Go Lewis! Formula1 World Champion!

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Again it is interesting to read so many negative comments about a driver no one on this forum has met. I guess the media can tell you what to think and you will believe it.

 

McLaren are lucky to have that championship even though Hamilton deserved it thoroughly. He has been the most penalised driver of the season' date=' reminds me of M.Schumacher back in 1994 in the Benetton B194.

 

Unfortunately the ITV coverage is only in english with the twin twits Brundle and Allen trying to provide a show. Mr Mol over at RTL5, a dutch channel has his finger on the pulse.

He already noticed Glock was having problems on that last lap because the track was a lot wetter and the ambient temp had dropped 4 degrees. Thats enough to drop the track temp and the temp in the tyres to the point where the slick became an ice skate. Glock crossed the line nearly 10 sec after Hamilton so was really slow. If he could have gone faster he would have.

 

I'm really sad for Flippy Massa, he really worked hard this year and deserved the WDC but Ferrari cost him 20 points this season. He should have been champion in Singapore already but sadly thanks to the new Italian look ferrari, with reliability of an Alfa, they tossed it in the bin.

 

Alonso, what a prat. Could not even be happy for himself that he finished 2nd. Instead he was fixated on Hamilton being WDC. He's such a hole between legs. Now he is a real twat.

In 2005 he only win the WDC because McLaren through it away and the FIA screwed Ferari to give someone else a chance to win. they felt Schmacher winning all the time was bad for the sport to they did some match fixing with the rules.

In 2006 he deserved it but only won it because the F2006 was not up to scratch from day 1.

 

BTW, going to the races does not make you a fundi. If you want to be a fundi work for a technical supplier to one of the teams and get some inside tracks. then you will see the truth.

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GoLefty, have to agree 100%

 

Agreed

 

(edit: the truth does tend to get in the way of a good argument on the interwebs, however...)

 

[Captain Slow]

I wonder if Lewis scored last night with that Pussy........Cats doll!

 

She is HOTT!!!!!!

 

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OH, leftism, one other thing... What you say about the media creating a perception in our minds is correct. However, If I was Hamilton, and the perception being created about me in the minds of the motorsport fans was that I was a grade "A" pillock, then I'd get a better PR man, and try and not come across as such a twat....

 

(oh, I still think Hamilton is an arrogant cheat, the same as Ron Dennis..)

((Oh, and masood, it's not cause he's black brown non white...))

 

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[RockCoach]

 

Hey slick' date=' Great painting!!!

 

You have some serious talent!!!

 

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[zeepee]

Hey Slick awesome painting dude. You selling it?

Have you read his book?

 

I must say the battle between Hamilton and Massa and kinda saved F1 for me. I've steadily been losing interest since DC moved away from Mclaren.

But this year has been good.

 

Agree with you Lefty Alonso is a pajero....

 

 

[Iwan Kemp]

Winning a Championship doesn't come cheap

Monday 3rd November 2008

http://images.planetf1.com/08/10/240/RonDennis_1357878.jpg

Ron Dennis has revealed that the improvements to Lewis Hamilton's MP4-23 ahead of the season finale were the most expensive McLaren had ever made.

 

According to The Times, McLaren spent an estimated '?2-4 million' of their 'overall annual racing budget', which is roughly ?200 million ahead of the title showdown.

 

And it paid off as Hamilton was crowned the youngest-ever F1 world Champion after beating Felipe Massa by one point.

 

"We threw everything at this race and to get that (extra performance) squeezed out after the intensity of our development programme has been a Herculean effort," Dennis told the newspaper.

 

"We can't have made it faster, put more effort into making it reliable and we can't have put more effort into trying to accommodate anything that could happen in the race."

[RockCoach]

 

Hey Slick awesome painting dude. You selling it?

 

Have you read his book?

Haven't found a buyer for it yet. You see the other DC fan and I broke up so it didn't get delivered. I sell limited edition prints (250) of my F1 paintings.

[Captain Slow]

slick, where can I see your paintings/prints?

[Iwan Kemp]

Never was, and probably never will be, a Schuey fan, but this year it looked like Massa and Lewis tried their best to NOT win the championship this year. They, and their teams were all over the show. Something that never once happened while the "Dream Team" was at Ferrari. I still believe that Alonso is the most complete driver in F1 at the moment.

 

Even so, great year bar the FIA interferences. What a shamble.

 

Amazing to think that 08 delivered 7 different GP winners! Wish we could have more of that every year.

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... this year it looked like Massa and Lewis tried their best to NOT win the championship this year. They' date=' and their teams were all over the show. ...[/quote']

 

Ya.... makes me sorry that either of them is now champion... throughout the season, neither of them seemed ready to stand up and claim the prize, neither of them deserved it...

 

[Thug]

Very nice painting Slick !!

 

 

[Iwan Kemp]

From F1.com

 

"To win a world championship you invariably have to win races, something Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa have each achieved five times thus far this season. You also have to be error free, or very close to it. A driver can make no more than one mistake in winning the title, or so the old saying goes.

This year it?s different. Both men have made several blunders, and when the dust settles in Brazil next Sunday it is these moments that will leave the runner-up wondering just which was the one that cost him the crown. We take a look back at Lewis?s lapses and Felipe?s faux pas?

Australia:
Massa?s 2008 campaign gets off to the worst possible start when he spins on the opening lap at Albert Park. He then collides with David Coulthard during a failed passing attempt on the Scot?s Red Bull before retiring with engine failure.

Malaysia:
Things go from bad to worse for Massa in Sepang when, having started from pole, he again spins himself out of contention barely halfway through the race.

Bahrain:
Hamilton blows it when he selects the wrong start procedure on the grid and activates his car?s anti-stall mechanism at the wrong moment. Running into the back of Fernando Alonso on lap two compounds the error and he finishes 13th.

Monaco:
A lucky escape for Hamilton, who picks up a puncture after swiping the barriers on lap six. The team switch him to a one-stop strategy as a result, which ironically helps him to win the race.

Canada:
Hamilton goes from hero to zero when his race ends in near-comedic scenes in the Montreal pit lane. Failing to see the red light, he runs into the rear of Kimi Raikkonen?s Ferrari, putting both men out of the race and earning him a 10-place grid penalty for the following French round.

France:
Eager to compensate for his grid penalty, Hamilton straight-lines the chicane as he completes an early pass on Sebastian Vettel. The stewards deem the move illegal, handing him a drive-through penalty, and he comes home 10th.

Great Britain:
Both Massa and his tyres fail to get to grips with the tricky conditions at a rain-hit Silverstone. He trails home 13th and last after surviving five spins.

Belgium:
Twenty-five seconds are added to Hamilton?s race time after he goes straight across the chicane just prior to passing race leader Raikkonen. He briefly surrenders the place, but not to the stewards? satisfaction and he drops from first to third as a result, with Massa inheriting the win.

Italy:
Hamilton gambles on standard wet tyres at the start of Q2, but when the rain worsens he is left stranded, just 15th on the grid. The race sees him recover to seventh.

Japan:
Polesitter Hamilton out-brakes himself into Turn One, running Raikkonen off the road. A drive-through penalty is the consequence. Massa is handed an identical punishment for tipping Hamilton into a spin at the chicane while trying to pass his rival.

A quick count-up reveals it is Massa who has made the fewer unforced errors, yet Hamilton still leads the standings. Part of the answer lies with the Ferrari team and their F2008. Its engine let Massa down not only in Australia, but also in Hungary - Hamilton has suffered no mechanical failures. And then there was Ferrari?s botched Singapore pit stop, which, through no fault of his own, saw Massa exit the box with fuel hose still attached. Race ruined, he finished 13th."

 

Not what you'd expect from a world champ and his one point runner-up. But then again, if one of them drove a mistakeless season it would've been over after the usual summer break and maybe Kubica and Vettel would never have won a GP this year.

[Iwan Kemp]

I was fortunate enough to bump into DC outside Buckingham palace. What are the odds? It was after the F1 demonstration through the streets of London. He and Martin Brundle was waiting for the Merc courtesy vehicle to pick them up. We had a quick chat and even though I'm sure lots of people hassle him on the street he was still friendly and very talkative. A super nice guy.

[Iwan Kemp]

Watch this:

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

 

The master at work in a time where there was not a single driver aid. No fancy auto shift, no traction control, no stability control, no abs, no nothing. Just 100% pure skill and 102% madness!

[Iwan Kemp]

Now watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrpYIq0NbFM&feature=related

 

Schumacher who?

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I was fortunate enough to bump into DC outside Buckingham palace. What are the odds? It was after the F1 demonstration through the streets of London. He and Martin Brundle was waiting for the Merc courtesy vehicle to pick them up. We had a quick chat and even though I'm sure lots of people hassle him on the street he was still friendly and very talkative. A super nice guy.

 

Is his jaw really so large, square and desperate dan-ish in real life?