Formula 1 2014: Round 19 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

antodeco · 23-11-2014 3:36pm

I wonder will Rosberg retire purely to save grace for himself!

finnharpsboy · 23-11-2014 3:36pm

lewis is the champion

Cool_CM · 23-11-2014 3:36pm

Poor Nico.

Top Dog · 23-11-2014 3:36pm

Hamilton with the chance to lap Rosberg?! :eek:

Mike Litoris · 23-11-2014 3:37pm

Top Dog wrote: »

Hamilton with the chance to lap Rosberg?! :eek:

Shítty end to that great season long battle. Shame

KillerShamrock · 23-11-2014 3:38pm

Top Dog wrote: »

Hamilton with the chance to lap Rosberg?! :eek:

That would be the icing on the cake for hamilton. Massa hasnt won since brazil 2008 wow ðŸ˜®

youreadthat · 23-11-2014 3:39pm

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Shítty end to that great season long battle. Shame

Having double points made the end shíty anyway.

Crasp · 23-11-2014 3:39pm

Rosberg +1 lap

Lewis is champion this year.

dloob · 23-11-2014 3:39pm

Sounds like Nico's engine cut out briefly judging by the team radio.

finnharpsboy · 23-11-2014 3:39pm

fair play nico " i would like to go to the end"

Mike Litoris · 23-11-2014 3:40pm

Fair play to Nico. 1st time I've said that this year.

antodeco · 23-11-2014 3:40pm

Good man Nico. Nice to hear.

KillerShamrock · 23-11-2014 3:41pm

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Fair play to Nico. 1st time I've said that this year.

+1 fair play to him. Hamilton finally gets his second championship

HighLine · 23-11-2014 3:41pm

That was stupid to ask Nico to box anyway! It's not like they need to save the unit.

Adamocovic · 23-11-2014 3:42pm

I don't get the hatred for Nico at times, I always found him to be a very classy and professional driver. Nice to hear him wanting to finish the race too.

Hopefully next year Mercedes won't dominate as much and we will have a bigger competition. Miss the old Ferrari McLaren days when it was so close at times.

CFlat · 23-11-2014 3:42pm

Good sportsmanship from Nico there. Kudos.

antodeco · 23-11-2014 3:43pm

Ha, Tyrese Gibson in there!

sonofenoch · 23-11-2014 3:43pm

Rosbergs car topped up with Diesel...cheating Brits

hotwhiskey · 23-11-2014 3:43pm

Button 5th and Mag 11th. What does that tell you Mclaren.

Mike Litoris · 23-11-2014 3:44pm

Shame about the utter anti-climax of a race but well done Hamilton. Thoroughly deserved WDC. Some nice battles down the field. I just hope its not Buttons last though.

But what a cracking season. The major excitement tapered off towards the end of the season when Hamilton went on his winning streak but the resurgence of Williams, the whole Rosberg/Hamilton fight and the coming of Ricciardo and his epic overtaking made for a great season...for me anyways.

CFlat · 23-11-2014 3:44pm

Well done Lewis Hamilton. A deserved 2014 WDC IMO.

Zcott · 23-11-2014 3:45pm

Fair play to Hamilton - well deserved win and title. And respect to Nico for giving it everything.

Top Dog · 23-11-2014 3:46pm

hotwhiskey wrote: »

Button 5th and Mag 11th. What does that tell you Mclaren.

And his 5th keeps McLaren above Force India in the constructors championship

antodeco · 23-11-2014 3:48pm

Button doing donuts is an ominous sign really!

Adamocovic · 23-11-2014 3:49pm

hotwhiskey wrote: »

Button 5th and Mag 11th. What does that tell you Mclaren.

And didn't he finish with nearly double the points Mag got for the whole season!

antodeco · 23-11-2014 3:49pm

Did Nico go to Lewis at all??

walshb · 23-11-2014 3:49pm

Who's the very attractive girl next to Nicole? In between Nicole and Lewis' brother?

Mike Litoris · 23-11-2014 3:49pm

antodeco wrote: »

Button doing donuts is an ominous sign really!

Yep. 1st time I've seen him do that and its sad sad sign.

Adamocovic · 23-11-2014 3:50pm

antodeco wrote: »

Did Nico go to Lewis at all??

He congratulated him over the radio, I imagine he will go in person after the presentations and that are over with.

23-11-2014 3:50pm

antodeco wrote: »

Button doing donuts is an ominous sign really!

dloob · 23-11-2014 3:51pm

Picking up a flag stewards won't like that. :eek:
Of course even being disqualified wouldn't make any difference to him.

Top Dog · 23-11-2014 3:52pm

And there we have Nico - gracious in defeat

Mike Litoris · 23-11-2014 3:52pm

Adamocovic wrote: »

He congratulated him over the radio, I imagine he will go in person after the presentations and that are over with.

He's done it now. At least he's spared having to be up on the podium.

antodeco · 23-11-2014 3:54pm

Well done Lewis. Hard luck Nico. Bring on next season!

Zcott · 23-11-2014 3:55pm

I can imagine we might seeing a very similar result this time next year too...

KillerShamrock · 23-11-2014 3:55pm

The reason i hate abu dabi as the final race ......... Rosewater sigh

its just not the same

antodeco · 23-11-2014 3:56pm

How bloody tall is Toto??

Adamocovic · 23-11-2014 3:56pm

Mike Litoris wrote: »

He's done it now. At least he's spared having to be up on the podium.

That is very true! Hard to imagine Mercedes will have such an advantage next year so realistically it could have been his best chance to win a world championship. He could still do it don't get me wrong, but it was a two horse race all year so I'm sure he will be very disappointed he couldn't capitalise on that.

For Lewis well he is too good of a driver to have not won another championship.

Going to be an interesting break now with teams changing and drivers coming and going. Fingers crossed we see Jenson again in a F1 car!

KillerShamrock · 23-11-2014 4:01pm

antodeco wrote: »

How bloody tall is Toto??

I think its more so how small are the drivers :P

Slutmonkey57b · 23-11-2014 4:03pm

hotwhiskey wrote: »

Button 5th and Mag 11th. What does that tell you Mclaren.

Top Dog wrote: »

And his 5th keeps McLaren above Force India in the constructors championship

Adamocovic wrote: »

And didn't he finish with nearly double the points Mag got for the whole season!

I think it's pretty clear Ron and Boullier don't rate Button as highly as they should do. Nor do they have a clear idea what they're supposed to do next. All that is because their car, and their engineering, and their team hasn't been up to scratch. Now they're struggling to justify to a top driver why he should move there, and can't even make a simple decision about what drivers they want to keep.

Not a good sign for the future. Button should have blown them off earlier and announced a move to WEC.

Gillespy · 23-11-2014 4:06pm

Karma caught up with Rosberg.

67 points is more representative of the season and the gulf in class between the two of them so Double Points has done something.

lolie · 23-11-2014 4:08pm

Well deserved by Hamilton, pity for Rosberg his car deprived him of a chance to fight for the win.
Thank **** double points made no difference today.

antodeco · 23-11-2014 4:09pm

Richie6904 wrote: »

I think its more so how small are the drivers :P

It always makes me happy knowing I'm the same height as Alonso!

Brendan Flowers · 23-11-2014 4:12pm

HighLine wrote: »

That was stupid to ask Nico to box anyway! It's not like they need to save the unit.

I presume it was to allow him into the back of the garage and avoid the media. Just the team trying to make the pain of losing the title a bit easier for Rosberg.

Zcott · 23-11-2014 4:23pm

Button's interview on the BBC just now looks like he's accepted that was his last race. Which would be a shame...

23-11-2014 4:23pm

Slutmonkey57b wrote: »

I think it's pretty clear Ron and Boullier don't rate Button as highly as they should do. Nor do they have a clear idea what they're supposed to do next. All that is because their car, and their engineering, and their team hasn't been up to scratch. Now they're struggling to justify to a top driver why he should move there, and can't even make a simple decision about what drivers they want to keep.

Not a good sign for the future. Button should have blown them off earlier and announced a move to WEC.

I heard something mentioned about possible sponsorship from Alonso giving McLaren the extra few quid necessary to keep Button on the books. If that's true it's pathetic to be honest. Is there a better "number 2" driver available anywhere? Any extra few million they have to spend on Button will be got back through prize money and I'm sure Honda would be happy to get a few quid in.

To me it looks like Ron Dennis basically tried to pin the last couple of years on the drivers and Whitmarsh and has backed himself into a corner. Along with Dennis's stubborness from years ago of course.

antodeco wrote: »

It always makes me happy knowing I'm the same height as Alonso!

I always maintain that my height is the reason I could never be a top-level racing driver.

Mike Litoris · 23-11-2014 4:24pm

Nice interview from Jense on BBC. Maybe we will see him next year!!

Itssoeasy · 23-11-2014 4:54pm

Niki lauda is a legend. Giving the finger to german tv on the bbc was brilliant.

Ghost Train · 23-11-2014 4:57pm

Hope Button is back on the grid next year. Should guarantee McLaren a certain ammount of stability if he stays. Help develop new car and engine. Alonso might take a while to settle in and having a benchmark to know what direction they're going in could be pretty critical

Funny/Weird interview on sky with Button just there (tweaking nipples etc):pac:

_rebelkid · 23-11-2014 5:12pm

Good point from Ted on the Notebook. Button has saved McLaren 10's of Millions of pounds. Probably more than Magnussen brings to the team.

Formula 1 2014: Round 19 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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