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Title: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Snoopy on May 25, 2008, 04:36:52 PM
Well he just won the Monte Carlo and is now top of the Drivers Championship

1 Lewis Hamilton     McLaren-Mercedes     GB     38
2 Kimi Raikkonen    Ferrari                               Fin    35
3 Felipe Massa   Ferrari                              Brz    34
4 Robert Kubica    BMW Sauber            Pol    32
5 Nick Heidfeld    BMW Sauber            Ger    20
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Snoopy on October 12, 2008, 10:43:13 AM
What a cock up ~ looks like the lad may blow it at the last minute again.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7665745.stm
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Darwins Selection on October 13, 2008, 04:38:46 PM
What a cock up ~ looks like the lad may blow it at the last minute again.
eeek:
Is he one as well?
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Snoopy on October 13, 2008, 04:50:45 PM
 shrugs: I'd need to stand closer to tell.
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Pastis on October 19, 2008, 03:09:31 PM
It's down to the wire  scared2:  Will the lad hold his nerve and become the youngest F1 Champ?  rubschin:
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Snoopy on October 19, 2008, 03:10:57 PM
It is looking likely ~ so long as he hold it together for one more race.

Needs fifth place or better to be certain I read.
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Pastis on October 19, 2008, 03:16:50 PM
Well, I hope he gets it.

There's only one place for a Brasilian... and it ain't on the podium  drumroll:
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Snoopy on October 19, 2008, 03:24:18 PM
Say ~ just how many is a Brazilian?

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Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Snoopy on November 02, 2008, 11:51:32 AM
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A Brazilian Grand Prix fly on the wall with Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa
What if... we could eavesdrop on the final briefings for Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton.
 

By Andrew Baker
Last Updated: 11:58PM GMT 01 Nov 2008

Stefano Domenicali [team manager, Ferrari]: "Okay, Felipe, positive self-image. You are rightful successor to great Brazilian champions like Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna. Also heir to the masterful reign of Ferrari god Michael Schumacher."

Felipe Massa: "Er.. Okay."

SD: "Banish notion that you are flaky former test driver and natural No 2 who has lucked into a title chance."

FM: "Thanks for that Stefano. But what if it rains?"

SD: "The Vatican should have the weather covered. But just in case, we have fitted carbon-fibre umbrella to the top of your helmet. So you can pretend it is not raining, and you might not spin off the track like a girl."

FM: "What will Kimi be doing to help me?"

SD: "Raikkonen? At present, he is asleep. We wake him for the race. Might work, might not. Sometimes is hard to tell."

Meanwhile at McLaren...

Ron Dennis [team boss]: "Lewis, you need to optimise your strategy to positivicate your title acquisition vision."

Lewis Hamilton: "Check. I'm cool with that."

RD: "Going forward, you need to avoid a backwards scenario to eventuate fifth place in the race."

LH: "Yeah yeah. But can I have a really good go at punting off all the others at the first corner with a desperate and probably doomed tyre-smoking overtaking lunge? They're fun."

RD: "That approach is contra-indicated in our computer simulations."

LH: "Boring! Any chance of help from my team-mate?"

RD: "You have a team-mate?"

LH: "My point precisely. Oh well. S--- or bust as usual then..."
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Pastis on March 17, 2009, 06:19:37 PM
He would have lost it under these new rules   rubschin:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7948455.stm
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Just One More on July 25, 2010, 06:44:36 AM
Last night on BBC news they were saying Vettel beat Alonso to pole position by 2/1000 of a second. This morning it was by the equivalent of 15cm, no doubt later I'll be told that that is by 1 x chocolate eclair or similar
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Barman on July 25, 2010, 06:46:46 AM
Last night on BBC news they were saying Vettel beat Alonso to pole position by 2/1000 of a second. This morning it was by the equivalent of 15cm, no doubt later I'll be told that that is by 1 x chocolate eclair or similar

 ::)

The size of the penalty spot on a footy pitch like....  lol:
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Miss Demeanour on July 25, 2010, 06:54:39 AM
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A national youth group and South London youth services are celebrating the announcement that from 2010, McLaren and Williams will ditch their entire pit crews in favour of local gang members. The move has been heralded as the most forward thinking in a raft radical of changes in the sport, designed to cut costs and increase its profile.

A spokesperson said, "This is the first roll out of our new scheme, Street Skillz, which aims to exploit the existing abilities of young people in a professional environment. Most of these gang members are already highly skilled at removing wheels and engine parts in a high pressure environment. We want to take talented individuals and put them in positions where their expertise can be of most benefit, such as car jackers in pit crews or shoplifters in chicken farms".

The SW11 Soldya Crew from Vauxhall is one of the first gangs to be trialled on the programme. Head honcho 'Skull Fuka', aka Francis O'Donnell said "Allow it yeah. They is going to give us like £200 monthly allowance and the Prince of Wales and a GCSE yeah. Brap."

The move could potentially save teams up to £2 million per year in personnel costs. The F1 industry also hopes the trial will boost its popularity in traditionally working class areas, where the motor racing is viewed as a pursuit of the super rich.

In a mixed message of support from City Hall, Mayor Boris Johnson said, "Currently the London gangland is akin to Papa New Guinea-style orgies of cannibalism and chief killing. If this programme can put a stop to this, then I'm all for it. However, if it turns out to be a failure then rest assured I have been totally opposed to this scheme since its infancy".
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Just One More on July 25, 2010, 07:07:36 AM
 ;D I suspect you're not the only one that keeps things in the inbox thinking I should be able to use that when somebody mentions xxxxx  redface:
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: GROWLER on July 26, 2010, 09:16:04 AM
Well THAT was just a farce yesterday wasn't it? cussing:
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Uncle Mort on July 26, 2010, 09:42:14 AM
Dull race, dubious result.  noooo:
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Darwins Selection on July 26, 2010, 10:02:48 AM
Last night on BBC news they were saying Vettel beat Alonso to pole position by 2/1000 of a second. This morning it was by the equivalent of 15cm, no doubt later I'll be told that that is by 1 x chocolate eclair or similar

The length of a London bus, obviously

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Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Just One More on October 24, 2010, 08:12:31 AM
Will anybody finish this race?
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: The Moan Ranger on October 24, 2010, 08:16:19 AM
Will anybody finish this race?

Only the Safety Car, I think!
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Uncle Mort on October 25, 2010, 08:11:03 AM
Turned out to be a very good race.
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: apc2010 on December 12, 2015, 10:54:01 PM
And again.......
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Steve on December 12, 2015, 11:08:40 PM
And again.......
Lightning replies eh?

It'll be a German next year
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: apc2010 on December 12, 2015, 11:09:18 PM
And again.......
Lightning replies eh?

It'll be a German next year

Schumancher........ rubschin:
Title: Re: Hamilton for Champ this year?
Post by: Steve on December 12, 2015, 11:15:33 PM
And again.......
Lightning replies eh?

It'll be a German next year

Schumancher........ rubschin:
noooo:

Nico prolly