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  1. Jiggy said:
    Wait, the full race is on YouTube?


    Btw, anyone watched the IndyCar race in New Orleans, Louisiana? Never laughed so hard at a complete shambles of a race and I watched the entire 2005 US Grand Prix without commercial breaks. The conditions were too wet to race for a long time, then it sort of dried up, but they never heard of intermediates over there, so people just started using slicks. That's when the drama started. They couldn't last over a lap under green until the safety car had to come out because of debris, contract, people spinning out. The race was won by James Hinchcliffe because he stayed out with like 20-30 laps to go while a lot of other people went into the pits, because he guessed they wouldn't had to race anymore. His guess paid off when all the cautions meant time ran out, so they had to throw out the finish flag. It sounds somewhat funny, but in all seriousness, there are people who believe American open-wheel racing is doomed and these sort of things aren't helping. There was like no crowd in New Orleans either and it was a brand new circuit too.
    It really was pathetic. They should rename it Formula Caution. Just when I thought Indycar might be getting interesting with the aero stuff we have an entire race under the safety car. And in the end a driver who had no chance of winning if they actually had any green flag laps. shame.
    Seeing Hinchcliffe get really, really excited over it was funny though. I think it was his first race win too.

  2. Jiggy said:
    Quite happy with bouncing back after an abysmal Malaysian GP. A true trademark of the afro. Too bad MALDONADO and Ricciardo ruined their own races. Glad that Grosjean finally came through.

    Team 2nd overall, but them points Prawn got though. :|
    We must improve though
    Don't worry, I have a feeling one of us is going to get the entire top-10 right real soon.

    And then whoever gets is will be disappointed he didn't bet money on that race too.

  3. fIsince08 said:
    Jiggy said:
    I'm guessing this is what Rosberg is thinking. By slowing down, Hamilton is hurting Rosberg's tyres. If you go for the overtake, you push your own tyres even more. Not only that, Hamilton seems in such control of his pace that he would easily react to that. You won't be able to get close enough to really attack him and you'll just end up in the same position you're in now, only it will hit your tyres even more because of the increased pace.


    Which is called racecraft, really I have no idea what Rosberg is twisting about!
    While my personal opinion is that Rosberg's attitude sounds kind of defeatist, instead of saying like *screw that guy, then I'm going to push beyond hell and give him a reason to never go slow in front of me again*, I also believe his way of thinking is partly because of the "conserve this, conserve that, save this, save that"-mindset we have in F1 right now. It seems like it's people's main objective now, how do we conserve tyres/fuel/engine, instead of how do we win the race. It's a thing I really hate in F1.

    But I digress, I can understand where Rosberg is coming from, I'm just disappointed with the way he reacted/dealt with the situation put in front of him.

  4. I'm guessing this is what Rosberg is thinking. By slowing down, Hamilton is hurting Rosberg's tyres. If you go for the overtake, you push your own tyres even more. Not only that, Hamilton seems in such control of his pace that he would easily react to that. You won't be able to get close enough to really attack him and you'll just end up in the same position you're in now, only it will hit your tyres even more because of the increased pace.



  5. Wait, the full race is on YouTube?


    Btw, anyone watched the IndyCar race in New Orleans, Louisiana? Never laughed so hard at a complete shambles of a race and I watched the entire 2005 US Grand Prix without commercial breaks. The conditions were too wet to race for a long time, then it sort of dried up, but they never heard of intermediates over there, so people just started using slicks. That's when the drama started. They couldn't last over a lap under green until the safety car had to come out because of debris, contract, people spinning out. The race was won by James Hinchcliffe because he stayed out with like 20-30 laps to go while a lot of other people went into the pits, because he guessed they wouldn't had to race anymore. His guess paid off when all the cautions meant time ran out, so they had to throw out the finish flag. It sounds somewhat funny, but in all seriousness, there are people who believe American open-wheel racing is doomed and these sort of things aren't helping. There was like no crowd in New Orleans either and it was a brand new circuit too.

  6. Jiggy said:
    Quali:
    1. Lewis Hamilton - 5
    2. Nico Rosberg - 3
    3. Valtteri Bottas - 0

    Race:
    1. Lewis Hamilton - 8
    2. Nico Rosberg - 8
    3. Kimi Raikkönen - 8
    4. Valtteri Bottas - 8
    5. Felipe Massa - 8
    6. Sebastian Vettel - 0
    7. Romain Grosjean - 0
    8. Daniel Ricciardo - 3
    9. Max Verstappen - 3
    10. Nicolas Hülkenberg - 0
    54 points. Top-5 in the exact order, except 1 place higher than they actually ended up and me not gunning for Vettel hurt me.

  7. Part of that might be coming from very, very speculative rumors that Renault is looking to take over the Red Bull Racing-team. Renault wants to become a team after all because it promotes their brand better than just engines and Red Bull, the company, feels that they've basically maximized all the potential they could've gained, based on commercial successes, in F1, so in an effort to reduce costs (because the profits of 2014 were lower than expected), they would be willing to continue with their smaller team, but sell the main team to Renault.


    Dutch commentator spoke of these rumors, but also pointed out that it's an incredibly vague one that could be mostly guesswork and theories created out of the current Red Bull-Renault conflict.
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