Round 14: Italian Grand Prix

amacachi

Some start for Schumacher again.

amacachi

Really does look as though if Button makes one slip through a corner Alonso will breeze past him.

amacca

alonso all over the back of button into turn 1....hope theres not a coming together

+ hope webber rescues something significant out of this one

amacca

close one between schumi and webber there

Kimono-Girl

Rookie mistake from Hamilton proving yet again he does not live up to the hype!:rolleyes: at least now Button has a chance of winning, the team will have put him first now!

amacachi

Anyone else think Schumacher went for the outside way too early? A replay could well change my opinion though. :pac:

lord lucan

Hamiltons posture going back to the motorhome said it all.:D

Webber going after Vettel,should be 'interesting'.:)

amacachi

Can't see the tyres making much difference, if it's a one-stopper then surely McLaren will be trying to just block off Ferrari and come in whenever Alonso does.

Only for the stupid team orders bull**** I'd say Ferrari should be letting Massa past Alonso to have a dive at Button.

Busi_Girl08

amacachi wrote: »

Really does look as though if Button makes one slip through a corner Alonso will breeze past him.

Woah. :P

I think the BBC commentators are reading this thread.

Ghost Train

candlelover wrote: »

Rookie mistake from Hamilton proving yet again he does not live up to the hype!:rolleyes: at least now Button has a chance of winning, the team will have put him first now!

Seriously... Hamiltons an ex world champ, what hype

Alonso looking very strong, hope Button can stay ahead

amacca

excellent stuff .... fingers crossed button doesn't make a mistake so things stay interesting...locked front right into turn on last slo mo with alonso within what lloked like a couple of inches of him

amacachi

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Woah. :P

I think the BBC commentators are reading this thread.

I'd be better than Legard. Hell there's a few people I often disagree with on here who I'd prefer to Legard. :pac:

amacca

button pulling away:D

amacachi

Should be fun with Vettel and Webber here, be good to see if what that sanctimonious bloody Horner was saying was accurate or not. :pac:

amacca

didn't realize ferrari on eight engine...whats the story with engine count in mclaren and red bull?

anyone knows what happens to a spent engine ...do the disassemble and reuse useful bits...melt down the rest of the block?


lol at "sanctimonious bloody horner" something always bothered me about him but could never put my finger on it (thought it was just the quasi quiff hairstyle)

Ghost Train

Massa looking like he needs new tires

Vettel sounded very distressed on the radio
The "Understood" response from the team was very relaxed

lord lucan

Vettel sounded like he was going to cry!

amacca

engine problem for vettel...I love it when a plan comes together

amacca

lord lucan wrote: »

Vettel sounded like he was going to cry!

amacachi

amacca wrote: »

lol at "sanctimonious bloody horner" something always bothered me about him but could never put my finger on it (thought it was just the quasi quiff hairstyle)

There's that as well. :pac:


I suppose Red Bull just showed us one way to avoid having to use team orders. :pac:

thewheel2.0

If I was into conspiracy theories I'd say that was team orders at Redbull. His car is fine now.

But I'm not.

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

*cough team orders *

Such a cynic.

Ghost Train

amacca wrote: »

didn't realize ferrari on eight engine...whats the story with engine count in mclaren and red bull?

anyone knows what happens to a spent engine ...do the disassemble and reuse useful bits...melt down the rest of the block?


lol at "sanctimonious bloody horner" something always bothered me about him but could never put my finger on it (thought it was just the quasi quiff hairstyle)

They can still go back and use one of the previous seven engines I think, if there's still life in it

Will be interesting to see if engines play a part in who wins the championship

lord lucan

LIGHTNING wrote: »

*cough team orders *

That's why the quote had a double meaning!;)

amacachi

3 backmarkers coming up, this'll be more than a little nervy for Button one would think. Wonder if either of them will gamble on a pit stop now.

amacachi

Button's tyres are starting to look more than a little worn. Also I'd love to know what they filled Button's front right with, the amount of crap being thrown out by it is unreal.

amacca

brundle dismissing ej's conspiracy theories out of hand

thewheel2.0

amacca wrote: »

brundle dismissing ej's conspiracy theories out of hand

Wish I didn't have to miss that but I'm on 5 live cause of dull Legard.

Ghost Train

going to be some important pitstops coming up

think mclaren will wait for alonso to pit

amacachi

amacca wrote: »

brundle dismissing ej's conspiracy theories out of hand

Have a feeling he's hedging his bets tbh. I look forward to hearing what the problem was tbh, it didn't look like any accidental engine "reset" I've seen before.

thewheel2.0

Button starting to light up the boards:)

Ghost Train

accident in pitlane?

amacca

thewheel2.0 wrote: »

Wish I didn't have to miss that but I'm on 5 live cause of dull Legard.

not to worry you havent missed much.....drowned out in a ensuing deluge of start stop excessive pause to pronounce the occasional word clearly legard speak

sometimes I think they are telling him to fill up time and he does it by inserting quarter second pauses every couple of words rather than saying more

lord lucan

"Electronic problems"!!:pac::pac:

amacachi

lord lucan wrote: »

"Electronic problems"!!:pac::pac:

"It's dying (even though I've lost no time, I'll let Webber past and then try and sort it out)." Loada rubbish.


Also WTF was Yamamoto at? I was thinking the same as Brundle, how could he not notice that someone was fiddling with something inside his cockpit!? :pac:

Ghost Train

Is Button smoking or is it the tires locking

lord lucan

amacachi wrote: »

Also WTF was Yamamoto at? I was thinking the same as Brundle, how could he not notice that someone was fiddling with something inside his cockpit!? :pac:

He was "in the zone"!:pac::pac:

amacca

If I was button...I'd rather not have any rear view mirrors on my shiny silver mclaren

amacachi

Ghost Train wrote: »

Is Button smoking or is it the tires locking

Bit of both I think. The tyres look better now than they did 5 or so laps ago.

Busi_Girl08

amacca wrote: »

If I was button...I'd rather not have any rear view mirrors on my shiny silver mclaren

From Twitter - "all Jenson sees in his wing mirrors are two angry eyebrows #f1" :pac:

amacachi

Fingers crossed the fresh hard tyres are nice and fast.

thewheel2.0

Great pitstop from the Maclaren boys!

amacca

ballsy from webber

lord lucan

Go on Webber!!

lord lucan

Great stuff by Alonso and Button!

amacachi

Goddamn live timing still showing Button in the pits. Talk about close out of the bloody pits.

thewheel2.0

amacachi wrote: »

Goddamn live timing still showing Button in the pits. Talk about close out of the bloody pits.

Its says Massa is still in first:pac:

amacca

button on fuel management....and that ladies and gentlemen appears to be that!


hopetully something dramatic happens but unlikely

lord lucan

LIGHTNING wrote: »

For gods sake would somebody give Hulk a drive through, how many times has he straight lined a corner.

And Webber agrees.:)

amacachi

LIGHTNING wrote: »

For gods sake would somebody give Hulk a drive through, how many times has he straight lined a corner.

Ironically he wouldn't have gotten away with that last year. :pac: