2008 Spanish GP - Race 4/18

Cavallino said:
I have a feeling Mclaren may not perform as bad as everyone suspects.
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I'm not sure. McLaren are relying too much on Hamilton and I'm not sure if he can deliver. Only time will tell.

IMO they shouldve kept Alonso on for this year, as he wouldve helped them score more points, helped Hamilton with car set ups and assisted in getting the most out of the car during testing. I also believe he wouldve finished ahead of Hamilton in the WDC this year. Either way, it was a no-brainer for him to stay, if all that mattered to McLaren was a high points finish.

Unfortunately, Ron Denis seems to have allowed personal feelings to affect his professional judgement.

I hope Hamilton can pull it back together, because when he isnt in a leading position, he seems to go kamikaze and takes ridiculous risks, usually resulting in him going off the track or crashing into someone. He needs to learn to calm down when he drops behind and think about overtaking during the pit stops, rather than attempting mad-cap overtaking moves on the race track, which could take him out or put him further behind.

Cavallino said:
Dont forget the opening race of the season was abysmal for Ferrari and people immediately wrote them off,
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At no stage did I write off Ferrari. The Australian GP was a strange race where most drivers seemed to be out of form, believing that their cars could survive major collisions with other cars and barriers. The fact that many drivers hadnt raced for many months is the only reason I can think of, which accounts for the fact that so many people went off and crashed.

Pre season testing had showed that Ferrari were consistently quickest and this was born out in 2 out of 3 races.

Cavallino said:
lets not forget that the first non European races are typically red herrings in recent years, I think Spain will give us a closer indication of what we can expect throughout the year (although Spain is very similar in track configuration to Malaysia).
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True.
 
just updated my fantasy f1 team.

this track always used to be a renault track, but cant see them putting in much of a threat to the reds
 
sunama said:
I hope Hamilton can pull it back together, because when he isnt in a leading position, he seems to go kamikaze and takes ridiculous risks, usually resulting in him going off the track or crashing into someone. He needs to learn to calm down when he drops behind and think about overtaking during the pit stops, rather than attempting mad-cap overtaking moves on the race track, which could take him out or put him further behind.
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People keep saying that about Hamilton after his last race. But really think about it...

He had a bad start. Nothing to do with him getting hot headed - just a mistake.

Then during the intense first lap traffic he just very slightly clipped his front wing and a few small pieces broke off. Again - not really a "OMG he is kamikaze!"... just a minor misjudgement that could happen to any driver, even top drivers.

Then the wing broke entirely and what was once a minor piece of wing damage escalated into a major incident whereby the car's drag dropped by probably 20% meaning he rear ended the car in front.

At first glance people will say he is getting hot headed but really it was a minor mistake that unfortunately ended his race.

In Brazil last year my understanding was that Kimi slowed down delibrately in the corner (i.e. a true brake/lift test) and Hamilton spotted it but was already committed to the corner so had to run wide.

The tyres thing in China? Who knows. Not really a case of getting hot headed. Just inexperience and just shows that he relies a lot on his pit crew to call him in.

You have to wonder why F1 cars don't have warning lights for when a wing or some major aero piece is damaged. It wouldn't be hard to do something that detects reduced downforce/drag etc, surely? That way Hamilton would have known his wing was damaged and perhaps would have taken it a bit easier when overtaking Alonso.
 
More motorhome goodness

Ferrari:
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Williams:
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Bridgestone:
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Renault:
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Toyota:
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Force India:
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Force India diff angle:
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McLaren:
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STR: (Same as red bull)
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And then Super Aguri.....:
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Zuma said:
that's not a shed.
it's what's known in the business as a 'trailer tent' :)
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They have actually downgraded, they used to have the old arrows one, which was 2 lorry trailers in size....

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Maybe they ebayed the second half for more funds?
 
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