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One interesting precedent it seems to set...
Reprimands aren't carried over season to season, IIRC. Given the fine, reprimand and stewards recognition of the "exceptional circumstances" - I hope that this allows all sealing of key moments to be celebrated in this way.
Slaps on wrist and spins allowed for : first win, WDC or beating Vettel without aid of safety car or rain.
Reprimands aren't carried over season to season, IIRC. Given the fine, reprimand and stewards recognition of the "exceptional circumstances" - I hope that this allows all sealing of key moments to be celebrated in this way.
Slaps on wrist and spins allowed for : first win, WDC or beating Vettel without aid of safety car or rain.
Finlandese said:
Skeetsy said:
oyster said:
Tell me, how many champions can you name who didn't have the best car?
Unless my memory is failing then Kimi would fall into this category.His Ferrari was outclassed by the Mclaren in 2007 but because of the issues between Alonso & Hamilton together with a bit of shoddy strategy by the Mclaren team (China specifically) Kimi took the title.
Similarly James Hunt didn't have the best car in '76, but he was fortunate that Niki Lauda was out of contention for a while...
I guess the point is that often in the past the dominance of one team & driver was a bit more marginal, consider the season long battles between Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher for instance, or indeed the intra team battles between Senna and Prost, or even last year's battle between Vettel and Alonso, in those sorts of circumstance you can ignore the best car argument more easily when the contest is a close run thing.
All the best
Richard
RichB said:
ash73 said:
... a modern day Jimmy Clark..
I'm sure Vettel would love to be a modern day Jim Clark taking part in and winning the Indianapolis 500, racing in Sports Cars, Saloon Cars and Formula two on non-grand prix weekends but alas he cannot and has not.oyster said:
Rs2oo said:
oyster said:
Rubbish.
He has a team mate who he consistently destroys, race after race.
He has broken Alonso and Hamilton - they look like also-rans.
So you are saying its all Vettel, his car isn't any better than the others ? Oh dear......He has a team mate who he consistently destroys, race after race.
He has broken Alonso and Hamilton - they look like also-rans.
Tell me, how many champions can you name who didn't have the best car?
TonyToniTone said:
oyster said:
He has broken Alonso and Hamilton - they look like also-rans.
You make it sound like Alonso and Hamilton are driving cars with the speed of the Red Bull, quite pathetic really.Kimi's radio talk needs to be a thing, a thing on a t shirt.
http://jalopnik.com/kimi-raikkonen-eccentric-mumbl...
http://jalopnik.com/kimi-raikkonen-eccentric-mumbl...
Gaz. said:
vonuber said:
On the bright side for Alonso, at least he can use the same helmet for the next race.
I said that to my wife when we watched the race earlier. I thought it was a hollow celebration anyway due to the scoring system & amount of races in a season but things like this have always been said, for example Clark's 7 victories in a season record was broken by Senna in 1988 with 16 races instead of ten, although to be fair Senna still had (then) two time WDC Prost for a team mate.Gassing Station | Formula 1 | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff