2013 Korean Grand Prix

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Traction wrote:I'm not talking straight line speed genius I'm talking through the other sectors, perhaps he would have taken some more risk, more aggressive. I certainly don't believe he would have allowed Grosjean to get the better of him either. As mentioned possibly it's the tyres.
Well you should not call people genius in a sarcastic way when your own posts deserve that notion even more.
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SectorOne wrote:
Traction wrote:I'm not talking straight line speed genius I'm talking through the other sectors, perhaps he would have taken some more risk, more aggressive. I certainly don't believe he would have allowed Grosjean to get the better of him either. As mentioned possibly it's the tyres.
Well you should not call people genius in a sarcastic way when your own posts deserve that notion even more.
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Interesting article from Next Gen, Vettel drops a bomb on the paddock with a few "fiery" replies:

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/Vett ... 67405.html
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I see a couple of people asserting that Grosjean is faster than Raikkonen over a single lap?

Look at the facts here:

(2012) http://grandprixrankings.com/compare/20 ... -grosjean/

(2013) http://grandprixrankings.com/compare/20 ... -grosjean/


I think we will all come to the same conclusion.
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F1 has become very restful. After seeing Vettel lead by TWO seconds after the first lap, I went to bed.

When I got up I fast-forwarded through the race, seeing some good dicing far behind Vettel, but nothing of interest (by which I mean "racing") near the front. I have followed F1 fanatically for more than half a century. If I'm bored to death, how interested (or not) is the "average" viewer? I expect some Machiavellian rules changes in an attempt to slow down Red Bull.
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donskar wrote:F1 has become very restful. After seeing Vettel lead by TWO seconds after the first lap, I went to bed.

When I got up I fast-forwarded through the race, seeing some good dicing far behind Vettel, but nothing of interest (by which I mean "racing") near the front. I have followed F1 fanatically for more than half a century. If I'm bored to death, how interested (or not) is the "average" viewer? I expect some Machiavellian rules changes in an attempt to slow down Red Bull.
Either that or the FoM will soon find out how much it hurts when circuits cannot afford to hold races due to the low crowd numbers...The crowds at Korea were nothing short of poor...despite it being 2 hours or so from Seoul.

If it wasn't for Hulkenberg this Grand Prix would of been nothing short of mediocre.
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zeph wrote:I see a couple of people asserting that Grosjean is faster than Raikkonen over a single lap?

Look at the facts here:

(2012) http://grandprixrankings.com/compare/20 ... -grosjean/

(2013) http://grandprixrankings.com/compare/20 ... -grosjean/


I think we will all come to the same conclusion.
Boom. Nice link mate.

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ringo wrote:
Rikhart wrote:
This leads me to conclude you haven´t watched any races.
Ok, can you honestly say that Kimi is the faster driver over a lap?

I've watch the races, Kimi is better overall racer, but i've seen too many times this year when Romain is much faster and when he gets it right, he's fighting for podiums on the race leader's strategy.

It's not blasphemy to think that Romain is faster on pure pace.
The kid is learning, and he's at a stage where he's starting to give solid performances with less errors.
For the races where he does finish on the podium, i rate those performances higher than Kimi's podium finishes this year, in terms of clean and fast running, with no SC gimmicks or occurrences.
I'd go as far as to bet that he does outqualify Kimi in Suzuka and does have a better race pace. I know kimi may get lucky, but i'm placing the focus on the Romain's raw speed.
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Did you guys see this, Hamilton's thoughts about the race?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24419864

I will give Hamilton, "the most arrogant driver of the year" award. I like him but he is loosing it.

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one has to admit ,formula 1 races rarely have nail biting quality -I cannot fathom how anybody could find it interesting at all without having at least some technical knowledge and insight .But there you go.
The race today was surely entertaining ,considering Vettel won as usual and the track is a tilkedrom...I do remember formula 1 races in the 80s and 90s much more boring than this one.

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foxmulder_ms wrote:Did you guys see this, Hamilton's thoughts about the race?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/24419864

I will give Hamilton, "the most arrogant driver of the year" award. I like him but he is loosing it.
Then Vettel takes the most ignorant driver of the year award reading the idiotic comments a few posts up.
But when it really comes down to it, people misinterpret the information.
donskar wrote:F1 has become very restful. After seeing Vettel lead by TWO seconds after the first lap, I went to bed.

When I got up I fast-forwarded through the race, seeing some good dicing far behind Vettel, but nothing of interest (by which I mean "racing") near the front. I have followed F1 fanatically for more than half a century. If I'm bored to death, how interested (or not) is the "average" viewer? I expect some Machiavellian rules changes in an attempt to slow down Red Bull.
To bad you really should have watched it. Like an episode from the Twilight Zone.
Fire trucks on track before the safety car came out of the pits. Rosberg had mysterious front wing failure.
Perez tire blew up like a bomb, lots of weird things happening.

It´s like the movie "The Strangers"
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Lewis Hamilton weighs in on Vettel:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1 ... ng-2345475
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Hail22 wrote:Interesting article from Next Gen, Vettel drops a bomb on the paddock with a few "fiery" replies:

http://motorsport.nextgen-auto.com/Vett ... 67405.html
This has been reposted round this site for the 1000th time now. He was telling the truth and some sore losers couldn't take it.

Alonso, of all people, put it right with this:
"When I was world champion, the fans booed me," he recalled.

"When I wasn’t winning anymore, I was suddenly popular. But I’d rather win than be loved," Alonso insisted.

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He may not be a world champion, but I have a lot of respect for Nico Rosberg for sharing his personal thoughts on each GP here is his view of how he performed:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKAltZ0f2c[/youtube]



Jeep attack:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc034MLT02c[/youtube]

I can't believe he bought a....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSf8v-3MNAc[/youtube]
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