Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2010, Yas Island Marina Circuit - Race 19/19
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As someone else here said, Branson would inevitably enjoy it and turn the whole thing into publicity for himself. At least he is doing it for charity, but it still gets him a load of media attention.
Soldato
Kinda like Schumi in his Ferrari days then.
you make it sound like he shouldn't enjoy it and it's a and thing?
It's a fun bet nothing more.
Caporegime
Yeah, the problems the cars; but it's also the tracks. Tracks such as Spa still deliver consistently better races than the awful new tracks. A good designer would be learning from these tracks rather than peddling out track after track with the same errors.
Soldato
So pleased Vettel won the title, it was at his mercy, he totally borked it but somehow still won it. Took a lot of determination to keep his head and be so incredibly faultless through the last 4 or 5 races, well done Sebastian.
Still laughing at all the plonkers backing Hamilton on here, come on.. it was never going to happen.
Counting down the days to 2011 already..
Still laughing at all the plonkers backing Hamilton on here, come on.. it was never going to happen.
Counting down the days to 2011 already..
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Still laughing at all the plonkers backing Hamilton on here, come on.. it was never going to happen.
The Hamilton betting thread is even better
Still laughing at all the plonkers backing Hamilton on here, come on.. it was never going to happen.
a) it's called gambling, I never go for good odds, what's the point in winning a few £, it's also much much much better chance of it happening than say winning the lottery.
b) more importantly I only did it as the bet is secured, meaning it's a win-win situation.
Soldato
You're the only person excluded from the "numpties" category as yours was risk free
Could've got 6/1 on Friday on Vettel FWIW - decent enough in itself in the best car!
But wasn't very likely and at those odds don't reflect the chance.
Soldato
It's something that F1 needs, F1 needs tobe a bit of fun sometimes and I think Branson is a good sport for the bet and going through with it, I'm shure he'll be smiling the whole way...
Providing they are racing accidents and no mallice was intended, it is fine.
Vettel has been no more reckless than top drivers before him.
The likes of MSc and Senna, used to take drivers out on purpose. Senna famously stated before the race, that he would take out Prost, if he was ahead of him by the first corner at Japan 1990. He duly obliged.
Senna also used Mansell's car as a brake in Australia 1992, taking both drivers out.
I don't believe he that he was pushing his equipment harder than his team-mate. If this was the case, his own team would've asked him, during the race, to go easy on the brakes, gearbox, engine, etc. We often hear radio transmissions, where teams inform the driver if a particular area of the car is being stressed. My belief is that Vettel just got unlucky with his retirements. Luck, does tend to even itself out over the long term, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that luck favoured him in the final race of the season, to allow him to win the title.
Soldato
The chance was less, but the pay out substantially more.
What's hard for you to get, some people like me don't go for the favourites as I don't care about a few quid. It's to make a race/game more exciting and IF you win, you win big.
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He seems to have been pushing the car just as hard in recent races and we have heard nothing from the team to tell him to ease off - obviously an engine blew in Korea, but we have no idea if this was his fault or not. Vettel does like to push hard and to get fastest laps - it may have been his undoing, but it wasn't. He is young and inexperienced, other drivers have been there. For me, the important thing is that he is fast. The worrying thing for the rest of the field, was that even when Hamilton was catching Vettel, it looked like RBR were fully in control and had a lot more to give. Plus, that pit stop they did for Vettel was stupidly quick (not to mention the in and out laps). No wonder Hamilton was so surprised.
Soldato
I doubt that some drivers kill an engine faster than other drivers, it either holds out or it blows up.
This is very important.
Also, is there nobody else on this planet who is capable of designing a race track? Why do they insist on the same guy designing every single track on the face of this planet.
You say that, but DC let a good bit out this weekend. He said he asked the designers why they didn't do things like gradient changes. They told him they simply aren't allowed to, which is why they put adverse camber in. Same reason why we don;t have gravel pits and stuff.
Sounds more and more liek a combination of to much H&S and car design, rather than teh designers.
Sounds more and more liek a combination of to much H&S and car design, rather than teh designers.
Soldato
Yeah, but it's like backing me to win the Grand National. No chance, enormous odds. Vettel wasn't the favourite, he was 3rd favourite and probably had a more realistic chance. He was even 3/1 after qualifying - £30 on that nets you 90 quid, a decent return I'd say. If you bet in that view, then you're almost always going to lose.
he still had to have two drivers do extremely poorly. Hamilton had a chance, all be it very very remote. You don't have any chance at all, as you are not in it.
And yes you will loose 99% of the time. But when you do win the wins are massive compared to the stake. What's the problem with this? it's money to make something more exciting that it would normally be.