F1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2014: RACE ***SPOILERS***

+1 Exactly!

 

Funny thing was, when they where renegotiating Kimi's contract, they reached an agreement on his salary very quickly. What took ages was exactly how many PR things he had to do...I'm sure he started at zero but he had to give them something .

Yes I agree.

The media know exactly how a driver is after a couple of seasons and subsequently ask them questions in a certain way, leaving it open ended and for the driver to fill in the blanks...they know exactly what answers they're getting and can then write the **** out of it.

 

Not only that but I notice the media questions are pointed in such a way that the driver can easily, if they wanted, expectorate an incendiary answer. It's as if the media are trying to 'start stuff', which they probably are. Controversy sells.

For those of you in the US, the F1 media reminds me of an episode of Jerry Springer.

 

Not entirely fair considering.

 

That's putting it mildly.

Plain stupid if you ask me.

How anybody can ignore 4 WDCs is beyond me.

 

I watched the Monaco parade. And every year, I ask why the heck this race is still on the calender???? F1 cars outgrew this track a long time ago. It is just a big waste of everyone's time. Sorry, just had to rant.

 

Now this ^^^ is what I was getting at with my post about the media instigating the Lewis v Nico, Prost v Senna thing.
Its like the way sky interviewed Nico and then cut to Lewis telling tales about what the other driver said. It always reminds me of children in a school play ground playing "he said she said". Kind of light the fuse and step back.

 

Hamilton surprised by feud with F1 team-mate Rosberg - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Just a little disingenuous?

 

Outgrown the track?

Cars were much faster a couple og year ago, not to mention wrestling a ~1000hp turbo beast around there.

 

Yup. That said Lewis is still silly for saying ''I'll sort it like Senna did''. IMO it just shows his immaturity or complete lack of understanding of the history. Sorting it like Senna = deliberately punting Rosberg off...

 

Monaco is unique, an anachronism on the calendar.
Monaco hardly respects any safety rules imposed on other circuits, and still gets away with it.

 

We'll see what hapoens in Montreal!

 

Haters gonna hate.

 

Yeah, I can subscribe to that.

 

Seb's just tasting a bit of humble pie, served by Ricciardo.

 

Now he did not say that did he. This is were people lead by media fill in the blanks themselves thinking of suzuka.
Its like media and people are saying that all Senna would do was punt a fellow driver of the track to sort a problem.
Equily what was said could have also just as easily ment a senna type of aproach from another angle other than punt a driver of.
Is punting a driver of all senna did?

 

Last I checked Vettel was 2 places ahead of Ricciardo when his car packed up. Again.

But then Hamilton should have said ''I will beat him on track''. Not ''sort it like Senna''.

 

Monaco is still on the calendar because of all of the glamor surrounding the race, not the race itself.

For the drivers, they are just trying to get around the track without hitting a barrier, there's little to no actual racing going on. Passing opportunities are a joke.

When you have fabulous new circuits like Circuit of the Americas, I don't know how anyone can argue against that.

 

Hamilton in an ******...i remenber when Massa ate him from breakfast in the first corner at Hungaroring he was pissed and after the race said something like "nex time he tries that...", what a tool!!...and after Spa 2008 when he was defending his overtaking on Kimi, stating he had balls (i believe he does, he just forgot the brain)...
Lewis is good , very good but he is not as good as he think he is, and his ego is far greater than his talent behind the wheel...

 

Unfortunately true.

 

Drivers love it, the people at the track love it...

It's not impossible to over take. Sutil did well until he ejected himself of the track, as did raikkonen.

The race itself is the most glamorous IMO. I highly doubt it'll ever go away. The reason one goes to the race itself is not to watch the best racing action around...it's the whole week that's one big party, incredible glamorous stuff that goes on.

Of all tracks people want to win, Monaco frequently is on top.

 

"Super Rat" says "this time it went too far, it has to stop here and now, and Lewis is asked not to damage the Mercedes image by not smiling, and not shaking hands with Nico on the podium"
Lewis answer's: "I don't know how this feud has began".

His again starting to shoot himself in the foot....

Lauda: feuding Mercedes F1 duo Hamilton and Rosberg went too far - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Hamilton surprised by feud with F1 team-mate Rosberg - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

Rgds

 

So let me ask you this, and answer honestly.......if you had the ability to be transported to a track just as the red lights are going out, and then got transported out of there the second the checkered flag is waved, meaning you are there to watch the race, and only the race, where would Monaco rank on your list?

 

Dead last for Monaco! The Amber Lounge procession is not an ideal race in comparison to others.

 

Gee, maybe Alonso is heading to Mercedes after all. .