Quote from SamH :

I'm sure it's pure speculation! I mean.. nobody would actually DO that, would they? Who in the world could gain from doing such a thing to Hamilton's car?? It's just silly speculation, I'm sure!

if LH won the championship, it'd be perfect for Bernie's wallet~

but anyway, there're always extremely silly speculation...

Quote from heson :

Clarkson got burnt in the face in the last episode in a porsche accident (to prove that whatever 5thgear do topgear can do too)

(I wouldn't call this post a spoliler)

OT: PS there are fansubbed versions of DMotor available on da interweb DS

I do assume that everyone must hv watched it by now, but anyway, the following sentences contain possible spoilers~

that's not really in the face~ lol
what kinda idiot would do that kinda thing, except JC, and it certainly "didn't went well"~

but perhaps we should say "thank you god" for what happened to JC after he called Jason Plato as "baked potato"~

Quote from srdsprinter :

3rd is the 2nd loser. Clarkson isn't a racing driver, he's a phenomenal Automotive Journalist, which is why they have the stig for the racing.

There's a reason the stig doesn't speak; driver's don't make entertaining presenters. Tiff tries to hard to do both and fails.

but there're still a lot of losers behind the 2nd loser...

PS. to those that seems to got the joke a bit too seriously, why'd Tom Ford has a monthly column in the Top Gear magazine, and why'd Tiff and Jeremy runs the MPH (or whatever it's called) every year if they really hate each other so much~

Quote from srdsprinter :

wow, Kimi's tires looking "thin"...

***Possibly*** 3 man battle for championship next round...

the commentators for Star Sports here in Asia are saying that Ferrari must have use the soft tyres for the right front and hard tyres for the other 3 wheels~

oh well that certainly didn't work out in the end...

but yeah, Hamilton was way too quick going into the pits himself too~

why didn't Hamilton pit earlier~?

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

Well in the last race Hamilton got pole with a lot more fuel, but it was really wet so who knows what fuel he has now. I've seen the video of Hamilton slowing behind the safety car, to me it looks like he got too close to the SC and wanted to give it some distance so he would warm his tyres. It was really the fault of the conditions and poor visability, although Hamiltons stopping moves were a bit dodgy, I don't think they broke the rules.

Hamilton first flying lap in Q3 wasn't anything special too, as is the case in Japan last week.

But he somehow managed to find that extra few tenths during his final flying lap yet again, don't know if it's down to fuel this time, or pure brilliant driving yet again, or most likely, a bit of both~

meanwhile, Alonso has been complaining quite a lot saying that the team must had made his car slower~
perhaps Pat Symonds was really right when he said Alonso can't face the fact that he has been beaten~

According to F1-Live.com:

"While FOM can and does legitimately claim ownership of official Formula One broadcast footage, the copyright to private recordings is by law possessed by the owner of the recording device unless a separate agreement is reached.

A copy of the original clip was, however, copied prior to its removal and can be viewed by clicking the link below."

you can find the above mentioned link, if it still exist, right here in their article... good on them~!

Quote from NotAnIllusion :

Calvin Klein? o.O

lol~
I mean Christrian Klein, if I can spell his name correctly, which probably I can't~

Quote from deggis :

I guess chances of internet stream are pretty non-existant...?

Pretty action packed motorsport weekend... this, F1 China GP, WRC @ Spain and ALMS Petit Le Mans.


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internet stream aren't completely non-existence, just incredibly hard to find if u want it for free...

I'd like to see Lowndes win but I voted for Holden anyway cos if it's not Lowndes then I'd prefer a Holden to win...

Quote from deggis :

Offtopic: I wonder does Villeneuve really regret leaving F1. Just after he left things started rolling in the BMW team... of course whole another question is that would BMW renew his contract for this season anyway.

JV didn't really had a choice to stay in F1 thru...
BMW wanted to get rid of him since the day they took over Sauber, and they only managed it after JV crashed rather heavily at Hockenheim...

Quote from richo :

I know that being Australian defending Webber probably counts for nothing, but the guy regularly puts cars that dont deserve it well up the order in qualifying and in the race itself ( if the car doesnt detonate).

He is not a Schumi,Alonso or dare i say it Hamilton, but he consistently outpaces DC ad just about every team mate he has had.

I would love to see him in a good car to see if he has the goods i believe he has.

on the DC part...
who hasn't had an easy time against him~ (except Klein perhaps~)

Quote from evilgeek :

yes, he could have. he could have followed the safety car at a reasonable pace, like he was supposed to, and if he'd been doing that then he wouldn't have needed to slow down at all.

but i forgot, hamilton is perfect. he makes perfect starts, perfect stops, has perfect strategy, and is a great guy who everyone should look up to. foregive me for calling a spade a spade, but he's just as dirty as MS, if not more so.

how long hv u watched F1~?
when did doing that behind the safety car became dirty~?

this is what happens ALL THE TIME...
do some burn outs to heat up the rear tyres, and slam on the brakes to put some temperature into the brakes, all perfectly normal, just dangerous for the guys behind if they're following closely (but most wouldn't anyway)...

as said there've been a few crashes thanks to that (Button slam it into the walls but successfully avoided the rear of I can't remember who at Monza, and JPM managed to slam into the rear of MS inside the tunnel at Monaco under the safety car), and a LOT of near misses...

Quote from Albieg :

From F1-news:

The FIA, meanwhile, is believed to have apologised to Ferrari after an email detailing the tyre rule change did not arrive in time.

Ferrari was particularly upset that, as is often the case, the important information was displayed neither on the official pit wall monitors, or via a pitlane courier who - under article 15.1 of the sporting regulations - requires a signature verifying receipt.

So we know who the morons really are.

Edit: and I include Haug for what he said in his comment he still hasn't retracted.

at the end of the day, with or without that vital piece of email communication, Ferrari were still clearly the idiots by risking it on wet tyres instead of extreme wet on such track conditions anyway...

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

I think its fair to mention that he had quite a bit of damage on his car, although I do agree that he can't cope with Hamilton beating him. I am just amazed that Hamilton didn't make a single mistake, the only time he went off was when he was punted into a spin by Kubica.

Oh and did anyone count the number of times the ITV team said 'Lewis Hamilton' ?

must be in the thousands~? that'd be impossible to count...

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

Come on! "He needed fuel!"

and according to Ferrari's press release, Massa said:
"I managed to get up to the front places again but I had to pit again because I did not have enough fuel to get to the end."

good fight between Massa and Kubica in the end thru~

how blatant is this "team order"~?!!!!
lets pit Massa to let Kimi thru....

Alonso stuff it into the walls~!!!

Hamilton, please keep it on the road for the remaining 25 laps now...

but yay~ they've finally gone racing~!

15min to go... and the track seems to be bloody wet~! excellent~!

lets just hope they all goes thru T1 safely...

and lets hope it won't be too wet to red flag the race...

Quote from count.bazley :

I don't know really, the fact that 2 former F1 drivers who enjoyed much success in US motorsports and another who is American himself have all defected to NASCAR doesn't really say much. If Montoya had been bumped straight up to Williams from F3000 in 1999 I doubt he'd be in NASCAR today. When the succesful drivers who have spent there entire careers in Europe/Asia start going to NASCAR then we can say something about it's popularity increasing.

or if he didn't switch to McLaren perhaps he will still be in F1 now~

Quote from jamvib :

No, its true!

The "did you notice..." part was more a personal post-race review, not a direct answer to your post. Sorry about the missunderstanding.

it's ok~

we can agree that McLaren do have some serious troubles now thru...

the up coming FIA Court of Appeal...
the bad relationship between Alonso and the team...
and the arrogant little kid Hamilton...

RD have lots of very serious problems to solve...

Quote from jamvib :

Do you really believe that was an Alonso's plot? Even when RD has said that Alonso’s car cross the line with less than a second to go? What a superb brain Alonso must have to calculate all the times mentally while sitting on the car. What is more, at that moment he was still second and had to go out and pull a 'pole' lap...


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RD:" "But clearly - even as was apparent by the fact that Fernando only crossed the start-line with less than a second to go and Lewis failed to do so - it was clearly not part of our plan nor consistent with the discussions that we'd had in the previous 24 hours.""

Did you notice that barely McLaren people were at the podium celebrations, all the mechanics where at the garage?
Did you notice also Hamilton didn’t answer the team radio message from the team to congratulate him after wining the race?

Seriously, it’s just me seeing a divorce between McLaren and Hamilton about this issue?

perhaps the Alonso unsporting revenge was exaggerated...

but I've never said Hamilton and McLaren is operating at a perfect harmony did I...

Quote from FOGlegsy :

I would rather have DC back in a maclaren over JB, He does wonders in the red bull. even DC in a BMW or toyota would be great.

perhaps DC has improved lately...
but for how many years did DC had one of the fastest car on the grid, and he's only won 13 races in his career as a F1 driver~?