German Grand Prix 2011, Nürburgring Circuit - Race 10/19

utajoker · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:06

your balance must be out button.

thats prob the best of the crap overalls designed by people that mclaren are sporting today.

mmj_uk · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:06

Car balance problems for Button, not heard that one before after he gets left for dead in qualy.

Fanatic · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:06

So Webber and Hamilton to crash in the 1st corner giving Vettel the win

Glaucus · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:06

Nothing about balance. His PR man must have tipped him off.

Just no grip. Que tyres not upto temp.

DIR with al so identical interview to button. Ar felt good this mourning, just no grip in qauli.

DBT85 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:07

why is it that at pretty much every quali he says that his balance was fine this morning but not in the quali.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING DIFFERENTLY?

Jono8 · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:07

"RED BULL'S MARK WEBBER QUALIFIES ON FOR THE GERMAN GP "

Fail

Flibster · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:08

Todge said:
why is it that at pretty much every quali he says that his balance was fine this morning but not in the quali.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING DIFFERENTLY?

Having a large lunch?
Not taking a 'comfort break' before getting in the car for qualifying?

Duke · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:10

Epic lap by Hamilton

Glaucus · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:11

Todge said:
WHAT ARE YOU DOING DIFFERENTLY?

track temp. Diresta had same problem, in his interview.

What was his out lap like, perhaps he didn't push hard enough and did t get the tyre temp up.

Fanatic · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:11

Oh dear, Massa will have big queeries crawling all over him

mmj_uk · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:12

sunama said:
If Denis came back, I think Button would probably be gone and the No2 driver would be some chump who Hamilton could beat without problem - basically Heikki, mk2.

Why? it's a team sport and Button picks up championship points regularly without being a consistent threat to Hamilton, that makes him the ideal no.2 for Hamilton.

drunkenmaster · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:13

The real thing thats strange is, frankly how much slower Hamiltons first Q3 lap was compared to his last one, such a huge difference while no one else improved that much.

Also didn't Massa beat Button on tyres he used in Q2 aswell? lol, Button always has an excuse, wasn't the same as Diresta though, he said the car generally struggled in practice and they didn't improve enough, Button said it got worse.

Fair do's, but he said they took off some front wing from practice and it didn't solve the rear, just got worse, so all the way from Q1 to Q3, they didn't stick the front wing back on? Laughably stupid or more likely, poor excuse.

drunkenmaster · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:15

AcidHell2 said:
track temp. Diresta had same problem, in his interview.

What was his out lap like, perhaps he didn't push hard enough and did t get the tyre temp up.

No he didn't, Button said, working in morning, we changed something, it got worse(then they stupidly didn't change it back before Q3), track temp, Button/Hamilton/Vettel/Webber had the same track temp, how is that an excuse.

Diresta said Sutil's improved time came largely from more confidence in the fast corners, nothing more or less, he didn't say the car was worse from practice, unlike Button.

Theres a car, you push it X amount, you get X time, push it Y amount, get y time, Button didn't push as hard, have the confidence, or quite frankly, drive as well.

I'd boil it down to this, Diresta said, car wasn't great but Sutil was faster, the difference was himself, he wasn't good enough. Button said Hamilton was faster, the difference was the car, its all the cars fault, I changed something, it got worse, i didn't change it back....... that damn car. Sorry but calling that the same, is so completely wrong, one made excuses, one made no excuses.

Glaucus · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:16

Diresta said that he was fairly happy with the car yesterday and that it got worse today. So pretty much identical to button.

It's not an excuse, I said perhaps he didn't push hard enough on the out lap. How's that an excuse?

Pigeon_Killer · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:16

mmj_uk said:
Why? it's a team sport and Button picks up championship points regularly without being a consistent threat to Hamilton, that makes him the ideal no.2 for Hamilton.

Anyone that finishes races regularly in a McLaren would be a threat to Hamilton. Might be a quicker driver than most be he's also far more reckless.

SteveOBHave · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:17

hehe Brundle and Coulthard were on form today - excellent commentry. A very enjoyable quali session IMO

drunkenmaster · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:26

SteveOBHave said:
hehe Brundle and Coulthard were on form today - excellent commentry. A very enjoyable quali session IMO

Yeah, "you have a secret, why not tell everyone, our millions of fans"....

"yeah, go faster into a camber corner than a flat one". Epic commentary, great secrets and yet more Brundle giving the impression he thinks all the F1 fans are really his fans.

SteveOBHave · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:41

I enjoy the banter. I thought it was good... each to their own I guess.

Mr Jack · 23 Jul 2011 at 14:49

SteveOBHave said:
hehe Brundle and Coulthard were on form today - excellent commentry. A very enjoyable quali session IMO

I loved Coulthard's "I bought a bag of nails yesterday" line

ZG002 · 23 Jul 2011 at 15:45

drunkenmaster said:
Yeah, "you have a secret, why not tell everyone, our millions of fans"....

"yeah, go faster into a camber corner than a flat one". Epic commentary, great secrets and yet more Brundle giving the impression he thinks all the F1 fans are really his fans.

Christ you moan a lot.

Good quali excited for the race now