The Motorsport Thread 2011

What, Button is good and so is McLaren, didn't say it sucked. Just not very spectacular, nor were most of the results.

You god damn Brits need to chill out if I don't praise Hami and Button every moment!

There's apparently going be a petition out on Thursday re. Sky/BBC deal.

Sign it.

I think it needs 200,000 signatures to get discussed in parliament.  It might be 100,000... not sure.

I'll try and get more details.

Edit: here you go: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/forum/topic.php?id=2144


Edited by James - August 02 2011 at 16:08

Spa this weekend. Big news for the weekend is that it looks like Heidfeld is being dropped in favour of Senna. Its not been confirmed but the story comes from Eddie Jordan, which means its either a complete lload of rubbish or spot on.

I know the Renault bosses have been unhappy with Heidfeld this year as he just hasnt been fast enough, but the rumours I'd been reading about suggested they were going to wait until Romain Grosjean had wrapped up the GP2 and then put him in the car. Anyway, I'm very happy to see Senna back in a car, he's much better than what that HRT showed last year.

Could be interesting.

Although I'd like to see Gary Paffett given a drive soon!

I'm certainly glad to see him back, I rate him to be at least as good as Petrov, though it may take a couple of races for it to show, I just hope he gets that much of a chance.

toroddfuglesteg wrote: The man who Ayrton Senna once dubbed as faster and more talented than himself, has got the Lotus Renault drive. I think that call for a cancellation of all Sunday's activities and some hours in the front of the TV.

Cool to see! I've been waiting to watch Senna for years now, I was surprised he never got a ride earlier and then got put on whatever sh*tty team he was on
Bruno on Renault is pretty exciting!

Also I havn't checked this thread in weeks and missed nothing what's with this huge gap in the schedule?
Though at least it's time for Spa

Maldonado gets 5 place penalty for deliberatly driving into Hamilton during qualy, lucky to still be in the race IMO.

Senna 7th on the grid, 1.2s faster than Petrov, and thats with forgetting to use the DRS on the run to Les Combes! And Alguesuari 6th and top Spanierd is very impressive.

Cant help feel bad for Button being told to pit after just the one lap at the end of Q2 and not take the last lap, I get the feeling he would have been on pole given the conditions.

Maldonado is such a tit!

I cannot believe what he did.  Yes, Hamilton kind of pushed him a little earlier on in the qualifying to get the then fastest lap but it wasn't quite so dangerous and deliberate.

Of course, they have a past.  There was that coming together earlier in the season as well which was Hamilton's fault.  I just don't think they get on!

Poor Schumi too.  What on earth happened to his car?  It never was said on the BBC Qualifying show what exactly caused it.

I hope he makes up for it and gets a top 10 finish at least.  The Mercedes seem improved for this race too.

Senna looks fast.  Much better than Petrov.  I like Heidfeld though, so it's a bit conflicting for me... Heidfeld's beard and hair combo especially is a good thing.

And yep.  Button is getting bad luck again.  He must really be annoyed with life at the moment, despite the win at the last race.

Vettel or Webber will win.  Webber's looked quick throughout practice and qualifying.  Vettel not so much.


Edited by James - August 28 2011 at 02:43

No, Button is in a win-win situation and an absolute star. Far more now than when he won the title. He is the teammate in McLaren with a guy widely regarded as the best out there. And he is not getting slaughtered by his teammate as everybody thought he would be. Button is overtaking left right and centre. He is smart as a professor in a car (and reminds us about Prost) and is lightening fast when required.  

There was a lot of doubts about his credentials as world champ when he won the title. Not anylonger. His two years in Mclaren has validated his world champ status and proved the doubters wrong. Myself included. He has turned me from a doubter to an admirer.