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Post by racechick on Mar 24, 2015 17:39:29 GMT
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Post by racechick on Mar 25, 2015 6:41:40 GMT
Nice interview here. Brundle interviewing Lewis. He aske such things as. How many championships do you want? What would you ask Ayrton if you could and would you beat him in equal machinery? Why not number 1 on the car? Lewis answers with his customary honesty and sincerity, but he's learnt to present it in such a way as to not give Haterz the opportunity to call him arrogant, spoilt etc etc. Lewis is learning to play the game. www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152692785762411
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Post by LewEngBridewell on Mar 25, 2015 12:16:29 GMT
I quite like the meterosexual Lewis. Now why doesn't that surprise me. LOL have you seen the picture I've posted for you in the Max Chilton thread? No! Will have a look
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 25, 2015 19:49:32 GMT
Sites like the Judge who enjoying taking the easy route of turning Lewis into click bait, for example for a near constant narrative about his unsigned contract and how he is about to leave the winning Merc and go for a challenge at Manor or McLaren etc. Seems someone there has forgotten about the unsigned contract and has not even noticed Lewis' arrogance. He is said to have bought a Ferrari recently - in the middle of his contract, yet there are no reports about how Lewis is arrogantly pushing his luck everywhere Most strange behaviour by the Brit media,but hat about the other drivers,not one has responded to this arrogance of the guy with the best car, surely Seb should be all over this, especially as Lewis said before Seb just had the best car, but nothing from Seb either. Daniel Johnson in the Telegraph has just stepped up to go for the record for the biggest load of tosh ever from the Brit media, now resigned to th fct the contract is done Ok so the same people advising not to move to Merc but to stay at 1 team is now telling him to dump the only team capable of delivering titles - to go to Ferrari just to prove once and for all he can beat Vettel who got whipped by Ricc last year And the best bit from this twat who didnt even bother to research? Senna wanted to go to williams for free rather than Ferrari as Williams had the best car We are just waiting for Jackie Stewart to get brave enough to give another stunning bit of qadvice
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Post by Wß on Mar 25, 2015 20:00:46 GMT
I think it's Vettel that needs to do the proving. For Vettel's legacy's sake Lewis better not get a third or fourth. I've always hated the WDC as a yardstick since there's been some good drivers that never got behind the wheel of a championship winning car.
IMO the WDC breakout is 3 and up.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 25, 2015 20:18:49 GMT
Hidden amongst the F1 records on wiki is the one that looks at the number of teams a river won a title for - the hardest and rarest achievement and the smallest records table. For me this is the true table that confirms F1 'greatness'. Everyone one it is great, ofcourse many not on it are great but generally there are question marks about having ha the best car or was at the right place at the right time
There are only 2 levels to this table - drivers who have won a title with only one team represent the base - almost every single F1 WDC winner in history won titles for only one team at one particular time. This will mean their titles were a function of the best car especially if the title(s) were at the same time the car was the best. Winning not once but twice in different cars decimates the field, leaving drivers who have won in 2 completely different situations. Its almost like saying they achieved what the normal WDC winner does twice over never ind the number of titles - they got into a car capable of winning and won, more than once
Only 10 drivers have won with more than 1 team at one particular time - Fangio 4 teams - Alfa Romeo, Maserati, Mercedes, Ferrari
And the other 9 with 2 teams, if we separate the eras and look at who achieved it, theres has never been any argument against the greatness of each. The only name missing is Senna who stopped racing early
Jack Brabham Cooper, Brabham Graham Hill BRM, Lotus Jackie Stewart Matra, Tyrell
Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus, McLaren Niki Lauda Ferrari, McLaren Nelson Piquet Brabham, Williams
Alain Prost McLaren, Williams Michael Schumacher Benetton, Ferrari Lewis Hamilton McLaren, Mercedes
Therefore Seb with 4 titles in one team, especially in consecutive years just doesnt stand up at all. By extension Lewis' 2 WDCs are already 'greater' than Sebs 4 and Alonsos 2 and the other 1 title wonders dont even count
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Post by racechick on Mar 25, 2015 21:25:35 GMT
And going back to my thread about your favourite F1 champions over the last twenty years, the only ones to have won in two different teams are......... Michael Schumacher And lewis Hamilton Now take away the FIA favours, the hamstrung team mate , the excessive testing, the exclusive Bridgestone deal ; the crashing into competitors deliberately to achieve a championship, and the use of banned devices, and who comes out top of the pile
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 25, 2015 22:17:05 GMT
Talking about hamstrung team mates, This is ofcourse a massive factor for drivers who won titles by being lucky enough to have the fastest car in that era. The achievement of earning a seat in the best car AND converting the chance to a title has to be weighed by the quality of the only person lucky enough to be in that 'eras winning car'
When we look at the only 2 'modern' drivers able to rise above the luck and circumstance of the best car by doing it twice over, we can instantly find a reason in on case. MS had contractually compliant teammates, Lewis beat 2 REIGNING WDC teammates, one a double reigning WDC veteran champ, and MS had teammates pulling over, giving up spaces and car parts and crying on the podium. MS also cheated throughout his career, famously having the traction control system available on his car when all the others were guaranteed to have no help from electronics when driving around we corners.
So like Sebs cheap 4 (really 1 single achievement winning the seat with a handicapped teammate)Ms's cheap 7 Wdcs - gained by a proven cheat, proven to drive with illegal driver aid systems an driving with a dedicated on track assistant cannot be compared to Lewis' 2 WDCS gained in a separate higher category of greatness
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Post by ang44 on Mar 26, 2015 11:04:16 GMT
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 26, 2015 11:18:33 GMT
He has 3 left. Instead of making the first one last for 5 races, he now needs the 3 to last for 6 races each (18 races left). But if he does have to replace it during the last few races he gets a grid place penalty. This shouldnt be any issue to worry about compared to Ricc or Alonso who have ha to replace whole engines an could end up starting a few races a few laps down after penalties later in the season
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Post by Wß on Mar 26, 2015 11:59:26 GMT
That's the least problematic portion of the entire system. There must have been something particularly wrong with it and it's better to catch it now than in the middle of a race.
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Post by racechick on Mar 26, 2015 21:06:16 GMT
Yikes! So not a big deal then? ....... ...she says nervously whilst thinking, ' if this championship is lost because of an engine, I wil do something bad!!'
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Post by racechick on Mar 26, 2015 22:34:15 GMT
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 26, 2015 22:59:15 GMT
If Lewis wins 10 more races he can afford 1 DNF no matter what anyone else does as long as he finishes 1 place behind Nico in the other races
If he wins another 14, he can dnf the rest (4) or just not turn up
If he wins the same 11 from the races left like last year he can dnf twice and finish a place behind Nico the other 5 times tho he would need 1 race without Merc winning
Now if he wins 15 more he can just take the trophy home with 3 races left having become the second winningest F driver ever
That means winning 4 more races than he did last year over the same period, say Nico doesnt park at Monaco, doesnt prove a point at Spa, and Lewis doest start from the pit lane once and qualifies better one extra time
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 26, 2015 23:06:21 GMT
Scrap the beating Prost, he would actually need 17 more wins for that, so would have to win every race bar 1 for Nico - that sounds about fair to me lol but near impossible statistically
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Post by racechick on Mar 26, 2015 23:06:25 GMT
Well when you put it like that Job done!
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Post by racechick on Mar 27, 2015 6:31:26 GMT
Lewis' new helmet.....which he won't be able to use because of the new rules I like the helmet, but for Lewis I like him in the yellow and white. Attachment Deleted
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Post by Hammer on Mar 27, 2015 8:15:53 GMT
I don't like the new helmet rules, but I kinda get why they did that. However, the more intelligent thing to do would be to ask drivers to display their number CLEARLY on the helmet no matter what design/colours they want on it. It's a win win for everyone then.
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Post by RyRy on Mar 27, 2015 16:14:31 GMT
I don't like the new helmet rules, but I kinda get why they did that. However, the more intelligent thing to do would be to ask drivers to display their number CLEARLY on the helmet no matter what design/colours they want on it. It's a win win for everyone then. There should be a rule to force either their 3 letter name or number on the sidepods, nosecone and helmet at a certain size so you can SEE who it is straight away from whatever camera. I liked the fact they could design their helmets as they liked but I did find it a bit frustrating when I couldn't tell who was who by their helmets
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Post by racechick on Mar 27, 2015 16:23:00 GMT
It was really hard when I went to Hokenheim last year. Nico changed from the black helmet to German flag colours, and when they were whizzing by , because of the yellow, it was difficult to tell if it was Nico or Lewis. There was the odd embarrassing moment when I was screeching for the wrong car.
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