Despite an unusual race, and finishing just 9th, Lewis Hamilton ended the title fight by sealing his fourth F1 World Championship at Mexico on Sunday. With his third title at Mercedes, the Briton joins Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel in the club-of-four.
Then watch what Hamilton said in the ziggo (dutch tv) post race interview. What happened there with seb? "Yeah.....that was...but still I rise, you know...."Schuttelberg wrote: ↑29 Oct 2017, 23:45Pure class from two 4 time WDC in the interview area! Genuine respect there! Wish it were like that on the forums.
PlatinumZealot wrote: ↑30 Oct 2017, 01:21Congrats to the big boss! Lewis Hamilton! on his fourth world championship!
At the start of the season they said he couldn't do it against Vettel in his faster Ferrari. They said the Mercedes was a diva that couldn't be tamed. They said Lewis was inconsistent. They said Vettel had never lost a chamionship lead. They said Lewis would crack under pressure in the second half of the season. But us real fans knew they were oh so wrong.
It was a great championship fight guys. Come at us Alonso and Max. Bring on 2018!
The head on camera looking towards T3 shows Vettel looking left towards Hamilton as he moves closer towards him.ringo wrote: ↑30 Oct 2017, 00:42I am not a vettel hater. I quite like all the drivers this year.
But i can't help but notice that Vettel came out of turn 3 and was well on his way down the straight, then he came off line to touch lewis then he came back online. It all happened too controllably for me to beleive he lost control.
The car did not understeer as he was already out of the corner. The car was well on it's way and in the middle of the track. I am not sure what possesed Vettel to slam the throttle and turn into Lewis as soon as he saw that Hamilton was going to pass him.
I still believe he has an anger management problem, and impulsively saw the championship slipping away as lewis passed by and just did anything that he could to stop him, and that came in the form of turning into the tyre of the mercedes.
Again this is without bias, as i don't have any grouse with Vettel, but that move was intentional and is under similar circumstances to Baku. Watch the video again and take note how he comes off line (car already straight and under full grip) and hits lewis, then controllable comes back online after the hit.
How do i know he had enough grip? Look on Bottas' car behind. Doing the same speed and came off the apex almost the same as vettel. No drama as he picks up throttle and is also in the middle of track just like vettel. Compare bottas and vettel to see the truth.
I am devious like that! I apologise and welcome also Hammy to the club! May I try (as I am so devious already anyway) to probe for your opinion on Hamilton asking about it on the radio to his engineer as well?Schuttelberg wrote: ↑30 Oct 2017, 01:19I apologise for my comment on Lewis not being classy forever etc. I saw this interview and it was harmless. You portrayed it in a devious way.Sieper wrote: ↑30 Oct 2017, 00:48Then watch what Hamilton said in the ziggo (dutch tv) post race interview. What happened there with seb? "Yeah.....that was...but still I rise, you know...."Schuttelberg wrote: ↑29 Oct 2017, 23:45Pure class from two 4 time WDC in the interview area! Genuine respect there! Wish it were like that on the forums.
You are so heart broken, just like Vettel, don't take it so hard, don't take it so personally. Next year a new chance all over again.
It's a truly truly awful track. The cars have problems with aero due to the altitude so for some reason they decided to use a track surface that offers absolutely no grip whatsoever, making moves around half the track near impossible. DRS barely works due to the lacking drag on the car you're trying to pass. It's flat, the corners are all slow, mostly very narrow and 2/3rds of the track is awful.Diesel wrote: ↑30 Oct 2017, 02:29This has to be contender for the most boring race of the year? Other than the first lap "drama", which robbed us of a race for the win, the only notable on track action was when Vettel & Hamilton had to overtake Massa & Alonso. All other drivers just let them through, what was that all about? Literally every driver Vettel & Hamilton sailed up to going in to T1 just stayed left and let them pass down the inside. The best part of the race was Alonso vs. Hamilton. Bottas was 20 seconds off the lead, Kimi was another 30 seconds behind? What's going on? It's a massive shame the top 3 didn't make it cleanly through the first lap, I feel like we missed out on an epic battle for the victory. Ah well, congratulations to Lewis Hamilton for another well deserved WDC.
Looking at a replay in slow motion from Vettel's POV, he was sawing the wheel a lot to keep pointed in the right direction under acceleration but I am pretty sure the last 'saw' was unnecessary. On the other hand, he had more to lose than Hamilton. It's not like he is hot-headed.
