F1 - 2017
Posted by: Tony2011 on 06 January 2017
The championship has not yet started and it seems the poor Manor Racing is about to go into receivership and be the first casualty of 2017. I wish them well and hope they can find a buyer and be able to compete this season.
Lewis is a superb driver. He's made it this far on talent rather than family name or cash too. He enjoys is life outside of a car, reasoning there's more to life than a career I guess. He's usually a PR dream too.
It's just his mannerisms that occasionally wind me up. For God's sake leave your hair alone when you take your helmet off, or get a haircut. And lose the bling on race day, no one can see your nose stud or earings under that helmet!
I think Lewis is one of the great F1 drivers of all time.
His success is completely down to his incredible driving talent, and the fact he has a great team behind him.
My only criticism would be, he has the Donald Trump of haircuts.......find yourself a decent hairstylist.... 
Average age here, 50 something. I'm not sure our thoughts on fashion count for much 
Two mentions of Lewis's hair !!! I fear his hair is/has gone the same way as his dad's, problem is he seems to be hanging on too long to what he has left, rumours around about transplants, but he needs to face up to it & taking the hat off for the anthems is maybe the only time we get to see the problem.
Hair today, gone tomorrow. Bit like Jolyon Palmer.
Lewis needs to hang around for a bit so we get to hear the British Anthem at the end of a race Either that or make the Milton Keynes and Northampton teams play it for the constructor wins...
Its nice to hear Deutschlandlied, the Brackley & Brixworth anthem, played after the queens song (not)
As Carlos Sainz shows... “it’s all about the car” :-)
Nice one Lewis. Must wrap it up in Mexico surely.
Excellent run by Max too.
steve
Another great drive by Lewis. Shame about Max’s penalty. Will have to see a replay of that.
The Ferrari favouritism rears it's ugly head once again..... a shocking decision
Disappointed for the young Verstappen but his time will come and he will be world champion one day, no doubt about it. Well done Hamilton and Mercedes with another and well deserved championship.
Finkfan posted:Shame about Max’s penalty. Will have to see a replay of that.
wenger2015 posted:The Ferrari favouritism rears it's ugly head once again..... a shocking decision
Sorry but in this case the penalty was fair... you can argue that they had been letting other drivers off through the race but Verstappen was all 4 wheels off the track.
Congratulations to Mercedes for the constructors championship. And congratulations to Lewis for the win... the fat lady is certainly getting her dress zipped up now!
Eloise posted:Finkfan posted:Shame about Max’s penalty. Will have to see a replay of that.
wenger2015 posted:The Ferrari favouritism rears it's ugly head once again..... a shocking decision
Sorry but in this case the penalty was fair... you can argue that they had been letting other drivers off through the race but Verstappen was all 4 wheels off the track.
Congratulations to Mercedes for the constructors championship. And congratulations to Lewis for the win... the fat lady is certainly getting her dress zipped up now!
I would agree if their was consistency, but we all know that is not always the case...
If drivers go off track and don't gain an advantage/overtake, that's OK.
If a driver goes off track and overtakes, they have to back off and give up the place gained. That rule is consistently applied. ALWAYS.
If that was consistently the case, I wonder why none of the ex drivers, team principles ect don't seem to agree?
I agree rules are their for a reason but...
The penalty was technically correct, but something needs to be looked at, the way KR turned in on MV pushing him into that white line prior to moving out is questionable, then the consistency of the application of the rules by the stewards (the human factor) is in question. A good race left with a bad taste .......... good drives for both LH & SV, both true champion drivers . And well deserved huge congrats to Mercedes for the constructors championship, absolutely awesome.
wenger2015 posted:If that was consistently the case, I wonder why none of the ex drivers, team principles ect don't seem to agree?
They are idiots.
fatcat posted:wenger2015 posted:If that was consistently the case, I wonder why none of the ex drivers, team principles ect don't seem to agree?
They are idiots.
They know the rules.....and they are definitely not idiots...(well maybe Eddie Jordan... )
But seriously, Vettel for one has been treated with leniency on many occasions and its no coincidence he drives for Ferrari ...
As far as I can tell, they objected to the decision because max drove a great race and deserved to come third. That’s like saying “the goal keeper made such fantastic effort to save the shot, even though the ball was caught 20cm behind the line, we’re going to disallow it”.
Copied from F1Fanatic.
Sebastian Vettel has become the first driver to get three-quarters of the way towards a race ban after being put on nine penalty points at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The Ferrari driver was given three penalty points for making contact with Lewis Hamilton during a Safety Car period. That brings him to a total of nine for the current 12-month period. A race ban is automatically applied if a driver reaches 12 points.
Since the penalty points system was introduced at the beginning of 2014 no driver has accumulated more than eight points in a 12-month period.
Sadly it was the right decision I thought. All four wheels of the track and gained an advantage. If he’d have given the place back and overtaken on track, all would have been fine. There were plenty of times in the race when cars went off track, but non gained an advantage, and if they did, they gave the place back and tried again. I think it was MV who hustled VB off the track at one point and then gave the place back. For the most part leaving the track is not advantageous. But if you do and gain a place I think it’s only fair you give it back and try again.
I'd go with that too. All four wheels off the track while overtaking on the inside. Corner cut, apex undershot, advantage gained. If he had one more lap at his disposal I think he would have nailed it somewhere else. They always say "one more..." but that's all Max needed. Apart from Hamilton vanishing up the road, I thought the rest of it was very good.
Well, congrats Lewis. Mayb not the most satisfactory way to become World Champion but it all counts.
Next two races are bit superfluous though.
Respect to Max for his win, which will be forgotten because of the Championship result.
steve
Yes indeed congrats to Lewis & the whole Mercedes team, well deserved Driver Championship to add to the Manufacturers Championship. The icing on the cake would be for Valtteri to have a storming last two races as he's only 15 points behind Seb, 1st & 2nd in the Drivers is the grand slam!!!
Waiting to watch on Ch4 to see that start.
With another drivers championship under his belt, Lewis becomes the most successful British F1 driver of all time. Congrats to Merc and Lewis on another great year at the top. I agree with Mike that seeing VB finish second in the drivers championship with be a very good thing! Well done to MV. What a brilliant driver he is. If Red Bull can build him another good car next year, I’m sure he’s a title contender.
Congratulations to Lewis.Always admired him and his driving style.....bring on a knighthood soon.