Maybe Lewis' fan boys should wind their necks in. Why can't people like you accept that given the nature of the sport things happen to machinery that ruin your chances.

Shameful post, utterly shameful. Implying racism exists and is the reason Hamilton's car has had issues is absolutely pathetic.

Maybe those who [i]aren't "Lewis' fan boys" should realise that there's nothing wrong with lamenting a driver's run of bad luck, and wind their own necks in?


And maybe those people should also read posts fully, including the bit where I clearly said that I can't believe it's possible but that they're the sort of thoughts that are likely to be going through Hamilton's head.

Oh dear. Perhaps you should accept that a quail/race ending mechanical failure that has happened in one out of two races for Hamilton, compared to one out of eleven for his team mate quite upsetting. Perhaps you should wind your neck in a little rather than jumping up and down over peoples disappointment that a driver is suffering regular mechanical issues that could probably have been avoided.

As Jackie Stewart put it; I don't believe in bad luck. I believe in a lack of preperation.

Like it was always the one Red Bull last year?

It was Mark Webber's car that always had the problems.

Now this year Seb Vettel seems to have taken over the 'Webber car' and having the bad luck, and Ricciardo has the Vettel model!!

I was thinking more of Häkkinen's 1997 season, where he just couldn't seem to catch a break, then all of a sudden it started working for him (albeit a little late for that year) and set him up for two WDCs on the trot.

But then, a DNF for Rosberg (not an impossibility, given Mercedes reliability issues) would help enormously.

Nico is a very capable and competent driver (and probably deserves the success he is achieving), but I agree, Lewis is the better, more aggressive, competitive and entertaining driver.

I remember the bad old day of the nineteen nineties and beyond. It was common for as few as six cars, out of a field of twenty, to finish a race. Back in the mid-nineties, at Monaco, only three finished; giving Olivier Panis the greatest achievement of his Formula One career. In the Early noughties even, it was common for a driver to only finish four or five races out of eighteen. It wasn't until the last ten years or so, that reliability improved, to the extent where it is now unusual to see more than six cars not finishing a race. In some races (although rare) we are now seeing no retirements at all.

Max Chilton has only failed to finish once, out of nearly thirty races. Virtually unheard of for a rookie.

I'm a bit confused, are you implying racism doesn't exist?

I was thinking the very same thing. I commented as much to Nessun13, as we were watching the last few races, that it seems as thought the ghost of Webber is watching over Ricciardo and haunting Vettel.

I have suggested before that it only takes one crew member doing a small job slightly differently to make a difference even if they are doing it absolutely by the book but the book has overlooked this potential for variation. For example, how they are holding the torque wrench.

So, sudden downpour just before the start leaves things kind of up in the air.

Big pile-up at the start, leaving the way clear for Lewis and Kimi to rack up some decent points?

Should do a sweepstake on when Messa will crash

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I vote for "The first time he's alongside another car".

For who Messa will lay all the blame on!

Nico already 7 seconds ahead after just 5 laps. More rain please

Hamilton loses it in turn 2, with cold brakes.

Kinda makes you wonder, just 'cos a car is starting from the pit-lane, why shouldn't it be able to participate in the formation lap and then pull back into the pits for the start?

Seems like a bit of a double-punishment to have a car start in the pit-lane and then stop them warming the car during the formation lap as well.

What on Earth happened with Bottas?! He had an appalling pitstop.

Ooooh,


Quite a bit of smoke coming from the back of Rosberg's car while following the safety-car.

Brake disc by the sounds of it.

Lewis may finish in front of Rosberg

Everything's working for Hamilton now.

Maldonado crashing into another car.

Must be a Sunday.