I rewatched the race and it occurred to me that when Vettel tried to pass Vertappen and came a cropper he was trying much the same thing he did when he tried to pass Hamilton at Monza and came a cropper.
I rewatched the race and it occurred to me that when Vettel tried to pass Vertappen and came a cropper he was trying much the same thing he did when he tried to pass Hamilton at Monza and came a cropper.
I thought exactly the same. He had the same blame to give after the race too! The crash kid never learns.
They were the better team (not always fastest, but better) for the first half of the season, even before any supposed magic tricks. Had Vettel and Ferrari not cocked-up in mid to late season then they'd probably have had a big enough lead to not need to do such desperate maneuvers as Monza and Suzuka.Feels like we're quite literally back at the status quo of the last 4 seasons now with Merc getting the pipe and slippers out cruising home to the titles.
Ferrari need to find another 'different interpretation of the rules' at the start of the next season to compete, and hope that they actually capitalise on it this time before they get caught rather than squander it!!
Absolutely great track as well
Does anyone know when Sebs contract is up? I can see Ferrari dumping him and getting a number two to Charles, who i think will trounce Seb next year and will be Ferrari's best chance of glory.
End of 2020.
That said, Alonso left Ferrari with 2 years remaining on this contract...
But Alonso wanted out, and you can't make a driver get the best out of your car if he doesn't want to be there. Alonso was fed up fighting for fourth of fifth place at Ferrari when he wanted a championship winning car. Unluckily for him, he got conned by Ron Dennis to join the Maclaren/Honda project that has been an even bigger disaster than Alonso's Ferrari team, and now no one wants an expensive Alonso that is divisive and bad-mouths the team. Even this year with the new Renault engine shows that Maclaren is still lost at sea, and no doors are open for Alonso in Formula One.
It's a shame, because I'm sure Alonso could have done a lot more with this year's Ferrari than Vettel is doing, let alone not making all of Vettel's schoolboy errors.
It's a shame we haven't got to see him in this Ferrari
Not just this year, last year Alonso would have taken Lewis down to the wire with the 2017 Ferrari too.
I do feel this generation has been robbed of a proper Hamilton/Lewis rivalry, but that's largely down to Fernando himself when he's outside of the cockpit.
Yes! I remember seeing it a few races ago and thinking to myself 'That was cleaner than I thought it was going to be', but I can't remember who it was or whereHas anyone managed to successfully overtake Verstappen this year without any contact? I don't want to add to Crashstappen because of course he isn't always at fault, but it does seem that his driving style just attracts contact when anyone gets close to him.
Unfortunately they'll be in the two slowest cars next year. I fear they'll end up going the way of Vandoorne; stellar junior careers and dumped in ignominy in a year or two's time.Young promising Brits too in Russell and Norris.