Jacques Villeneuve?
Schumacher would have had that championship if he didn't have a meltdown of epic proportions.
Shhhhh.
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FIA Formula One 2018 |OT| Halo: Racing Evolved
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Jacques Villeneuve?
Schumacher would have had that championship if he didn't have a meltdown of epic proportions.
Shhhhh.
I'd say the 1997 Williams was head and shoulders above the competition in the first half of the year. JV was 1.7 seconds faster than his own team mate in qualifying in the first race..
Guy had a shit series of races, not surprised he at least tried a fastest lap
Terrible example, that Williams was dominant. Schumacher drove too well that year besides that move in Jerez.
He's demonstrated before that he cares about fastest laps while Lewis quite often doesn't seem to be bothered when he could easily do it.
Ferrari have given up, they didn't even swap Kimi and Vettel.
"But Kimi would have to drive like 10 seconds slower"
So what? Look at what Mercedes did in Russia.
"But Kimi would have to drive like 10 seconds slower"
So what? Look at what Mercedes did in Russia.
Did you just have an argument with yourself in a single post?
Well, it is over. Hamilton could retire the next two races and Vettel would still have minimal chances as Mercedes is now dominant again.
True. The Ferrari was very strong in the second half of the season though.
At least there was this gem:
Oh it was appropriate. I just thought they might kill the mic after he did it twice lol
It would be nice to see Ferrari/Vettel not cocking it up just to see if this is actually the case.
MotoGP starting in a few minutes. Entertaining race probably despite the championship being in a similar situation (arguably worse with Lorenzo injured).
He's relying on Verstappen's history to swing the argument of that incident in his favour.
To be fair Max last year in Singapore said he was happy that both Ferraris retired.
People say shit after a race, like Hamilton implying intentional tactics after being spun by Kimi at Silverstone.
Coward. MotoGP is on right now :)
I flew in from Italy, got home at 2am after a 90 minute delay on the flight and have stayed up for all that
To be fair to Mercedes, when they made Bottas hand over a win they never could have predicted how badly Vettel (and Ferrari as a team, too) would choke this weekend, lol.
Mercedes' insistence in not underestimating Ferrari, and explaining "it would have been a tough decision" after their strategy blunders is doing better PR for Ferrari than Ferrari themselves.
VER pen seemed fair, should have either straight lined the chicane or slowed down enough to rejoin the track in a safer manner.
VET/VER racing incident, however that move was never on. Max had the line, Sebastian looked desperate.
Stewards on MAG/LEC incident "No driver was wholly or predominantly to blame for the incident." Bullshit! MAG with yet another late and dangerous move. Amazed that no penalty was given.
VET/VER racing incident, however that move was never on. Max had the line, Sebastian looked desperate.
Stewards on MAG/LEC incident "No driver was wholly or predominantly to blame for the incident." Bullshit! MAG with yet another late and dangerous move. Amazed that no penalty was given.
Good old "20 crashes per season" Verstappen never has any fault in any crash, unlucky guy.
Hamilton's championship campaign this year has been impressive. His two weak results were a 4th place in China and a 5th place in Canada. He suffered a retirement in Austria that was purely mechanical. His remaining 14 results are all podiums. He nearly didn't put a foot wrong to compromise any of these results when all the other front runners were making plenty of mistakes. Hamilton came back from that retirement in Austria to string together eight strong performances of only wins and second places. Three of those were undeniably spectacular.
Last season it felt like Vettel was robbed of a fighting chance in the last part of the season. This year so far he enjoyed 100% perfect reliability but Hamilton overpowered him after Austria.
Last season it felt like Vettel was robbed of a fighting chance in the last part of the season. This year so far he enjoyed 100% perfect reliability but Hamilton overpowered him after Austria.
Early in the season Hamilton wasn't very competitive, in fact for most of the first races Bottas was Vettel's main opponent. Plus a lot of bad starts. Around halfway of the season is when he started driving very well.
Anything to downplay Hamilton I guess, especially rewriting history.
Bottas was ahead of Hamilton only at Bahrain and China (and later Canada too I guess). Hamilton was leading the championship by the 4th race in Baku.
He got sandwiched by Ferrari
Take those Tifosi glasses off my dude.
How can you possibly watch the start of Singapore 2017 and think it was Verstsppen's fault.
I know how.
On the other side people are quick to blame Max on every incident now, because he's "Hot Head Crash Kid Max".
Australia
Blew everyone away but was robbed by a miscalculation of the VSC pit timing (not his fault, could have gone quicker if told to).
Bahrain
Solid third place after fighting back from a grid penalty (gearbox).
China
Lacked pace but still finished fourth by not making any mistakes.
Azerbaijan
Made a mistake that dropped him behind Bottas, but was still up there to be gifted the win.
Spain
Got the job done.
Monaco
A strong third place considering that Mercedes was slower than Red Bull and Ferrari.
Canada
Lacked pace and could only really hold off Raikkonen.
France
Got the job done.
Four strong, two decent and two weak performances. Surely not nearly as good as the last eight races, but it's a bit disingenuous to say he wasn't doing solid work in the beginning of the season.
Vettel and ferrari have been a complete shit show since CEO's tragic death...
Dont know if that played a role but it suddenly makes me believe so. Seems he was key into the recent surge Ferrari had. With him going it seems a lot of people just did not perform as they should. He was keeping things in check.
Sad... because the championship ended up a joke really...
Dont know if that played a role but it suddenly makes me believe so. Seems he was key into the recent surge Ferrari had. With him going it seems a lot of people just did not perform as they should. He was keeping things in check.
Sad... because the championship ended up a joke really...
I'd be very surprised if that was a factor. Personnel changes tend to not result in dramatic on-track variations so quickly. And being so senior he had very little to do with actually making them perform well on a race by race basis.
I ve been ranting about Verstappen since for ever and the only two occasions I remember him not being at fault, imo, was Singapore 2017 and today second incident with Vettel.
. Hamilton is very lucky his car got the magic unicorn fart upgrade to let him win this championship.
Absolutely 100% spot on, I couldn't believe they didn't penalise Mag.
I don't know, a lot of mistakes from Vettel are because misjudgment, that's all on him. Hamilton and Mercedes also had mistakes this season but they are delivering when it counts (at the end of the season).
Who ever the the strategist for Ferrari is they need to be let go. Ferrari can have the best care on the track and they will lose because of shit strategy. Qualification was a perfect example of just how shit it was.
I mean, this is not how you should manage any employees in any business. You don't just fire people for making mistakes. You work together with them to improve and get better.