He still made contact with Bottas on lap 1.
to be fair, this time it was also down to the ridiculously slow pace in the midfield, somehow trying to get through with one stop only. At some points, others (in free air) were running ~3 seconds a lap quicker, but as it was almost impossible to get past other cars in a DRS train, it still made more sense to keep running slowly instead of pitting for new tires again.Roman wrote: ↑29 Oct 2018, 10:15An interesting race!
First congratulations to LH, a well deserved WDC!
But lets talk about the race. I found it incredible that HULK on P6 got lapped twice (and was in the same lap as MAG in P15). Shows us again that F1 has turned out to be F1A and F1B with drivers who dont drive for Merc, Fer or RB without any realisic chance for a podium in a normal race, let alone wins. And from my point of view its only getting worse and not better...
I hate this too, if one of the top tier cars starts at the back of the grid, or has early spin, they still manage to grab 6th, 7th or 8th.Roman wrote: ↑29 Oct 2018, 10:15But lets talk about the race. I found it incredible that HULK on P6 got lapped twice (and was in the same lap as MAG in P15). Shows us again that F1 has turned out to be F1A and F1B with drivers who dont drive for Merc, Fer or RB without any realisic chance for a podium in a normal race, let alone wins. And from my point of view its only getting worse and not better...
You are probably right, but then he refers to Vettel being back on track, so back on track is bumping people without spinning
First of all congrats to Lewis on his 5th! Fully deserved!Hammerfist wrote: ↑29 Oct 2018, 08:28I noticed him too and I agree about that glare in his eyes. I wonder if he still thinks Lewis is a "little ballerina." Lewis has just left him and his 3 titles behind. Take that Jackie.ringo wrote: ↑29 Oct 2018, 03:16Looks like a man who will retire at the end of this season...
It was reported that he was using Redbull team as a comfort blanket. It seems now the Mercedes team is his pacifier.
All in all his behavior is much better this year than last. Very sportsmanlike.
He doesn't seem like he wants to dwell on the defeat with his own team, and much rather the season end and move on to 2019. I think he will be a different driver next year if he stays.
As for the fangio hamilton comparison, Hamilton is ahead statistically so he deserves to be higher on the lists. Lists don't say much about how legendary or revered a driver is. Senna is still revered and has only 3 wdc like many other drivers. Nelshino Piquet should be considered great as well given his success, but people don't seem to respect the guy.
I saw the old hater Jackie Stewart in one scene with a glass of champagne in his hand. I could see bitter glare in his eyes as he looked on. Did Sky get to interview him? I would pretty much like to hear what he had to say on all this 5 time WDC stuff. its been entertaining seeing his comments from WDC #1 to 4 so far.
I don't think so. He just congratulated, it was a nice act. I can remember Alonso did the same in 2014 I think when he approached Mercedes hospitality and congratulated them.
His concern is probably more for his wife than Hamilton
the only pit to car communication is voice radio so the teams can't change anything, they can only ask the driver to change somethingWaikeCU wrote: ↑29 Oct 2018, 14:22I don't think Merc really struggled. I think they were managing a potential problem, a potential (double) DNF.
If you told me that the team decided to turn down the engine performance of the car to make it till the end, I would honestly believe they did. I think they did without the drivers knowing.