...When it was suggested the two drivers would have to sit down and discuss the incident, Hamilton said: "I don't know if Senna and Prost sat down and talked it out. I quite like the way Senna dealt with it, so I'm going to take a page out of his book." So, let's not miss lap one shall we.
Great race, high attritiion, contact, McLaren steamroller continues, Hamilton fights a foreign object in his eye, Ricciardo continues to prove he is real.
Who can close the gap to those Mercedes engines.
OH and Vettel fails to get a result again.
Mercedes AMG has the field covered, but why is Maclaren Merc so far behind? Must be something in the chassis/aero/electrics that makes AMG so fast, otherwise the rest of teh Benz teams would be filling the next few spots.
Let’s not forget, first ever points for MArussia
Quali. I don't think Nico deliberately went off to ruin Lewis's lap. I think he know he probably wouldn't hold onto pole so just went 110% and the outcome be damned. He knew he would either improve or throw the lap away, I don't think he planned to go off, but he didn't mind if he overcooked a corner or something.
Race. Wow, what a race. Great performance from so many people. Kimi looked great in 3rd until being hit by I think it was Chilton during the yellow flag then having to do a second pit stop, plus a third late on, he was screwed. Great drive from Ricciardo, awesome passing from Sutil everywhere on the track. That was the best Monaco I've seen in a long time. Topped off with a great finish to the Indy 500, what a great weekend it was.
Just spotted this:
http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/160285.html
Fernades is supposedly putting Caterham up for sale. Let's hope he finds a buyer. HAss perhaps? Not necessarily a bad thing, as a boss who says 'if you don't do better with the nothing I'm giving you then I'm throwing my toys out the pram', is hardly the most inspiring of leaders. You need to be called Luca di Montezemolo to get away with that level of crappy management style.
Haas already said he isn't buying anyone else.
In reply to Adrian_Thompson:
I would seriously think before buying them.
Granted, they are a low budget team, but based on the style of solution to the 2014 problem, I'm not sure I would buy into this team.
Based on where they are currently, how much would it cost to make the car that Haas wants to make? It would be interesting to compare to just making his own team.
alfadriver wrote: In reply to Adrian_Thompson: I would seriously think before buying them. Granted, they are a low budget team, but based on the style of solution to the 2014 problem, I'm not sure I would buy into this team. Based on where they are currently, how much would it cost to make the car that Haas wants to make? It would be interesting to compare to just making his own team.
The positive of purchasing them is having the equipment and workshop in England.
In reply to trigun7469:
Is it worth it? Haas wants to expand his company....
He's not looking to build his own chassis, but he does want to make his own parts with machines that have his name on them. So he doesn't need the big CF making stuff, and any CNC tools need to be replaced with HAAS hardware regardless.
So it's just a big building. It's not as if those are overly rare.
IMHO....
Haas wants it built in America... he'll have some shop space in Europe, but they will be built in the states
oldeskewltoy wrote: IMHO.... Haas wants it built in America... he'll have some shop space in Europe, but they will be built in the states
which will be his downfall. there is a reason like companies seem to gather in a given area. How many people with the knowledge and experience of designing and building F1 cars are living in the USA? How many can he poach from other teams and move here, and at what extra cost? Then there is the whole logistical issue.
When you are going to compete at the highest level, why start with a handicap that your competition doesn’t have?
I am as pro American as anyone, but I would rather have an American driver to root for then what will probably be a American assembled car.
In reply to Rusnak_322:
Even based on that concentration, you have the brilliant cars like Mercedes and Red Bull (even though they claim not to be Brit cars) and the horrible Caterham.
Seems more of a money issue than a personel issue.
Who knows, maybe the NASCAR aero engineers know more than we think. It's pretty obvious that the F1 engineers don't know nearly as much as each other.
T-shirt of the Day award goes to:
I have lost all respect for Hammy. What a petulant, whiney little diva. I hope Nico kicks his ass all year.
The baby woke up at 4:30 so I actually got to watch Monaco live, it was pretty awesome.
Why the hate. He's not a PR automoton, he wears his emotions for all too see. When he's happy he's happy, when he's not he's not.
I think Britney's great too, not the in the A++ catagory like Hammy and the brow, but still very very fast. The thing is you never know how he feels. It's like that poster with Kimi's emotions, all pics are a frown. Do that for Nico Britney Hollywood Rosberg and every pic would be a big ass smile.
I like drivers who show some emotions.
Brit bias has nothing to do with it!!!
I agree Manaco was a great race. Lots of excitement and some real good racing going on. Nico and Hamilton need to work out their differences, but they are race drivers, and in the end if Mercedes will let them race. Then let them race. We all win with a race going on no matter who is racing.
I kind of like the way Caterham went with their cars. Kamui is showing that they are as competitive as Marussia, until he gets bumped around. The three hits Bianchi gave him in the final corner showed that. But it is great to see Marussia scoring. They have worked hard for it.
The thing about the Mercedes drivers is that they're racing clean. No bumping, no wiping each other out. They each know that as soon as they do this, the team orders come down like a hammer and Lauda will take them out behind the shop and teach them a lesson. Sure, there are some mind games, but that's just fine. Sure, things can get a bit heated but if you put a mic in my face when I'm full of adrenaline and don't have the full picture of what's going on, I'll say tabloid-worthy fodder as well.
Mercedes likes this because no matter which driver people prefer, he's driving a silver car. I like it because both boys are at the top of their game and working hard, giving us some great racing.
Javelin wrote: I have lost all respect for Hammy. What a petulant, whiney little diva.
So what's new??? He's always been a putulant whiney little bastard... did I say that? I meant diva
oldeskewltoy wrote:Javelin wrote: I have lost all respect for Hammy. What a petulant, whiney little diva.So what's new??? He's always been a putulant whiney little bastard... did I say that? I meant diva
and apparently I'm not the only one who thinks so....
http://www.crash.net/f1/news/204991/1/hakkinen-hamilton-looked-like-a-sore-loser.html
In case anyone missed it. http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/haas-formula-will-defer-formula-one-entry-until-2016/ This is good for some laughs. http://msn.foxsports.com/nascar/story/danica-patrick-to-formula-one-with-gene-haas-don-t-rule-it-out-060714
GREAT race... congrats to "smilen" Dan Ricciardo
edit: for those Vettel haters... if you saw the post race... he is a class act.
AMAZING race!!!
Such a disappointing end for Massa and the Williams team. Great racing up to that point. Really sad that the Marussias took each other out so early, I was hoping bianchi could get another solid finish.
oldeskewltoy wrote: edit: for those Vettel haters... if you saw the post race... he is a class act.
In front of the cameras on the podium, you mean???
The BBC had a pre-race interview with Alonso where he took some shots at Vettel - "there's no magic" when he's not in a dominant car. It was pretty amusing.
That was one hell of a race. Well done Nico for hanging on as hard as he did, and Ricciardo earned the result. I was rooting for Massa to get past Vettel, I did not want to see it end that way.
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