2010 Formula 1 Championship [Archive] - Page 2

Jimbuna

10-01-10, 02:29 PM

If I was the boss I would make him pay for it plus another 100 as back ups if he dose it again. :shifty:

Well I think you've just put yourself out of contention for the managers job should it become available in the future :DL

STEED

10-02-10, 06:12 AM

Well I think you've just put yourself out of contention for the managers job should it become available in the future :DL

WOOOHOOOOOO! :D :yeah:

TarJak

10-10-10, 01:03 AM

What an awesome motor racing day! Bathurst 1000 just coming to a close and Suzuka just starting up! Webber 2nd on the grid and the RB cars looking much quicker than everyone else around Suzuka.

Check out this 1st lap prang from Bathurst this morning! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCXZVuiEtdE

Fabian Coulthard walks away after rolling 6 times.:o

Oh and I'm now on my 6th beer so posting from now on will be fairly dangerous.:D

EDIT: Fingerboy gets a deserved win and Webber in 2nd keeps his lead of the championship. The RB's looked very dominant. Hamilton was unlucky with his gearbox losing 3rd gear about 3/4 of the way through.

Jimbuna

10-10-10, 09:24 AM

Hamilton and Button have only an outsiders chance at best of becoming champion now.

Flaxpants

10-11-10, 03:58 AM

Hamilton and Button have only an outsiders chance at best of becoming champion now.

Agree with that. It would take all the luck to swing their way for the remaining 3 races. Still, stranger things have happened.

The smart money's gotta be on a Red Bull now, I really hope it's Webber.....

Highbury

10-11-10, 05:15 AM

The smart money's gotta be on a Red Bull now, I really hope it's Webber.....

Agreed. I actually like Button of all the top drivers, but of the big 5 in the running, only 2 have not won it. Webber has put in the years and Vettel has looked a bit too much like a spoiled baby in the past. He has many years left to earn his the way MW has.

Just my opinion.

Side note since anyone in this thread is a racing fan... anyone watch Bathurst yesterday? Man, Coulthard's crash was nasty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC8oSFNj9XQ

TarJak

10-11-10, 05:19 AM

Agreed.

Side note since anyone in this thread is a racing fan... anyone watch Bathurst yesterday? Man, Coulthard's crash was nasty!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC8oSFNj9XQYep posted here: http://subsim.com/radioroom/showpost.php?p=1512050&postcount=253:D

Highbury

10-11-10, 05:33 AM

:oops: Sorry I missed it lol. That was a hell of a crash.

I thought it was great to see Lowndes on top again... oh yeah, and Skaife too... I guess he drove a little :har:

TarJak

10-25-10, 12:50 AM

Webber made a meal of this one. Just glad finger boy blew his engine before the end.

antikristuseke

10-25-10, 02:51 AM

God damn it, just let it be anyone other than eyebrow man.

Flaxpants

10-27-10, 03:28 AM

I think the title of Eyebrow man really has to go to Karun Chandhok who has the most impressive eyebrow I've ever seen. Saw him in an interview last week and he's now shaved a noticeable gap in the middle of it, which is a shame really...

So come on then y'all, all this talk and only a couple races to go. Let's have your top 3 prediction for this year. A crate of Fine Ale for the winner.
Here's mine:

1. Alonso
2. Webber
3. Hamilton

antikristuseke

10-27-10, 06:04 AM

I wont bet on any races I dont see and am working 24 hour shifts on both races remaining:damn:

TarJak

10-27-10, 06:38 AM

My head says you are right but my heart wants the order reversed for Alonso and Webber.

STEED

10-27-10, 02:47 PM

Not Alonso again! :damn:

Interesting race, please anyone but Alonso for the championship, yes I am bias. :03:

Jimbuna

10-28-10, 09:39 AM

Flaxpants

10-31-10, 10:17 PM

I'm orignally from the UK as well, so I'm rooting for Hamilton like you Jim, but as you say, maybe a tall order.
We'll soon find out!

Jimbuna

11-02-10, 07:04 AM

I'm orignally from the UK as well, so I'm rooting for Hamilton like you Jim, but as you say, maybe a tall order.
We'll soon find out!

Aye, rgr that.

TarJak

11-05-10, 05:26 PM

So Braxil this weekend. Webber still unhappy with things at RB: http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/im-not-the-shining-light-at-red-bull-x2013-webber-20101105-17hgd.html, Alonso in the lead just and 5 drivers in the hunt mathematically. I think this could be one of the closest finishes to an F1 season in some time.

Jimbuna

11-05-10, 07:31 PM

TarJak

11-07-10, 06:17 AM

Sounds like JB is lucky to have made it to the track at all!

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/jenson-button-safe-after-attack-20101107-17im7.html :o

Jimbuna

11-07-10, 05:00 PM

Sounds like JB is lucky to have made it to the track at all!

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/jenson-button-safe-after-attack-20101107-17im7.html :o

All down to the quick thinking of his driver :yep:

Jimbuna

11-07-10, 05:02 PM

A 1-2 for RB.....the final outcome is starting to look more obvious http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img144/2472/angrydriveral3.gif

STEED

11-07-10, 05:18 PM

So-so race, please not Alonso next week.

XabbaRus

11-07-10, 06:11 PM

I'd prefer Alonso to Finger Boy...

Webber all the way.

TarJak

11-08-10, 12:30 AM

Wow the Brits cheering on an Aussie! Bet that will stop when the Ashes starts. :)

papa_smurf

11-08-10, 06:22 AM

Wow the Brits cheering on an Aussie! Bet that will stop when the Ashes starts. :)

You can count on that:D

Jimbuna

11-08-10, 08:26 AM

Wow the Brits cheering on an Aussie! Bet that will stop when the Ashes starts. :)

Hmmm :hmmm:

Taxi for 'Punter' Ponting....BTW you do know he's not even a real Con? :DL

http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/aug2009/5/2/ricky-ponting-pic-getty-500978886.jpg

TarJak

11-09-10, 05:32 AM

Most of us aren't.:O: But most of us aren't from Tasmonkeya either.

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/team-boss-hands-webber-decision-to-vettel-20101109-17lin.html
Webber's fate in Vettel's hands? Who'd put money of fingerboy letting MW past?

Either way the calculations make for a delicious final race. http://www.smh.com.au/sport/motorsport/no-favourites-as-title-formula-sets-four-drivers-on-collision-course-20101108-17kji.html

STEED

11-14-10, 09:55 AM

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VETTLE WINS THE RACE AND CHAMPIONSHIP. :D :D :D :yeah:

Schroeder

11-14-10, 09:57 AM

I have aged by 10 years over the last 2 hours.:dead:
Congrats to Vettel.:yeah:

HunterICX

11-14-10, 10:18 AM

YES! :rock::woot:
Congratz Vettel!

HunterICX

XabbaRus

11-14-10, 10:31 AM

Did you see unibrow Alonso...talk about throwing toys out the pram.

I thought Petrov drove a perfect race.

Skybird

11-14-10, 01:06 PM

Returned home an hour ago and was stunned by the news. I have not expected this. Wowh!

AdeptCharge

11-14-10, 01:09 PM

I have aged by 10 years over the last 2 hoursPresuming you dont have Hutchinsons - Gilford Progeria syndrome, I do not understand how this is possible? further investigation may be warranted.

Schroeder

11-14-10, 01:29 PM

I do not understand ? how is this possible? :nope:
Stress.;)

AdeptCharge

11-14-10, 01:41 PM

Stress.;)No, you are incorrect, considering the fact of duration, to wit 10 years, within designated integer stated. I cannot make sense of this. :hmmm:

Jimbuna

11-14-10, 03:03 PM

Congratulations to Vettel but in all honesty everything went the way he would have wanted.

Alonso has nobody to blame but himself, he was never going to win with his failure to get past the two Renaults.

Highbury

11-14-10, 06:45 PM

Congrats to Vettel, he and his car were the fastest package this year whenever they were (still) on track. I don't like him and didn't want him to win it, but no denying he had the speed.

I feel bad for Webber. I would have liked to see him win it, or even Alonso, over Vettel. They are guys who did their time in teams like Minardi and earned a faster car. Vettel and Hamilton have never been in a bad car. They were molded and packaged for F1. Basically they are to racing drivers what Kraft Singles are to cheese.... processed.

Skybird

11-14-10, 07:27 PM

Well, I saw some TV footage and comment about Alonso, which once again confirmed why I do not like him: he is hotblooded, arrogant, and often seeks the guilt for his failures in others. I did not mind so much who would make it today - except that I hoped it would not be Alonso. Bad sportsman he is, I think.

Schumacher can be happy that he survived today. Regarding the whole year, he is without doubt the loser of the season. I did not expect him to win the championship or to rival for the top places, but I expected better performance by him in the second half of the season, and at least 2 or 3 times amongst the top 3. But it did not happen. Instead: plenty of driving errors. Message of the season: the break from F1 probably was too long for him, routine and reflexes are gone. With his near-death today I wonder what his wife will tell him about continuing next year. I know what I would tell him, if I were her. But maybe Mercedes will decide it for the Schumacher family.

Jimbuna

11-15-10, 05:02 AM

Schroeder

11-15-10, 06:14 AM

Regarding Schumacher....money is a great motivator. It shouldn't be in his case I know but I can't help feeling that is why he returned, certainly not the possibility of more fame having already won the championship 7 times IIRC.
I think money wasn't the motivation behind that. Schumacher is ambitious. He wants to compete and to come out on top. I think he was simply bored. He never really left racing behind him and was taking part in motorbike races in Germany.

Skybird

11-15-10, 07:22 AM

Yes, it was not the money, but the craving for competing and being competitive. He tried to compete, but he was not competitive.

On motorbikes the past years, that did not go so well, he even almost killed himself. Now he again almost got killed in an F1 car.

Let's hope he knows when it is time to step back - and stay there. A fact of life is we all become older. Him too. Fate gave him two warnings in relatively short time. He better recognise them as that.

Jimbuna

11-15-10, 02:54 PM

Let's hope he knows when it is time to step back - and stay there. A fact of life is we all become older. Him too. Fate gave him two warnings in relatively short time. He better recognise them as that.

Amen to that.

Lurchi

11-17-10, 12:47 PM

Fate gave him two warnings in relatively short time. He better recognise them as that.
With that kind of attitude Michael would not have been able to win seven Championships. Fate ... pfft. He made a driving error and recognized it as one, that's all.

One should not use this season as indicator for his performance. He is a perfectionist and a hard worker. Next season will show how good he still is. Schumi experienced all this already: His first Ferrari years were much worse and everyone knows how it ended ... with five titles.

Congratulations to Vettel of course. With his outstanding performance, especially during the last four races "the donkey" or "fingerboy" (as some like to call him) is now champion.

Give Petrov a contract!:rock:

Schroeder

11-17-10, 02:40 PM

His first Ferrari years were much worse
IIRC he had Eddi Irvine under control as a clear #2 driver and won three races.:hmm2:

But one thing mustn't be forgotten: Schumacher is an excellent test driver who can develop a car. Since test driving has come to almost a complete stop he hasn't had much of a chance to improve the car himself for his liking. Maybe the new car will fit him better.

XabbaRus

11-22-10, 06:34 PM

Going to let this sink now till next year.

Skybird

11-22-10, 07:13 PM

Rise of the dead!

Schumi did not had just one almost fatal accident in the last race this years, but - accidents as a result or not - produced very many driving and breaking errors. He is not the same anymore, I assume the feeling of the new cars (due to massive changes in regulations), reflexes and routine have detoriated too much. I do not expect him to ever become competitive for the top again, sorry. He made too many personal mistakes this year, and I take that as an indicator until he proves me wrong.

So, now you can let it sink to the bottom! :D