The Official 2011 F1 thread.

[E30Kaiser]

I think 300ft is right on the money, apparently its about 100m from Les Combes down to Stavelot.



Coulthard hates Hamilton?? Hamilton is the BBC's golden can-do-no-wrong boy! (understandably) In Oz we get the BBC commentary, and any Aussie on here will atest to that.

Having said that, I don't think Hamilton did anything wrong and the reprimand reflected that (i.e. no grid penalty).


Great race btw! Really entertaining. Wonder if anyone had Schumacher in their fantasy team??

i switched him to my 2nd team, but i also had alguesari so that evened out any bonus i would get :( My main team has Vettel and Alonso though so they did pretty good.

[lambo]

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011/08/27/discussion-gt-gt-are-rules-amp-regs-destroying-motorsport-pt-1.aspx

interesting read

[pharow]

It was a pretty good race. If Hamilton would just calm down, he would do so much better. Schumi made a few ppl happy in the fantasy league.

Today was my first time watching a GP2 race. It was pretty cool, but it was not F1.

Ready for the nxt race.

[naplesE30]

Someone please teach weber how to accelerate from a stand still, its painful to watch. He did put in a great drive though, as did Button. But if weber could just get a decent start he could fight vettel from the start instead of trying to catch up to him for the whole race.

[pharow]

^^^^True^^^^

[z31maniac]

Yeah, I watch the BBC coverage as well.

How in the hell could they possibly blame him going out on Kobash, "Why would Kobash take the fight back to Lewis?"

Well, because he's a fucking race car driver? Hamilton thought he was farther past, he wasn't and moved back across.

I also wondered why they ignored the obvious flick to the right by Hamilton after Q2, although Maldonado coming back and hitting him was completely unacceptable.

Fantastic drive by Button today.

[E30Kaiser]

Yeah, I watch the BBC coverage as well.

How in the hell could they possibly blame him going out on Kobash, "Why would Kobash take the fight back to Lewis?"

Well, because he's a fucking race car driver? Hamilton thought he was farther past, he wasn't and moved back across.

I also wondered why they ignored the obvious flick to the right by Hamilton after Q2, although Maldonado coming back and hitting him was completely unacceptable.

Fantastic drive by Button today.

British Broadcast=British Bias, I have yet to see many Brits that don't like Hamilton, which is one of the many reasons I don't like him hahaha

[Massimo]

Interesting race tyre stratergy was very interesting some one please correct me if I am wrong but was it
Vett with 4 tire changes
Webb with 3
Butt with 3
Alons with 2

[naplesE30]

Hamilton is the tin cup of F1,,, he makes some passes and moves that make you say holy shit I cant believe he pulled that off, but he also does a lot of stupid self destructive crap as well. Either way he is always exciting, and hence, will always have a following and demand a lot of media attention. Which is huge in a sport like F1 where attention = sponsorship $$$$. Its just a shame some people are so blinded by their like or dislike of him they cant seperate their emotion from reality, more so with his performances then any other driver.

[naplesE30]

I thought they all did 3 stops.

[Massimo]

^ maybe I am wrong I was very tired by the end may have miss read it

[z31maniac]

I think Alonso two-stopped it, which is why he was caught out on tires at the end?

Don't remember either, our power went out while I was watching the race, so I had to pick it back up a few hours later.

EDIT: And up yours to Whitmarsh, Hamilton admitted 100% fault for the incident.

[Heysüß]

It's getting harder and harder to be a Hamilton fan as the years go by. I don't think I even want to watch the rest of the races this year.

[naplesE30]

^ I can see why. At least he took the blame. Not a fan of hamilton but def admire his skills and aggresion. Maybee the most talented driver on the grid but less and less it seems he is the best driver. Oddly enough his best year performance wise imho was when he was paired with Alonso. He didnt have such a massive ego back then, and drove with respect for the other drivers, more so than now.

[E30Kaiser]

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/267039/hamilton-admits-crash-was-100-percent-my-fault/

Hamilton about the crash: “After watching the replay, I realise it was my fault today 100%,” Hamilton said via his personal Twitter account. “I didn't give Kobayashi enough room though I thought I was past. Apologies to Kamui and to my team. The team deserves better from me.”

Well good on him for not denying it at least.