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Un-f**cking-believable.
In an interview, yesterday, he was saying that he just wanted a weekend without any bad luck and then his car catches fire on his installation lap! Maybe Lewis needs to get rid of any Germans from his pit crew and replace them with Brit's? |
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Well, much as I struggle to believe that any driver is put at a deliberate disadvantage, I think the pundits on Sky are being a bit obtuse in the way they're dismissing claims of "conspiracies".
I mean, it's all very well saying "Mercedes want to win the constructors championship so they'd never sabotage Hamilton's car" or "Why would a team pay Hamilton millions and then damage his car so he couldn't win" and that's all probably very true. It also completely ignores the possibility of a single individual who's a Rosberg supporter doing naughty things to Hamilton's car. And also, dare I say it, there's always the possibility of somebody in the Merc' garage having the sort of political views which mean he finds the idea of a black guy beating a "pure aryan" unthinkable. To be clear, I really can't believe that sort of stuff would happen, or I'd like to think that is the case, at least. I just think it's a bit narrow-minded to dismiss the "conspiracies" based solely on whether it's likely that Merc', as a team, would indulge in such antics. On that note, as well, although it's probably (hopefully) completely unfounded, I suspect that, as a black guy in a sport filled with white people, and in a German team, there probably are some rather dark thoughts in the back of Lewis' mind at times, which can't be helping things. |
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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.
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Shameful post, utterly shameful. Implying racism exists and is the reason Hamilton's car has had issues is absolutely pathetic.
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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.
As Jackie Stewart put it; I don't believe in bad luck. I believe in a lack of preperation. |
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It was a fuel leak that was the cause. Faulty hose or something not tightened properly. Could happen to anybody I suppose, it just seems to be always happening to the one Merc
![]() ![]() 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!! |
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What a total mess. What on earth does Hamilton have to do to get qualifying right? Yes, he's made mistakes but these last two qualifying sessions have been no fault of his own. Two winnable races gone.
It'll be tough for Lewis to get any major points given the way the track is like. This season is becoming more and more like Raikkonen's 2005 season - a car which is very fast but also seems very very fragile in Hamilton's hands. |
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It's just not working out at all is it? And it really is yet another gift for Rosberg. Pretty much a slamdunk pole, race win and a sizeable championship lead, unless anything odd happens.
A DNF in the race for Hamilton would really harm his championship, as if it hasn't been harmed enough. |
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I think that the incident was just down to complacency; they did something routine to the fuel system and didn't check everything properly. The fact that it happens a week after the brake disc failure, which as it turns out, wasn't a material/component fault just makes it seem worse than it is.
What did I miss? ![]() Still...doesn't make it any easier to bare. Lewis in my view, has been the better driver all season with Nico not being in the lead on merit. |
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Has a driver ever had such a run of bad 'luck' in so few races? I don't think I've seen a similar catalogue of disaster for any driver in a whole season in the twenty years I've been watching.
I think anyone has got to be naïve, bordering on nuts not to smell a rat here. Max Chilton has only failed to finish once, out of nearly thirty races. Virtually unheard of for a rookie. |
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Shameful post, utterly shameful. Implying racism exists and is the reason Hamilton's car has had issues is absolutely pathetic.
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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 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.
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It was Mark Webber's car that always had the problems
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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?
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Should do a sweepstake on when Messa will crash
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Deleted. Sorry wrong thread
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Should do a sweepstake on when Messa will crash
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I vote for "The first time he's alongside another car".
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Nico already 7 seconds ahead after just 5 laps. More rain please
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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. |
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What on Earth happened with Bottas?! He had an appalling pitstop.
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Ooooh,
Quite a bit of smoke coming from the back of Rosberg's car while following the safety-car. |
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Ooooh,
Quite a bit of smoke coming from the back of Rosberg's car while following the safety-car. |
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Lewis may finish in front of Rosberg
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Everything's working for Hamilton now.
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Maldonado crashing into another car.
Must be a Sunday. |
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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.