The F1 Thread

[FrankMunro-371]

Agreed Sir. Thank goodness that no-one was hurt in that coming together.

 

[Kenny]

Brilliant drive from Massa. He deserves a top three finish.

and then makes a fuckwit of a move to end his race.

Brilliant from Ricciardo to win. Fully deserved. First time I have been happy for a Red Bull win for a very long time.

 

[Nando]

Get in Dan! That'll put a smile on Seb's face!

 

[Johnny75]

What a race. Cracking entertainment.

 

[The Bear]

Lunacy from Massa pushing so hard to get Perez into turn 1. He'd have had him on toast down the back straight.

Ouch. Just seen the replay. Two big hits into the wall.

Really pleased for Ricciardo. Another kick in the teeth for Vettel this season.

Lewis must be peed off though. That's two DNFs this season through no fault of his own.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

What a race. Cracking entertainment.

Absolutely. After the previous processions this season, it was great to watch such a fantastic race.

 

[Kenny]

Absolutely. After the previous processions this season, it was great to watch such a fantastic race.

Ignore the Mercedes 1-2's the races have generally been good. Today was the first that saw those battling behind the Mercedes be involved in the win though.

 

[The Bear]

Rosberg was extra lucky really. Perez was like a rear gunner for him. All three of Ricciardo/Vettel/Massa would have been past him otherwise.

 

[Carrotdude]

Rosberg had a hell of a lot of luck - could have smashed into the wall, could have had a penalty for skipping the chicane and absolutely flooring to gain a big advantage, his car didn't break completely like Lewis' and Perez's tyres were too knackered to overtake him and prevented 3 others going past him as The Bear says.

 

[The Bear]

Lol at Alesi's pronunciation of "Mack Vebber".

 

[Kenny]

Rosberg was extra lucky really. Perez was like a rear gunner for him. All three of Ricciardo/Vettel/Massa would have been past him otherwise.

He was indeed but luck plays a big part in winning titles. I think Lewis had the pace on Nico today but the mistake that got Rosberg an advantage and then the brakes ended that battle. Perez really needed to be taken (before Massa took him out) to let Vettel and Massa be involved.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

I was hoping Massa would win it, as he deserved to before his moment of madness. But regardless of that, after so many mundane processions, at least today we saw F1 as it should be.

 

[The Bear]

Perez called to the stewards. I assume Massa will be too once he's out of the medical centre.

 

[Kenny]

I was hoping Massa would win it, as he deserved to before his moment of madness. But regardless of that, after so many mundane processions, at least today we saw F1 as it should be.

So all races bar one have been won by 1 person with no one challenging them and they have strolled home?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I only saw bits of the race - I see there's a bit of controversy about Nico missing a chicane when battling with Lewis and not giving up the place. Anything in that?

 

[Carrotdude]

Well he locked up massively going into the chicane, Lewis was behind him and not actually overtakin but had been on a charge and got to 0.5 secs behind him by that point. Trouble was Nico locked up, missed the chicane and floored it over the escape road to pull out over half a second further ahead and got the fastest lap of the race in the process. Quite an odd scenario but I'm surprised he didn't get a 5 second penalty at his next pit stop.

Perez has got a 5 place grid penalty for causing he crash with Massa, haven't seen the replays so not sure what he did wrong.

 

[Law's Bus]

Perez has got a 5 place grid penalty for causing he crash with Massa, haven't seen the replays so not sure what he did wrong.

He suddenly moved left into Massa's path apparently.

 

[The Bear]

This angle shows why Perez was penalised.

https://vine.co/v/MD0BgJYVeam

Youtube version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUEbC1bf2sc

 

[Carrotdude]

Hmmm looked to me like he moves very slightly left as Massa moves slightly right but Felipe was too close to him anyway IMO, had loads of room on his left to get past him on the inside into that corner.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Schumi out of his coma and no longer in hospital.