Italian Grand Prix 2012, Monza - Race 13/20

deuse · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:27

Mr Men said:
So Lewis never decided on his setup or just always the team to blame when he don't win?

I don't know as I was not there but I do remember the boss saying THEY(Mclaren)got it wrong.

Mr Men · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:28

deuse said:
Well his true name is Mr Men(aka Mr Grumpy) but don't tell anyone shhhhh

Nearly spat my tea all over the monitor.....not quite sure why you and Duke feel the need to get all uptight....

deuse · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:31

Mr Men said:
Nearly spat my tea all over the monitor.....not quite sure why you and Duke feel the need to get all uptight....

It's like fishing... Reel them in

Mr Men · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:33

deuse said:
It's like fishing... Reel them in

So basically you are trolling for a reaction, nice admission

deuse · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:39

Mr Men said:
So basically you are trolling for a reaction, nice admission

I never troll ask shrek

I'm just seeing if you are just argumentative for the hell of it.

Anyway back to F1

Mr Men · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:43

deuse said:
I never troll ask shrek
I'm just seeing if you are just argumentative for the hell of it.

Anyway back to F1

So you admit to trying to bait me, then say I am argumentative for the hell of it? :confused:

Yeah back to F1.

Skeeter · 4 Sep 2012 at 16:43

I was like "4 posts in a row by deuse? Has he gone nuts?"

Duke · 4 Sep 2012 at 17:05

Mr Men said:
Nearly spat my tea all over the monitor.....not quite sure why you and Duke feel the need to get all uptight....

Not getting uptight at all - just saying the last few times people have suggested at a DNF by a driver to spice up the WDC was met by you taking it a little serious yourself

pingwing · 4 Sep 2012 at 17:13

smr said:
Lotus announce reserve driver Jerome d'Ambrosio will replace banned @RGrosjean in Monza

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :mad:

Only upside is we have someone who defiantly cause a decent first corner pile up and keep the championship interesting.

Mr Men · 4 Sep 2012 at 17:14

Duke said:
Not getting uptight at all - just saying the last few times people have suggested at a DNF by a driver to spice up the WDC was met by you taking it a little serious yourself

I just find it poor, Spa was a lot less exciting because we lost Alonso and Lewis at turn 1, it just lessens the show if the top cars are sitting by the side of the track, as a F1 fan I would much rather see them all on track racing for the win.

ThestigGT999 · 4 Sep 2012 at 17:46

lol at people wanting drivers to DNF

Guerrilla · 4 Sep 2012 at 18:27

pingwing said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Only upside is we have someone who defiantly cause a decent first corner pile up and keep the championship interesting.

I was hoping for Rubens but I guess for just 1 race Jerome makes the most sense

Will certainly be a good oppotunity for him to show if he has anything as that Lotus is a good car... He won't have much time to get a lot of running in it though, so will be tough for him.

el_dazza · 4 Sep 2012 at 18:31

deuse said:
Last year they gave Lewis the wrong setup I just hope they get it right this time.

I need alonso and vimto to dnf

Have to excuse me for being dozy but who's vimto?

Skeeter · 4 Sep 2012 at 18:37

Vettel

pingwing · 4 Sep 2012 at 19:09

Guerrilla said:
I was hoping for Rubens but I guess for just 1 race Jerome makes the most sense

Will certainly be a good oppotunity for him to show if he has anything as that Lotus is a good car... He won't have much time to get a lot of running in it though, so will be tough for him.

I was so excited by the idea of Rubens having one final race!

I really doubt we will see anything impressive from Jerome, he hasn't had much car time, he really wasn't all that last year compared to the people around him and I think they could have entertained better options.

A Jacque attack would have been about as effective for Lotus as sticking this guy in...

Skeeter · 4 Sep 2012 at 19:12

If you can't test, and you rarely get any car time, and and then when a driver is out you weren't called up, and what would be the point in 3rd drivers?

Guerrilla · 4 Sep 2012 at 19:32

Yea third drivers have become a little pointless as of late. I think if they were looking for a driver for the remainder of the season they perhaps would have chosen differently (especially as they are having a good season in the standings) but for one race only they don't have too much to lose.

Have to say that Force India seem to have a decent system for third drivers, they actually get some running in the car throughout the year not just for one or two occasions... Think Williams sometimes have had a driver give up car time for Bottas too?

el_dazza · 4 Sep 2012 at 19:48

Skeeter said:
Vettel

Ta

Skeeter · 4 Sep 2012 at 20:03

Yeah Williams and Force India run their 3rd drivers on Fridays a lot, but but it's at the loss of a session for a race driver which can have an impact. I think that while the testing ban has helped cut costs, it's done massive damage to the driver development process and F1 is going to suffer for it.

Guerrilla · 4 Sep 2012 at 20:07

I know what you mean, maybe at some point regulated testing will be allowed in some form... An additional testing session on race weekends or every other race whereby only test drivers could run I don't think would add too much to the costs.