The Motorsport Thread 2014

I'd like to see Hamlin win it the most of the four remaining.

^ Yeah, a bit of a bs move there from Newman, but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do to get in. Was rooting for Gordon but alas...

What a dominant weekend for Nico, who managed to do enough to keep Lewis at bay and never fully threaten. 

I don't think he will, I think he's already made the decision to step away. In an interview with the BBC he said he doesnt want to race if he's not out for wins, and when asked if McLaren offered him a contract now would he sign, there was a very long pause before he said "I don't know." To me that says he's not convinced that next years car is going to be a winner and that he really only wants to be fighting for wins.

Hamilton will probably win again. Nico makes too many silly mistakes. He seems like a nervous horse.

I don't think anyone will really miss Max Chilton, his lack of development over last year was disappointing and he was comprehensively outperformed by Bianchi, a driver who really was heading for the top before his unfortunate accident.

Button was the victim of bad strategy from McLaren last time (they do seem to get it wrong more often than not) in trying to run long stints on the tyres. With the Gearbox penalty meaning Jenson was behind Magnussen he was having to do all the fighting as a rear gunner when the faster cars caught up, nothing he could have done other than show he's better at wheel to wheel racing than most of the grid.

Yesterday he had an ERS failure on his first out lap in FP1 and FP2 was spent trying new things aimed at the future which just didn't work at Interlagos. I really hope he's retained for next year, an Alonso/Button pairing would potentially be the strongest on the grid.

^ Yeah, it's pretty wide open so anything can happen.

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^The rest of the field is catching up to Mercedes. They're only a half second off their pace now.  

Great overtake from Lewis yesterday !