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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
PostPosted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 13:36 
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Apparently the lack of helicopter was because it couldn't fly in the storm. I'm not sure there were any TV shots from the copter in the race either.

Yeah, it could fly, but it isn't as well equipped and the time difference is small, so the medical staff wanted to use the road ambulance.

The race wouldn't have run if it couldn't fly anyway.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
PostPosted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 14:06 
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Difficult to know what the truth is. To start it was that the helicopter couldn't fly because of the weather, but you can't hold the race if the copter can't fly.
Then it was stated that the copter could fly, but they chose to go by road anyway. I've read that the trip is 45minutes by road and 10 by copter, which isn't a small time difference.

The BBC coverage was awful, they didn't even realise Bianchi was involved until after the race had finished!


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Difficult to know what the truth is. To start it was that the helicopter couldn't fly because of the weather, but you can't hold the race if the copter can't fly.
Then it was stated that the copter could fly, but they chose to go by road anyway. I've read that the trip is 45minutes by road and 10 by copter, which isn't a small time difference.

The BBC coverage was awful, they didn't even realise Bianchi was involved until after the race had finished!

Same with sky. They had no idea why the safety car had come out and only noticed a bit of Marussia bodywork well after the event (they were speculating sutil was injured). My guess is that the crash immediately looked so horrific that they didn't release it to the feed

Edit: Judging from a photo of the state of the car after the crash and where its is, I'm not surprised that they haven't released the film.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
PostPosted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 16:04 
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Breathing on his own after the operation which is a good sign.
http://www.lequipe.fr/info-continue/bianchi/97363


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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
PostPosted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 16:11 
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ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:
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The BBC coverage was awful, they didn't even realise Bianchi was involved until after the race had finished!

Same with sky. They had no idea why the safety car had come out and only noticed a bit of Marussia bodywork well after the event (they were speculating sutil was injured). My guess is that the crash immediately looked so horrific that they didn't release it to the feed.

I thought they picked up on it pretty quick - certainly before I noticed anything. They knew Sutil was wandering around, but thought someone might have clouted a marshal.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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Here's the footage - watch at your own risk. You don't see anything gruesome, but fucking Hell...

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27dh1 ... otion_auto

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I'm fucking amazed he's still alive.

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I'm fucking amazed he's still alive.


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Yeah I saw that earlier. Brundle has been going on about this for years after he almost hit one himself.


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Fuck me, that's a big impact.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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Despite with knowing what was coming (broadly) from seeing the car after, that was met with a full scale FUCK.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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Hamilton has won 9 races to Rosberg's 4 so far. If he loses on the double points finale it will be a bit disappointing.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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That race was still as hell. The track looked quite interesting, too. Never mind.

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That race was still as hell. The track looked quite interesting, too. Never mind.

Same happened with India.

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The first few laps were great, and then I got bored and made fudge.


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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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The first few laps were great, and then I got bored and made fudge.

You could have watched on the iPad from the bathroom.

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Yeah, but boring that one. As much as I want Lewis to win, I'm no more excited by him leading unchallenged for 50 laps than I was when Vettel was doing it.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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:D Jenson "You sure I should come in? You sure? Sure this time?"

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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Marussia has shut down, and it's employees made redundant :(

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Marussia has shut down, and it's employees made redundant :(

Sad, but inevitable.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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Last race! Exciting!

Shame about Red Bull, but it should make things more interesting.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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"Red Bull gives you wings, so I got a new one."

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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After Rosberg purposefully blocked Hamilton's quali lap in Monaco and crashed into him on purpose at Spa, this is all he deserves.

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Boo!

Racist.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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I think Hamilton should do as he's damned well told. He won't win anyway, which is something.


You were saying?


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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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Boo!

Racist.

Hamilton is the racist.

He won eleven of them this year.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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Jenson keeps his seat at McLaren. Yay!

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It'll be interesting to see how his and Alonso's performance compares next year.


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Jenson keeps his seat at McLaren. Yay!

Shame for Magnussen really.

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It'll be interesting to see how his and Alonso's performance compares next year.

He will get destroyed. Alonso has shown time and again he can wring performance out of a mediocre car - Button needs everything to be just right to get the most of out his talent.

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 Post subject: Re: Formula 1 F1 2014
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I think that's a bit harsh on Button. He always performs well, but never gets the recognition he deserves. He destroyed Magnussen last season, yet he was going to be overlooked for him.

I do agree that he will struggle in comparison to Alonso though, Alonso is the best driver on the grid in my opinion.


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I think that Alonso will be quicker. If not straight away then probably as the season goes on but I don't think the difference will be embarrassing.


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It's been a long time since Jenson has been out-performed over the course of a season by a teammate, so it's going to be interesting.

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Alonso is the best driver on the grid in my opinion.

And has been for some time.

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I think that's a bit harsh on Button. He always performs well, but never gets the recognition he deserves. He destroyed Magnussen last season, yet he was going to be overlooked for him.

Although if you don't manage to significantly outperform the guy who has barely any F1 miles after 13 or so years experience...


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It's been a long time since Jenson has been out-performed over the course of a season by a teammate, so it's going to be interesting.

Did you not watch 2012? The results may have been skewed by numerous retirements from the lead by his teammate, but the difference was pretty clear, particularly in the mid season.


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I think that's a bit harsh on Button. He always performs well, but never gets the recognition he deserves. He destroyed Magnussen last season, yet he was going to be overlooked for him.

Although if you don't manage to significantly outperform the guy who has barely any F1 miles after 13 or so years experience...
If that's how it worked the oldest guys would usually be the quickest.


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It's been a long time since Jenson has been out-performed over the course of a season by a teammate, so it's going to be interesting.

LOL WHUT

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Mr Dave wrote:
Trooper wrote:
I think that's a bit harsh on Button. He always performs well, but never gets the recognition he deserves. He destroyed Magnussen last season, yet he was going to be overlooked for him.

Although if you don't manage to significantly outperform the guy who has barely any F1 miles after 13 or so years experience...
If that's how it worked the oldest guys would usually be the quickest.

There is a much bigger difference between a drivers level between his first and second year than any point later. Particularly now they get approximately sod all testing prior to the first race.


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It's been a long time since Jenson has been out-performed over the course of a season by a teammate, so it's going to be interesting.

LOL WHUT

Going by championship points, I believe that's correct.

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American Nativity wrote:
Grim... wrote:
It's been a long time since Jenson has been out-performed over the course of a season by a teammate, so it's going to be interesting.

LOL WHUT

Going by championship points, I believe that's correct.

2012:
Lewis Hamilton - 190
Jenson Button - 188
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Formula_One_season

2010:
Lewis Hamilton - 240
Jenson Button - 214
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Formula_One_season

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I think his performance there relative to Hamilton shows that he's a pretty top notch driver. Two points over a season in 2010. He's certainly not some sort of bum who is going to get "destroyed" by Alonso anyway. Looking forward to seeing what'll happen, though. Because although the Ferrari was a bit shit this year I still didn't see much from Alonso that reminded me why everyone reckons he's the best.


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Sky F1 are clearly a bunch of liars.

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Sky F1 are clearly a bunch of liars.

In terms of total points over the three seasons, it is the case.

However, it's also only looking at the figures rather than the whole story. Like saying Damon Hill was better than Senna as he massively outscored him while they were teammates.


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I think his performance there relative to Hamilton shows that he's a pretty top notch driver.

Hamilton had five retirements to Button's two that year.

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I think his performance there relative to Hamilton shows that he's a pretty top notch driver.

Hamilton had five retirements to Button's two that year.

No reason not to take luck into account when picking your drivers.

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Also not crashing into the other cars is a pretty key skill for an F1 driver.


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No reason not to take luck into account when picking your drivers.

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