i expect that even though he doesn't need to win, hamilton will qualify on a light fuel load in an attempt to get away from traffic early, and minimize his chances of being taken out in a crash. this will also leave alonso and raikkonen to fight with each other, taking on all the risks.
but all 3 leading drivers are pretty much at the mercy of what the other teams manage to do. if the bmw's or renaults (or even the williams) get anywhere near the front of the grid it could really make things complicated.
I love how James Allen can accurately predict the precise power loss Alonso's engine will suffer. In reality there shouldn't really be much difference between a fresh engine and a race old engine, assuming they haven't actually gone and built a season ending one race special, which we'd know about because Alonso would be bouncing up and down and Ron really would look a bit silly if Hamilton lost the title in a cloud of smoke
That made me chuckle. The FIA seem to want to make it more of a SOAP than a Professional Sport.
Hahah, yea.. Just puts it all into perspective really doesn't it?
I agree with all of that, especially the bottom part. Only two ways Brasil is gonna go : Hamilton wins outright, Or the two McLarens die in some way and Räikkönen gets it(which is what i'm hoping for). Think of it this way, I think Alonso hates Hamilton THAT much, he would rather see Kimi win the championship than Lewis. So I think when he realises the race isn't going his way, with about 10 laps to go, he is gonna slow right down, and do Lewis in, or maybe a classic LFS WWW 'WRONG WAY WRECK'
In fairness to JA, I would assume he's asked around in the paddock what sort of defecit you'd expect from a second-race engine. It's not necessarily about the wear on the engine, it's about not being able to stress it so much since the components have to last longer.
That said, I agree with you about the 'one-race-special' engine...the smart thing for McLaren to do is to use Hamilton's engine just the same as they would if they were expecting to use the engine for a second race.
It still leaves the question of who made that statement in the first place, I hope it wasn't Lewis Hamilton's engine builder :doh:
The engines are designed to do two races though so one would assume they intend to run them the same at each race. What do the FIA actually define an engine as, is it just the block that has to do two races?
I am probably the one and only person here that wants Hamilton to win. I'd like Kimi to win the WDC too of course, but Hamilton has done a good job so far... it should show in this last race.
Alonso better not win it...
About the only thing that would makes F1 obviously staged like you are saying... is if it looked like this:
There's no doubt in my mind that Hamilton deserves to win it, the possible staging would only play into Alonso's favour by ensuring good TV in the last round. I think now a title race is guaranteed and lots of people will be tuning in they will be allowed to race fairly.
It's not that I don't like Hamilton, well I find his personality isn't great, but really it's that I don't feel he's anywhere near good enough to be compared with the all time greats. No one can deny that although he has done a great job to be where he is he did have it all given to him by McLaren in a way no other driver has, and also remember it's a pretty weak field this year.
Same here, I want hamilton to win,he is very good, being able to keep up with the top dogs in F1(kimi,masa.alonso) in his first year, if this isn't good, I don't know what is.
Like I have said in a previous reply to this thread, Keep your fingers crossed that HAMILTON WILL WIN THE TITLE.
Hamilton FTW! and to all you who dont want him to win esp the british on here, wheres your national pride ffs
suppose the biggest reason i think he should win is simply because nobody has driven like a champion this year nobody imo deserves the title, for a rookie to come into the season and whoop their arse's from the start of the season makes the sport kinda look like a joke, theres a grid full of top drivers out there and every race is just the same 4 boring drivers arguing like kids, i want to see webber winning with barrichello 2nd and sato 3rd lol
Don't got none. I was last in the queue when they were handing out national pride.
I wonder if the FIA Fairness Adjudicator will also be present in the McLaren motorhome at mealtimes to ensure that Fernando gets the same sized portions as Lewis. Apparently at some races Lewis got a few extra chips and more custard on his dessert.
You know what I hope...I hope that Hamilton wins and does a huge burnout on the last lap and blows up his car doing it. That would be a middle finger to the up tight FIA idiots trying to stop people doing doughnuts, let them scrutineer the pieces of the engine being spat out of the cloud of burning rubber.
Oh great. I lost the remote for my freeview box, so when it's on digital I have to watch with the subtitles stuck on... Still, at least they're showing it!
Ach, I don't mind James Allen. But to be honest if it wasn't for Martin Brundle I'd just turn the sound off and listen to the commentry on the radio. But with the subtitles I still have to see it!!
no wonder you guys hate him...
to all you who dont want him to win esp the british on here, wheres your national pride ffs
