Poll: Malaysian Grand Prix 2016, Kuala Lumpur - Race 16/21
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Doubtful we all know it'll happen, every-one at Merc is working to make it happen, but he's an average driver at best in a fast car what will be funny though is after all this he looses it.
The bile and bitterness on this forum when Rosberg get's the upper hand is the only entertaining thing in F1 these days. Then you have the woe is me it's all over. Even after only 3 or 4 races. It's like watching a 6 year old strop.
I don't like Rosberg, but Hamilton fans are just in another league.
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Shocking
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The reason i talk about wheel to wheel is that it really shows, how inconsistent Mercedes are with their two cars.
The best cars on the grid should be fighting every race, yet i cant remember a time i saw two cars fighting each other for the last 15 laps or even the first 15.
A lot could be down to Lewis's starts granted it just very surprising, given how many of the teams have battling team mates.
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Couldn't careless who win's as long as it isn't Rosberg, he should never win the F1 championship with his demeanour.
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F1 isn't balls-out foot to the floor racing any more which is the main reason for this. That isn't Mercedes' problem. Quite often you'll see a change in strategy that will result in the best team outcome (RBR today pitting both cars at once?) rather than benefit one individual.
Yes, people seem to have forgotten his own poor starts have cost him several times this season too. Only one person can do anything about that.
We might get to see more proper racing next season. In that respect you'd have Lewis to win 9 times out of every 10 but luck will always play a part, most of the time this is beyond a driver's control be it a failure, an accident lower down the field that causes a safety car or whatever. Things do even themselves out in life but when Rosberg gets a failure (a la Silverstone.. last year was it?) this place becomes downright hateful which is sad to see.
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I think this forum has already accepted it's Rosbergs title? No explosion required.
I'ts not about Rosberg getting the upper hand per se, it's the fact he only does so on Hamiltons misfortune, rather than purely on his own doing/talent/skill etc
Already consigned to the fact Luckberg will win.
Again if that bothers you F1 isn't the sport for you. I will use my favourite drivers over the years so not to look like hating others.
Mansell won the title because fortunately for him Senna was in a pile of cack.
Jacques won the title because MS's ferrari wasn't anywhere near as good at the start of the year.
Button won the title because his team mate was **** and Alonso, Hamilton and any number of other drivers were in poor cars.
Hamilton won the title because Alonso cannot make good career calls.
Vettel won the title because Webber wasn't allowed too and Alonso had to put up with much worse reliability.
How often does the considered best win in the best car? Drivers win and lose titles all the time due to reliability, the driver is the smallest part of the laptime. Only ever do you get this bleating about how unfair it all is when it's hamilton.
He's winning titles again because his team mate is crap and frankly there are no challengers. Yes it's not going all his way but does he not have enough advantages already? Every year his fans write him off and every year you are proved wrong. It was all over earlier in the year with about 15 to run according to his fans on here. The whole nature of F1 isn't fair. Nothing in it has ever been equal.
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Whats your point?
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lol, need to stop falling asleep 20 laps from the end of the race whilst watching the highlights at 10pm!
I think his last sentence sums it up nicely.
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Not really. Is he on about roseberg or Hamilton being written off?
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I think the real question here is why is it only Hamilton who breaks the engines. 
Other 7 drivers manage just fine.
Other 7 drivers manage just fine.
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He's far more than an average driver, but he's certainly not up there with Hamilton. He was been in better form at the start of the season and probably for much of the last few races too, so he would deserve the title if he won it, but it will probably be his only title. He's a very, very good driver who usually crumbles under pressure. We'll wait to see if it happens this season.
F1 is littered with cases where the best driver didn't necessarily win the title, even if they were in the fastest car. Reliability has always played a major part in the title race, the only difference this time is that it's generally less common these days, though both Vettel and Hamilton have had reliability issues that affected their push towards the title in the final V8 years. Webber, Button and Alonso too.
It happens.
Edit: didn't realise there was another page.
I think the real question here is why is it only Hamilton who breaks the engines.
Other 7 drivers manage just fine.
Other driver. There's no way that Williams, Force India and Manor have the same engine maps, and at this stage of the season probably not the upgrades either (I know that was the case in 2014 anyway).
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Really do have to wonder, as Hamilton certainly does seem to be the fastest Mercedes driver across the Mercedes teams. If his engines are the only ones giving way, is there something in his driving style which is overstressing components without being clear on telemetry.
Although he might have felt yesterday was terrible in luck terms, it wasn't as bad as it could have been, if Vettel had not swiped Rosberg, then Hamilton would still have blown up, and Rosberg would have taken all the points.
I still fully expect Hamilton to win the championship. Five races is plenty for him.
Although he might have felt yesterday was terrible in luck terms, it wasn't as bad as it could have been, if Vettel had not swiped Rosberg, then Hamilton would still have blown up, and Rosberg would have taken all the points.
I still fully expect Hamilton to win the championship. Five races is plenty for him.
Was it really? there was virtually no resistance until he came up behind Kimi Raikkonen who he couldn't overtake cleanly.
I hope when he wins the championship the fans boo him because he doesn't deserve his seat at Mercedes.