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Post by Sam Tyler on Aug 25, 2015 23:49:26 GMT
Well put Del. Shame as he seemed never to catch they eye of a decent team in F1 despite some good performances with Minardi and Jaguar. Just shows that despite the massive advances in safety motorsport is still risky although it seems indycar appears a much more risky proposition than F1 these days. RIP Justin. You've summed it up perfectly there Dirty Epic!
Such a shame and a sad loss of a talented driver. My thoughts are for him and with his family.
R.I.P Justin
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Post by Windy Miller on Aug 29, 2015 17:44:08 GMT
Indy Car pays tribute to Justin Wilson with a drive across the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Post by Del Boy on Aug 29, 2015 19:27:44 GMT
Nice tribute for Justin.
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Post by Windy Miller on Sept 6, 2015 14:23:14 GMT
Lewis Hamilton wins the Italian Grand Prix but there's a problem. Seems there's been a blonde moment, and I mean for Mercedes, not Lewis Let's see what happens next .....
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Post by Gene Hunt on Sept 6, 2015 15:50:22 GMT
Not too much in the way of excitement in this race. Lewis was serene out front. A very strange call from the crew towards the end - telling him to pull a gap when he was so far ahead, but it transpires there may have been a technical issue with the tyre pressure on the rear of Hamilton's car. It's the waiting game now to see if he gets punished or worse still, disqualified.
Raikkonen fell before the first fence. It would have been good to see what he could have done had he not have had such a bad start.
More woe for McLaren with Fernando retiring as he was reeling in Jenson.
Good result for Felipe Massa. He did well to hang on with pressure from Bottas in the later stages.
Just looking again on the Sky F1 site and it says "Hamilton win in doubt"
Watch this space.
Gene.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Sept 6, 2015 15:58:25 GMT
Update:
Toto Wolff has said there will be NO penalty against Hamilton or Mercedes.
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Post by Windy Miller on Sept 6, 2015 19:13:52 GMT
Update: Toto Wolff has said there will be NO penalty against Hamilton or Mercedes. Correct decision reached, although it's complicated. The stewards ruled that the tyres were at the correct temperature when fitted to the car and that the blankets which keep them warm were unplugged and at a lower temperature than the maximum permitted. This lower temperature would mean the tyre lost pressure and would explain why it dipped below the minimum, which is why Mercedes were cleared of wrongdoing. Hamilton is on top form, and seems to be unstoppable. 25 seconds in front of the second place driver, and 53 points in front in the driver's championship
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Post by Del Boy on Sept 7, 2015 6:36:36 GMT
Agree with earlier posts that yesterday's race was a bit short on excitement. The pole sitter wins unchallenged which was boring and annoying if you're not a Hamilton fan. What was the final verdict on Kimi's start ? Was he not ready or was it a system failure ?
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Post by Gene Hunt on Sept 7, 2015 8:51:56 GMT
Kimi says he did nothing different at all. It looks like he wasn't in gear !
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Post by Dirty Epic on Sept 7, 2015 15:14:30 GMT
Obviously a bit of a snooze fest with Hamilton winning such as he did. Interesting he was told to push at the end and the tyres had some kind of issue which necessitated FIA investigation. Perhaps Mercedes are pushing everything to the limit of the rules just like Ferrari did with Schumi a decade or so ago especially if the Bridgestone and nitrogen rumours were true? Still fair play to Lewis (on the track) he’s totally in the zone at the moment and no one can even bring a challenge to him. It’s also no different from the days Williams/McLaren/Ferrari/Red Bull etc. had dominant seasons and would hate the rules to be changed again as that’s what’s been killing the sport over many recent seasons. Don’t quite know what Kimi’s problem was at the start but just hope it was more mechanical rather than driver error and a great fight back from last to 5th in the end for him. Bad luck for Lotus too but not so sure they can survive the season at the moment especially if Renault don’t purchase them… also would they be allowed to used Mercedes engines/technology if they did? Not a bad race for Williams either and glad Massa’s doing reasonably well their as for McLaren bet they can’t wait for this season to end and bit of a shit sandwich for Jenson and Alonso too. Let’s hope Singapore throws up something (anything) unusual a race like in 2008 minus Renault’s cheating would be good.
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