Following two race stoppages, countless crashes and equally as much safety car periods, Lewis Hamilton emerged first at the finish line of a very wet Brazilian Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg joined him in the podium in second place while Max Verstappen mastered the conditions to climb back from 15th to 3rd in the final 15 laps.
I know you are half joking (with the other half giving a nice satisfaction at the thought). However, back in 2008 at Silverstone he actually lapped everybody with the exception of the 2d place.mrluke wrote:Agree with everything you've said above.
I think it helps that he knows that its coming down to unreliability of his Mercedes which is outside of his control.
The gaps he built between safety cars was just insane, he could have lapped ros.
dans79 wrote:I find it hilariously ironic that you compare Rosberg winning a race over Lewis as a Hail Mary.flynfrog wrote: So if you are playing football (American) do you throw a Hail Mary every play?
Winners are people who do their best every time out. I'm guessing you've never been a serious athlete?Andres125sx wrote: But saying someone who is fighting for the big prize is a looser because he didn´t fight for a second scale prize is....
Uncle Rico wrote: How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?... Yeah... Coach woulda put me in fourth quarter, we would've been state champions. No doubt. No doubt in my mind.
Well if you want to be specific, he lost his first title to reliability issues. He experience a gearbox glitch which basically took the championship from him. I actually remembered that because someone mentioned Senna and being stuck in 5th gear was it?Andres125sx wrote: Lewis lost his first title exactly because of this, he couldn´t cope with Alonso passing him, tried to push more than needed, and lost his first WDC because of his own mistakes on last GPs of 07 season, absurd mistakes as the title was almost on his pocket.
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This made me laugh, thanks for sharing the video and bringing back old memories. People always look for evidence to support their predisposed conclusions regardless of facts. It's human nature.ringo wrote:Well if you want to be specific, he lost his first title to reliability issues. He experience a gearbox glitch which basically took the championship from him. I actually remembered that because someone mentioned Senna and being stuck in 5th gear was it?
He didn't lose it on mistakes. He lost it on reliability issues.
He had it in the bag quite easily without that issue ( which i believe could have been FIA induced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mMEQm46loE
I wonder how many people were questioning if Raikonnen was a "deserving" champion.ringo wrote:Well if you want to be specific, he lost his first title to reliability issues...Andres125sx wrote: Lewis lost his first title exactly because of this, he couldn´t cope with Alonso passing him, tried to push more than needed, and lost his first WDC because of his own mistakes on last GPs of 07 season, absurd mistakes as the title was almost on his pocket.
... that indeed may well make him WDC at the end of the season, but it's certainly not exciting, and for many people, winning at a canter is complete BS. I would love to see ROS go balls out and try to win the last race, toe-to-toe with HAM (and beat him). Then he can celebrate hard for taking the WDC. If he just "controls the race" until the finish line, he can take the WDC, and know that he is still second best to HAM.henry wrote: You obviously don't watch football. Late in the 4th protecting a small lead the best quarterbacks don't try for a touchdown every play they just move the chains and run down the clock. That's what Rosberg is doing.
That is completely different for a driver than for any Kindergarden round the world. The drivers want to win the WDC, and than comes loooong nothing else. On the other hand the WDC is not relevant for the "my driver is better than your driver" Ying Yang.Hangaku wrote:... that indeed may well make him WDC at the end of the season, but it's certainly not exciting, and for many people, winning at a canter is complete BS. I would love to see ROS go balls out and try to win the last race, toe-to-toe with HAM (and beat him). Then he can celebrate hard for taking the WDC. If he just "controls the race" until the finish line, he can take the WDC, and know that he is still second best to HAM.henry wrote: You obviously don't watch football. Late in the 4th protecting a small lead the best quarterbacks don't try for a touchdown every play they just move the chains and run down the clock. That's what Rosberg is doing.
Are you seriously comparing athletics to F1?dans79 wrote:I find it hilariously ironic that you compare Rosberg winning a race over Lewis as a Hail Mary.flynfrog wrote: So if you are playing football (American) do you throw a Hail Mary every play?
Winners are people who do their best every time out. I'm guessing you've never been a serious athlete?Andres125sx wrote: But saying someone who is fighting for the big prize is a looser because he didn´t fight for a second scale prize is....
Another analogy. You obviously have a lot of forward players in football (yeah, the same game that rest of the world calls "football") and why is that some gets paid way too much than others? After they are also FORWARDS. Why is RONALDO AND MESSI so decorated and not some other tom, dick and harry? Forwards right? That is the difference in winning a championship by calculations and by winning it/thrilling it.basti313 wrote:That is completely different for a driver than for any Kindergarden round the world. The drivers want to win the WDC, and than comes loooong nothing else. On the other hand the WDC is not relevant for the "my driver is better than your driver" Ying Yang.Hangaku wrote:... that indeed may well make him WDC at the end of the season, but it's certainly not exciting, and for many people, winning at a canter is complete BS. I would love to see ROS go balls out and try to win the last race, toe-to-toe with HAM (and beat him). Then he can celebrate hard for taking the WDC. If he just "controls the race" until the finish line, he can take the WDC, and know that he is still second best to HAM.henry wrote: You obviously don't watch football. Late in the 4th protecting a small lead the best quarterbacks don't try for a touchdown every play they just move the chains and run down the clock. That's what Rosberg is doing.
Sorry but that´s funny, FIA allowed him to be returned to track by a crane!ringo wrote:Well if you want to be specific, he lost his first title to reliability issues. He experience a gearbox glitch which basically took the championship from him. I actually remembered that because someone mentioned Senna and being stuck in 5th gear was it?Andres125sx wrote: Lewis lost his first title exactly because of this, he couldn´t cope with Alonso passing him, tried to push more than needed, and lost his first WDC because of his own mistakes on last GPs of 07 season, absurd mistakes as the title was almost on his pocket.
He didn't lose it on mistakes. He lost it on reliability issues.
He had it in the bag quite easily without that issue ( which i believe could have been FIA induced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mMEQm46loE
and he was not disqualified 
IndeedTAG wrote:This made me laugh, thanks for sharing the video and bringing back old memories. People always look for evidence to support their predisposed conclusions regardless of facts. It's human nature.ringo wrote:Well if you want to be specific, he lost his first title to reliability issues. He experience a gearbox glitch which basically took the championship from him. I actually remembered that because someone mentioned Senna and being stuck in 5th gear was it?
He didn't lose it on mistakes. He lost it on reliability issues.
He had it in the bag quite easily without that issue ( which i believe could have been FIA induced
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mMEQm46loE
He will celebrate hard anycase, periodHangaku wrote:... that indeed may well make him WDC at the end of the season, but it's certainly not exciting, and for many people, winning at a canter is complete BS. I would love to see ROS go balls out and try to win the last race, toe-to-toe with HAM (and beat him). Then he can celebrate hard for taking the WDC.henry wrote: You obviously don't watch football. Late in the 4th protecting a small lead the best quarterbacks don't try for a touchdown every play they just move the chains and run down the clock. That's what Rosberg is doing.
