[Official] Round 17: Korean Grand Prix

[old man]

Seems to me that the standard of performance in the top half of the field is so high that a couple of things going wrong cause people to call a performance "dire".

I suspect a more detailed analysis of lap times, even down to sector times would reveal that actual difference in speed around the race track is very small

[rallycrosscraig]

Originally Posted by rallycrosscraig

Watched the race on catch up tv and replayed webbers accident a few times it looks like after his car hits the wall it rolls back across the track with wheels moving, so did his car lose its brakes after clattering into the wall or did he make a mistake by not braking hence taking Rosberg out?

I'm hoping Webber wins the title so this is not criticising him, just watching the replay it looks like that could have been avoided if he had the wheels locked up after impact.

just quoting myself from sunday, but now we have Berger and Rosberg also saying the same thing, just dont expect to see a car roll across the racing line like that with the wheels rolling.

[TrapezeArtist]

Originally Posted by rallycrosscraig

just quoting myself from sunday, but now we have Berger and Rosberg also saying the same thing, just dont expect to see a car roll across the racing line like that with the wheels rolling.

Maybe he had already bounced out into the track a bit an thought it was better to keep rolling rather than stop in the middle. If Britney had aimed for the accident, it wouldn't have been there by the time he got there. Instead he aimed for an ever-decreasing gap. (Not intended as a criticism: if he hadn't got involved in Webber's accident, he might, just might, have won the race.)

[Knowlesy]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Interestingly, Lewis came 5th in 2008 when he became WDC and Jenson finished 5th in 2009, when he became WDC.

And both were powered by a Mercedes and used the #22. Spooky stuff.

[Super Hans]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

And both were powered by a Mercedes and used the #22. Spooky stuff.

Extraordinary.

[Bononi]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

And both were powered by a Mercedes and used the #22. Spooky stuff.

Originally Posted by Super Hans

Extraordinary.

Amazing !

[Matt]

I cant tell if you guys are being sarcastic or not, haha.

[Teretonga]

Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith

Interestingly, Lewis came 5th in 2008 when he became WDC and Jenson finished 5th in 2009, when he became WDC.

Hmmmm
Nick Heidfeld is car 22 so Nick to finish 5th on Sunday in Brazil....
Wheres my predictions list....

[Speed-freak]

Originally Posted by Teretonga

Hmmmm
Nick Heidfeld is car 22 so Nick to finish 5th on Sunday in Brazil....
Wheres my predictions list....

Heidfeld more likely to finish 22nd than 5th. Never understood how Nick has lasted so long in F1.

[Knowlesy]

Well he is very good.

He spent a year with Webber in 2005 (who until recently had a chance of being champion) and completely destroyed him. Literally.

[strider]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

Well he is very good.

He spent a year with Webber in 2005 (who until recently had a chance of being champion) and completely destroyed him. Literally.

I'm looking forward to reading that comment again in a couple of weeks when Webber is champion.

[ASCII Man]

Lies, Alonso has this thing rolled up like a cinnamon bun.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

Well he is very good.

He spent a year with Webber in 2005 (who until recently had a chance of being champion) and completely destroyed him. Literally.

What amused me was that Mark had the reputation of being one of the 'qualymeisters' of F1 at that time, and Nick has always been seen as a bit a disappointment in that aspect...... Yet Nick was the only Williams driver that year to win a pole position (2005 European GP at the Nurburgring)

Mark then promptly crashed out of that race at the first corner, whilst Nick went on to get his 2nd 2nd place podium of the year. Albeit 2nd was thanks to Kimi Raikkonen's famous exploding tyre / suspension on the last lap of the same race.)

Plus I have found Nick's pace surprisingly good in the Sauber.... despite not having driven the car or race in F1 for over a year and given that the full fuel weight difference and of course narrow front tyres they this year have had to use and get used to now he has mastered pretty well, certainly better than 'other F1 returnees' have, and has in terms of qualifying and results matched or been very close to Kobayashi, seen by most as being the real thing.

There is no doubt in my opinion, that Nick should be in F1 next year on talent alone.

[TrapezeArtist]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

He spent a year with Webber in 2005 (who until recently had a chance of being champion) and completely destroyed him. Literally.

Heidfeld literally destroyed Webber?

Who put him back together again? Why wasn't Heidfeld prosecuted for it? Do you really understand the meaning of the word "literally"?

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by TrapezeArtist

Heidfeld literally destroyed Webber?

Who put him back together again? Why wasn't Heidfeld prosecuted for it? Do you really understand the meaning of the word "literally"?

The use of the adverb literally, has literally more than one use.

Pronunciation:/ˈlɪt(ə)rəli/
adverb

• in a literal manner or sense; exactly:the driver took it literally when asked to go straight over the roundabout
  tiramisu, literally translated ‘pull-me-up’
• informal used for emphasis while not being literally true:I have received literally thousands of letters

I think the posts here could be literal, or informal.

[Bononi]

This thread is going down, very funny.

[Knowlesy]

Originally Posted by TrapezeArtist

Heidfeld literally destroyed Webber?

Who put him back together again? Why wasn't Heidfeld prosecuted for it? Do you really understand the meaning of the word "literally"?

• Yes, literally
• DC put him back together.
• Heidfeld was fired by Williams near seasons end to prevent further humiliation.
• I was being facetious.