AMKC wrote: » Oh FFS. Some of us have not seen the race yet. You just ruined it for me for Fu,ck sake. Use Spoilers if you want to post in here about the race before the highlights have been shown. There is a separate thread for the race to talk about it and post what you posted here.
vectra wrote: » Never say never. Resurgence in Ferrari might change things a bit.
Anjobe wrote: » Get real, Hamilton is 96 pts ahead of Leclerc and 102 pts ahead of Vettel. Even if one of them wins all 6 remaining races (highly unlikely) Hamilton would win the WDC if he keeps finishing 5th or 6th.
vectra wrote: » Would you have said Get real 5 races ago I suggested Ferrari will get 3 poles and 3 wins in a row? All it would take is for Hamilton to have one or 2 DNF's, And as for finishing 5th or 6th? He would possibly have only been 5th today if Bottas wasn't told to slow down to protect him. Who would have thought Kimi would have won in 2007 4 races from Brazil final? As I said, Never say never.
Anjobe wrote: » vectra wrote: » Never say never. Resurgence in Ferrari might change things a bit. Get real, Hamilton is 96 pts ahead of Leclerc and 102 pts ahead of Vettel. Even if one of them wins all 6 remaining races (highly unlikely) Hamilton would win the WDC if he keeps finishing 5th or 6th.
El_Duderino 09 wrote: » One dnf would close only a quarter of the gap. It would take 4 dnfs and either max or Charles to win all those 4 races to even draw with him with 2 races left. They’re both on 200 points to Hamilton on 296. The championship is over. There’s a good chance that if Hamilton didn’t take part in the rest of the season and still win the championship. He’ll probably win another few of the remaining races and wrap it up in a couple of races time.
vectra wrote: » More than likely, But, nobody can foresee the future.
uchimata83 wrote: » Theres a channel on Youtube called deeppius, has been posting the season reviews from 1997 up to 2004. I'm just finished watching 2003 and in hindsight, it really feels like the Jordan team really missed out on some great opportunties. Honda coming back at the time did them no favours, but dropping from 3rd in the constructors in 99 to 6th in 00, behind BAR and Benneton, looks like it was the beginning of the end. It's weird looking back on it now and it gives some great perspective on what they achieved in those first 8 years. I often wonder how much focus and finance that lost case vs Vodafone cost the team.
H3llR4iser wrote: » The Jordan team was impressive to say the least - when they debuted in 1991, they were right on the pace and seriously risked winning a race at Spa, but De Cesaris' proverbial luck struck again with an engine issue. In 1999 they had a real chance at the WDC with Frentzen - in part due to the crazy nature of that season, but also because they had proper potential. I don't think they realized they were in contention until Monza, and promptly went to take pole in the next race - where it all unraveled with a retirement. Had Frentzen won that race, the outcome might have been very different.
Harika wrote: » True, during the season frentzen was really close to the two of them. He was 10 points behind
uchimata83 wrote: » I'm certain that Hill wanted out at Silverstone in 99 and EJ said that he could retire as long as he compensated the team. And that probably sums up Eddie in a nutshell - rather than getting rid of a driver who didn't want to race, he tried to make a few quid off him and no one ended up happy. I think there was no concorde agreement in place when he sold the team too (or some contractual agreement with the teams) when he sold it on too. Midland got it for a song and probably came close to doubling their money
Gintonious wrote: » If only Ferrari had this pace from the start of the season...
chicorytip wrote: » I think they have had the pace all year and really should have six victories on the board by now.
Cork Trucker wrote: » uchimata83 wrote: » I'm certain that Hill wanted out at Silverstone in 99 and EJ said that he could retire as long as he compensated the team. And that probably sums up Eddie in a nutshell - rather than getting rid of a driver who didn't want to race, he tried to make a few quid off him and no one ended up happy. I think there was no concorde agreement in place when he sold the team too (or some contractual agreement with the teams) when he sold it on too. Midland got it for a song and probably came close to doubling their money Not too far apart in what i heard at the time, that if Hill tried to quit then Jordan told him he'd sue him for breach of contract. Jos Verstappen was testing the car after Silverstone in preparation to step into the race seat, in all likelihood he wouldn't have done any worse.
Infoanon wrote: » Damon Hill in his book says Eddie tried to replace him before Silverstone, Damon wanted to quit after Silverstone but then Eddie held him to his contract and Damon,fearful of losing everything financially, continued to the end of the season when he famously retired the car
Cork Trucker wrote: » Infoanon wrote: » Damon Hill in his book says Eddie tried to replace him before Silverstone, Damon wanted to quit after Silverstone but then Eddie held him to his contract and Damon,fearful of losing everything financially, continued to the end of the season when he famously retired the car Why did Eddie back out of replacing him before Silverstone? to allow him take part in the race? Vetstappen was the favourite to take that seat, but unknown to me until last night Nick Heidfeld was being permitted to take the drive n.
Infoanon wrote: » Damons book does not elaborate on that although you can come to the conclusion that this for EJ was pure business. Damon clearly had lost all motivation, feared getting injured,thoughts of Eddie playing games giving him an inferior car even ran through his head and was only competitive at Silverstone.Graham Hill,Damons father death and how the family had been left penniless had a major impact on Damon and his last season (something he is very open about in the book )
