mkay wrote:SectorOne wrote:I knew the gap would be closer in Quali between Merc and RBR. Very solid job done by Rosberg and Vettel (who probably had some tenths laying around in case they needed him to go out again)
Another disappointing qualifying by Hamilton...looked absolutely brilliant sometimes but not when it counted this time, quite unlike Hamilton i have to say.
But i guess that´s the story of his life, so much talent yet it never really materializes in F1 like we see with guys like Vettel, Alonso etc.
Gutierrez, i think people just might have taken some notes today... keep doing that and you´ll have a good future in F1.
Relax, dude. Everyone has an off-day. Vettel had some off days as well this season in qualifying, so did Alonso.
Besides, Rosberg is also pretty handy around this track and he's been more comfortable than Lewis in the supersoft tyres this season.
If you compare Vettel and Hamilton, Hamilton´s career in F1 has been an "off-day"
07 - could have won it but with alonso in the team and that whole spectacle it hurt them both and Kimi prevailed.
08 - Finally gets a title but with what exactly? Probably the most controversial or F´d up situation you can have to win a world championship being champion from the start of the last corner to the finish line. You can´t even write that sort of thing.
09 - dog
10 - dog
11 - mental breakdown
12 - team breakdown
13 - uncharacteristic off days we never have seen before really. Perhaps it´s the car who knows but it´s a bit odd.
There´s always something whether it´s himself or car or team. The only time i´d say everything has gone smooth like Vettel was his first half season he did in F1. Then all that came crashing down.
He will probably go down as a guy with incredible potential but never really could put stuff in black and white (i.e. titles)
All that´s missing is that Mercedes next year is a dog and that´s 3 years wasted.
Obviously compared to guys in the midfield he can´t complain of course but just compared to Schumi, Vettel, Alonso they have all had a smooth sailing in every area at one point in their career, Hamilton have not really.
"If the only thing keeping a person decent is the expectation of divine reward, then brother that person is a piece of sh*t"