F1 World Championship 2010 Thread

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Qualifying result:

[.mcman]

wow. Good for Williams. Well done Hulkenberg.

[Richard Hammond]

Blimey where did Hulkenberg pull that out from.

[ViZioN]

Blimey where did Hulkenberg pull that out from.

Was thinking the same thing. Ridiculous!

[ahmz]

im massa fan. and tifoso.

Why? Kimi had to move over for him in China 08... cheating ******? You obviously just have a blind hatred towards Alonso, that can't be healthy.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Blimey where did Hulkenberg pull that out from.

1.1 seconds ahead of both RBR in a Williams sure is nothing anybody would have expected.

[simonlang]

Why? Kimi had to move over for him in China 08... cheating ******? You obviously just have a blind hatred towards Alonso.

its a little difference if you move over for your teammate when u out of wdc battle, or when both are still in and the wdc still wide open.

alonso didnt need to cheat his way to win this year in hockenheim. massa 100% deserved that win, only 1 day after one year after his horrible crash in hungary where he nearly died. ofc. alonso doesnt care about such things as he is a bad character, seen many times this year when he , instead of fighting, was whining on the radio about "hamilton is unfair..." . blablablabla.

today it would have counted and alonso failed again. im not surprised at all. will his used engine last 50+ laps with 16 seconds full throttle each? i really doubt so. he is on the backfoot now. and very error prone in interlagos, he has never won there.

[leeisl]

its a little difference if you move over for your teammate when u out of wdc battle, or when both are still in and the wdc still wide open.

alonso didnt need to cheat his way to win this year in hockenheim. massa 100% deserved that win, only 1 day after one year after his horrible crash in hungary where he nearly died. ofc. alonso doesnt care about such things as he is a bad character, seen many times this year when he , instead of fighting, was whining on the radio about "hamilton is unfair..." . blablablabla.

today it would have counted and alonso failed again. im not surprised at all. will his used engine last 50+ laps with 16 seconds full throttle each? i really doubt so. he is on the backfoot now. and very error prone in interlagos, he has never won there.

Guess who else have no fresh engines left are are using "used engines"?

2 Rets, 3 3rd's, 1 4th and 2 2nd's ain't at Brazil ain't that bad either.

[Subject Delta]

I have a sneaky suspicion that Williams may have been running with a wet setup on Hulkenberg's car, it's the only thing I can think of that would explain the extraordinary difference in pace between him and the title challengers, although it's impossible to say for sure. Alonso being back in 5th sure is good news for the title, and for his challengers, and I am sure Massa will be relieved that his awful performance means that he's now unlikely to get arrested :D

Also Jenson... just hasn't fired in the second half of this season. Sad for him, but as long as Lewis stays in the hunt I will be pretty happy.

[Rappy Veteran]

Armed men have attacked a car carrying British Formula 1 driver Jenson Button in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo.

Button was unhurt, said a statement from the McLaren F1 team.

Button had been in practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, and will start 11th on the grid.

Brazil's major cities have a bad record for serious crimes of violence, which have caused concern ahead of major events like the 2014 World Cup.

"Would-be assailants made an attempt to approach the car that was carrying Jenson Button" on Saturday, said the statement from McLaren.

Button, 33, was quickly driven away by an armed policemen in the reinforced armoured vehicle provided by McLaren.

Button's manager Richard Goddard and trainer Mike Collier were also in the vehicle.

Mr Goddard said: "We were about three or four minutes away from the circuit when the incident took place.

"I would suggest there were more than four or five guys, something along those lines, who emerged from a block of flats.

"I initially saw one guy carrying this piece of wood, a baseball bat kind of thing, but I didn't spot the one who had a gun until someone pointed it out.

"It was pulled, and that was it really. You didn't really have time to think about what was happening.

"You hear about these kind of things in Sao Paulo, and because they don't come home to roost, you don't think about them. But when it almost happens to you then it's fairly worrying."

He said they were lucky to have a police driver on hand to force his way through the traffic and get them out of what could have been "quite a frightening situation".

A McLaren spokesperson said: "The police driver of Jenson's vehicle reacted swiftly and, using avoidance techniques, rapidly forced his way through the traffic, taking Jenson and the other occupants of the car immediately away from any danger and back to their hotel."

The spokesperson added the Sao Paulo authorities had also acted efficiently and would provide additional security for Button and other team members on Sunday.

BBC Formula 1 commentator David Croft said Button reported seeing six men all brandishing machine guns approach his car.

The reigning world champion praised the quick actions of his driver, whom he described as an "absolute legend".

Three years ago members of Toyota's F1 team escaped a similar situation when they were also approached by gunmen, David Croft said.

[ViZioN]

Glad Button's OK. I wonder how it might affect him in the race, although he's basically out of the Championship now.

[Nicholas-c Veteran]

Glad Button's OK. I wonder how it might affect him in the race, although he's basically out of the Championship now.

I imagine there is only one word to sum up his weekend so far and i imagine he is thinking the same. It mixture of Ship and pit ;)

[Crompee]

I have a sneaky suspicion that Williams may have been running with a wet setup on Hulkenberg's car, it's the only thing I can think of that would explain the extraordinary difference in pace between him and the title challengers, although it's impossible to say for sure. Alonso being back in 5th sure is good news for the title, and for his challengers, and I am sure Massa will be relieved that his awful performance means that he's now unlikely to get arrested :D

Also Jenson... just hasn't fired in the second half of this season. Sad for him, but as long as Lewis stays in the hunt I will be pretty happy.

They was on softs when he got that time, so it would be impossible for him to get that time with a wet setup.

[ahmz]

His fast time was due to brilliant tyre temp management.

[Subject Delta]

They was on softs when he got that time, so it would be impossible for him to get that time with a wet setup.

Not at all, the time was still slower than a dry setup, besides the extra downforce would have made him pretty quick in the middle sector. I was of course referring to the aerodynamic setup of the car, and not the tyres he was using.

[san.W10]

:rofl:

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Sutil, Liuzzi unhappy with each other

Adrian Sutil says his Force India team will speak to team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi after the two drivers held each other up during their qualifying runs at Interlagos on Saturday.

They swapped positions a number of times in Q1, with both drivers claiming it destroyed laps they were on.

"I feel the team should have a word with him," said Sutil after the session. "I don't have to ask them, they are already going to have a word. I think the whole team should sit together because it is unnecessary and just creates a problem. We need to concentrate on our performance and get the most out of it, but today we didn't."

Liuzzi spun towards the end of one of his laps and held up Sutil when he rejoined the circuit. Sutil claimed Liuzzi held him up on two other laps as well.

"I passed him because he was just cruising around the last corner and I was on my flying lap," said Sutil. "I had to pass him there, and then I had a bad exit so he passed me again in the next corner and destroyed my second lap. After I let him by, he came off the circuit and came back on in front of me on my next flying lap."

But Liuzzi is adamant that he was not at fault: "I was backing off, but then he tried to pass me and destroyed one of my laps. When I came back onto the circuit, I looked in the mirror and nobody was there - and I knew he was quite far behind.

"I don't see any problems, I had to pass him in the track a few laps before so he could have done the same if he was so close."

The Italian agrees that the matter needs to be discussed within the team: "I think after this race, there will be a lot of explanation."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88025

[simonlang]

:rofl:

hahaha this is sooo true!

many fans see the truth that alonso is a cheated champ.

anyway... todays race was nice. redbull drove home a perfect 1-2 and its all in their hands now. they have the car and the next track really suits them well, all they need is another 1-2 and this time they could swap positions and webber becoming wdc. :yes:

[MightyJordan]

Well, I was expecting Button to finally be out of the title race after today, and Hamilton is pretty much out of it too.

I'm glad Red Bull's won the Contructors' Championship; now I just want the season to finish on a high note by having either Webber or Vettel win the Drivers' Championship.

[Kerm]

Bit of a boring race today.

But I'm in the Vettel camp now that Hammy is pretty much out of the battle.

Both Alonso and Webber are far too arrogant I think. Vettel ftw!

[san.W10]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88034

vettle's the most arrogant out of these three :p

arrogance level

Vettle>Webber>Alonso :laugh:

for me, Alonso, vettle maybe next year, when he's little less arrogant :p

[ahmz]

Prepare to see Vettel let Webber pass him just before the finish line at Abu Dhabi if they're all in the same position today, which is likely unless Alonso pulls out a blinder. Although, this is Formula 1, so who knows what's going to happen next week! I'm glad there's no break :)

[leeisl]

hahaha this is sooo true!

many fans see the truth that alonso is a cheated champ.

anyway... todays race was nice. redbull drove home a perfect 1-2 and its all in their hands now. they have the car and the next track really suits them well, all they need is another 1-2 and this time they could swap positions and webber becoming wdc. :yes:

Must have very selective memory.

[Subject Delta]

Shame to see the McLaren boys so far behind, but the sad fact is, if anything McLaren have just been falling back during the second half of this season. Would rather one of the red bull drivers take the crown over Alonso, no real preference though.

[deuz]

up until now i have been 100% supporting webber but the last week he has just been a whinging bitch...bleh

[Subject Delta]

up until now i have been 100% supporting webber but the last week he has just been a whinging bitch...bleh

Likewise, his constant complaining has started to get under my skin. At the moment Seb is being portrayed as a villain (especially over here in the UK, in most cases simply for being German), but most people seem to forget that he's actually a nice bloke with a great sense of humour, nothing like Schumacher. If it wasn't for all of the mechanical issues he's had he would have the title sewn up by now, I feel he would be a deserving champion.