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[LabradoRacer]

Well, well, nice to see Koba up there. Hope he scores a podium.

Edited by LabradoRacer, 22 June 2012 - 02:31 PM.

[BradSpeedMan]

LabradoRacer, on 22 June 2012 - 09:07 AM, said:

Edit: Brad, I'm truly sorry for the tasteless shot I took at you.

same here bud....

[BradSpeedMan]

AleHop, on 22 June 2012 - 02:16 PM, said:

Alonso too has TWO championships and you still question his worth. :err:

Let's not go there Alehop, I don't wanna say that dreadful word again bud

and i do admit he's in the  top 3

[AleHop]

LabradoRacer, on 22 June 2012 - 02:29 PM, said:

Well, well, nice to see Koba up there. Hope he scores a podium.

BradSpeedMan, on 22 June 2012 - 03:17 PM, said:

same here bud....

You two don't have to live in the dark, amigos.

Say with me: Alonso is NÚMERO UNO!!!

Say it out loud three times and you'll see the light.

[Gilles V.]

Massa, on 21 June 2012 - 12:47 AM, said:

It is, in fact.

Click "Gilles V." in the black bar up at the top.
Click "My Settings" in the menu.
Click "Display Name" in the sidebar and fill it out.
Note that you will still use "Gilles V." to log in, regardless of your display name.

Thank you, but I do not have the "display name" option.

[Gilles V.]

BradSpeedMan, on 21 June 2012 - 08:52 PM, said:

I thought the most ardent Vettel hater/non-believer were silenced, yet one still has the audacity to creep up and boldly declare ignorance. For god sake the guy has 2 championships and yet he has to prove his worth?

Maybe we need more cucumbers in the road so Vettel can ride OVER them.

Gilles V, yes, please change your name, it pains me to write your name and think of the remembrance of Giles... Please bru, I beg u...

Well, will you ask Alonso to change his name? He also thinks that Vettel is going to get better. And it is Gilles, with two l's. And for you it is Mr. Gilles.

[AleHop]

Gilles V., on 22 June 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

Thank you, but I do not have the "display name" option.

That's either because you are an Alonso fan or because your "post count" is below a zillion posts. Maybe both reasons are true.  

[Kopite Girl]

dribbler, on 22 June 2012 - 08:37 AM, said:

Quite. I do wonder.

About?

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer]

Well I have to say that both Alonso and Hamilton have been pretty impressive this year. Alonso seems calm, focused, banging in regular good performances. Hamilton has calmed down - last year had to be one of his career lows - he just seemed all over the place.

Is Hammy as good as Alonso - how do you define "good"? Hammy has always been a bit more edgy but Alonso manages to wring the best out of a sometimes indifferent car. Alonso is as Schumacher was.

Button has got the capability but I think has been unsettled by Hammy's new found form and  just doesn't seem comfy in the car.

Vettel, I dunno. Unpopular for me to say, but he just doesn't grab me. I know he's fast but I can't help think Newey plays a big role in this. I'd love to see him in a Ferrari or Mercedes to see how fast he really is and whether he can wring the neck of a not-top-of-the-pile car.

[Grabthaw the Hammerslayer]

HandyNZL, on 21 June 2012 - 12:43 AM, said:

Steph - ask the doc's to put that bit of brain back in...because before hand you knew that TWO was only ONE greater than ONE and not TWO which would be THREE

Sadly the chimp from which her replacement brain came was a Benobo and if you watch enough Attenborough documentaries, you'll know that they spend most of their time doing one thing (and that's not counting!!!)

[BradSpeedMan]

Gilles V., on 22 June 2012 - 07:11 PM, said:

And it is Gilles, with two l's. And for you it is Mr. Gilles.

[Jean-Pierre]

BradSpeedMan, on 23 June 2012 - 02:01 PM, said:

My new name is now Jean-Pierre, so I don't ruin Gilles rep.

[Jean-Pierre]

Grabthaw the Hammerslayer, on 23 June 2012 - 09:00 AM, said:

Well I have to say that both Alonso and Hamilton have been pretty impressive this year. Alonso seems calm, focused, banging in regular good performances. Hamilton has calmed down - last year had to be one of his career lows - he just seemed all over the place.

Is Hammy as good as Alonso - how do you define "good"? Hammy has always been a bit more edgy but Alonso manages to wring the best out of a sometimes indifferent car. Alonso is as Schumacher was.

Button has got the capability but I think has been unsettled by Hammy's new found form and  just doesn't seem comfy in the car.

Vettel, I dunno. Unpopular for me to say, but he just doesn't grab me. I know he's fast but I can't help think Newey plays a big role in this. I'd love to see him in a Ferrari or Mercedes to see how fast he really is and whether he can wring the neck of a not-top-of-the-pile car.

By "as good as Alonso" I mean has he become the best yet. I do not think he is ther yet, but if he wins the title this year... As for Vettel, I agree with Alonso that he can still improve. He has had the best car, but the race is still close and he might not have the best car for the remainder of the season. So if he wins the title with a par car or a in a car a little slower than the top car, he will also have to be consider for the top spot IMO.

Should be a dandy tomorrow!

[Jean-Pierre]

It was obvious Nico had the speed for a spot in the front line, but Hamilton blocked him during his qualifying lap. Does'nt that remind you of someone? I hope LH is not going down that path (cheating).

After the quali, I see Nico winning the race with Gros Jean second. Have a good one!

[BradSpeedMan]

Jean-Pierre, on 23 June 2012 - 09:29 PM, said:

My new name is now Jean-Pierre, so I don't ruin Gilles rep.

Nice to meet you Jean-Pierre

[HandyNZL]

Grabthaw the Hammerslayer, on 23 June 2012 - 09:02 AM, said:

Sadly the chimp from which her replacement brain came was a Benobo and if you watch enough Attenborough documentaries, you'll know that they spend most of their time doing one thing (and that's not counting!!!)

So you're saying that her new goal in life is picking nits from other peoples hair?  

[Quiet One]

Quiet One, on 14 June 2012 - 06:53 PM, said:

Not so terrible. He might not win this season but he will still come out firmly established as one of the legendary drivers of all time (this is the kind of stuff nobody will believe me, btw! ) which is one of the things that still LH has to prove.

And, frankly, this is one of "those" seasons. Winning might be sweet, but he can still hope for next time. So even if he doesn't win the WDC and being as competitive as he is, he seems to still be pretty much enjoying driving his nuts off in a hell of a season.

Fortes Fortuna Juvat, and this season seems to prove just so.

Q.E.D.

[Rainmaster]

Today was a good reminder of how Hamilton is not as good as Alonso.

Edited by Rainmaster, 24 June 2012 - 05:55 PM.

[Massa]

And how neither one is as good as Vettel.

[Rainmaster]

Pah, that car breaker?

[Massa]

In some ways, I wish they'd rebroadcast the races, or even sell them for a decent price through F1's website on iTunes or something, with the entire race just following one driver (not necessarily on-board; I mean, all cameras are picking up a lot of stuff we never see).  I'd love to see everything Alonso did to get to first, not just everything I got to see in a ninety minute broadcast, roughly thirty minutes of which were advertisements/in-broadcast promotions/music video bumpers, covering a twenty-three car field.  I know FOM never would, and don't need to, but I'm not sure it would be the worst idea to pick one driver each race who had a compelling journey (of course, five or six drivers did this time around, but a normal race, you usually have one huge stand-out), use footage they already have recorded, and produce that driver's entire race in something you could sell to all you kids with your gizmos and gadgets and contraptions and things.

I realize this post was dumb and stupid because it has no relevance to reality but it's just a passing thought.  I want to see the magic and obviously you can't get everything on the broadcast (FOM do an awesome job producing races, I mean that sincerely, watch any other series and you realize how good F1's coverage is...if there's nothing happening with the "stars" or the leader, they show something else, they're really tremendous producers and directors and all that...I love it) and you can't always forecast what will be more significant at the end of the race, showing one battle or another (i.e. Alonso passing to get into P8 or 9 on the start might not seem as important when it happens as Vettel pulling away and Grosjean and Kobayashi getting up, and obviously, they showed the right thing at the time, which was the leaders and Grosjean and all them).

I want to see what I didn't see now.

Of course watching the race again would show me even more because I'm too dense to pick up all of it as it is, but anyway...this is all useless crap that will never happen.

[Quiet One]

Actually at least some years ago you could buy the whole season in video showing not just the race as shown from TV but also the highlights, the full race from many drivers point of view and even from the pits (boring as it sounds).

I don't know if they still publish that for every season. (I kinda...errr....accidentally downloaded a few of those from a torrent which of course was never my intention) :whistle:

[HandyNZL]

The F1 website has a race wrap up video set to some high paced techno beat - usually has bits that don't make the broadcast.

[turbokick]

But what kind of question is this, if Hamilton demonstrated being much superior pilor than the spanish swindler even in the year of his debut in Formula 1 (2007), he got more pole positions, more points and only the envy and lack of proffecionalism of the spanish gay deprived Hamilton, which in my opinion is the brightes talent in actual Formula 1, from his first championship, thus alonso gifted the cup to Raikonen. In my opinion the only thing alonso has is basenes, and he only demnostrated being a quite dirty and envious pilot, while Hamilton is a genious and a very correct guy.
It's not very smart to compare a genious with latin idiot that only rely on his dirty play and his luck (which unfortunately demonstrates to be big one).

Edited by turbokick, 18 September 2012 - 11:52 AM.

[dribbler]

turbokick, on 25 June 2012 - 07:58 AM, said:

But what kind of question is this, if Hamilton demostrated being much superior pilor than the spanish swindler even in the year of his debut in Formula 1 (2007), he got more pole positions, more points and only the envy and lack of proffecionalism of the spanish gay deprived Hamilton, which in my opinion is the brightes talent in actual Formula 1, from his first championship, thus alonso gifted the cup to Raikonen. In my opinion the only thing alonso has is basenes, and he only demostrated being a quite dirty and envious pilot, while Hamilton is a genious and a very correct guy.
It's not very smart to compare a genious with latin swindler that only rely on his dirty play and his luck (which unfortunately demonstrates to be big one).

This is what happens when illiteracy and stupidity crash into the language barrier..

[HandyNZL]

  @ Steve

[turbokick]

dribbler, on 25 June 2012 - 08:30 AM, said:

This is what happens when illiteracy and stupidity crash into the language barrier..

Well, I think that insulting you don't demonstrate to be quite well-bred ang intelligent and yes, I'm not an Englishman and my english is far from beeing good, but this is not an English grammar forum, but a Formula 1 dedicated one, if you've got something to say to disprove my thesis - submit it, if the only thing you can offer is your hostility and bad manners  then your utility and motoring knowledge is equal to 0 (I guess your intelligency level also) and you can keep them to yourself.
Maybe it's not the truth that Hamilton receives an unfair treat, and what happend yesterday in your opinion is something quite normal - the ¨job¨ McLaren's crew did for Hamilton, the more than 10 seconds lost, the wasted 2 posicion (he entered in the boxes 2 and returned to the race 8), your favourite Alonso who entered in boxes 7 and went out 3, I guess in your opinion this is Alonso's ¨great¨ driving, and the brightness of his talent...I think it's pointless to ask you about the ¨racing accident¨ that Hamilton suffered in the final laps caused by other ¨great¨  talent - Maldonado, and how many ¨racing accidents¨ has suffered Hamilton only in the last two years and where he could be without such ¨accidents¨ (that always happen to him).
And what to say about Alonso's finishing of yesterday's race, without taking his car in the boxes...For the same thing Hamilton was punished some weeks ago in a quite severe way (losing 15 posicions, inspite of winning the pole position), but I think all these things doesn't matter for you, the important thing for you is Alonso wins (by all means) and my english. What a pity...

Edited by turbokick, 25 June 2012 - 07:25 PM.

[BradSpeedMan]

turbokick, on 25 June 2012 - 10:10 AM, said:

Well, I think that insulting you don't demonstrate to be quite well-bred ang intelligent and yes, I'm not an Englishman and my english is far from beeing good, but this is not an English grammar forum, but a Formula 1 dedicated one, if you've got something to say to disprove my thesis submit it, if the only thing you can offer is your hostility and bad manners  then your utility and motoring knowledge is equal to 0 (I guess your intelligency level also) and you can keep them to yourself.
Maybe it's not the truth that Hamilton receives an unfair treat, and what happend yesterday in your opinion is something quite normal - the ¨job¨ McLaren's crew did for Hamilton, the more than 10 seconds lost, the wasted 2 posicion (he entered 2 and returned to the race 8), your favourite Alonso that entered in boxes 7 and went out 3, I guess in your opinion this is Alonso's ¨great¨ driving, and the brightness of his talent...I think it's pointless to ask you about the ¨driving accident¨ that Hamilton suffered in the final laps caused by other ¨great¨  talent - Maldonado, and how many ¨driving accidents¨ has suffered Hamilton only in the last two years and where he could be without such ¨accidents¨ (that always happen to him).
And what to say about Alonso's finishing of yesterday's race, without taking his car in the boxes, for almost the same thing Hamilton was punished some weeks ago, but I think all these things doesn't matter for you, the important thing for you is Alonso wins (by all means) and my english. What a pity...

He's more a Hamilton fan than a Alonso fan...

[turbokick]

BradSpeedMan, on 25 June 2012 - 10:21 AM, said:

He's more a Hamilton fan than a Alonso fan...

Yes sir.

Edited by turbokick, 25 June 2012 - 02:26 PM.

[Quiet One]

Fascinating.

Clueless, but fascinating.

Welcome aboard Turbokick, you might have guessed by now that your views and mine will probably not be compatible.