Broken Lewis.

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mephistopheles said:
It is not the drivers place to make a judgement call on what is and what isn't safe for a marshal, a marshal's life is none negotiable when there is an incident where he/she is put in danger he/she is the most important person on or off the track bar no one, and a lot more important than a driver trying to prove a point.

In the two practice sessions I saw two drivers lose control of their cars and hit the barriers, there was no guarantee that Lewis or Perez were going to negotiate that part of the track safely, it is not good enough to say in hindsight "nobody was put in danger" and anyway the statement is blatantly not true.
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I wasn't denying the penalty as he fully deserved it. The threads called broken Lewis so I was just adding my 2 cents.
 
SilverArrow said:
Go stand at where those marshals were on practice 1 and tell me you wouldnt feel slightly pissed off that somebody was going 130+ mph at you with their DRS open and on the rumble strip which on a bad day on a dusty track would result in a spin in their direction.

Yeah some drivers are going a bit potty with some of the incidents, but this was disrespectful to the marshals out there from Perez and Lewis by not having their intrests considered completly.

Since you might not be a marshal you wouldn't be pissed off by it, but when a driver for me doesnt give a damn about my welfare because he considers a practice time more important than not putting me in a coffin, then maybe I shouldnt really care for his welfare and finish my sandwich before putting out his inferno that he is in because I consider hunger more important than saving his backside.
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I posted this maybe about 1 day too late as I am not talking about the yellow flag incident. Just out of interest, when double yellow flags are waved shouldn't the DRS automatically be turned off?
 
allsaintchris:1584561 said:
Too late for 2011, but 2012 will see if all his 'distractions' were causing him to lose focus.
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He not the first and certainly wont be the last driver to suffer a performance drop due to influences from outside the sport. If he can put it behind him, he may come back stronger than ever. Only time will tell I guess.
 
SgtBhaji said:
He not the first and certainly wont be the last driver to suffer a performance drop due to influences from outside the sport. If he can put it behind him, he may come back stronger than ever. Only time will tell I guess.
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A lot of tough times for many drivers on the grid, it's like we are watching them live their lives every weekend, the sport we watch is 24 drivers going to work..
Just like us lot, they have ups and downs just like us... therefore we feel closer to them than newsreaders or people that don't understand the sport much.
 
People forget they are human... They're not robots. They have emotions, feelings and like most other humans, make mistakes and errors of judgement.

I'm glad that I don't face such heavy criticism when I **** up.
 
Forza Ferrari said:
He said something similar last year:
http://en.espnf1.com/mclaren/motorsport/story/37134.html

What are these 'distractions' anyway?
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it seems like hamilton has allways got an excuse for everything forza , you certainly would"nt want him in the trenches with you if it all it takes is his little plastic dolly outing him to turn him into a dribbling wreck -
---- what was his excuse before she gave hin his P45

personally i think its all b***ocks , red bull and mclaren have been the class of the field all season , vettel has upped his game and hamilton has not been good enough --
 
First of all SgtBhaji I adore Hamilton's driving and pace and in Korea he showed he could battle wheel to wheel without crashing or bumping. He's on the right track. No doubt Button was poor today but he's been much better than Lewis and more consistent. Lewis is doing nothing wrong at the moment so I have no concerns or complaints to make.

And Forza I have no idea whether he thinks that when he's driving he needs to improve mentally over the winter if your point is the case.
 
martial artist:1584862 said:
SgtBhaji said:
So what's Button's excuse?
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whats button got to do with anything -- he"s been doing what he is supposed to do with a competitive car
---- hence why he is 2nd in the table --
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Button has a lot to do with it. If he's driving a car that's the "class of the field" as you claim, how come he didn't take the fight to Vettel? That would suggest that both McLaren drivers failed to make the most of their machinery. (Or maybe the car wasn't as good as the RB.)
 
Jarel258:1584861 said:
First of all SgtBhaji I adore Hamilton's driving and pace and in Korea he showed he could battle wheel to wheel without crashing or bumping. He's on the right track. No doubt Button was poor today but he's been much better than Lewis and more consistent. Lewis is doing nothing wrong at the moment so I have no concerns or complaints to make.

And Forza I have no idea whether he thinks that when he's driving he needs to improve mentally over the winter if your point is the case.
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I think Button has done a superb job... I think some people overstate the mp4-27 and claim it could have gone toe to toe with the RB and team Vettel. It had it's moments, but it's not been on par.
 
SgtBhaji said:
Button has a lot to do with it. If he's driving a car that's the "class of the field" as you claim, how come he didn't take the fight to Vettel? That would suggest that both McLaren drivers failed to make the most of their machinery. (Or maybe the car wasn't as good as the RB.)
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why are you bringing button into anything , unlike his team mate button is not the one that has been dropping the ball all season ---
-------- hence why he is vettels closest challenger and that includes beating vettels team mate who drives an identical RB7 --
 
Both Mclaren drivers have had bad races, and a bit of bad luck, thats why they are so far behind.
They could have been in the hunt still if they are consistant, but Vettel has been dominant, and made his car look better than what it is. Look at what Webber has done in that. Nothing.
 
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