverstone 20087, his car was setup for a dry race, so even in straight line, he was in aquaplaning
That is straigt up tabloid nonsense, unless you know them personally.beelzebub wrote:An aside – pretty much every fan I know that likes Hamilton, likes Hamilton because he's calm, reserved and honest, not because he's British. They dislike Alonso because he's arrogant rude
:-"Lewis Hamilton's McLaren team have been charged with bringing F1 into disrepute over the lies they told after the Australian Grand Prix
It's official now!kakogohrena wrote: lol
Alonso has destroyed his in 2010. Massa #2, no more
True but there´s a very distinct difference between a person who has a natural feel for brakes or grip in the wet. These guys rarely lose their car.marcush. wrote:I have seen rain "gods" spinning out ..this is more than anything a matter of your car setup.Gamble does not pay off and you look pretty silly compared to someone who has settled for a rain compromise...
I see a lot of comparison in Ferrari and Williams' plights this year and their respective moves to right things.donskar wrote:AGREE! All the no-lifers living vicariously through their heroes is very boring.andartop wrote:Maybe I am getting old, but I really miss the days one could log into F1technical threads created specifically to discuss technical aspects of each team's F1 cars and did NOT find the usual crap Massa/Ferrari/Spanish/Alonso/British/Hamilton - bashing posts.
Any news on the flexi-bull wings?
Tombazis said they'll have new front and rear wings (and brake ducts) this weekend, but I doubt they've already figured out how to make them "flexi-bull" (great one, andartop). By the way, the recent Tombazis interview was one of the most honest, open, and humble I've read in a long time. His admissions are a big first step toward regaining competitiveness. (And a first step out the door for him?)
