F1 - 2018 discussion

Misses out a few things and seems to be written by a bit of a fanboy. Personally, I think he's overrated but others who know much better than me kept employing him. IMO he should have been thrown out of F1 for his part in the dodgy dossier affair - he and Pedro DeLaRosso shared info from it while keeping it from his main rival (according to Autosport and PitPass reports at the time.)
 
Nod said:
Misses out a few things and seems to be written by a bit of a fanboy. Personally, I think he's overrated but others who know much better than me kept employing him. IMO he should have been thrown out of F1 for his part in the dodgy dossier affair - he and Pedro DeLaRosso shared info from it while keeping it from his main rival (according to Autosport and PitPass reports at the time.)
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I do find it hard to understand how anyone can fail to see what a great driver he is, irrespective of what you think of him as an individual.
 
Good he might be, however, he is a cheat.
 
Because he shouldn't have had one - and possibly wouldn't had he not been one of Bernie's poker buddies.
 
When Hamilton first started and started beating Alonso, the politics and tactics he played to try to put Hamilton at a disadvantage was underhand and appalling, trying to set the whole team against him.
His excused role in the alleged mclaren cheating scandal and crashgate, where he wasn't aware of anything and found out later?

His last few years where he's been flogging a dead horse has seen him win some fans back
 
Byker28i said:
When Hamilton first started and started beating Alonso, the politics and tactics he played to try to put Hamilton at a disadvantage was underhand and appalling, trying to set the whole team against him.
His excused role in the alleged mclaren cheating scandal and crashgate, where he wasn't aware of anything and found out later?

His last few years where he's been flogging a dead horse has seen him win some fans back
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I assume you mean in the UK? His popularity never waned in the Hispanic world.
 
Ricardodaforce said:
I assume you mean in the UK? His popularity never waned in the Hispanic world.
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Yup, UK, he was hugely popular at Barcelona testing when we were there... To be honest he was decent with the crowds also, going over to them, signing autographs
 
2018 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX

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Yas Marina Circuit

Lap data
Lap length 5.554km (3.451 miles)
Race laps 55
Race distance 305.355km (189.739 miles)
Pole position Right-hand side of the track
Lap record* 1’40.279 (Sebastian Vettel, 2009)
Fastest lap 1’38.434 (Lewis Hamilton, 2011, qualifying two)
Maximum speed 339kph (210.645 mph)
DRS zone/s (race) Two straights
Distance from grid to turn one 305m
Full throttle 59%
Longest flat-out section 1233m
Downforce level High
Gear changes per lap 56
Fuel use per lap 1.82kg
Time penalty per lap of fuel 0.04s

UK Times
Friday 23rd November 2018
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice 1: 13:00-14:30 (UK time: 9:00-10:30)
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice 2: 17:00-18:30 (UK time: 13:00-14:30)
Saturday 24th November 2018
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Free Practice 3: 14:00-15:00 (UK time: 10:00-11:00)
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Qualifying: 17:00 (UK time: 13:00)
Sunday 25th November 2018
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: 17:10 (UK time: 13:10)

Previous Winners
2017 Finland Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
2016 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2015 Germany Nico Rosberg Mercedes
2014 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2013 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2012 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Lotus-Renault
2011 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
2010 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
2009 Germany Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault

Videos

2012 on board Hamilton pole lap
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVidPPnfzDg


2013 onboard Alonso v Hulkenberg
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUCHM-qzv0w


Facts from the last race

Michael Schumacher has been Formula 1’s most successful driver in terms of race victories since 2001, when he broke Alain Prost’s former record of 51 wins.

However since the V6 hybrid turbo era began Lewis Hamilton has been winning races at a rate which suggested he could reach Schumacher’s tally sometime in 2020.

The Brazilian Grand Prix was Hamilton’s 19th victory of the last two seasons, with one race still to run this year. He signed a two-year extension on his Mercedes contract earlier this year, and if he adds another 19 wins during that time he will draw level with Schumacher’s 91.

Hamilton has surpassed his championship rival Sebastian Vettel as the driver most likely to inherit Schumacher’s mantle. Hamilton is now closer to Schumacher’s total wins tally than Vettel is to Hamilton’s.

Hamilton began the weekend by clinching Mercedes’ 100th pole position. The next team they should catch is Lotus (107), while Williams (128), McLaren (155) and Ferrari (219) also lie ahead of them. He did so with the fastest ever lap of the Interlagos circuit, over a second quicker than last year’s pole position time.

Mercedes won the constructors’ championship for the fifth time and completed a five consecutive sweep of both titles. It was the first time since 2011 that the constructors’ title was won after the drivers’. Mercedes matched Ferrari’s record for 2000-2004, though they need one more constructors’ title next year to beat their Italian rivals’ record of six in a row.

The fastest lap award increasingly looks like the consolation prize for the driver who isn’t able to make his tyres last and has to make an extra pit stop. For the second race in a row it went to Valtteri Bottas. That was the 10th of his career and it puts him level with three world champions: Mario Andretti, Graham Hill and John Surtees.

A furious Max Verstappen may have missed out on victory after tangling with Esteban Ocon, but he did finish on the podium for the fourth race in a row, which is the longest streak of his career to date. It was him 10th podium finish of the year to team mate Daniel Ricciardo’s two.

Kimi Raikkonen completed the podium. He has been on the rostrum 12 times this year, more than any driver bar Hamilton.

Finally, if Hamilton finishes on the podium in the season finale he will set a new record for most points scored in a season, beating Vettel’s 2013 tally of 397. Of course this record is heavily dependent on the points system (a win was worth no more than 10 points as recently as 2009) and the length of the calendar (2016 was the only other year which featured 21 rounds).

Drivers’ Chosen Tyres
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Championship Standings
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Now THIS is what I call clever forward thinking!
 
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