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Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Eddie Jordon did a piece before the C4 qualifying show ranting about the woes at Williams and McLaren which was quite entertaining.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
He bats on about Silverstone being his home GP, which it technically is, but he hasn't resided in the UK for quite a long time..............
Must’ve been out of breath after constantly whinging over the radio for the entire race.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I'm not sure I agree there's anything wrong with F1 in terms of the gulf in speed between the top teams and the rest. Can you name me a season since the early 80's where outside of the top 2 or 3 teams who have capitalised on the latest regs, there are others capable of gunning for wins or the title? I can't? The difference back in the 80's and 90's was increased retirements etc. which meant someone from midfield could capitalise, doesn't happen so much at all now.
Or you'd get someone exceptional like Senna in 1984 with Toleman. Ferrari/Mclaren/Williams dominated the early to mid 80's, McLaren dominated the late 80's and early 90's. Williams again absolutely made a joke of the field when Mansell won the title in 1992, they all dominated the pack in their eras. Schumacher mixed it with the Benetton against the Williams but they were both ahead of the rest too. Then onto the Schumacher/Hakkinen battles, Ferrari domination. I could go on but you get the drift, as F1 became more and more technical courtesy of the money and the likes of Colin Chapman/Gordon Murray/Newey, it was always inevitable. The action was closer back then of course thanks to less aero and tyre issues and there were more surprise results, but more often than not it was the top teams of the day winning.
Can't say there's been too much wrong with this season, except for the stupid tyre saving and pace management which has bugged me a lot. At least there is a fight between the top two as opposed to a fight between the drivers in one team. As for the Lewis hate, I just don't get it, typical of the Brits to put down one of our best sports stars. Easily one of the best ever and he still gets slagged off, he can't win but I think he knows and doesn't care. Good luck to him, he's a decent fella as far as I'm concerned and I hope he can beat Vettel but whoever wins this year will have earned it.
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
It's his massive persecution complex that really gets on my nerves; the seeming suspicion that everyone, including his own team, are somehow conspiring to sabotage his chances. Take Sunday as a case in point; after the incident he went on for ages about the car being damaged, despite his engineer repeatedly assuring him that it was fine. Later on he moaned at length about the strategy and needed continual reassurance. And then, after the race, effectively accused Raikkonen of committing a professional foul.
His swashbuckling drive through the field to take second was utterly magnificent. The petulant antics that surrounded it only serve to diminish his accomplishment; he would have been better served to put his head down and stoically get on with it.
To quote Mark Hughes: "Hamilton sulked across the line in second, Räikkönen impassive in third."
F1 has always been unequal, and it always will be unless it turns into a spec series.
What I do miss is the days when reliability was lower so you never knew who would be on the podium. between say 1998 to 2001 or so, you knew that it would be some combination of Hakkinen, Coulthard, Schumacher and Irvine/Barrichello if they all finished, but they didn't always, which left space for drivers from Williams, Jordan, Stewart/Jaguar, Benetton, BAR and even Prost (once!) to get podiums.
Now we have Red Bull having a good shot, and occasionally Perez nicks one, or you get a batshit race and Stroll is somehow up there by the last lap. But the others have no chance. I miss that element greatly - how many times has Hulkenberg finished well clear of the rest of the midfield but behind the top 3 teams because they're bulletproof and simply faster? In "the old days" he would have had at least some podiums by now, if not wins