Chinese Grand Prix 2014, Shanghai - Race 4/19

lol Rosberg & Hamilton was very awkward.
Well done Riccardo for beating SV.
Mercedes still struggling,a Button out the points, not good.
Alonso still not happy even with a podium finish.
Wonder if Alonso will poke Brundell in the balls on the podium during the interview?
 
Loving Ric keeps smashing Vettel. The point they were making about Ric being used to this kind of driving with less down force, as opposed to vettel who isn't, makes sense though. Or maybe just excuses for poor vettel? :p

Not as exciting as the last race. Good one though.
 
Well I'm now awake, what time am I going to crash. And why is the weather so miserable outside.
Can we have the next race in about 60mins time please.
 
I was going to say.

Mm I want Easter eggs. I'm fact any food will do. I CBA to get out off bed and cook something.

Can you come cook me something nice and homely, sausage and mash or similar.
 
Captain Planet said:
Loving Ric keeps smashing Vettel. The point they were making about Ric being used to this kind of driving with less down force, as opposed to vettel who isn't, makes sense though. Or maybe just excuses for poor vettel? :p
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It is true, ultimately no matter how good a driver you are if you haven't had any real traction or down force issues for the past 4-5 years then you will be more rusty at dealing with those issues than someone who has dealt with those issues for that length of time.

But a great driver should do pretty well anyway, however I said earlier in this thread, it will be interesting to see if Vettel can improve over say the next 2-3 months and several races. Can he improve and get used to these cars or will he not improve much, with the implication being that if Vettel is matching/bettering Ricciardo by the end of the season then maybe it does point to him being rusty and needing some time to adapt. if he remains not very good, it for me does rather back up the idea that he isn't that good of a driver. of course Riccy is a bit of an unknown quantity, it could be that Riccy is just about the best driver ever and Vettel is merely not quite THAT good.

I've never said Vettel is a poor driver, merely that I don't think titles proves he's brilliant. I think a season in which driver ability out on track has a huge impact, more than ever in tire life, overtaking, braking and harvesting. So far Vettel isn't adapting well, but could simply be more rusty at this type of driving.
 
dannyjo22 said:
I feel for Ross Brawn.
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Yeah, I'm not a fan of guys basically being behind building a car but leaving before it actually gets to race. Ross should get a huge amount of credit for putting most of this team together. But I do get the impression Brawn brought in his replacements effectively. I think he was planning on retiring and so left in place a team capable of doing this.

Will be interesting if the right decisions are still being made across the next couple years or if mistakes start getting made.
 
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