F1

[maverick]

Hamilton what a tool !!!

 

[Klive]

Didn't have much choice the way I saw it.

 

[Doohickey]

Didn't have much choice the way I saw it.

Agree. Looked like Rosberg squeezed him out. It's Rosberg under investigation.

 

[conaero]

Havnt laughed so much in ages. You have 2 guys battling for the title, these things happen.

The way I saw it (and I am not a fan of Lewis) Rosburg saw him too late and rammed him off.

Some bollockings being dished out at the mo. C'mon Ferrari!

 

[allandwf]

Hamilton what a tool !!!

No argument from me as a statement.

 

[GeoffCapes]

Hamilton what a tool !!!

That, there is no doubt. Regardless of whatever happened in the race.

 

[casadalloro]

Yes he is.....

 

[Andyk]

Didn't have much choice the way I saw it.

same here from where I was sat....He had a nose and wheels in front on the racing line and was closed down and had no choice to go on the grass.....Not his fault....Anyway made a much better race.

 

[boomerang]

For us, F1 today was a unique experience.
Ubelievable, first time ever, first place in a F1 race by a (18 year young) Dutchman!
Makes F1 a little bit more exiting for us after years of absence or with struggeling drivers.
Father Jos Verstappen tried hard in his years, but absolutely did not match the quality of his own son.

 

[Trev Latter]

Max did a fantastic job out there today, unlike the two Merc drivers.

 

[TridentTested]

Hamilton what a tool !!!

As my mum would say: "there was a pair of them in it".

I think both of them were 'toolish' but what a great race we had. I loved the realisation around lap 40 that Max could do it. I bet those last 20 laps were the longest of his life.

Totally totally ace.

 

[urquattrogus]

I didn't get to watch the race, but I really can"t stick that that Steve Jones presenter on CH4.

 

[BennyD]

I don't like Hamilton but I reckon it was Rosberg at fault. Whatever next, a German taking out an Englishman in F1? Nah, that never happens. Cheating box-head ba5tard.

 

[zagatoes30]

Looking at the Sky stuff, Hamilton was fast coming out of the corner and Rosberg wasn't looking - the result was obvious

 

[alfatwo]

For us, F1 today was a unique experience.
Ubelievable, first time ever, first place in a F1 race by a (18 year young) Dutchman!
Makes F1 a little bit more exiting for us after years of absence or with struggeling drivers.
Father Jos Verstappen tried hard in his years, but absolutely did not match the quality of his own son.

Congrats you Dutch guys, the young sprog was awesome..


Dave

 

[Andyk]

For us, F1 today was a unique experience.
Ubelievable, first time ever, first place in a F1 race by a (18 year young) Dutchman!
Makes F1 a little bit more exiting for us after years of absence or with struggeling drivers.
Father Jos Verstappen tried hard in his years, but absolutely did not match the quality of his own son.

Agree, was great to see...

 

[drewf]

Hamilton is a complete tool, and thick as a plank. When he saw Rosberg's car flashing the deceleration light indicating a power failure just seconds into the race, he should have been chuckling and waiting to breeze past on the first decent straight. Instead he attempted to pass when it was obvious that Nico would defend, and where his chance of success was minimal. I don't care who was at fault, but Hamilton threw his opportunity for maximum points away - much better race as a result though! Big kudos to Verstappen for keeping cool under massive pressure.

 

[c4sman]

Hamilton is a complete tool, and thick as a plank. When he saw Rosberg's car flashing the deceleration light indicating a power failure just seconds into the race, he should have been chuckling and waiting to breeze past on the first decent straight. Instead he attempted to pass when it was obvious that Nico would defend, and where his chance of success was minimal. I don't care who was at fault, but Hamilton threw his opportunity for maximum points away - much better race as a result though! Big kudos to Verstappen for keeping cool under massive pressure.

It wasn't an power failure, Hamilton was "thick" enough to know that it was a very temporary chance to overtake his team mate who had made a mistake of selecting the wrong engine mode that Roseberg corrected 1 second later. It was therefore a rare chance for an easy overtake on a track notoriously difficult to overtake on unless you have a big car advantage (as demonstrated by Ferrari and Red Bull for the rest of the race), which of course he doesn't have as they are in the same cars. Rosberg shut the door too late IMHO as he was alongside, but actually a fair racing incident with blame on both sides. I think a "tool" would slow down and wait for his team mate to make a full recovery whilst watching Ferraris and RedBulls charge past both of them.....

Rosberg was down 180 BHP whilst in this mode so closing speeds were much higher than either of them would have expected.

 

[Andyk]

Looked at this again and still think Rosberg was more to blame than Lewis.

 

[MrMickS]

I think its a racing incident. No real blame either way. It was an aggressive block by Rosberg but Hamilton shouldn't have assumed that Rosberg was going to stop coming across. He had enough speed to have switched back to the other side and made the pass.

Raikonnen was crowded off the track a few laps later, onto a run off and he was able to rejoin, and that was seen as fine. I don't see how Rosberg's move was any different. Except that there was only grass for run off.