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Post by Wß on Mar 7, 2015 11:24:47 GMT
Merc so wanted Lewis in their team...however good your car is, you wouldn't want the best driver as opposition. Last year ...Nico cheating & chances when Lewis' car was on fire in quali etc. made it look like he was in with a chance of winning the title. Now as the other teams get closer, I don't see Nico being able to come out on top in wheel to wheel combat (Bahrain 2014 was on Sky last night)...but maybe he has been on the simulator 24/7 during the winter break.I liked Nico pre Monaco2014, but I'm not too keen now. Nico would have won the championship last year were it not for the guy he had as a teammate. I am a competetive guy by nature. Granted there are no things that I compete in that I am "world class" in. But competition is the same regardless. Whether you're playing Monopoly or Poker or double dutching... In the end what a competitor wants is a worthy competitor, someone that pushes them and makes them sweat. It's never fun for too long to compete against someone who isn't competition. I was surprised last year by the push Nico put up, I think he held his own on the track, but clearly the W05 would have allowed Luca Badoer to hold his own on the track as well. The "turning" point for Nico was Monaco. I think there would have been no Spa inccident were Monaco not have gone the way it did. But the long winded point I was trying to make about competition is two fold. 1) You leave it at the game. 2) You want to be beaten by someone who is clearly better than you. There is nothing more shameful to a competitor than losing to someone who is clearly or deemed as a lesser competitor. Both Lewis and Nico are thinking only about 2015 now, last year is indeed history.
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Post by RyRy on Mar 8, 2015 1:24:31 GMT
Well a benefit of having Lewis in your team, regardless of the cost is for when it starts to get tough... lets say next year all the teams claw back a ton of time and it's anyones game for pole position or a win, you WANT drivers like Hamilton and Alonso driving because we all know they're pretty damn good at racing.
I think we saw at Abu Dhabi that Rosberg accepted defeat, accepted that Lewis raced better than he did and even with his cheating he still lost. I really doubt it has made any conflict(s) between them afterall they both know it's only a sport and in the heat of battle silly things can happen.
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Post by ang44 on Mar 8, 2015 10:55:56 GMT
They have known each other a long time, aware of their pecking order... Last year is history, but both Merc drivers will be much stronger & wiser for it. The Monaco race, was the turning point for Nico,it spiced up the season, Lewis was hurt big time.... Will Nico be up to LH standard, when it comes to racing wheel to wheel with opposing teams? Spa them.... RC said last year..'NicoR has got a car he can win the championship in ....but Rocketman team mate.' Abu Dhabi...Nico was magnanimous in his genuine congrats to Lewis winning WDC....conflict sorted for the time being...Let the new season commence...Gladiators to battle.. Lewis seems very calm & really on it.. in TV interviews this weekend.
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Post by Hammer on Mar 8, 2015 11:24:25 GMT
Any updates on Lewis-Merc contract negotiations? I thought they were going to sort it out before Oz.
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Post by Wß on Mar 8, 2015 11:35:37 GMT
I'd be surprised to see something before the weekend. But let's see.
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Post by LRW on Mar 8, 2015 13:45:52 GMT
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Post by Hammer on Mar 8, 2015 13:58:26 GMT
Yeah saw that, what the hell does that even mean?
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Post by LRW on Mar 8, 2015 14:15:50 GMT
It means it's fixed and Rosberg is going to be WDC.
I thought it was funny.
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Post by pistnbroke on Mar 8, 2015 14:25:49 GMT
It who took the photo
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 8, 2015 21:55:55 GMT
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Post by Wß on Mar 9, 2015 1:20:39 GMT
;)That's got to be an old picture, Bernie is young by comparison and the monitor and laptop are from like the Y2K days.
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Post by RyRy on Mar 9, 2015 2:33:03 GMT
;)That's got to be an old picture, Bernie is young by comparison and the monitor and laptop are from like the Y2K days. Haha, Bernie's an old fart though. Apparently the meeting was actually for collecting his pole position trophy.
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Post by ang44 on Mar 10, 2015 13:27:37 GMT
;)That's got to be an old picture, Bernie is young by comparison and the monitor and laptop are from like the Y2K days. Haha, Bernie's an old fart though. Apparently the meeting was actually for collecting his pole position trophy. Did he also get a trophy for making a point?.... It looks like a WW1 Army issue helmet... Or did MaxM leave it there?
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Post by the2ndcoming on Mar 10, 2015 15:05:09 GMT
Oh dear! You mean Max's...em...partying days are over? When the blue pills stop working, might as well give away the props. Such fun!
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Post by racechick on Mar 13, 2015 0:47:41 GMT
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Post by Wß on Mar 13, 2015 1:23:52 GMT
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Post by pistnbroke on Mar 13, 2015 13:30:40 GMT
Maybe sponsorship is subliminal. I just bought a Qualcomm item.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Mar 13, 2015 14:41:29 GMT
Sublime detailing. The other teams moaning about engines really do not want to to remove that excuse. I am quite convinced that even if everyone else had the same engine the gap would actually increase - The W06 has to be the most sorted mechanical contraption ever made Lets see if they can break reliability records this year on top of the rest
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Post by RyRy on Mar 13, 2015 22:22:57 GMT
I like how Mercedes have painted less of their car than other cars to save a miniscule amount of paint and weight. There is more carbon fibre natural look than others have.
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Post by racechick on Mar 15, 2015 9:30:19 GMT
Merc have tweeted this. Would like to hear that press conference!
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