Formula 1 Talk 2007 Season

[Hom3r]

Well are we just hours away from watching history being made, LH has been brilliant to watch this season (I wasn't going to bother to be honest what with ITV 100th rate coverage adverts every 5 mins, qualifying dumped to ITV3/4, but LH changed this)

He has made FA & other drivers look like the rookies, No drive has had as many Poles Wins or podums in their debut season, not even the great M Schumacher started this good.

This site has info on him so far. http://www.chicanef1.com/indiv.pl?na...amilton&type=d

If this is the shape of this to come who nows how many championships he will eventually will win.

It is a tortoise & hare race, tomorrow, in my opinion.

The weather may be the final arbiter in the result & many teams seem to have made a gamble on how that may affect them, during the race, rather than looking for an out & out qualifying package.

Ferrari are rumoured to be 'fueled long' - but is Alonso also carrying the same weight??

We'll know in slightly under 8 hours

[j52c]

Well, he is not going to do it this year.
Out he goes.

[alferret]

Unlucky for Hamilton, I wonder what Maclaren were thinking keeping him out far to long after it was obvious that he was losing 2-3 seconds a lap due to his tyres going off

[xpod]

Well, he is not going to do it this year.
Out he goes.

There is always the last race he could do it at

Could you imagine Alonso's reaction if McLaren had kept him out that long with duff tyres?

[alferret]

Originally Posted by foreverwar

Could you imagine Alonso's reaction if McLaren had kept him out that long with duff tyres?

Yup, another door ripped off and a few heads too.

[tcbass]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

... He has made FA & other drivers look like the rookies, No drive has had as many Poles Wins or podums in their debut season, not even the great M Schumacher started this good.

This site has info on him so far. http://www.chicanef1.com/indiv.pl?na...amilton&type=d

If this is the shape of this to come who nows how many championships he will eventually will win.

Then again not many Drivers get to debut for the top teams either

He is a really good driver and definitely something for the future, but he has also benefited from an excellent car for his debut season, which eludes most debutants.

(and for the "great M Shumacher" he started in the last 3rd of the season for Jordan, not exactly McLaren is it , not eaven Benetton which he moved to was anything like a top team at the time)

[Cobbydaler]

Spanish Motorsport Federation get FIA to appoint a special scrutineer to ensure Alonso's treated fairly...

Link

[tcbass]

Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

Spanish Motorsport Federation get FIA to appoint a special scrutineer to ensure Alonso's treated fairly...

Link

That's just hilarious.

[sherer]

it does seem to me that McLaren seem to get more FIA interference than any other team

[keithwalton]

funnily enough its because alonso suspected his final qualifying tyres were not at the correct pressure. He couldnt understand why he was slower than hammy. Sorry alonso but on that day hammy was just the better driver, he did a very 90's super soft qualifying tyre tactics just so they lasted the entire lap.

I do hope alonso comes 3rd overal and then goes to a different team so that he gets number 5 on his car. Then again number 2 would be fantastic if hammy had #1 though i dont think alonso could stomach that.

With regards to how well he's doing as a rookie, well to be fair rarely does a rookie start in a top 4 car, let alone a championship winning car (exception being jaques villneuve joining williams in 1996 when that car was dominent)

[Hom3r]

More tyre problems for Hamilton

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...810816,00.html

Me thinks he might leave F1, and I don't blame him.

I'm getting fed up with all this $h*t.

I'm going to Leave F1, and follow A1GP, no Bernie to rob them blind.

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Sanity remains
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7053377.stm

[tcbass]

Originally Posted by Hom3r

More tyre problems for Hamilton

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...810816,00.html

Me thinks he might leave F1, and I don't blame him.

I'm getting fed up with all this $h*t.

I'm going to Leave F1, and follow A1GP, no Bernie to rob them blind.

---------- Post added at 22:06 ---------- Previous post was at 21:17 ----------

Sanity remains
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7053377.stm

Calm down man
This is/was just a standard rule infringement which was dealt with in an normal manner. It's just the press and their Hamilton-mania blowing it out of all proportions, pretty much forgetting to say Honda & Super Aguri did the same with Button & Sato. He was never going to be punished for that one as it was a team blunder.

There has always been rule infringements, Rule clarifications and investigations due to complaints within the sport which are all sorted out without all this drama in the press until now, to be quite frank all this crying in the press is getting quite tedious and starting to detract from the exciting racing. I'm sure the press and ITV would still call it the most exiting and closely fought season ever if Hamilton was/had already won the championship by 30 points.

If Hamilton leaves F1 (which I don't think he will do) just because the team he drives for were caught breaking the rules of the sport and someone dared complain about a bit of his driving (which frankly wasn't exactly stellar, and rightly investigated after a complaint, and found not to be bad enough to warrant sanctions) then he's the fool for that. He's going to clean up over the next 10-15 years if he stays.

BTW the point system should be changed to 12-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 in order to reward a race win properly. Then maybe the teams wouldn't all stop racing after the last pit stop

[Hom3r]

Lewis on front row (2nd)
Kimi 3rd

Alonso 4th