The Motorsport Thread 2016

JJLehto wrote: I was thinking more like, you were getting concerned about my mental health! Which would be a fair statement, but thankfully no depression or F1 related issues!

Nope, no mental health issues that I can see, or obvious ones. If so, I would have directed you to one of the schizophrenic prog troll websites. There are several that I can think of.

JJLehto wrote: SteveG wrote: [QUOTE=JJLehto][QUOTE=SteveG] Just to make JJ extra happy:   Nico! Nico! Nico! Well shoot, it hasn't been thaaaaaaat bad Been some darn good racing in recent years, and I've kind of grown to enjoy the racing more than to dislike anymore. I just never did dislike Vettel, my intense hate for Schumi gave way to respect (any word on him? God hope that guy can get some trace of a life back) I grew to like Button and Hami I always liked, though he's a bit annoying.  Ha I remember the stories about how young Button was....now starting at 20?? That's archaic I do remember that race. Was a classic, and one of the times I was really really wowed by him.

Oh. A poor choice of words on my part. I meant happy in regards to a Finn (or son of a Finn) winning the championship. You are far from a grouch and always gracious.

Edited by SteveG - December 01 2016 at 05:59

SteveG wrote: JJLehto wrote: SteveG wrote: Just to make JJ extra happy:   Nico! Nico! Nico! Haven't been this happy since the glorious span of 05-07 when Alonso and Kimi won all the titles.  Yes, very sad about Button. As mentioned before, he was a backmarker when I got into F1 so was something to see him get a win, then a title, I didn't really think much of him honestly but he grew on me alot. End of an era for sure. Wish him all the best! Glad that you're happy again happy JJ. I think that Button's time is over in our modern age of the teenage driver. I will miss him. His win in the rain in Canada was brilliant and is a great memory.

My favorite JB moment, even more than the title year.

Next years calander, Azebaijan has thankfully been moved a week so it doesn't clash with Le Mans again. No Germany.

March 26 Australia, Melbourne
April 9 China, Shanghai
April 16 Bahrain, Sakhir
April 30 Russia, Sochi
May 14 Spain, Barcelona
May 28 Monaco, Monte Carlo
June 11 Canada, Montreal
June 25 Azerbaijan, Baku
July 9 Austria, Red Bull ring
July 16 UK, Silverstone
July 30 Hungary, Hungaroring
August 27 Belgium, Spa
September 3 Italy, Monza
September 17 Singapore, Marina Bay
October 1 Malaysia, Sepang
October 8 Japan, Suzuka
October 22 USA, Austin
October 29 Mexico, Mexico City
November 12 Brazil, Interlagos *
November 26 Abu Dhabi, Yas Marina

Well apparently he's working on doing a Global Rallycross round in the states next year, so thats something.

Same here.

Niiiiiccccoooooooooooooo! That's great stuff. Was hoping to see it happen but was quite nervous. A well deserved champion!

Vompatti wrote: SteveG wrote: sleeper wrote: Vompatti wrote: Hamilton really outdid himself in being a massive dick during those last laps. No. If he really wanted to be a dick he would have tried to cause a crash, as it was backing Rosberg into Vettel and Verstappen was his only chance at winning the title, it didn't come off but he played the game and I imagine that pretty much every other driver out there would have tried the same in Lewis position. As it was Hamilton didn't really cross a line, he backed him up but didn't get silly about it, they scored a 1-2 and Rosberg is champion. And congratulations to Rosberg, I was all ready to complain that the engine failure in Malaysia was what settled the title, but Rosbergs driven better this year than I've ever seen from him and capitalised on Hamiltons poor starts and the few poor races he's had brilliantly, a deserving champion. And goodbye to Jensen Button, for the first time in 18 years he'll not be on the grid next year. I think Alonso and Raikkonen are all thats left from that generation. +1 (x 2). Louis did everything he could, without putting Nico or both cars in danger, in order to win the Championship. A great driver and Nico is a great champion! He got multiple orders from the team throughout the race to pick up the pace.

Which amounted to them asking him to give up on his title. Mercedes cared about making sure they had a 1-2 but I don't think there was any chance that Lewis was going to loose that race as Rosberg could never get close enough to attack on the long straights and the Merc has an inherant pace advantage over the Red Bull and Ferrari that Vettel's Super Softs would not have overcome.

Formula 1 is both an indavidual and team competition, and there are times when that comes into conflict and yesterday was one of those times. By ordering Hamilton to speed up they were knowingly influencing a title fight being exclusively fought out between it's 2 drivers. You can say Hamilton was being selfish, but most drivers are selfish to an extent anyway, and I honestly don't think you can pick a driver from the current grid or history of the sport that can be described as a great or even just as a good driver that wouldn't have done the exact same. No one throws away a title chance to please their team after all, thats a good way of guaranteeing you'll never win a title.

sleeper wrote: Vompatti wrote: Hamilton really outdid himself in being a massive dick during those last laps. No. If he really wanted to be a dick he would have tried to cause a crash, as it was backing Rosberg into Vettel and Verstappen was his only chance at winning the title, it didn't come off but he played the game and I imagine that pretty much every other driver out there would have tried the same in Lewis position. As it was Hamilton didn't really cross a line, he backed him up but didn't get silly about it, they scored a 1-2 and Rosberg is champion. And congratulations to Rosberg, I was all ready to complain that the engine failure in Malaysia was what settled the title, but Rosbergs driven better this year than I've ever seen from him and capitalised on Hamiltons poor starts and the few poor races he's had brilliantly, a deserving champion. And goodbye to Jensen Button, for the first time in 18 years he'll not be on the grid next year. I think Alonso and Raikkonen are all thats left from that generation.

+1 (x 2). Louis did everything he could, without putting Nico or both cars in danger, in order to win the Championship. A great driver and Nico is a great champion!

Hamilton can't help himself-  he is a dick