Japanese Grand Prix 2010, Suzuka - Race 16/19

NightSt@lk3r · 8 Oct 2010 at 03:33

To be fair, it wasn't Hamiltons fault, the McLaren ride height is set stupidly low, Button just went off in exactly the same spot, they both bottomed out in Degner 1 and ran wide onto the curb between the Degner's and went off at Degner 2.

Mr.Fantastic · 8 Oct 2010 at 04:47

Practice 1 Info

ins0mn1ac · 8 Oct 2010 at 06:14

Whoa well played Lewis!

Bet Webber and Alonso are loving this.

deuse · 8 Oct 2010 at 06:26

Morn all

Looks like I missed all the fun in P1. I hope Mclaren do better in P2.

Stormrider · 8 Oct 2010 at 06:29

Anyone else getting a picture flickering to a green background online?
Guess I'll go watch it on the red button instead

Masterdog · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:07

If it's any consolation to McLaren, I kept going off at the Degners in F1 2010 too. I'm sure that'll make them feel better.

Dutch Guy · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:08

NightSt@lk3r said:
To be fair, it wasn't Hamiltons fault, the McLaren ride height is set stupidly low, Button just went off in exactly the same spot, they both bottomed out in Degner 1 and ran wide onto the curb between the Degner's and went off at Degner 2.

I though ride height was regulated and all cars run it at minimum height?

Could it be update related?

utajoker · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:27

ant what point in f1 does hamilton go off? im just watching rerun now.

Tysonator · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:31

I can not wait for this race !

utajoker · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:37

utajoker said:
ant what point in f1 does hamilton go off? im just watching rerun now.

just seen it, i do that almost every lap of that track and i won the WDC in a lotus so he shouldnt feal so bad.

CaptainRAVE · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:43

Masterdog said:
If it's any consolation to McLaren, I kept going off at the Degners in F1 2010 too. I'm sure that'll make them feel better.

Same here

Duke · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:50

Couldn't find this on red button this morning to watch again, due to the Delhi coverage. Anyone know how to watch it again? Already know the results unfortunately.

utajoker · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:51

have bbc red button stopped putting practice reruns on? when i go to sports multi screen i can only find cycling, if i go on motorsport its just news. havent been able to find it for a while.

Duke · 8 Oct 2010 at 08:57

Yeah its normally on there, but the only four screens are all commonwealth ones.

CaptainRAVE · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:02

Looks like the Red Bulls topped P2 also. Looking like a RBR front row. Of course, Vettel is going to have to let Webber through. If not they are throwing the WDC away. Hoping Alonso blows an engine.

Irish_Tom · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:33

Here's hoping Alonso's engine goes up in smoke and the weather somehow reduces RBR's dominance.

It seems Hamilton is pushing too hard already and I can see a 3rd straight DNF if he carries on like this. Button seems to have drifted off into obscurity but he's been struggling to keep pace with the other front runners over the last few races...

Should be a good weekend.

howler · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:34

A lot of Alonso hate going on here!

Baboonanza · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:42

Being a **** and driving for Ferrari is a pretty incriminating combination in my book

utajoker · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:48

Panzerbjorn said:
It seems Hamilton is pushing too hard already and I can see a 3rd straight DNF if he carries on like this.
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dont think he has a choice, he has to go for it, the slower of the 3 cars and needs a win. what else can he do.

mclaren mechanics did an amazing job to rebuild one side of the car in a few hours.

dannyjo22 · 8 Oct 2010 at 09:59

Panzerbjorn said:
Here's hoping Alonso's engine goes up in smoke and the weather somehow reduces RBR's dominance..

howler said:
A lot of Alonso hate going on here!

Alonso is a **** but it's a bit sad that everyone constantly wants him to blow up to stop him winning. Shows how much respect people have for his pace that

A. They don't expect their fav driver to be able to beat him on pace.
B. The only way they think they can stop Alonso winning is on reliability.

I wouldn't mind him winning the title because he's the best driver, the fastest driver and is able to drive around equipment problems better than any driver I've ever seen. The fact that he's still in the hunt despite not having the best car especially for the first half of the season is amazing to his resilience to keep coming back.

At Silverstone he said he was still in the hunt, everyone laughed. After the last race hamiltons head went down, started saying it would be tough and if he coulodn't win it would be nice if jenson won it. That despite being less than a win behind.

I agree with what whitmarsh said last year hamilton doesn't know what it like to lose or have a few bad weekends. His head goes and Alonso fights harder.