2014 Formula One

[Mr Revhead]

Well, just in case there was any doubt, it seems to be all on now! Did Rosberg hit him on purpose? I'd doubt it, too risky. But Lauda and Wolff apparently both disapproved of Rosbergs move.

Vettal must be fuming

[Bazda]

I only saw the results, but why would vettal be fuming?

[Mr Revhead]

Smashed by Ricciardo again

[2jayzgte]

Well, just in case there was any doubt, it seems to be all on now! Did Rosberg hit him on purpose? I'd doubt it, too risky. But Lauda and Wolff apparently both disapproved of Rosbergs move.

Vettal must be fuming

Probably not on purpose but it was a careless move at the very least and in all reality he didn't need to make it.

I'm wondering what Hamilton's retribution will be if he'll feel he needs to return serve or will he do the politically correct thing and just keep on racing.

There's some real unrest in that team regardless of whats being said.

If I'm RBR I put everything in for Riccardo right now and hope the above plays into there hands.

Watching the Ferrari's trying defend down the straights was laughable what were they tapped out at 310 watching the Merc's and the others hitting 330 odd lol just put the white flag up now Ferrari.

[Jdawg]

About time Brittany grew some balls.

[Mr Ree]

Talk about making a mountain out of a mole hill lol

They are there to race, and thats what they were doing. After you, Sir? No way!

Sure, a little bit careless on Nico's part, but intentional or wreckless? No way! He just got his timing slightly wrong.

Anybody who thinks it was intentional obviously doesn't understand much about the sport and how damaging a missing front wing could potentially be.

At the end of the day, if it was any other two cars in the field who did exactly the same, it wouldnt be getting talked about now, its just that it makes a good story.

Roll on Monza for WW3

[loudstealthGT-Four]

Lewis has pulled that same move three times this season, all resulting in him losing a peice of his front wing, but not causing the other drivers any harm ( that i can remember). Just unlucky for Lewis to get a puncture. Purely a racing incident, thought the crowd was abit harsh on Nico on the Podium. But obviously more Hamilton supporters present.

Ps. Go Lewis

[Lloyd]

If there wasn't a puncture then this wouldn't really even be news.

[Mr Ree]

Truth ^ and ^^

Glad to see people on here are looking at this purely objectively, and not letting emotion or favourite drivers blur opinions

Whats the bet something will happen in Monza to blow things right out of the water? Neither are going to want to concede an inch, and even though they will both have been given stricter instructions about what is/isnt acceptable, try applying that at 350kph braking into the chicane lol

[Scottie]

That was a pretty good race. I was not a Hamilton fan, but I hope he wins. When he had a problem at the start I was instantly thinking Merc have it in for him, Hes had so much bad luck. Merc have much to gain if Rosberg wins the Championship. Look at what Silverstone was able to do off the back of '08,'09 during recession.

362km/h highest speed? still a bit off the reccord.

[Mr Revhead]

I do hope Hamilton beats Rosberg, he is the better race driver, seems Rosberg makes more mistakes under pressure

[Mr Ree]

I think they are extremely even when you take each of their strengths and weaknesses and average it all out.

Its extremely exciting to watch two drivers so close in performance, freely racing each other in the same cars, for the same cup.

I hope the end of this season is one that will forever be looked back on, much like 1988.

[Jdawg]

I hope the end of this season is one that will forever be looked back on, much like 1988.

Looked back on for Mercedes fans. Their cars are 1.5 seconds faster than everyone else and now Rosberg has been told to pull over if he accidently gets in front of Hamilton.
I am not a Mercedes fan nor a fan of either driver so becoming a bit blasé.
Next year will be more interesting once Ferrari and Renault are able to tickle their engines and Honda back.

Glad to see they are reining back radio. It would start to bring the driver back into the equation again. I would like to see no communication from team to driver except via pit board but that would be a step too far I think. I seem to remember an interview somewhere where Adrian Newey was wanting to do away with the drivers altogether.

[Mr Ree]

I hope the end of this season is one that will forever be looked back on, much like 1988.

Looked back on for Mercedes fans. Their cars are 1.5 seconds faster than everyone else and now Rosberg has been told to pull over if he accidently gets in front of Hamilton.
I am not a Mercedes fan nor a fan of either driver so becoming a bit blasé.
Next year will be more interesting once Ferrari and Renault are able to tickle their engines and Honda back.

Glad to see they are reining back radio. It would start to bring the driver back into the equation again. I would like to see no communication from team to driver except via pit board but that would be a step too far I think. I seem to remember an interview somewhere where Adrian Newey was wanting to do away with the drivers altogether.

No. Looked back on by "Formula One fans" in exactly the same way that the Mclaren/Prost/Senna 1988 season is, and it will be. Keep in mind that in 1988, the Mclaren won all but one race so the car was even more dominant that the W05, and there were people then too, who werent fans of the team or either of the two drivers, but now, it is remembered as one of the greatest F1 seasons ever. Time changes perspective, thats a fact.

Its a good thing for the sport that they are allowing those teams who did a worse job with the regulations to try and play catch up, but who is to say that Renault and Ferrari can change enough with their PU's to catch Merc? Obviously Merc wont sit on their hands waiting to be caught so refining an already brilliant set up even more, could keep moving the goal posts for the other teams.

Agree fully on the radio communication. Its beyond a joke now with all the info the engineers are giving the drivers. Let them work it out themselves, or perform poorly compared to a driver who does a better job of managing the race himself

Roll on Singapore and lets see what 27 corners with lots of traction zones will do to the grid order

[Mr Ree]

Seven Thousandths of a second....

Will the Mercs touch going into the first corner? Will the Red bulls benefit from that? Does Kimi still know what he is doing?

All will be revealed in a few hours

[Mr Ree]

So this weekend looks more exciting than ever...

Suzuka

Typhoons

16 years olds

AlonsoMcLarengate

And then the dominos will start falling

Oh, and of course, the two Mercs getting punchy on the skinniest track on the calendar, with only 5 races left to seal the deal.

I guarantee you that Lewis's management will be in talks with Ferrari right now, as if he loses the Championship, I cant see him being able to stomach driving next to Nico again next year, and even though Ferrari isnt pumping out the results, we all know what Lewis's management really care about, and a 30mil a year retainer to drive for red would be very high up there for them

[2jayzgte]

Seven Thousandths of a second....

Will the Mercs touch going into the first corner? Will the Red bulls benefit from that? Does Kimi still know what he is doing?

All will be revealed in a few hours

Man I see Ferrari have basically put up the white flag they fired there chief engine guy the other week.

I listened to the Alonso interview during free practice 1 and he didn't really sound that enthusiastic if you ask me if something pops up somewhere else he's gone and then Ferrari have nothing.

Raikkonen is just getting the left overs round the table in my eyes they still can't give him what he needs to extract the performance.You hear the same thing every week still searching for steering and front end performance.To me Kimi is just there collecting a pay check there's no fight there and basically it show's how bad a state Ferrari are really in.

[Mr Revhead]

Ferrari have said they are on a two year rebuild. Alonso has said he does not want to waste what he feels is his peak talent time.
Vettel to Ferrari, silly move?

[Sideros]

Maybe Vettel can repeat Schumacher's luck at Ferrari, if they build the team around him and focus everything on that, he's no doubt dedicated enough to want to want to win more world championships. Red Bull this season appear to have really dropped him as their pick for primary driver. Ricciardo appears to have been favored or maybe I'm just not seeing the whole picture there. I think Alonso to Mclaren could be a good move for him, if Honda come to the party with a top notch engine next year.

[2jayzgte]

Ferrari have said they are on a two year rebuild. Alonso has said he does not want to waste what he feels is his peak talent time.
Vettel to Ferrari, silly move?

In the state Ferrari are in yeah its a bad move for Vettel if he thinks he's un-competitive in a Red Bull wait until he hits Ferrari.

To me the guy to blame for Ferrari's mess has to land at the feet of De Monte....that guy I see has also jumped ship before he was pushed,Domenicalli also these guys are seasoned experienced guys but have left Ferrari in a mess.

The driver round about for me I never understood why they bought Kimi back I just don't see the end game here.I'd have signed Hulkenburg and gone young in at least 1 of the seats and persisted with Alonso who if anybody was going to get the performance out of the pile of poop that Ferrari puts up every GP he was the guy so the move to get Vettel is a head scratcher for me.